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THE 


NEW   TESTAMENT 


LORD  AND  SAVIOUR  JESUS  CHRIST. 

BY 

WILLIAM     TYNDALE, 

Ei)e  iWartpr. 

THE  ORIGINAL  EDITION,  1520, 
BEING  THE  FIRST  VERxVACULAE  TRANSLATION  FROM  THE  GREEK. 

WITH   A 

MEMOIR  OF  HIS  LIFE  AND  WRITINGS. 


TO  WHICH  ARE   ANNEXED, 


THE    ESSENTIA!,    VARIATIONS    OF    COVERDALB's,    THOMAS    MATTHEw's, 

CRANMEr's,  THE  GENEVAN,  AND  THE  BISHOPS*  BIBLES, 

AS   MARGINAL  READINGS. 


BY  J.  P.  DABNEY.    J^^^  \_^     ■,    "^-/^J 

DEC  15  1911 

ANDOVER:  ^-..iiioAL  wuS-l,^^ 

PRINTED  AND  PUBLISHED  BY  GOULD  &  NEWMAN; 
FR03I    THE    LONDON    EDITION    OF    BAGSTER. 
NEW   YORK: 

CORNER  OF  FULTON  AND  NASSAU  STREETS. 

MDCCCXXXVir. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1837, 

BY  GOULD  &  NEWMAN, 

in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 


PREFACE 


It  had  early  entered  into  the  plan  of  the  present  work,  that 
it  should  include,  in  like  manner  as  the  versions  succeeding 
Tyndale,  the  earlier  New  Testament  of  Wiclif ;  and  that  thus 
the  whole  would  more  literally  exhibit  the  fruits  of  the  collec- 
tive labours  of  all  the  Ante-James  translators.  But  the  objec- 
tions that  successively  sprung  up,  soon  satisfied  the  editor,  that 
this  was  a  hasty  thought.  Wiclif  is,  in  the  first  place,  profes- 
sedly but  a  translation  from  the  Latin  Vulgate,  not  from  the 
Greek  ;  and  it  would  not  be  easy  therefore  to  say,  why  it  should 
have  here  a  place,  rather  than  the  Rhemish  New  Testament 
of  1582.  Then,  the  remote  era  of  the  work  [A.  D.  1380], 
made  in  the  rude  and  changing  state  of  the  language,  renders 
a  Glossary  to  most  readers  indispensable  ;  an  appendage,  to 
be  sure,  provided  without  much  pains,  were  this  the  most  se- 
rious difficulty.  But  the  versions  of  the  sixteenth  century  are 
knit  together  by  a  commune  vinculum  of  structure  and  diction  ; 
and  this,  as  was  just  implied,  does  not  run  back  for  an  hundred 
and  fifty  years.  Less  than  an  half-century  elapsed  from  the 
time  of  Tyndale's  version  to  the  last  of  those  contained  in  this 
work  [The  Bishops'] ;  and  of  the  generation  which  called  for 
either,  no  small  part,  it  is  natural  to  think,  continued  long 
enough  to  welcome  its  immediate  successor.  They  were,  in 
fact,  not  so  much  new  versions  as  revisions  of  one  another ; 
and  this,  so  true  of  them,  is  emphatically  true  of  that  of  king 
James  ;  though,  as  to  qualities  not  denied  it,  so  often  and 
strangely  admired,  like — if  it  be  not  rather  Tmlike — the  bird  in 
the  fable,  for  borrowed  plumage,  and  praised,  as  if  an  inde- 
pendent translation,  for  virtues  not  its  own.  The  foregoing 
objection  gives  birth  to  yet  another  : — had  all  the  variations 
of  Wiclif  been  faithfully  recognized,  the  contents  of  the  mar- 
gin, as  it  is,  of  an  unwished-for  extent,  would  have  doubtless 


been  doubled.  It  is  plain,  that  the  work  of  the  old  English 
reformer,  to  receive  either  due  honour  or  justice,  should  be 
given  to  the  public  by  itself  alone ;  and  this,  alas,  will  long 
remain  a  desideratum. 

As  to  the  other  versions  referred  to,  the  Editor  fondly 
believes,  that  by  the  scheme  of  comprehension  pursued,  the 
re-print  of  Tyndale  with  us,  acquires  a  peculiar  and  enhanced 
value  over  the  English  work.  To  Tyndale  himself,  the  cen- 
tral position  is  given,  which  is  rightfully  his,  as  the  pioneer  in 
time,  as  a  martyr  to  his  enterprise,  and  as  the  only  truly  inde- 
pendent translator ;  while  the  rest  take  their  humble  places  as 
satellites.  Their  essential  variations  being  given  as  marginal 
readings,  a  complete  Variorum  edition  of  the  Early  Vernacular 
versions  is  produced  ;  the  remarkable  co-incidence  of  which, 
in  their  general  frame-work,  (as  the  few  familiar  with  them 
well  know)  at  once  suggests  and  assists  this  mode  of  conden- 
sation. Their  occasional  discrepancies  are  all  which  it  is  worth 
the  pains  to  select ;  but  by  this  simple  method  some  half-dozen 
versions  are  in  effect  and  to  all  practical  purpose,  embodied 
at  the  expense  of  no  very  serious  enlargement  of  the  volume^ 
in  limits  or  in  cost.  That  either  would  ever  again  be  re-pub- 
lished, is  altogether  unlikely  ;  and  next  to  certain,  if  it  were, 
that  it  would  find  a  slow  dispersion  among  antiquarians  alone. 
But  would  it  not  be  just  groimd  both  of  regret  and  reproach, 
if  without  the  slight  memorial  which  these  pages  will  preserve, 
works  of  such  admitted  excellence  should  pass  away,  and 
leave  no  trace  behind  }  What  their  successive  and  united 
labours  have  done  towards  producing  an  exact  copy  of  the 
Original,  will  now  at  a  glance  be  seen :  and  not  less  manifest 
will  be  the  great  obligations,  though  scarcely  suspected,  that 
are  due  them  from  the  authors  of  that  version  which  now  reigns 
without  rival  or  superior — chiefly  because  it  reigns  alone. 
We  are  apt  to  speak  of  the  advantage,  in  some  walks  of  au- 
thorship (as  in  that  before  us),  to  a  later  work,  from  the  num- 
ber of  models  and  guides  in  kindred  enterprises  that  preceded  ; 
and  to  find  an  apology  for  the  defects  of  an  earlier  ojie,  in 


PREFACE.  V 

having  an  unbeaten  path  to  travel.  But  when  we  turn  in  the 
present  instance  to  look  at  the  results,  we  are  well-nigh 
tempted  to  suspect  that  in  our  mother-tongue  at  least,  the 
series  of  biblical  translation  has,  by  some  chance,  been  inverted. 
It  may  be  thought  that  as  to  Tyndale's  text,  the  simple  duty 
has  been  left  to  the  Editor  of  guarding  its  integrity  through 
the  press.  But  it  has  not  therefore  been  always  simple,  if  by 
simple  we  mean  clear.  While  the  voices  of  antiquarians  and 
critics  unite  in  the  highest  eulogium  on  the  version  itself,  it  is 
not  to  be  disguised,  that  as  to  its  mechanical  part,  every  page 
is  instamped  with  the  marks  of  haste.  The  harassed  life  of 
its  unfortunate  author  is  made  present  to  our  thoughts ;  and 
fancy  paints,  without  effort,  the  bloodhounds  of  a  merciless 
church  tracking  his  footsteps.  Broken  in  upon  in  the  midst  of 
the  drudgery  of  the  press  in  one  city,  he  gathers  up  his  frag- 
ments in  what  condition  he  may,  and  flees  to  another  to  com- 
plete his  interrupted  labours.  With  this  in  full  remembrance, 
the  orthography  so  curiously  varying,  even  in  the  same  para- 
graph or  sentence,  from  itself,  the  confounding  of  distinct 
words  through  a  single  misplaced  letter,  the  withholding  or 
bestowment  of  capitals  ad  libitum.,  as  it  were,  the  unsightly 
exchange  of  the  leading  vowels  as  initial  letters  [as  o  for  a 
etc.],  and  the  seeming  disdain  of  rule  throughout — all  tind  a 
prompt  solution.  The  first  impression  on  the  reader  however, 
is  likely  to  be  that  of  a  book  overrun  with  errors  ;  and  of  this  the 
Publishers  desire  to  disabuse  him  in  advance.  Yet  the  Editor 
has  ventured  to  meddle  with  this  deformity  but  in  the  most 
palpable  cases  ;  well  understanding  to  how  many  even  these 
blemishes  are  precious.  His  apology  for  doing  so  at  all  is, 
that  indubitably  it  is  sometimes  needed.  But  the  English 
publisher  has  strangely  and  inexcusably  enough  left  him  to 
conjecture  where.  He  undertook  (in  all  honesty,  doubtless)  to 
give  an  exact  fact-simile  of  the  First  edition  of  Tyndale.  But 
though  no  immaculate  specimen  of  typography  has  yet  been 
known,  and  few  works,  suice  the  Art  began,  have  called  with 
1* 


PREFACE, 


such  peculiar  propriety  for  a  Table  of  Errata,  that  appendage 
is  no  where  found.  The  editors  of  Re-prints  in  foreign  lands 
have  therefore  to  discriminate  as  they  can,  between  its  negli- 
gences as  first  given  to  the  world,  and  the  errors  superinduced, 
beyond  doubt,  in  its  late  revival  by  Mr,  Bagster. 

In  the  notation  of  Various  Readings  from  the  versions  here 
embraced,  infra  lineam,  regard  has  in  the  main  been  had  only 
to  essential  differences,  i.  e.  to  differences  in  sense  :  to  have 
extended  it  to  particles  and  phrases,  except  when  these  had 
a  bearing  on  the  whole  texture  of  the  verse,  would  have  been 
tedious  to  the  collator,  unasked  for  by  readers,  and  encumber- 
ing to  the  work.  The  above  rule  was  not  indeed  rigorously 
observed.  Even  verbal  changes  deserve  a  place,  when  curi- 
osity might  be  amused  by  the  recovery  of  some  fast-fading 
word,  or  the  ceaseless  current  of  the  language  illustrated  by 
another  in  a  novel  sense.  Especially  was  it  the  wish,  that  the 
relative  sources  of  the  Version  in  connnon  use  might  be  obvious 
to  all ;  and  words  and  clauses,  not  of  much  moment  perhaps 
but  as  found  in  this,  have  been  pointed  out,  when  they  might 
be  traced  to  either  of  the  earlier  works,  in  particular.  Of  the 
class  of  various  readings,  there  is  a  considerable  number, 
which  recur  so  often,  that,  to  avoid  their  needless  repetition, 
it  was  thought  best,  to  give  them  once  for  all  in  a  Tabular 
List  with  the  answering  expressions  of  Tyndale.  Tills  list 
will  be  found  among  the  last  of  the  preliminary  pages,  and  the 
examples  in  question  will  not,  except  in  a  {"ew  instances  of  ac- 
cidental insertion,  be  met  with  in  the  margin. 

Thei'e  are  some  readers,  it  is  not  unlikely,  who  will  need 
instructions  towards  the  profitable  use  of  the  Notes.  The 
citations,  as  all  know,  stand  in  lieu  of  the  words  following  the 
same  numbers  in  the  text.  They  are  extended  (whenever 
the  case  would  permit,)  until  the  versions  above  and  below 
again  meet :  where  this  was  inconvenient,  the  ordinary  rules  of 
grammar  and  syntax,  it  is  hoped,  will  make  it  clear  h.ow  far  the 
marginal  substitute  is  to  run,  at  the  first  glance,  or  on  a  slight 
comparison.     The  meaning  may  occasionally  not  be  so  clear 


in  respect  to  insets,  i.  e.  notes  within  notes.  Tiiey  occur  only 
where  two  or  more  authorities  are  affixed  to  the  same  citation  ; 
and  the  inset  in  crotchets  denotes  that  one  of  these  authorities 
varies  from  the  others  as  to  a  word  or  clause  of  the  fragment 
common  to  them.  The  clause  or  word  within  the  crotchets 
— as  an  uniform  rule — answers  to  that  which  directly  pre- 
cedes it.  Perhaps  it  will  occasionally  relieve  uncertainty 
and  doubt,  to  say,  that  where  the  inset  is  meant  to  stand  for 
all  the  antecedent  part  of  the  citation,  it  begins,  (and  then 
only),  lUie  the  principal  note  itself,  with  a  capital.  But  in  re- 
lation to  the  notes  and  the  dilemmas  they  may  sometimes 
create,  there  can,  as  a  general  advice  be  no  greater  conven- 
ience than  the  open  page  of  the  familiar  scriptures ;  with 
whose  phraseology,  the  marginal  citations,  especially  if 
from  the  Genevan  or  Bishops,  will  be  so  apt  to  correspond. 
Crotchets  in  the  text  show  the  extent  of  the  omission  by  the 
version  referred  to  below.  The  reference  post  [i.  e.  after- 
wards] signifies  that  the  authority  before  it,  repeats  the  speci- 
fied expression  once  or  oftener  again  in  the  chapter,  if  in  an- 
swer to  the  same  word  in  the  list._^.  Numerical  reference,  it 
will  be  observed,  is  often  made  to  verses  in  advance ;  for 
though  this  was  the  distinction  of  a  later  day,  no  other  sure, 
and  yet  brief,  designation  could  be  thought  of  for  examples 
sometimes  distant ;  and  it  was  taken  for  granted,  that  in  pe- 
rusing this  book,  the  common  Bible  would  be  readily  at  hand. 
The  Memoir  of  Tyndale  which  follows,  is,  in  substance, 
that  by  Mr.  Oifor,  recently  issued  in  England.  But  it  con- 
tained so  much  that  was  redundant  in  the  way  of  reflection 
and  comment  as  to  interfere  with  the  prescribed  limits  to  this 
undertaking,  already  so  far  expanded  ;  and  when  its  tone  of 
prejudice  and  asperity  towards  Sir  Thomas  More  and  the  dom- 
inant faith,  its  occasional  cloudiness  of  style  and  looseness  of 
statement,  with  its  slender  claims  on  the  whole,  as  a  piece  of 
biography,  all  were  considered,  it  was  thought  best  to  recast 
its  materials  anew.  This  acknowledgment  was  due  both 
to   the  public  and  the  English  biographer;  as  the  following 


VIU  PREFACE. 

account  could  not,  in  propriety,  be  inscribed  with  his  name, 
though  any  other  would  be  still  less  appropriate. 

They  who  have  sometimes  asked  the  sage  question, — Where 
is  the  utility  of  a  work  like  the  present,  have  had  their  an- 
swer, we  trust,  in  some  things  that  have  been  advanced. 
We  should  not  very  sanguinely  refer  them,  if  still  unsatisfied, 
to  the  contents  of  the  volume  itself.  Let  it  be  asked  in  return, 
(if  this  be  not  equally  a  problem  to  those  concerned),  What 
is  the  use  of  any  modem  translation,  having  the  impress  of 
research,  ability  and  taste  ?  The  first  fruits  of  the  biblical  learn- 
ing of  our  own  tongue,  we  "  may  not  willingly" — and  cannot 
creditably — "  let  die."  But  this,  not — as  some  strangely  con- 
ceive— that  they  may  be  embalmed  as  curiosities,  but  con- 
verted to  practical  ends  ;  as  landmarks  to  denote  the  progress 
of  the  language,  as  lights  to  illustrate  the  oracles  of  truth. 
That  with  the  smile  of  Him,  whose  cause  and  kingdom  it  seeks 
to  serve,  such  will  be  the  results  of  this  enterprise,  the  editor 
nothing  doubts :  and  in  that  persuasion,  dismisses  it  with  the 
cheering  sense  of  having  been  the  humble  instrument  of  dif- 
fusing, in  a  new — or,  rather — long-lost  form,  so  just  an  im- 
age of  "  that  word  of  God  which  liveth  and  abideth  forever." 

J.  P.  D. 

Andover^  Aug.  9,  1837. 


MEMOIR 


WILLIAM   TYNDALE, 


FIRST  PRINTED  THE  N.  TESTAMENT  IN  ENGLISH,  1525. 


WAS  MARTYRED  AT  VILVOORD,  NEAR  BRUSSELS, 


SEPTEMBER,  ]536. 


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PEDIGREE  OF  WILLIAM  TVNDALE  THE  MARTYR  AS  PRESERVED   BV    ONE 
BRANCH  OF  THE  FAMILY. 


Hugh,  Baron  de  Tyndale,  of  Langley  Castle, 
Northumberland,  escaped  from  the  field  of 
battle  when  the  Yorkists  were  overcome  by 
the  Lancastrians  ;  lost  his  title  and  estate  , 
he  took  refuge  in  Gloucestershire,  under  the 
assumed  name  of  Hutchins. 


— Alicia,  daughter  and  sole  heiress 
of  Hunt,  of  Hunt's  Court  at  Nib- 
ley,  in  Gloucestershire. 


John  Tyndale,  otherwise  called  Hutchins,  of  Hunt's — i 
Court  at  Nibley,  Gloucestershire. 


John  Tyndale,  otherwise  William  Tyndale,  otherwise  Thomas  Tyndale,  whoso 
Hutchins,  an  eminent  Hutchins,  strangled  and  descendnnt,  Lyilia  Tyn- 
merchant  of  London,  per-  burnt  at  Vilvoorde.  near  dale,  married  the  celebra- 
secuted  by  Bishop  Stokes-  Brussels,  September,  153G.  ted  Quaker,  hnoest  John 
ly.  Roberts,  of    Lower   Sid- 

dington,near  Cirencester. 


MEMOIR 

OF 

WILLIAM  TYNDALE, 


"  Though  I  am  olde,  clothed  in  barbarous  wede, 

Nothynge  garnysshed  with  gaye  eloquency, 

Yet  I  tell  the  trouth,  yf  ye  lyst  to  take  liede 

Agaynst  theyr  frowarde,  furious  frenesy 

Which  recken  it  for  a  great  heresy, 

And  vnto  laye  people  greuous  outrage 

To  have  goddes  worde  in  their  natyfe  langage." 

Tyndale's  Compendious  Olde  Treatise. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ERA  IN  WHICH  HE  LIVED DESCENT — BIRTH EDUCATION  —  ORDINA- 
TION  TAKES    THE     VOWS    AT    GREENWICH TRANSLATES    PORTIONS 

OF  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT — RETURNS  TO  HIS  NATIVE  COUNTRY  AS  TU- 
TOR IN  A  knight's  family BECOMES  AN  OBJECT  OF    PERSECUTION 

— COMES  TO  LONDON  —  IS  A  POPULAR  PREACHER. 

The  efforts  to  throw  off  the  dominion  of  the  Romish  Church, 
commenced  long  before,  began  to  assume,  early  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  the  Eighth,  a  definite  and  threatening  aspect. 
Their  success  in  no  feeble  measure,  was  accelerated  by  the  in- 
sufferable pride  and  pomp  of  the  prelates,  and  the  bare-faced 
debaucheries  of  the  monks.  So  indisputable  was  the  latter, 
that  when  it  was  in  controversy  pressed  home  upon  Sir  Thom- 
as More,  he  could  extricate  himself  from  the  dilemma  no  other- 


12  JScmoff  of 

wise,  than  by  saying, "  Our  mater  is  not  of  the  lyuynge  but  of 
the  doctryne."* 

At  this  period  it  was,  that  Luther  cast  away,  without  any  re- 
serves, his  allegiance  to  the  common  Head  of  Christendom, 
and  as  one  of  the  earliest  steps  in  the  work  of  Reformation, 
published  the  Bible  in  German.  The  spirit  of  translation 
spread  apace.  In  January  1525,  the  aged  Le  Fevre  printed  the 
New  Testament  in  French.  And  meanwhile.  He  of  equally 
honored  and  endeared  memory  to  British  Christians,  was  pre- 
paring to  give  to  the  world,  the  Scriptures  in  his  vernacular 
language — the  fruits  of  many  years  of  anxious  and  interrupted 
labour. 

The  ancient  family  of  Tyndale  were  settled  for  centuries  on 
the  banks  of  the  Tyne,  in  Northumberland,  The  stock  could 
boast  of  baronial  dignity,  having  its  seat  at  Langley  Castle,  a 
small  but  strong  fortress,  whose  ruins  time  has  spared  :  they 
stand  pleasantly  on  a  rising  ground  in  Tyndale.t  During  the 
wasting  wars  between  the  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster, 
Hugh,  the  then  Baron  de  Tyndale,  whose  lot  had  been  cast 
with  the  weaker  party,  escaped  from  the  field  of  battle  and 
took  refuge  in  Gloucestershire.  Despoiled  of  his  honours, 
possessions,  and  even  of  his  name — for  in  his  extremity  he  had 
been  driven  to  assume  that  of  Hytchins — the  fugitive  could  hard- 
ly have  thought  that  these  disasters  would  lead  to  an  alliance, 
destined  to  immortalize  his  ill-starred  and  renounced  name. 
The  concealed  Baron  married  Alicia,  daughter  and  sole  heiress 
of Hunt,  Esq.,  of  Hunt's  Court,  Nibley,  Gloucestershire. 

*  Confutacyon  of  Tyndale,  Vol.  II.  p.  3G4. 

t  Thomas  Tyndale,  writing  to  his  cousin,  Feburary  3,  1GG3,  gives 
this  account  of  his  family  : — "  1  have  heretofore  heard  that  the  first  of 
your  faniilie  came  out  of  the  north,  in  the  time  of  the  wars  between 
the  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  at  what  time  many  of  good  sort 
(their  side  going  down)  did  fly  for  refuge  and  succor  where  t])ey  could 
find  it.  That  it  was  your  predecessor  his  fortune  to  come  into  Gloces- 
tershire,  changing  his  name  to  that  of  Huchins,  and  that  afterwards 
he  married  there,  and  so  having  children,  he  did  before  his  death  de- 
clare his  right  name,  and  from  whence,  and  upon  what  subject  he 
came  thither,  and  so  taking  his  own  name,  did  leave  it  unto  his  chil- 
dren."— Rudder's  Gloucestershire,  p.  757. 


This  property  descended  to  John  Tyndale  alias  Hytchins,  his 
son  and  heir  ;*  who  had  three  sons ;  John  who  became  a  distin- 
guished merchant  in  London,!  and  William  the  subject  of  this 
memoir.  Several  branches  of  the  family  were  honoured  with 
knighthood :  Sir  John  Tyndale  attended  at  the  coronation  of 
Queen  Ann  Boleyn,  as  a  Knight  of  the  Bath. 

William  Tyndale  was  born  at  Hunt's  Court, J  about  the  year 
1477.  At  a  very  early  age  he  became  a  very  diligent  student 
in  the  University  of  Oxford,  havmg  been  instructed  from  a 
child  in  grammar,  logic,  and  philosophy  :§  he  continued  there 
until  his  proficiency  in  the  Greek  and  Latin  languages  enabled 
him  to  read  the  New  Testament  to  his  fellow  students  in  St. 
Mary  Magdalen  Hall,  and  to  those  of  Magdalen  College.  || 

Oxford  was  at  this  time,  the  most  celebrated  seat  of  learn- 
ing in  the  world  : — Erasmus,  who  was  a  student  in  St.  Mary's, 
thus  writes  to  a  friend  in  Italy  : — "  Here  I  have  met  with  hu- 
manity, politeness,  learning  not  trite  and  superficial,  but  deep, 
accurate,  true  old  Greek  and  Latin  learning,  and  withal  so  much 
of  it,  that,  but  for  mere  curiosity,  I  have  no  occasion  to  visit 
Italy  :  in  Grocyn  I  admire  an  universal  compass  of  learning  ; 
Linacre's  acuteness,  depth,  and  accuracy  are  not  to  be  ex- 
ceeded." Here  Tyndale  took  his  degrees  and  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  that  skill  in  the  learned  languages  so  essential  to  the 
worthy  accomplishment  of  the  enterprise  he  was  soon  to  take 
upon  him.  His  name  indeed  illustrates  the  history  of  the  sis- 
ter University  also  ;    for  from  some  cause  it  appears  that  he 


*  MSS.  and  Pedigree  in  possession  of  J.  Roberts,  Esq.,  Temple. 
See  an  extract  placed  before  p.  1  of  this  Memoir.— Rudder's  Glouces- 
tersliire,  p   757. 

t  One  of  his  descendents,  Lydia,  married  John  Roberts,  of  Sid- 
dington  near  Cirencester  in  ]G4() ;  a  man  of  signal  piety,  and  the 
head,  in  those  parts,  of  the  Quakers.  He  witli  his  son,  suffered  severe 
persecution  for  his  adherence  to  those  principles:  of  which  an  inter- 
esting memoir  is  publislied  by  the  Society  of  Friends. 

I  Atkin's  Gloucestershire,  p.  304. 
§  Wood's  "  Athenae  Oxon." 

II  The  painting  from  which  the  portrait  is  eno-raved,  is  preserved  in 
Magdalen  Hall. 

2 


14  i!«einofr  of 

entered  as  a  student  at  Cambridge,  where  he  is  said  to  have 
again  taken  a  degree.  Here  he  foifmed  a  lasting  friendship 
with  John  Frith,  his  junior  in  years,  but  of  eminent  attain- 
ments, deep  piety,  amiable  and  unassuming  manners,  and 
withal  a  zealous  reformer.  Tyndale  was  ordained  at  the 
conventual  church  of  the  priory  of  St.  Bartholomew  in  Smith- 
field,  on  the  eleventh  of  March,  1502,  by  Thomas,  suffragan 
Bishop  of  Pavaden,  by  authority  of  William  Warham,  Bishop 
of  London,  and  was  set  apart  as  priest  to  the  nunnery  of  Lamb- 
ley,  in  the  diocese  of  Carlisle.  He  took  the  vows  and  be- 
came a  friar  in  the  monastery  at  Greenwich  in  1508. 

The  Rev.  R.  H.  Barham  of  St.  Paul's  has  happened  to 
light  upon  a  memorandum  in  Latin,  of  some  interest  in  this 
connexion.  On  the  title-page  of  the  "  Sermones  de  Herolt," 
a  small  folio,  1495,  in  the  Cathedral  library,  is  inscribed  : — 
"  Charitably  pray  for  the  soul  of  John  Tyndale,  who  gave 
this  book  to  the  monastery  of  Greenwich  of  the  observance 
of  the  minor  brothers,  on  the  day  that  brother  William,  his 
son,  made  his  profession,  in  the  year  1508." 

To  this  period  of  his  life,  an  allusion  is  found  in  the  pre- 
face to  his  "  Parable  of  the  Wicked  Mammon,  May,  1528 :" 
"  A  year  before  came  one  Jerome  a  brother  of  Greenwich 
also,  through  Worms  to  Argentine,  saying  that  he  intended 
to  get  his  living  with  his  hands,  and  to  live  no  longer  idly, 
and  of  the  sweat  and  labour  of  those  captives  which  they  had 
taught  not  to  believe  in  Christ,  but  in  cut  shoes  and  russet 
coats." 

For  some  years  previous  to  taking  the  vows,  Tyndale  not 
only  had  read  the  holy  oracles  to  his  fellow  students,  but  by 
presenting  in  an  English  garb  sundry  portions  of  the  New 
Testament,*  evinced  his  early  zeal  for  that  sort  of  enterprise 

*  The  English  biographer  has,  it  appears,  in  his  hands,  the  original 
autograph  of  these  translations,  which  "  valuable  MS."  he  derived 
"from  the  library  of  that  eminent  antiquary,  the  Rev.  H.  White  of 
Lichfield  Cathedral."  It  is  in  4to.,  the  margins  ornamented  with 
borders,  and  each  portion  accompanied  with  an  ancient  drawing  in 


WfUfain  ^Twntialc.  15 

which  has  perpetuated  his  name.  The  version  in  these  se- 
lections of  scriptures,  scarcely  varies  even  in  unimportant 
words,  from  his  first  printed  edition,  twenty-three  years  pos- 
terior in  date !  an  attestation,  not  to  be  gainsaid,  to  his  singu- 
lar proficiency  and  ripeness  as  a  translator.  That  he  was 
already,  in  his  own  apprehension  at  least,  an  obnoxious  man, 
we  may  gather  from  the  prayer  interwoven  in  one  of  the 
drawings,  referred  tain  the  note,  cherubs  holding  the  scroll  on 
which  it  is  written  :  "  Defend  me,  O  Loed,  from  all  them 
THAT  HAYT  ME.  W.  T."  How  long  Tyndalc  continued  with 
the  Greenwich  community,  is  left  in  uncertainty. 

Returning  to  his  native  country  he  exchanged  the  life  of  a  friar 
for  that  of  tutor  and  chaplain  in  the  family  of  Sir  John  Welch,  a 
knight  of  Gloucestershire,  whose  liberal  table  was  sure  to  pro- 
cure him  the  frequent  visits  of  the  neighboring  prelates  and 
clergy.  Luther  having  now  become,  from  his  bold  defiance 
of  the  Pope,  the  one-absorbing  topic,  the  chaplain  was  some- 
times betrayed  into  dispute  with  his  patron's  guests,  on  the 
new  heresy  ;  when,  mortified  at  the  ignorance  of  his  authoriz- 
ed guides,  he  warmly  ui'ged  the  study  of  the  New  Testament. 
This  led  them,  in  Fuller's  witty  phrase,  to  prefer  resigning 
Squire  Welch's  good  cheer,  rather  than  to  have  the  sour 
sauce  of  Master  Tyndale's  company.  His  lady,  who  passed 
as  a  sensible  woman,  felt  hurt  when  she  saw  the  great  men, 
she  had  been  brought  up  to  venerate,  baffled  in  the  discussion, 
and  asked  Sir  William  Tyndale,*  if  it  was  likely  that  she 
could  prefer  his  judgment  to  that  of  such  wealthy  prelates. 
He  was  wise  enough  to  forbear  reply  to  a  temper  already 
evidently  ruffled.  Soon  after  however  having  translated 
"  Erasmus's  Enchiridion,"  he  dedicated  the  manuscript  to  Sir 

imitalion  of  some  ancient  missal.  His  initials  W.  T.  occur  in  many 
places,  and  on  two  of  the  ornamental  pillars  he  has  placed  the  date, 
1502  ;  the  capital  of  one  having  an  inscription  preceding  the  date, — 
Time  Tkieth,  1502. 

*  The  title  given  at  that  time  to  all  priests  :  which  after  the  Refor- 
mation gave  place  by  degrees  to  that  of  Reverend. 


16  i^cmofr  of 

John  and  his  lady,  which  Ihey  read  attentively,  and  to  their 
happy  conversion.  But  though  firmly  seated  anevi^  m  their 
regard,  the  hostility  of  the  beneficed  clergy  had  been  aroused, 
which  could  be  quieted  only  by  a  citation  to  appear  before 
the  ordinary.  With  a  deep  sense  of  his  danger,  it  was  his 
fervent  prayer  on  the  way,  that  God  would  strengthen  him  to 
contend  firmly,  at  all  hazards,  for  the  truth  of  his  word.  His 
persecutors  had  assembled  strong ;  but  whether  from  the  in- 
fluence of  his  protecting  knight,  or  the  secret  providence  of 
God,  their  courage  failed,  and  he  escaped  without  accusation. 
The  ordinary  however  "  rated  him  like  a  dog." 

Tyndale,  soon  after  this,  consulting  an  old  doctor,  who  had 
been  chancellor  to  a  bishop,  he  privately  told  him,  that,  in 
his  opinion,  the  Pope  was  antichrist,  but  advised  him  by  no 
means  to  avow  any  sentiment  of  the  kind,  as  it  would  be  at 
the  peril  of  his  life.  The  caution  however  was  little  suited  to 
a  nature  like  his  ;  for  being  in  company  with  a  popish  divine, 
he  argued  so  conclusively  in  favor  of  a  vernacular  translation 
of  the  Bible,  that  the  divine,  unable  to  answer  him,  exclaim- 
ed, "  We  had  better  be  without  God's  laws  than  the  Pope's." 
This  fired  the  spirit  of  Tyndale  ;  and  he  indignantly  replied  : 
"  I  defy  the  Pope  and  all  his  laws ;  and,  If  God  give  me  life, 
ere  many  years  the  ploughboys  shall  know  more  of  the  Scrip- 
tures than  you  do:"  a  pledge  which  he  amply  redeemed. 

He  now  became  so  "  turmoiled,"  that  regarding  his  stay  in 
Gloucestershire  as  likely  to  involve  the  safety  of  his  friends 
as  well  as  himself,  he  left  that  county  and  preached  frequent- 
ly at  Bristol,  in  London  and  other  places  ;  it  is  said,  to  crowd- 
ed congregations.  Continuing  his  connexion  with  the  Romish 
church,  while  he  sought  to  win  souls  to  Christ,  persecution,  he 
knew,  was  only  to  be  evaded  by  the  avoidance  of  bad  names 
and  controversial  questions.  Even  this  was  a  difficult  course 
to  be  followed  long,  and  especially  by  a  spirit  so  little  dispo- 
sed, as  we  have  just  seen,  to  do  violence  to  its  conviction. 

At  this  period  it  was,  in  the  language  of  Fuller,  that  "  he 


([(William  S:i)u^)alc.  17 

tendered  his  services  to  Cuthbert  Tonstall,  a  great  scliolar 
himself  and  therefore  probable  to  prove  a  patron  to  a  learned 
man."  His  commendation  as  such,  by  Erasmus,  had  indeed 
led  Tyndale  to  hope  for  a  chaplaincy  in  his  palace,  where 
without  molestation  he  might  pursue  his  biblical  labors.  An 
introduction  from  Sir  John  Welch  to  Sir  H.  Guilford,  procur- 
ed him  through  the  latter,  an  audience  of  the  Bishop.  To 
him  Tyndale  presented  an  oration  of  Isocrates  which  he  had 
translated  into  English,  trusting  for  his  success  mainly  to  this 
evidence  of  his  Greek  sholarship  ;  "  but  though  suing  for 
himself  in  two  tongues,  both  proved  ineffectual ;  the  Bishop 
returning  that  he  had  more  already  than  he  could  well  main- 
tain.'''' Upon  this  disappointment  he  found  an  asylum  in  the 
house  of  Humphrey  Monmouth,  a  worthy  alderman,  with 
whom  he  lived  about  half  of  the  year  1523. 

When  a  few  years  after,  Monmouth  was  sent  to  the  Tower 
on  suspicion  of  heresy,  this  service  to  Tyndale  was  the  heaviest 
count  in  his  indictment.  His  memorial  to  the  lord  legate  and 
the  privy  council,  witnessed  by  Bishop  Tonstall,  are  with  the 
original  articles,  in  the  Harleian  collection  of  State  Papers. 
Mr.  Offer  says,  that  he  did  not  examine  these  documents  with- 
out some  uneasy  concern  for  the  honour  and  character  of  Mon- 
mouth. A  wealthy  London  merchant  committed  to  such  a 
prison,  and  on  so  heinous  a  charge,  with  all  the  terrors  of 
confiscation,  torture  and  death  before  him  ; — how  strong  the 
temptation  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  even  a  baseless  calumny 
against  a  poor  and  then  exiled  friar  !  It  is  therefore  a  relief 
to  the  reader  to  see  him  coming  out  from  the  ordeal  unblem- 
ished. His  account  of  his  first  acquaintance  with  his  guest, 
and  of  his  domestic  habits  are  detailed  with  all  simplicity, 
and  cannot  be  read  without  amusement,  though  not  unmingled, 
surely,  with  a  better  feeling.  "  Upon  iiij  years  and  a  half 
past,  and  more,  I  herde  the  foresaid  Sir  William  preache  ij 
or  iij  sermondes,  at  St.  Dunstones  in  the  weste,  in  London, 
and  after  that  I  chaunced  to  meet  with  him,  and  with  coiti- 
2* 


18  fi^fmofi-  of 

muny cation  I  examyned  him  what  lyving  he  had,  he  said, 
none  at  all,  but  he  trusted  to  be  with  my  lord  of  London  in 
his  service,  and  therefore  I  had  the  better  fantasye  to  him. 
And  afterwarde  he  went  to  my  lorde  and  spake  to  him,  as  he 
tolde  me,  and  m.y  lorde  of  London  answered  him  that  he  had 
chaplaines  inoiighe,  and  he  said  to  him  that  he  would  have  no 
more  at  that  time,  and  so  the  priest  came  to  me  againe,  and 
besought  me  to  helpe  him,  and  so  I  toke  him  in  my  house 
half  a  year,  and  there  he  lived  like  a  good  priest  as  me  thought, 
he  studyed  raoste  parte  of  the  daye  and  of  the  nyght  at  his 
booke,  and  he  woulde  eat  but  sodden  meate  by  his  good  will, 
nor  drinke  but  small  single  beer  ;  I  never  saw  him  were  lynen 
about  him  in  the  space  he  was  with  me  ;  I  did  promyse  him 
ten  pounds  sterling  to  praie  for  my  father,  mother,  there 
sowles,*  and  all  christen  sowles.  I  did  paie  yt  him  when  he 
made  his  exchang  to  Hamboi'o'.  When  L hard  my  lord  of 
London  preache  at  Powles  Crosse  that  Sir  William  Tyndall 
had  translated  the  New  Testament  in  Englishe,  and  was 
noughtely  translated,  that  was  the  first  tyme  that  ever  I  sus- 
pected or  knewe  any  evill  by  him,  and  shortly  all  the  letters 
and  treatyes  that  he  sent  me  with  dyuers  copies  of  bookes 
that  my  servant  did  write,  and  the  sermondes  that  the  priest 
did  make  at  St.  Dunstanes,  I  did  burne  them  in  my  bowse,  he 
that  did  write  them  did  see  it.  I  did  borne  them  for  feare  of  the 
translator  more  than  for  any  yll  that  I  knewe  by  them."  The 
worthy  citizen  soon  obtained  his  liberty,  was  knighted,  and 
in  1535  served  his  shrievalty.  He  died  in  1537,  and  was 
buried  at  Alhallows  church,  near  the  Tower.     He  was  a 

*  Liglit  broke  in  gradually  upon  liis  mind,  like  tlie  man  who,  hav- 
ing been  born  blind,  suddenly  received  his  sight,  and  said,  "  I  see 
men  as  trees,  walking."  Al'ter  he  left  England,  he  defended  the 
real  presence  against  Barnes,  but  very  soon  gave  up  that  extraordi- 
nary delusion,  in  reply  to  More,  he  professes  an  historic  faith  in 
the  perpetual  virginity  of  our  Lord's  mother.  It  is  interesting  to 
trace  the  progress  of  his  powerful  mind  in  throwing  oif  the  errors 
which  he  had  imbibed  in  his  education. — See  Confutation  of  Tyn- 
dale,  fol.  249  and  260. 


JLffiffllfam  2r»ntJnlc.  19 

great  ornament  to  the  city,  of  good  wealth,  and  great  charity  ; 
he  contributed  largely  to  the  printing  of  the  New  Testament 
and  other  pious  books  against  the  erroi's  of  Rome.  By  his 
will,  he  appointed  Latimer,  Barnes,  and  two  other  gospellers 
to  preach  thirty  sermons  at  his  parish  church,  which  he 
thought  would  do  more  good  than  so  many  masses  said  for 
the  repose  of  his  soul ;  and  he  forbade  the  ordinary  supersti- 
tions of  candles  and  singing  dirige,  and  ringing  of  bells  at  his 
funeral.* 

*  Strype's  Stow,  Vol.  1.  p.  375. 


20  i^cmoir  of 


CHAPTER  II. 

"  Toss'd  in  the  ship  of  Providence,  he  sailed 
From  place  to  place,  his  courage  never  fail'd. 
The  strength  of  his  afflictions,  added  strength 
Unto  his  soul.  Quarles. 

GOES  INTO  VOLUNTARY  EXILE  —  CONFERS  WITH  LUTHER,  AND  PRINTS 
THE  NEW  TESTAMENT  IN  ENGLISH — DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  TWO 
EDITIONS — VIOLENT  OPPOSITION  TO  THE  NEW  TESTAMENT  IN  ENG- 
LAND—  SEVERE  PERSECUTION  OF  THOSE  IN  WHOSE  POSSESSION  IT 
WAS    FOUND PUBLICLY    BURNT    AT    PAUL's    CROSS. 

Before  the  close  of  the  year  1523,  Tyndale  became  a  vol- 
untary exile  from  his  native  land — and  which  he  was  never 
more  to  revisit ; — having  satisfied  himself  that  no  where  with- 
in its  limits  was  he  likely  to  bring  his  labors  to  a  prosperous 
issue.  With  the  aid  of  a  ten  pounds'  donation  from  the  friend- 
ly alderman,  he  quitted  his  hospitable  roof  and  sailed  for 
Hamburgh ;  thence  he  proceeded  to  Saxony  to  confer 
with  the  kindred  spirits  and  fellow-reformers,  of  his  age. 
Luther,  who  had  just  finished  his  German  version,  not  only 
gave  encoumgement  to  the  pious  refugee  to  persevere  in 
this  twin-enterprise,  but  as  some  think,  by  his  pecuniary  as- 
sistance, lightened  the  burthen  of  his  less  able  ally.  The  im- 
agination cannot  forbear  to  paint  the  meeting  of  two  such 
eminent  men ;  raised  up  by  Providence  for  similar  services 
to  mankind.  In  some  points  of  character,  probably,  they 
widely  differed,  as  they  certainly  did  in  outward  circum- 
stances. The  Englishman  was  a  poverty-stricken  exile,  the 
German  was  the  protegee  of  at  least  one  considerable,  spirit- 
ed prince  of  the  empire.  But  they  resembled  in  the  energy 
of  soul  and  in  other  qualities,  which  the  exigencies  of  the  timq 
required,  and  not  less  in  the  happy  influence  on  their   re^ 


spective  countries,  of  their  efforts  for  the  diffusion  of  the  liv- 
ing word. 

At  Wyttemburg,  it  is  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Offor,  that  he  com- 
pleted the  translation  of  the  New  Testament,  assisted  by  his 
learned  friend,  Frith,  who  with  William  Roy,  acted  also  as 
his  amanuenses.  He  counts  "  it  a  popular  error  which  as- 
cribes the  edition  to  the  Antwerp  press  ;  the  more  remarka- 
ble, as  no  similar  type  was  used  there,  nor  did  Tyndale  visit 
that  city  until  the  year  1530."  One  edition  of  three  thou- 
sand for  general  circulation,  was  followed,  it  is  supposed,  by 
a  more  sightly  edition  in  4to.  with  glosses*  commenced  at  Co- 
logne in  1526,  and  finished  at  Worms  or  Wyttemburg ;  the 
type,  cuts  and  ornaments  of  both  these  books  being  those  used 
by  the  German  printers  on  the  Rhine.  These  circumstances 
are  confirmed  by  the  positive  evidence  of  Brovius,t  as  to  the 
one  printed  at  Wittemburg  in  1525  and  that  of  CochloBus,  (an 
authority  soon  to  be  introduced)  who  broke  up  the  printing  of 
the  second  at  Cologne.  Tyndale  himself  seems  to  point  out 
the  order  of  these  two  editions  at  the  close  of  this  volume, 

*  Such  is  the  statement  of  Mr.  Offor  ;  and  with  the  ampler  means  of 
thorough  investigation  in  his  hands,  the  Editor  must  needs  suppose 
the  distinctions  in  tlie  text  well-founded.  But  since  the  present  work 
(which  is  the  ^rs^,  the  reader  will  please  to  remember,  of  these  alleg- 
ed editions,  viz.  that  of  1.525)  opens  on  the  eye  with  the  date  of  1.526, 
since  the  table  of  Various  Readingsof  the  secowrf  edition  collated  with 
the  first  at  the  close  of  the  Memoir,  assumes  them  to  be  respectively 
of  152G  and  1534,  and  since  all  this  is  confirmed  by  the  incidental 
mention  of  the  two  throughout  the  Sketch, — it  will  be  strange  if  tlie 
reader,  who  values  or  himself  observes  precision  of  language,  is  not 
thoroughly  bewildered  by  this  confusion  of  terms.  Yet  of  afl  this  the 
English  biographer  seems  utterly  unconscious;  nor  to  have  once 
thought  of  using  any  qualifying  explanation,  with  a  view  to  remedy 
his  apparent  looseness  of  description.  It  would  be  well  if  the  por- 
tions of  Tyndale's  Testament,  issued  in  the  successive  years  and  in 
different  forms,  might  be  designated  as  two  impressions  o?  one  and  the 
same  edition;  but  if  this  may  not  be, — and  to  judge  from  Mr.  Offor's 
specimens  on  a  succeeding  page,  they  differ  from  each  other  as  much 
(trivial  as  that  may  be)  as  does  the  edition  of  '34  from  either, — then 
will  it  need  a  very  discriminating  faculty  indeed  to  see,  why  this  last 
is  not  the  third,  and  ita  predecessors  severally,  the  first  and  second 
editions. 

t  Preface  tq  The  Wicked  MamPlon. 


22  iWcmofr  of 

where  he  says  "  that  the  rudnes  of  the  worke,  nowe  at  the 
FYRST  TYME,  ofFende  them  not."  In  the  prologue  to  the  4to. 
no  such  expressions  are  found. 

That  after  his  first  pubhcation  of  the  text,  he  thought  it  ex- 
pedient to  re-issue  it  again,  with  a  view  aUogether  to  the  pro- 
logue and  notes  to  be  annexed,  the  language  of  Sir  Thomas 
More's  Strictures  seems  to  favour:  "But  surely  the  worde 
congregacyion,  wyth  the  circunstaunces  in  the  text :  wolde  not 
haue  serued  ichen  he  translated  ytfyrste^  to  make  the  englyshe 
reader  to  take  it  for  the  chyrch,  no  more  than  idols  for  ymages  ; 
But  mary  he  hath  added  vnto  his  translacion  such  circum- 
staunces  syimys,''''*  etc. 

We  can  trace  the  volume  of  Tyndale,  soon  after  this  date, 
as  in  course  of  circulation.  Strype  has  recorded,  from  a  pri- 
vate paper  left  by  John  Fox,  that  one  John  Pykas,  when  in 
trouble  for  alleged  heresy,  deposed,  March  7, 1527,  that  about 
two  years  previously,  he  bought  in  Colchester,  of  a  Lombard 
merchant  (i.  e.  any  merchant  trading  to  foreign  parts)  the 
New  Testament  in  English  for  four  shillings  :  he  does  not  say 
that  it  was  printed  ;  but,  supposing  it  to  be  one  of  the  first  im- 
portation of  printed  Testaments,  when  manuscript  copies  were 
selling  for  very  considerable  sums,  and  the  sale  was  attended 
with  great  risk,  it  may  accoimt  for  the  charge  of  four  shillings 
for  so  small  a  volume. 

In  the  preface  to  the  Wicked  Mammon,  published  in  May, 
1528,  Tyndale  states,  that  the  New  Testament  was  completed 
two  years  previously  ;  thus  confirming  the  account  given  by 
Cochlseus,  one  of  the  most  active  enemies  of  the  Reforma- 
tion. In  his  Memoir  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Luther,  he 
thus  narrates  the  routing  of  the  two  pious  aliens,  Tyndale  and 
Frith,     E.oy  had  quitted  them,  and  gone  to  Strasburg. 

ANNO  DOMINI  M.D.XXVI. 

"Two  English  heretics,  who  had  formerly  been  at  Wittem- 
burg,  not  only  sought  to  convert  the  merchants  who  had  se- 

*  Bp.  Kennet's  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum. 


521?flliam  Siintalc.  23 

cretly  maintained  them  during  exile,  but  even  hoped  that  the 
whole  of  the  EngUsh  nation,  without  consulting  the  king's 
feelings,  would  in  a  short  time  become  Lutherans,  by  means 
of  Luther's  New  Testament,  which  they  had  translated  into 
the  English  language.  They  had  come  to  Cologne,  that  they 
might  forward  many  thousand  printed  copies  of  the  Testa- 
ment thus  translated,  secreted  under  other  goods,  into  Eng- 
land. Such  was  their  confidence  in  the  success  of  this  at- 
tempt, that  at  their  first  interview  ihey  ordered  the  printers  to 
put  six  thousand  copies  to  press  ;  but  fearing  that  a  great  loss 
would  be  sustained  if  the  enterprise  failed,  they  agreed  to 
print  only  three  thousand,  it  being  easy,  if  they  sold  well,  to 
print  another  edition.  Pomeranus  had  already  sent  letters  to 
the  saints  among  the  English,  and  Luther  himself  had  written 
to  the  king.  When  he  supposed  that  the  New  Testament 
would  soon  appear,  such  was  his  delight,  that  he  inflated  his 
followers  with  vain  expectations,  and  they  became  intoxicated 
with  joy,  and  revealed  the  secret  before  due  time  with  their 
useless  boasting."  The  narrative  goes  on  to  state,  that  Coch- 
Ipeus,  having  prepared  an  edition  of  Rupert's  Commentaiy  on 
Matthew,  went  to  Cologne  to  superintend  the  printing  of  it, 
and  happening  to  employ  the  same  printers,  he  heard  such 
whispers  as  led  this  divine  to  ply  some  of  the  workmen  with 
drink,  and  while  intoxicated,  he  drew  from  them  their  mas- 
ter's secret.  His  narrative  thus  continues — "  Here  having 
become  better  acquainted  with  the  printers,  he  hears  them 
occasionally  ejaculate  over  the  glass  with  confidence  —  let 
the  English  king  and  cardinal  be  willing  or  not,  all  England 
shall  in  a  short  space  of  time  become  Lutherans.  He  heard 
also  that  two  Englishmen  there,  learned,  eloquent,  and 
SKILLED  IN  LANGUAGES,  made  it  a  matter  of  exultation,  but 
he  never  found  an  opportunity  of  seeing  or  speaking  to 
them.  Having  invited  some  of  the  printers  to  his  house, 
when  they  had  becomed  heated  with  wine,  one  of  them 
in  private  conversation  revealed  to  him  the  secret,  how  Eng- 


24  i^finofv  of 

land  was  to  be  brought  to  Luther's  side ;  namely,  three 
thousand  copies  of  Luther's  New  Testament,  translated  into 
English,  were  printing,  and  that  they  had  already  advanced 
as  far  as  signature  K,  in  fours.  That  the  cost  would  be 
abundantly  supplied  by  the  English  merchants,  who  would 
secretly  convey  the  work,  when  finished,  throughout  all  Eng- 
land, and  extensively  distribute  it  before  the  king  or  the  car- 
dinal ( Wolsey)  could  know  of  or  prevent  it.  Cochlreus,  agi- 
tated with  fear  and  wonder,  outwardly  dissembled  his  sad- 
ness, but  soon  revolving  sorrowfully  in  his  mind  the  extent  of 
the  danger,  he  devised  means  to  paralyze  this  effort.  He 
went  privately  to  Herman  Rinck,  Bart.,  a  counsellor  and  sen- 
ator of  Cologne,  who  was  personally  acquainted  with  the  em- 
peror and  with  the  king  of  England,  and  opened  to  him  the 
whole  affair,  as  (thanks  to  the  wine)  he  had  discovered  it. 
The  baronet,  to  satisfy  himself  that  the  information  was  cor- 
rect, sent  a  man  to  search  the  house  where  the  work  was  car- 
ried on ;  the  printer  acknowledged  that  it  was  in  hand,  and 
that  a  quantity  of  paper  was  purchased  for  it.  Upon  this  he 
went  to  the  senate,  and  obtained  an  injunction,  forbidding  the 
printer  to  proceed.  The  two  English  heretics  taking  with 
them  the  printed  sheets,  escaped  and  sailed  up  the  Rhine  to 
Worms,  where  the  people  were  immoderately  in  favour  of 
Luther,  that  they  might  there  finish  their  undertaking.  Rinck 
and  Cochlseus  admonished  the  king,  the  cardmal,  and  the 
bishop  about  these  proceedings,  that  all  diligence  might  be 
used  to  stop  this  pernicious  merchandize  from  entering  any 
of  the  English  ports.  It  is  reported  that  Lord  C.  Tunstall,  a 
most  leai-ned  man,  at  that  time  bishop  of  London  but  now 
of  Durham,  when  he  had  obtained  one  of  these  copies,  de- 
clared to  a  great  assembly  in  London  that  he  had  found  up- 
wards of  two  thousand  errors  and  corruptions  in  that  book." 
This  is  the  narrative  of  an  eye-witness  of  repute,  given  to 
the  world  in  1549,  at  which  time  its  accuracy  was  not  ques- 
tioned.  But  the  slight  regard  given  it  by  Lewis,  led  Mr.  Offor 


W&niiam  EsrCOale.  25 

to  Cologne  in  1830,  to  ascertain  if  possible  its  accuracy  on  the 
ground.  His  researches  into  the  archives,  which  were  kindly- 
aided  by  the  city  secretary,  Mr.  Vaux,  and  others,  brought  to 
light  the  identical  Herman  Rinck,  a  senator  in  1526,  and  faith- 
fully answering  to  his  portrait  by  Cochlseus.  The  printer's 
house,  the  scene  of  the  drama,  was  pointed  out  by  these  gen- 
tlemen, who  themselves  saw  no  reason  to  doubt  the  story  of 
Luther's  biographer. 

The  printers,  it  is  curious  to  observe,  speake  of  this  English 
New  Testament,  as  a  translation  from  Luther ;  and  hence 
perhaps  the  assertion  has  come,  which  is  sometimes  made, 
that  Tyndale  did  not  translate  from  the  Original.  But  Lu- 
theran was  then  the  common  by-word  of  reproach ;  and  it  was 
one  of  the  artifices  of  monkish  zeal  to  give  out  that  the  here- 
tics, so  styled,  had  invented  two  new  languages  which  they 
called  Hebrew  and  Greek* — that  all  who  studied  Hebrew  be- 
came Jews — and  that  the  New  Testament  was  a  modem  in- 
vention by  Luther.  Every  new  version  therefore  was  naturally 
enough  called  by  his  name,  however  faithfully  made  from  the 
Greek.  Tyndale,  however,  to  whom  the  latter  language  was 
familiar  from  his  youth,  would  have  found  it  quite  a  different 
affair  to  cope  with  the  German.  Any  rumoui's,  however,  to 
the  discredit  of  his,  as  a  second-hand  version,  will  be  utterly 
exposed  by  a  minute  and  careful  comparison  of  the  text  with 
the  Greek,f  the  Latin  Vulgate,  and  Luther's  German  ;  though 
who  can  doubt  that  he  availed  himself  of  all  aids  within  his 
reach,  in  the  difficulties  that  would  arise ;  of  which,  conference 


**  Sir  Thomas  More  relates  a  curious  instance  of  the  ignorance  of 
a  learned  monk  : — "A  lerned  prieste  thorow  out  all  ye  gospels  scraped 
out  diuholus  and  wrote  Jesus  Cristus,  bycause  he  thought  the  deuyls 
name  was  not  mete  to  stande  in  so  good  a  place."  If  this  learned 
monk  understood  Latin,  how  would  he.  after  such  an  alteration,  read 
Matt.  xiii.  39,  or  1  John  iii.  d  .'  —  Confutation,  p.  ]2tJ. 

t  In  his  Preface  to  the  "  Obedience  of  a  Christian  Man,"  Tyndale 
writes  like  one  at  home  in  the  Original  languages.  The  Greeke 
tongue  agreeth  more  with  the  Englysshe  than  with  the  Latyne,  and 
the  properties  of  the  Hebrue  tongue  agreeth  a  thousand  tymes  more 
with  i/«  Englysshe  than  with  the  Latyne.'' 

3 


26  J«cmolr  of 

with  the  great  hghts  among  his  Reformed  brethren,  was  not 
by  a  wise  man  to  be  neglected. 

Many  pirated  editions  of  this  book  were  printed  by  the 
Dutchmen,  particularly  at  Antwerp ;  but  gain  being  all  that 
was  thought  of,  carelessly  and  incorrectly  enough.  The  most 
accurate  was  by  the  exile,  George  Joy ;  who  however  pri- 
vately corrupted  the  text,  for  which  he  afterwards  apologized. 
This  edition  was  printed  by  the  widow  of  Christopher  of  End- 
hoven  in  Antwerp  :  her  husband  had  died  in  an  English  pri- 
son for  selling  a  pirated  edition  in  1531.  Three  years  previ- 
ously, John  Raymond,  a  Dutchman,  severely  suffered,  for  caus- 
ing 1500  of  Tyndale's  New  Testament  to  be  printed  at  Ant- 
werp, one  third  of  which  were  conveyed  into  England.  The 
price  at  which  they  were  usually  sold,  was  thirteen  pence  for 
the  small  editions,  and  half-a-crown  with  the  glosses  ;  a  sum 
more  considerable  than  at  this  day  it  appears. 

The  first  of  Tyndale's  editions  is  a  small  8vo.  handsomely 
printed :  it  consists  of  336  leaves,  of  which  333  contain  the 
text,  the  epistle  to  the  reader  and  the  errata  filling  the  rest. 
Of  this  book  only  two  known  copies  remain :  one,  wanting 
forty-eight  leaves,  in  the  Cathedral  Library  of  St.  Paul's ;  the 
other,  from  which  through  the  public  spirit  and  liberal  tender 
of  the  principal  of  that  college,  the  present  edition  is  printed, 
adorns  the  Bapfist  Library  at  Bristol.  This  rare  and  pre- 
cious volume  is  in  the  most  beautiful  preservation,  the  cuts 
emblazoned,  and  every  leaf  ornamented,  as  if  intended  for 
presentation  to  some  royal  or  noble  personage  :  the  title,  if  it 
ever  had  one,  is  lost.  The  type  is  a  neat  German  character, 
similar  to  that  of  Hans  Luft,  who,  at  Wyttenburg,  and  at  Mar- 
purg,  printed  nearly  all  Tyndale's  works.  This  literary  gem 
was  first  discovered  by  John  Murray,  one  of  Lord  Oxford's 
collectors,  who  generously  rewarded  him  with  a  life-annuity 
of  twenty  pounds,  paying  him  the  first  year  in  advance. 
Lord  Oxford  dying  in  1741,  while  the  annuity  was  still  unex- 
pired, his  library  was  bought  by  Mr.  Osborne,  who,  uncon- 
scious of  the  treasure  in  his  hands,  sold  it  to  the  celebrated 


55L?fllfnin  S^ntialc.  27 

collector,  Mr.  Ames,  for  fifteen  shillings.  Thence  at  his 
death  [1760]  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  John  Whyte  for 
fourteen  guineas  and  a  half;  and  from  him,  after  sixteen  years 
possession,  into  those  of  Dr.  Gifford,  at  the  advanced  price  of 
twenty.  From  1784,  it  has  reposed  in  the  Baptist  Museum  at 
Bristol,  to  which  it  was  left  by  the  Doctor,  then  librarian  of  the 
British  Museum. 

The  edition  with  marginal  glosses*  was  an  elegant  small  4to. 
with  handsome  cuts.  The  portion  which  has  been  discovered 
was  printed  at  Cologne ;  but  probably  the  volume  was  com- 
pleted at  Worms.  A  fragment,  containing  the  prologue  and 
the  gospel  of  Matthew  to  the  twenty-second  chapter,  is  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Thomas  Rodd,  an  English  bookseller,  who 
has  long  promised  it  to  the  public,  accompanied  with  much 
curious  information.  The  prologue  (of  seven  leaves)  has  been 
several  times  re-published  under  the  title  of  "A  Pathway  into 
the  Scriptures,  by  Tyndale,"  but  the  liberties  taken  with  it, 
both  in  the  way  of  omission  and  addition,  make  it  an  abuse  of 
his  name.  To  what  the  variations  in  the  text  from  the  8vo. 
edition  amount,  let  the  reader  judge  from  the  few  that  follow  ; 
being  the  most  material  of  the  twenty-eight — the  sum  total — 
found  in  this  fragment. 

The  specimens  observe  the  order  of  the  two  editions  ;  the 
8vo.  1526  (that  contained  in  the  following  volume)  standing 
first,  the  4to.  in  crotchets. 


*  Two  or  three  specimens  will  give  a  fair  idea  of  these  glosses. 
Matt.  5.  Salt.  "  When  the  preachers  ceaste  topreache  goddes  worde, 
then  muste  they  nedes  be  oppressed  and  trod  vnder  fote  with  mannes 
tradicions.  Matt.  (5.  Rcicarde  them  openly,  ye  shall  not  thynke, 
that  cure  dedes  deserve  ani  thyng  of  god  as  a  labourer  deserueth  hys 
hyre.  For  all  good  thynges  come  of  the  bounteousnes,  liberalite, 
mercy,  promyses  and  trewth  of  god  bi  the  deseruinge  of  Christes 
bloud  only,  etc.  *Sijngle.  The  eye  is  single  when  a  man  in  all  his 
dedes  loketh  but  on  the  wil  of  god,  and  loketh  nott  for  laude,  honour 
or  eni  other  rewarde  in  this  worlde.  Nether  ascrybeth  heven  or  a 
hyer  roume  in  heaven  vnto  his  dedes ;  but  accepteth  heven  as  a 
thing  purchased  bi  the  blood  of  Christe,  and  worketh  frely  for  loves 
eake  only.'' 


28  J«emoft  of 

1525.    8vo.  MATTHEW.  1526.    4ta, 

ch.  iv.    Beholde  the  land  of  Zabulon         [the  londe  of  zabulon]' 
ix.   shalbe  tacken  awaye  from  them,    [shall  be  taken  from  them.J 
X.    power  over  all  vnclene  [power  agaynst  vnclene] 

X.    that  the  kyugdome  [howe  the  kyngdom] 

xi.   He  that  hath  eares  to  heare,  let    [He  that  hatheearesto  heare 

him  here.  whith  all,  let  him  heare.] 

xi.   in  tiyre  and  sidon  they  had         [in  tyre  and  sydon  :    they 

wolde  have] 
XV.  and  the  blinde  to  se.  and  they    [the  blynde  to  se,  and  glo- 

gloryfyed  ryfyed} 

xix.  which  be  made  of  men.  [which  be   made  chaste  ot 

men. 
XX.  is  not  myne  to  geve  :  [ys  not  myne  to  geve  you  : j 

With  the  earliest  circulation  of  the  New  Testament,  the 
English  prelates  were  untiringly  active  to  destroy  what  they 
alleged  to  be  the  prolific  seed  of  heresy.  Tunstall,  bishop  of 
London,  already  mentioned,  led  the  way  with  his  "  injunc- 
tion" to  this  end.  Having  set  forth  in  the  preamble  "  that 
many  children  of  iniquitie,  mayntayners  of  Luther's  sect,'* 
"  wandring  from  the  way  of  truth  and  the  catholike  fayth, 
craftily  have  translated  the  New  Testament  into  our  English 
tongue,  intermedling  therewith  many  hereticall  articles  and 
erroneous  opinions,  pernicious  and  offensive,  seducing  the 
simple  people,  attempting  by  their  perverse  interpretations  to 
prophanate  the  maiestie  of  the  scripture,  which  have  hitherto 
remained  undefiled,"  it  proceeds,  that  "  many  books  of  the 
same  imprinted,  some  with  glosses,  and  some  without,  con- 
taining in  the  English  tongue  that  pestiferous  and  most  per- 
nicious poyson,  are  dispersed  throughout  all  our  diocesse  of 
London  in  great  number,  which  without  doubt  will  contami- 
nate and  infect  the  flocke  committed  to  us,"  '^  to  the  grievous 
perill  and  danger  of  their  soules,  and  the  offence  of  God's 
divine  maiestie,"  and  ends  with  a  requirement  to  deliver  up  all 
such  copies  "  within  thirtie  days  to  our  Vicar  generall  under 
pain  of  excommunication  and  incurring  the  suspicion  of  here- 
sie." 


In  February,  1527,  Sebastian  Harris,  cumte  of  Kensington, 
was  proceeded  against  for  this  offence.  But  the  bishop,  im- 
patient of  such  a  snail-paced  process,  attempted  the  wholesale 
destruction  of  them  by  a  stratagem  in  which,  as  is  well  known, 
he  singularly  outwitted  himself.  He  deputed  Packington,  a 
merchant,  and  an  acquaintance  of  Tyndale,  to  buy  up  for  him 
all  the  copies  of  the  latter  Testament.  "  The  bishop  thinking 
that  he  had  God  by  the  too,  when  in  dede  he  had  (as  after  he 
thought)  the  devil  by  the  fiste,said,  gentle  maister  Packington, 
do  your  diligence,  and  get  them,  and  with  al  my  hart  I  will 
paye  for  them,  whatsoever  thei  cost  you,  for  the  bokes  are 
erronious  and  naughte,  and  I  entend  surely  to  destroy  them 
all,  and  to  burne  theim  at  Paules  Crosse.  Tyndale  sold  him 
the  books,  saying,  I  shal  gett  moneye  of  hym  for  these  bokes, 
to  br\'ng  myself  out  of  debt,  and  the  whole  world  shall  cry  out 
upon  the  burning  of  Goddes  worde.  And  the  overplus  of  the 
money  that  shal  remain  to  me,  shal  make  me  more  studious 
to  correct  the  sayd  New  Testament,  and  so  newly  to  imprint 
the  same.  And  so  forwarde  went  the  bargain,  the  byshop  had 
the  bokes,  Packyngton  the  thankes,  and  Tyndale  had  the 
money."  Afterwards,  more  New  Testaments  came  thick 
and  threefold  into  England.  Sir  Thomas  More  questioned 
George  Constantine,  a  prisoner  for  heresy,  how  Tyndale  and 
his  friends  were  supported  ;  and  he  frankly  told  the  lord  chan- 
cellor, "  It  is  the  bishop  of  London  that  hath  hoi  pen  vs,  for  he 
hath  bestowed  emonge  vs  a  great  deale  of  moneye  in  Newe 
Testaments  to  burne  theim,  and  that  hath  been  and  yet  is  our 
onely  succour  and  comfort."*  The  destruction  of  these  books, 
erroneously  geven  by  Lord  Herbert  as  on  the  4th  of  May  1530, 
took  place  in  1528. 

The  Reformers  were  driven  to  a  secret  circulation  of  these 
silent  agents  of  the  truth  ;  in  which  they  succeeded  to  a  great 
degree,  in  despite  of  the  efforts  of  More,  Wolsey  and  Tonstall. 
Richard  Herman,  a  merchant  of  the  staple  at  Antwerp,  was 

*  Hall's  Chronicle,  xxi.  Henry  VHI. 

3* 


30  ifHemofv  of 

a  considerable  exporter  of  the  prohibited  books  to  England, 
at  a  great  sacrifice  of  his  fortune.  Dr.  Barnes  and  Mr.  Fish 
dispensed  them  in  London,  Mr.  Garret  at  Oxford,  and  pious 
reformers  in  every  part  of  the  kingdom :  and  all,  m  a  confi- 
dence that  was  seldom  betrayed. 

Early  in  1527,  the  Bishop  proceeded  into  Essex  to  ob- 
serve the  effects  of  his  proclamation  ;  and  examining  the  sus- 
pected in  his  course.  Some  of  the  depositions  may  be  seen 
below.* 

The  usual  arguments  of  the  Church  were  reserved  for  those 
who  set  at  nought  the  proclamation  by  reading  the  proscribed 
book.  An  aged  labourer,  father  Harding,  being  seen  thus  oc- 
cupied by  a  wood  side,  while  his  more  fashionable  neighbours 
were  gone  to  hear  mass  ;  liis  house  was  broken  open,  English 
books  of  holy  scripture  were  found  under  the  flooring  boards, 
and  the  poor  old  man  was  hurried  to  prison,  and  in  due  course^ 
to  the  stake. 

This  rage  for  extirpating,  as  might  be  foreseen,  inflamed 
curiosity  in  those  who  were  unacquainted  with  the  books  in 
question,  and  endeared  possession,  in  those  who  were.  The 
sense  of  religious  privileges  is  never  so  sure  to  rise  to  a  pas- 
sionate and  tenacious  regard,  as  when  they  can  be  safely  en- 
joyed only  by  stealth.  And  old  Harding,  who  had  many 
years  before  been  imprisoned  for  heresy,  and  knew  that  a 
second  offence  was  beyond  mercy ;  may,  without  much  ef- 

*  John  TijJiaU  first  saw  the  New  Testament  in  English  .about  April, 
152l),  and  at  Ivlichaelmas  following-  caine  to  London,  and  bought  one 
for  three  sliillings  and  two-ponce  of  friar  Barons,  requesting  that  he 
would  keep  it  close  ;  that  in  conversation  the  friar  made  a  twyte  of 
the  manuscript  copies,  and  said  :  '•  A  point  for  them,  for  they  are  not 
to  be  regarded  toward  the  new  printed  Testament  in  English." 
John  Xtcton  was  directed  by  vicar  Constantine  in  JNovember,  152(5, 
to  Mr  Fish,  of  wliom  he  bought  twenty  or  thirty  copies  of  the  great 
volume  ;  that  Constantine  had  fifteen  or  sixteen  of  the  biggest,  and 
sold  five  or  six  to  persons  in  London  ;  and  that  about  Easter,  l."')26, 
he  bought  of  G.  Usher,  servant  to  the  parson  of  Honey-lane,  eighteen 
New  Testaments  of  the  small  volume  ;  and  about  Christmas,  1527, 
a  Dutclnnan,  who  in  Easter  following  was  a  prisoner  in  the  Fleet, 
offered  him  300  copies  for  IGZ.  5.?.  :  this  was  probably  John  Raimund. 


fort  of  imagination,  be  tliought  in  his  humble  cottage,  and  in 
secret  communion  with  the  precious  and  forbidden  book,  to 
hear  with  a  kindred  fervour  to  that  in  which  the  words  were 
spoken,  the  voice  of  the  inspired  writer,  speaking  pecuUarly 
him,  "  Eat,  O  friend,  drink,  yea  drink  abundantly,  O  beloved." 

Fines,  imprisonment  and  death  for  reading  the  New  Tes- 
tament were  now  the  order  of  the  day.  Lawrence  Staple 
was  persecuted  in  1531  for  concealing  four  copies  in  his  sleeve 
and  giving  them  to  Bilney,  who  was  afterwards  martyred. 
Staple  escaped  by  abjuring.  John  Tyndale  the  brother  of  Wil- 
liam, and  Thomas  Patmore,  both  merchants,  had  their  doom 
from  the  Star  Chamber  court ;  but  a  milder  one  than  that  of 
Harding.  It  was,  "  That  each  of  them  should  be  set  upon  a 
horse,  and  their  faces  to  the  horse's  tail,  and  to  have  papers 
upon  their  heads,  and  upon  their  gowns  or  cloaks  to  be  tacked 
or  pinned  with  the  said  New  Testaments  and  other  books,  and 
at  the  standard  in  Chepe  should  be  made  a  great  fire,  where- 
into  every  of  them  should  throw  their  said  books,  and  farther 
to  abide  such  fines  to  be  paid  to  the  king  as  should  be  asses- 
sed upon  them."*  The  fine,  according  to  Fox,  was  to  a  ruin- 
ous amoimt. 

The  arm  of  Wolsey  was  long  enough  to  be  felt  even  at  Ant- 
werp. Richard  Herman,  a  merchant  and  cifizen,  "  for  that  he 
dyd  bothe  with  his  gooddis  and  pollicie,  to  his  great  hurt  and  hyn- 
derans  in  this  world,  helpe  to  the  settyng  forthe  of  the  Newe 
Testament  in  Englisshe,"  was  expelled  from  his  freedom  in 
the  company  of  British  merchants.  He  was  restored  by  an 
order  from  Anne  Boleyn  under  her  hand  and  seal,  May  14, 
1535.t 

The  natural  result  of  the  interdict  is  told  by  the  annalist 
HoUinshed,  with  great  simplicity.  "  Diuers  persons  that  were 
detected  to  vse  reading  of  the  New  Testament,  set  forth  by 
Tindale,  were  punished  by  order  of  Sir  T.  More,  who  helde 
greatly  against  such  bookes,  hut  still  the  munher  of  them  day- 
ly  encreased.'''' 

*  State  paper,  British  Museum.  t  Idem. 


32  iHcmofv  of 

The  auto  da  JPe,  not  of  Tyndale,  but  his  book,  found  apolo- 
gists among  the  ablest  champions  of  Rome,  more  than  half  a 
century  after.  Dr.  Martin,  reader  of  divinity  to  the  College 
at  Douay,  says :  "  The  Catholicke  church  of  our  countrie  did 
not  il  to  forbid  and  burne  suche  bookes  which  were  so  trans- 
lated by  Tyndal  and  the  like,  as  being  not  in  deede  God's 
booke,  word,  or  scripture,  but  the  diuels  word."*  To  which 
Fulke  replied,  "  Neither  can  your  heathenish  and  barbarous 
burning  of  the  holy  scripture  so  translated,  nor  your  blasphe- 
mie  in  calling  it  the  Deuils  worde,  be  excused  for  any  fault 
in  translation  which  you  have  discouered  as  yet,  or  euer  shall 
be  able  to  descrye." 

To  the  fiery  test,  Tyndale  often  adverts  with  a  sort  of  pre- 
sentiment, as  if  the  fate  of  the  book  might  be  typical  of  his 
own.  "  Some  man  wil  aske  parauenture  why  I  take  the  la- 
boure  to  make  this  worke,  in  so  moch  as  they  will  brunne  it, 
seinge  they  brunt  the  gospel.  I  answere  in  brunninge  the 
New  Testamente  they  did  none  other  thinge  then  I  loked  for, 
no  more  shal  they  doo  if  the  brunne  me  also,  if  it  be  Gods 
will  it  shall  be  so."t  At  the  close  of  one  of  his  most  inter- 
esting tracts,  he  says,  "  Whoso  fyndythe  or  redythe  this  let- 
ter, put  it  furthe  in  examynacyon,  and  sufFre  it  not  to  be  hydde 
or  destroyed,  but  multyplyed,  for  no  man  knoweth  what 
proffyt  may  come  thereof.  For  he  that  compiled  it,  purposyth 
with  Goddes  helpe  to  mayntayne  vnto  the  deathe,  yf  neade 
be.  And  therefore  all  Christen  men  and  women,  praye  that 
the  worde  of  God  maye  be  vnbounde,  and  delyuered  frofn 
the  power  of  Antichrist,  and  renne  amonge  his  people. 
Amen."| 

The  prior  of  Newnham  Abbey,  in  1527,  wrote  to  the  bishop 
of  Lincoln,  relative  to  opinions  called  heretical,  held  by  George 

*  Martin's  Discovevie  of  tlie  Corruptions  of  Holy  Scripture,  p.  05; 
and  Fulke's  Reply  to  Martin,  p.  1 13,  edit.  8vo.  1583. 

t  Preface  to  the  Wicked  Mammon. 

X  End  of  his  "  Compendious  olde  Treatyse,  shcwying  how  that 
the  people  ought  to  h.ave  the  Scriptures  in  JEnglisli. 


eWfllfam  SEjntrale.  33 

Joye,  of  Peter  College,  Cambridge.  The  first  of  which  he 
complained  being,  that  a  simple  preacher  might  be  the  means 
of  a  sinner's  conversion,  and  had  the  same  power  of  binding 
and  loosing  as  a  pope,  cardinal,  or  bishop.  Again,  "  that  the 
scripture  in  Englisshe  wold  make  sedition,  brede  errours  and 
heresies,  and  so  be  euell."  Joy  replied  :  "  Wo  be  to  you  that 
say  that  thing  which  is  good  to  be  euell,  and  that  which  is 
sweet  to  be  bitter." — "  Thus  is  the  holye,  cleare,  good  and 
swete  gospell  of  Christe  belyed  and  blasphemed  of  you.  It 
is  only  unsavery,  kovered  and  darke  to  you  that  peryshe." 
An  anecdote  by  the  church  historian  Fuller,  shows  that  there 
were  not  wanting  counterparts  to  the  rancour  of  the  clergy,  in 
civil  life.  "  When  Tyndale's  translation  came  over  to  Eng- 
land, O  how  were  the  popish  clergy  cut  to  the  heart.  How 
did  their  blear  eyes  smart  at  the  shining  of  the  Gospel  in  the 
vulgar  tongue.  Hall  heard  the  town  clerk  of  London  swear 
a  great  oath,  that  he  would  cut  his  own  throat  rather  than 
the  Gospel  should  be  read  in  English,  but  he  brake  promes 
and  hanged  himself." 

Robert  Ridley,  a  priest,*  wrote  "  to  master  Henry  Golde, 
chaplayne  to  my  lorde  of  Canterbury,"  a  letter  in  which  he 
uses  language  in  all  probability  current  at  the  time.  "  No 
man  would  receaue  a  gospell  of  soch  damned  and  practised 
heretikes,  thow  it  were  trew."  He  seems  to  have  read  the 
edition  with  glosses.  Ridley  who  had  charged  Tyndale  with 
having  in  his  Preface,  made  light  of  morality,  and  which  the 
other  successfully  repelled  ,f  proceeded  to  find  fault  with  the 

*  Original  in  British  Museum.  Ridley  was  present  at  the  exami- 
nation of  Pykas  in  Essex,  referred  to  at  p.  22. 

t  His  views  of  the  grounds  of  forgiveness  and  justification,  appear 
in  his  defence  :  "As  no  naturall  sonne  that  is  his  father's  heyre, 
doth  his  father's  will  be  cause  he  wolde  be  heyre,  that  he  is  alreddy 
be  birth: — but  of  puer  love  doeth  he  that  he  doeth.  And  axe  him 
why  he  doeth  eny  thynge  that  he  doeth,  he  answereth  :  my  father 
bade,  it  is  mj'  father's  will,  it  pleaseth  my  father.  Bond  seruauntes 
worke  for  hyre,  children  for  love;  for  there  father,  with  all  he  hath, 
is  theres  alreddy.  So  doeth  a  christen  man  frely  all  that  he  doeth, 
considereth  nothynge  but  the  will   of  God,   and   his   neighboures 


34  IMcmofr  of 

text.  "  By  this  translation  shal  we  loose  al  these  cristian 
wordes,  penaunce,  charite,  confession,  grace,  priest,  chirch 
which  he  alway  calleth  a  congregation,  ye  shal  not  neede  to 
accuse  this  translation.  It  is  accused  and  damned  by  the  con- 
sent of  the  prelates  and  lerned  men.  And  commanded  to  be 
brynt  both  heir  and  beyonde  the  see,  wher  is  mony  hundreth 
of  them  burnt.  So  that  it  is  to  layt  now  to  offer  reason  why 
that  be  condempned,  and  whiche  be  the  fawte  and  errour. 

wealth  only.  Yf  y  live  chaste,  I  doo  hit  nott  te  obteyne  heven  there- 
by, Foi-  then  shulde  y  doo  wronge  to  the  bloud  of  Christ :  Christes 
bloud  hath  obteyned  me  that.  Nether  that  y  loke  for  an  hyer  roume 
in  heven,  then  they  shall  iiave  vi^hych  live  in  wedlocke,  other  then  a 
hoare  of  the  stewes,  yf  she  repent." 


2i3>*fllfam  STjjnlialc.  35 


CHAPTER  III. 

"  More's  well  refuted  arguments  proclaim, 
Tyndalc's  great  honor,  his  adversaries  shame, 
He  was  the  shield  of  truth,  the  scourge  of  error, 
This  Island's  triumph,  and  proud  Babel's  terror." 

THE  CONTROVERSIAL  WRITINGS  OF  SIR  THOMAS  MORE  AGAINST  TVN- 
DALE,  WITH  EXTRACTS,  ILLUSTRATING  THEIR  ABILITY  AND  TEMPER 
— TVNDALE's  ACCOUNT  OF  HIS  TRANSLATION  OF  THE  NEW  TESTA- 
MENT  HIS    MOTIVES     AND     PURITY    OF    INTENTION — HE    PUBLISHES 

MANY  WORKS. 

To  check  the  march  of  the  English  reformer  was  thought 
to  call  for  the  selectest  spirits  which  the  ancient  faith  could 
muster  ;  and  the  fertile  wit  and  great  genius  of  Sir  Thomas 
More  were  therefore  enlisted  in  the  controversy.  Betaking 
himself  to  the  usual  strong-holds  of  his  mother  the  church,  ho 
asserted  that  the  written  word  was  not  the  whole  revealed 
will  of  God,  but  that  the  unwritten  traditions  of  the  church 
are  of  equal  authority.  His  mode  of  arguing  to  prove  this 
important  point  is  "  /  take  it :  that  the  word  of  God  vnwryten 
is  of  as  greate  authoryte,  as  certayn,  and  as  sure,  as  ys  hys 
worde  wryten  in  the  Scrypture,  which  poynt  is  so  faste  and 
sure,  pytched  vpon  the  rocke,  our  sauyour  Chryst  hymself, 
that  neyther  Luther,  Tyndalc,  nor  Huskyn,  nor  all  the  hell 
houndes  that  the  deuyll  hatli  in  his  kenell,  neuer  hytherto 
could  nor  whyle  god  lyueth  in  heuen  and  the  deuyll  lyeth  in 
hell  neuer  hereafter  shall  (barke  they,  bawle  they  neuer  so 
fast)  be  able  to  wreste  it  out."*  He  is  equally  gentle  when 
speaking  of  the  opinions  of  the  reformers  on  other  points. 

*  Apology,  f  32;  Confutation,  fol.  176. 


36  USemoir  of 

"  All  apparycyons  they  mocke  at,  and  all  the  myracles  they 
blaspheme,  and  say  the  deuyll  doeth  all, — as  yf  the  deuyll 
had  (with)  his  owne  handes  marked  eche  of  them  an  .H.  in 
the  forehede  with  a  fayre  hote  yron  fet  out  of  the  fyre  of 
hell."*  Such  are  the  words  of  the  learned,  witty,  and  elo- 
quent More,  and  to  whom,  in  despite  of  many  such,  we  can 
not  yet  deny  the  epithet  of  a  great  man,  Tyndale  destroys 
this  visionary  castle  of  Tradition,!  by  a  simple  but  effectual 
argument ; — in  effect,  that  the  written  word  of  God  is  his  re- 
vealed will,  perfect  as  its  Divine  Author,  who  was  incapable 
of  misstatement  or  omission,  and  who  has  pronounced  all  to 
be  accursed,  who  add  to  or  take  from  his  will  as  revealed. 

The  great  Lord  Chancellor  published  nine  controversial 
volumes  against  Tyndale  and  Barnes,  chiefly  the  former,  four 
of  these  being  in  folio !  Formidable  as  they  may  seem,  they 
are  not  without  interest  to  an  antiquary.  The  character  of 
that  eminent  man,  their  author,  is  oddly  made  up  of  contrasts  : 
a  witty  companion,  but  a  stern  fanatic  ;  fond  in  his  own 
household  circle,  but  lording  it  with  an  iron  rod,  over  God's 
heritage  ;  an  enlightened  stateman,  ably  arguing  in  his  study 

*  Confutation,  Vol.  II.  fol.  232  and  233. 

t  These  umcritten  traditions  have  been  printed.  They  form  a 
small  8vo.  volume  of  extreme  rarity,  by  Dr.  Richard  Smyth,  tlie  cel- 
ebrated popish  reader  of  divinity  in  Oxford,  imprinted  by  Thomas 
Petit,  1547.  These  traditions,  the  learned  Dr.  gravely  tells  us,  "  we 
must  both  beleue  stedfastly,  and  also  fulfill  obedientlye  vnder  peyne 
of  damnation  euer  to  endure.  They  are — the  sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  supper,  only  to  be  given  by  a  priest — to  be  taken  fasting — 
the  wine  to  have  water  mingled  with  it — the  consecration  of  the  ele- 
ments— to  be  kept  in  the  pyxe  or  boxe  at  church — prayers  for  the 
dead — christening  of  infants,  which  necessary  thinge  hangeth  onely 
vpon  the  apostles  tradition  wythout  anye  scripture  that  can  prove 
it" — singing  in  public  worship — praying  towards  the  east — elevating 
and  worshipping  the  host — making  the  sign  of  the  cross — worship- 
ping the  crucifix — observing  and  not  fasting  on  Sunday — keeping 
Easter  and  holydays — putting  pictures  and  images  in  churches — 
fasting  in  Lent  and  on  every  Wednesday  and  Friday — holy  water — 
priests  not  to  marry — Mary  continued  a  virgin  until  death,  and  that 
her  body  is  in  heaven." — Dr.  Smith  was  appointed  to  argue  with 
Bp.  Ridley  prior  to  his  martyrdom.  A  droll  story  is  related  of  him 
by  Fox.— Acts  and  Monuments,  Vol.  II.  p.  538.     Edit.  1G3L 


SSFillfam  2r»nDaIc. 


37 


against  sanguinary  laws,*  the  execution  of  which,  from  his 
chair  of  office,  he  spares  no  pains  to  further  ;  a  philosopher, 
who  every  Friday  and  saint's  eve,  scourged  his  own  body 
with  whips  of  knotted  cords,  and  by  way  of  further  penance, 
wore  a  hair-shirt  next  to  his  lacerated  skin.  So  persevering 
was  his  warfare  upon  Tyndale,  that  his  early  biographer 
compares  the  exiled  reformer  to  a  hunted  hare  with  twenty 
brace  of  grey-hounds  after  him.  The  dignified  clergy,  in 
gratitude  to  this  Atlas  of  their  falling  hierarchy,  raised  the 
sum  of  five  thousand  pounds,  which  they  pressed  upon  his  ac- 
ceptance ;  but  to  his  honor,  in  vain.  He  had  a  presentiment 
that  the  cause,  against  which  he  laid  himself  out,  would  yet 
prevail,  and  said  to  his  son :   "  I  beseech  our  Lord,  that  some 


*  More,  the  Public  Man. 

He  had  in  his  garden  at  Chel- 
sea a  tree  to  which  he  caused 
prisoners,  charged  witli  heresy, 
to  be  tied  and  whipped  :  this  he 
called  the  tree  of  life.  After  see- 
ing this  degrading  cruelty  prac- 
tised upon  a  gentleman  of  the 
Temple,  named  Bainham,  he  went 
to  the  Tower  to  glut  his  eyes 
with  the  writhing  of  his  prisoner 
upon  the  rack. — Bay  ley's  Tower. 

His  words  breathe  out  cruelty  : 
"  There  shold  haue  bon  more 
burned  by  a  great  many  tlian 
there  haue  ben  wythinthis  seuen 
yere  laste  passed.  Tlie  lakke 
whereof  I  fere  me  will  make  more 
burned  within  this  seuen  )'ere 
nextcommynge,  tiien  ellys  sholde 
haue  neded  to  haue  ben  burned 
in  seuen  score."  This  was  for 
differing  in  religious  sentiments. 
— Confutation,  p.  2(iC. 

"  Our  Sauiour  wyll  saye  to 
Tyndale  :  Thou  art  accursed 
Tyndall,  the  sonne  of  the  deuyll ; 
for  ney ther  fieshe  nor  bloude  hath 
taught  the  these  heresyes,  but 
tliyne  owne  father  the  deuyll  that 
is  in  hell." — Confutation,  Vol.  H. 
p.  '32. 


More,  the  Author. 

Extracts  from  Utopia,  or  the 
Happy  Republic  : — 

"  Slavery  is  the  punishment 
even  of  the  greatest  crimes. — 
Utopus  seemed  to  doubt  whether 
those  different  forms  of  religion 
might  not  all  come  from  God. 
who  might  inspire  men  different- 
ly, he  being  possibly  pleased  with 
a  variety  in  it.  And  so  he  thought 
it  was  a  very  indecent  and  foolish 
tiling  for  any  man  to  frighten  and 
threaten  other  men  to  believe  any 
thing  because  it  seemed  true  to 
him  :  he  reckoned  that  the  force 
of  truth  would  break  forth  and 
shine  by  the  force  of  argument 
and  a  winning  gentleness  :  they 
do  not  punish  them,  because  they 
lay  this  down  as  a  ground,  that  a 
man  cannot  make  himself  believe 
any  thing  he  pleases  ;  nor  do  they 
drive  any  to  dissemble  their 
thoughts  by  threatenings,  so  that 
men  are  not  tempted  to  lie  or  dis- 
guise their  opinions  among  them  ; 
which  being  a  sort  of  fraud,  is  ab- 
horred by  the  Utopians." 


38  iWcmofv  of 

of  us,  as  high  as  we  seme  to  sitt  vpon  the  mountauas  treadinge 
hereticks  vnder  our  fete  like  antes,  live  not  the  day  to  be  at 
leagvie  and  composition  with  them."* 

More's  ablest  work  against  Tyndale,  was  his  first,  and  is 
called  A  Dialogue.  A  nobleman  sends  his  friend  to  Sir  Tho- 
mas, for  counsel  how  to  check  opinions  which  were  gaining 
in  the  country  against  the  Romish  church  ;  "  of  pylgiymages 
— ^ymages — prayer  to  saints — myracles — tradicions — infalli- 
bility— cruelty  to  hereticks — burning  the  New  Testament — 
and  prohibiting  books,  called  Lutheran."  All  these  topics 
were,  without  doubt,  shrewdly  discussed  throughout  the  king- 
dom. The  chief  aim  of  the  dialogue  manifestly  is,  to  serve 
as  an  apology  for  that  high-handed  act,  the  burning  of  Tyn- 
dale's  volume  :  "The  people  say  that  all  this  gere  is  done 
but  onely  to  stoppe  menes  mouthes,  and  to  put  euery  man  to 
sylence  that  wold  any  thynge  speke  of  the  fautes  of  the  clar- 
gye.  And  they  thynke  that  for  none  other  cause  was  also 
burned  at  Poules  crosse  the  new  Testament  late  tra,nslated  in 
englysshe  by  mayster  Wyllyam  Huchyn,  otherwyse  called 
Mayster  Tyndall,  who  was  (as  men  say)  well  knowen  or  he 
wente  ouer  the  see,  for  a  man  of  ryght  good  lyuying,  study- 
ous  and  well  lerned  in  Scrypture,  and  in  dyuers  places  in 
England  was  very  well  lyked,  and  dyd  gret  good  with  prech- 
yng.  And  men  mutter  amonge  themselfe  that  the  boke  was 
not  onely  fautles,  but  also  very  well  translated,  and  was  deuy- 
sad  to  be  burned,  bycause  men  sholde  not  be  able  to  prove 
that  suche  fautes  (as  were  at  Poules  crosse  declared  to  haue 
bene  founde  in  it)  were  neuer  founde  in  dede,  but  vntruely 
surmysed.t  *****  And  for  to  kepe  out  of  the  people's 
handes  all  knowledges  of  Ciystys  gospell,  and  of  goddys  lawe, 
excepte  soo  moche  onely  as  the  clergye  theymselfe  lyste 
nowe  and  than  to  tell  vs.     And  that  lytell  as  it  is  and  seldom 

*  These  anecdotes  are  extracted  from  a  manuscript  life  of  More, 
written  by  one  of  his  relatives  :  it  is  in  Lambeth  Library. 

t  It  is  very  well  added, — And  yet  such  as  they  were,  some  men 
saye,  icere  noo  fautes  at  all,  yf  they  hadde  be  so  translated  in  dcde. 


mmimn  Esn'^Ae.  39 

shewed,  yet  as  it  is  fared  not  well  and  truely  tolde,  but 
watered  with  false  gloses,  and  altered  from  the  trouth  of  the 
very  wordes  of  scrypture  only  for  y'=  mayntenaunce  of  theyr 
authoryte.  ^  And  the  fere  lest  this  thynge  sholde  euydently 
appere  to  the  people,  yf  they  were  suffered  to  rede  the 
scrypture  them  selfe  in  theyr  own  tonge  was  (as  it  is  thought) 
the  very  cause  not  onely  for  whiche  the  newe  testament 
translated  by  Tyndale  was  burned,  but  also  that  the  clargye 
of  this  realme  hath  before  this  tyme,  by  a  constytucyon 
prouyncyall  prohybyted  any  boke  of  scrypture  to  be  trans- 
lated into  the  Englyshe  tonge,  feryng  men  with  fyre  as  here- 
tyques  who  so  sholde  presume  to  kepe  them,  as  though  it 
were  heresye  for  a  crysten  man  to  rede  crystys  gospell." 

This  picture  of  public  opinion,  from  the  hand  of  the  "  de- 
fender of  the  faith"  we  naturally  conclude,  is  not  overdrawn. 
Its  admissions  are  deeply  interesting,  and  show  the  excited 
state  of  the  public  mind.  In  the  third  book  of  his  dialogues. 
More  comes  to  that  part  of  his  plea  for  burning  the  version 
which  he  rests  upon  its  multitudinous  errors.  "  To  tell  all  wold 
be  to  reherse  the  hole  boke"  and  "  to  search  for  one  faute 
would  be  like  studying  where  to  fynde. water  in  the  see.  His 
imagination  seems  to  be  quite  vivacious  on  this  head.  "As  it 
were  as  sone  done  to  a  weue  a  new  web  of  cloth  as  to  sow  up 
every  hole  in  a  net,  so  were  it  almost  as  lytell  labour  and  lesse 
to  translate  y^  hole  books  all  newe  than  attempt  to  correct  it." 
At  length  his  budget  of  blunders  is  opened,  and  behold  three  ! 
"  prestes  of  Crystes  chyrche  he  calleth  senyours — Chyrche 
he  calleth  congregation — and  charyte  he  calleth  alway  love." 
Such  strictures  hardly  lead  us  to  set  down  scriptural  criticism 
as  having  any  place  in  the  wide  circle  of  his  endowments  . 
but  there  are  weaker  points  yet  in  his  attack,  which  evince  a 
captious  littleness  wholly  at  variance  with  his  genius.  Tyn- 
dale''s  rule  of  obedience  to  the  king  was  :  "  A  ciysten  man  is 
bounden  to  obay  even  tyranny,  yf  it  be  not  agaynste  his  fayth, 
nor  the  law  of  god,  tyll  god  delyuer  hym  therof "  Of  More's 
reply,  what  will  the  reader  think }  He  admits  that  the  Apostle 


40  iWcntoft  of 

expresses  exactly  the  same  idea, — "  'we  muste  rather  please 
god  than  man,'  which  is  well  sayd  of  the  apostle,  but  to  be 
said  of  Tyndale,  a  heretic,  it  is  a  playne  exhortacyon  to  re- 
bellion." 

The  word  "  senior"  was  taken  from  the  Latin  Vulgate. 
Mr.  Offor  says  that  Tyndale  admitted  it  to  be  not  explicit 
enough  and  that  he  should  prefer  the  word  elder.*  But  the 
most  obnoxious  term  was  "  congregation,"  substituted  for 
church.  For  this  however  he  had  royal  precedents ;  Henry 
himself,  in  a  proclamation  and  in  the  six  articles  penned  by 
his  own  hand,  having  combined  the  two  words  thus — "  the 
congregation  of  the  church  of  England.''''  The  term  congre- 
gation was  defensible  enough  in  the  case  of  both,  since  "  the 
church"  in  common  acceptation,  answered  neither  to  the  place 
of  worship  nor  to  the  company  of  worshippers,  but  was  sim- 
ply the  distinctive  epithet  of  the  clergy.  This  latter  word 
however,  understood  as  meaning  all  professing  christians,  displa- 
ced the  former  throughout,  in  the  Genevan  and  Bishops'  Bible, 
of  the  Elizabethan  age — as  well  as  in  the  Received  translation 
which  followed. 

To  the  three  capital  erroi-s  of  Tyndale  before-named.  More 
does  indeed  elsewhere  adduce  some  others  ;  such  as  "  know- 
ledgynge"  substituted  for  *■'  confession,"  and  "  repentance'* 
for  "  penance  :"  he  lays  it  down  as  an  evident  principle  of  his, 
that  "  he  wolde  make  y^  people  byleue  that  we  sholde  beleue 
nothyng  but  playne  scrypture  in  whych  poynte  he  techeth  a 
playne  pestylent  heresyey  It  is  admitted,  however,  "  that  a 
nother  man  translatynge  the  testament,  and  beynge  good  and 
faythfull,  myghte  haue  vsed  happely  those  chaunges  wythout 
euyll  meanyng  or  any  suspicion  therof  ;"t  and  his  extrava« 
gant  tirade   reaches  its  climax  with  declaring,  that  "  yt  is 

*  But  he  quotes  no  words  of  Tyndale  to  this  effect,  and  we  may 
reasonably  doubt  his  statement.  Why  indeed,  if  he  "  preferred," 
did  he  not  adopt  it?  seeing  that  (according  to  him)  the  vulgar  taste, 
deference  to  which  in  so  many  instances  doubtless,  leaves  a  transljv- 
tor  at  a  stand,  here  accorded  with  his  own. 

t  Confutation,  p.  9G, 


3!!J!FfUfaiu  dTiiniialc.  41 

enough  for  good  cristen  men  that  know  those  thynges  for  her- 
esyes,  to  abhorre  and  burne  vppe  his  bokes  and  ike  lykers  of 
them  loith  them'''' ! 

Sir  Thomas,  to  deter  the  people  from  the  reading  of  Tyn- 
dale,  not  only  uses  such  persuasive  arguments  as  this  last,  bat 
entertains  us  with  a  specimen  of  his  gift  for  humour,  by  sum- 
moning to  the  scene  the  ghost  of  an  eminent  father.  But  the 
poor  shade  had  been  so  roughly  treated  on  a  former  attack, 
that  he  very  prudently  refused  to  venture  again  :  "  When  ] 
desired  Origene  to  take  the  payne  to  come  and  here  wytnesse 
wyth  me  in  thys  mater,  he  semed  at  the  first  veiy  well  con- 
tent. But  when  I  told  hym  that  he  sholde  mete  with  Tyndale  : 
he  blessed  hymselfe  and  shranke  bakke,  and  sayde  he  had 
leuer  go  some  other  waye  many  a  mile  then  onys  medle  with 
hym.  For  I  shall  tell  you  syr,  quod  he,  before  thys  tyme  a 
ryght  honorable  man  very  connyng  and  yet  more  vertuouse, 
the  good  bysshoppe  of  Rocliester,  in  a  great  audyence  brought 
me  in  for  a  wytnes  against  Luther  and  Tyndale,  euen  in  this 
same  mater,  about  the  tyme  of  the  burnynge  of  Tyndalys  euyll 
translated  testament.  But  Tyndale,  as  soon  as  he  herd  of  my 
name,  without  any  respecte  of  honestye,  fell  in  a  rage  wyth 
me,  and  all  to  rated  me,  and  called  me  starke  heretyke,  and 
that  the  starkest  that  euer  was.  Thys  tale  Orygene  told  me, 
and  swore  by  saynt  Symkyn  that  he  was  neuer  so  sayed  vnto 
of  such  a  lewde  felowe  synnys  he  was  fyrste  borne  of  hys 
mother,  and  Iherfore  he  wolde  neuer  medle  wyth  Tyndale 
more.  Now,  indede,  to  saye  the  treuth  yt  were  not  well  done 
of  Tyndale  to  leue  resonynge  and  fall  a  scoldyng,  chydynge, 
and  brawlynge,  as  it  were  a  bawdy  begger  of  Byllyter-Iane. 
Fy  for  shame,  he  sholde  fauored  and  forborne  hym  somwhat, 
and  yt  had  bene  but  for  his  age.  For  Origene  is  nowe  xiij.  hun- 
dred yere  olde  or  there  aboute,  and  this  was  not  mych  aboue 
vij  yeres  synnys."*  We  may  suppose  with  what  gravity  and 
easy  trust  such  a  story  would  be  received  by  the  wondering 

*  Confutation,  p.  104. 

4* 


42  iWeiuoiv  of 

and  simple  populace,  when  told  on  the  authority  of  the  great 
Lord  Chancellor,  backed  by  that  of  the  priests. 

This  reflection  on  the  vituperative  temper  of  Tyndale,  his 
adversary  cunningly  places  in  the  mouth  of  Origen,  from 
which  it  would  come  with  a  better  grace  than  from  his  own. 
An  intelligent  Romanist,  in  that  rare  volume  "  Salem  and  Bi- 
zance,"  [1533]  complains  very  seriously  that  More  calleth 
those  with  whom  he  differed  "  sometyme  desperate  wretches, 
sometyme  sterke  heretykes,  and  other  whyles  he  calleth  them 
the  blessed  brotherhode,  or  the  newe  broched  bretherne,  or 
the  euangelical  bretherne,  and  the  principal  doers  he  calleth 
potheded  postels,  naughtee  bretherne,  or  heretike  brethern — 
these  be  strange  names  deuised  after  a  merueilous  railing 
fashion,  wherein  I  thinke  verely  he  dothe  not  as  he  wolde  be 
done  to." 

There  was  little  to  choose,  on  this  score,  between  most  of 
the  disputants  of  that  day  : — it  was  rare  for  one  of  them  to  be- 
come conscious  of  offending  against  good  manners  or  good 
temper,  and  rarer,  if  he  did,  to  find  him  much  concerned 
about  his  vindication.  In  this  particular  controversy,  Tyndale, 
it  is  likely,  had  litde,  if  any  advantage,  over  his  lofty  oppo- 
nent ;  but  it  is  hardly  worth  while  to  exhibit  to  the  same  ex- 
tent the  style  of  his  invective.  To  take  an  example  at  ran- 
dom,— he  says,  speaking  of  unmeaning  ceremonies,  "  a  man 
will  as  soon  gape  while  thou  puttest  sand  as  holy  salt  in  his 
mouth,  yf  thou  shew  hym  no  reason  therof ;  he  had  as  leyfTe 
be  smered  with  vnhalowed  butter  as  anoynted  with  charmed* 
oyle,  yf  his  soule  be  not  taught  to  vnderstande  somewhat 
therby."  This  was  a  poser  to  Sir  Thomas,  whose  anger  dic- 
tated his  reply  :  "  Ah  blasphemouse  beste,  to  whose  rorynge 
and  lowynge  no  good  crysten  man  can  with  out  heuyncs  of 
heart  gyue  ere.  Now  foloweth  yt  also  that  yf  the  sacrament 
were  as  good  vnmynistred  as  mynistred  to  who  so  euer  is  not 
taught  the  proper  sygnifycacyons  of  the  outward  token  in  the 

*  More  misquotes  it  "vncharmed," 


ESt'fUfam  SiMilinlc.  43 

sacrament,  as  Tyndale  here  vnder  a  blasphemous  iestynge 
fassliyon  telleth  vs  :  then  foloweth  yt,  I  saye,  that  there  was 
neuer  chylde  crystened  synnys  crystendome  fyrst  begane,  but 
that  yt  hadde  bene  as  good  to  haue  lefte  it  vncrystened,  and 
neuer  to  haue  let  water  touche  yt,  bycause  yt  coulde  not  be 
taught  what  the  water  sygnified."  *  A  grave  subject  indeed, 
to  those  who  considered  that  the  parental  neglect  of  the  rite 
would  entail  endless  misery  upon  the  child. 

To  neutralize  the  efTect  of  his  adversary's  labours.  More 
sometimes  resorts  to  means  of  which  a  Protestant  can  hardly 
complain  ;  means,  at  least,  which  there  is  reason  to  count  the 
extreme  point  of  fairness,  with  controversialists  as  a  body, 
even  in  later  times.  He  "  wolde  aduyse  any  man  neither  to 
rede  these  heretj-'kes  bokes  nor  mine,  but  occupy  theyr  myndes 
better,  and  standynge  fermely  by  the  catholyke  faith  of  this 
.XV,  C.  yere,  neuer  onys  muse  vppon  these  newe  fangled  here- 
syes ;  but  if  at  the  parell  of  daynger  to  burne  both  here  and  in 
hell,  he  cannot  hold  hisyechynge  fyngers  frome  theyre  poysened 
bokes,  then  wold  I  counsayle  hym  in  any  wyse  to  rede  therwith 
such  thynges  as  are  wrytten  agaynst  them."  But  this  is  only 
an  occasional  touch  of  impartiality  or  mildness,  and  he  appears 
most  in  his  element  as  in  former  citations ;  or,  when  main- 
taining that  "  Tyndale's  heresies  farre  exceed  and  passe  : 
and  incomparably  offende  the  maiestie  of  our  Lorde  God,  than 
all  the  settynge  vppe  of  Bell,  and  Baal,  and  Belzabub,  and  all 
the  deuyls  in  hell,"  and  that  the  king,  of  whose  conscience  he 
perhaps  felt  himself  to  be  keeper,  "  would  lose  his  own  soul,  if 
he  suffered  Tyndale's  Testament  in  his  people's  hands. 

The  pitiable  infatuation  of  Sir  Thomas  as  to  the  real,  criti- 
cal merits  of  the  work  upon  which  we  have  been  dwelling, 
recalls  involuntarily  to  mind  the  far  different  estimate  expressed 
of  it  by  a  Romanist,  nearly  of  our  own  time ;  one,  with  the 
freedom  of  whose  speculations  we  have  here  no  concern,  but 
from  whose  decisions,  in  his  chosen  walk  of  learning,  it  would 
not  be  easy  to  find  a  fit  court  of  appeal.  "  With  respect  to 
*  (Jonfutation,  folio  36. 


44  ilHeinofr  of 

Tyndale's  translation,  it  is  astonishing  how  little  obsolete  the 
language  of  it  is,  even  at  this  day  ;  and,  in  point  of  perspicuity 
and  noble  simplicity,  propriety  of  idiom  and  purity  of  style, 
no  English  version  has  yet  surpassed  it.  The  criticisms  of 
those  who  wrote  against  it  (we  are  sorry  to  find  Sir  Thomas 
More  among  them)  are  generally  too  severe,  often  captious, 
and  sometimes  evidently  unjust."*  He  says,  in  another  con- 
nection, that  but  for  the  corrupt  state,  at  that  time,  of  the  He- 
brew text,  from  which  his  translation,  (so  far  as  it  went,)  of  the 
Old  Testament  was  made,  he  should  have  been  disposed  to 
adopt  it  as  the  basis  of  his  own. 

His  resolute  and  well-sorted  ally,  John  Fryth,  took  up  the 
gauntlet  in  his  behalf,  a  short  time  before  his  martyrdom  ;  of 
whose  style  and  spirit  the  reader  may  not  dislike  to  see  a 
specimen.  "  And  Tyndale  I  truste  lyueth :  well  contente 
with  such  pore  apostles  lyfe,  as  God  gaue  hys  sonne  Christ, 
and  hys  faythful  mynysters  in  thys  worlde,  whych  is  not  sure 
of  so  many  mytes  as  you  [Sir  Thomas  More]  be  yearely  of 
many  poundes,  although  I  am  sure  that  for  hys  learnynge  and 
iudgement  in  scripture,  he  were  more  worthye  to  be  promoted 
then  all  the  byshoppes  in  Englande.  I  receyued  a  letter  from 
hym,  which  was  wrytten  sens  Christmas,  wherin  among  other 
matters  he  wryteth  thus :  I  call  God  to  recorde  agaynst  the 
daye  we  shall  appeare  before  our  Lorde  Jesus  Christ  to  geue 
reckonynge  of  oure  doinges,  that  I  neuer  altered  one  syllable 
of  Godes  worde  agaynst  my  conscyence,  nor  wolde  do  thys 
daye,  yf  all  that  is  in  carthe,  whether  it  be  honoure,  pleasure, 
or  ryches  myght  be  geuen  me."  Fryth  adds,  "  Judge,  good 
Christen  reader,  whether  these  words  be  not  spoken  of  a  fayth- 
full,  clere,  and  innocent  herte.  And  as  for  hys  behauyoure  is 
suche,  that  I  am  sure  no  man  can  reprove  hym  of  any  synne, 
howbeit  no  man  is  innocent  before  God  whych  beholdeth  the 
herte." 

Of  his  motives  he  speaks  himself  in  the  prologue  to  the  4to. 
Testament  with  glosses,   1526.      "  I   haue   here   translated 

*  Geddes'  Prospectus  to  a  New  Translation,  p.  80. 


ffffiffllfaiu  ffi'iJit'balc.  45 

(brethren  and  susters,  moost  dere  and  tenderly  bcloued  in 
Christ)  the  Newe  Testament  for  youre  spirituall  edyfyinge, 
consolacion,  and  solas  :  the  causes  that  moved  me  to  translate, 
y  thought  better  that  other  shulde  ymagion,  then  that  y  shulde 
rehearce  them.  Moreover  y  supposed  yt  superfluous,  for 
who  ys  so  blynde  to  axe  why  lyght  shulde  be  shewed  to  them 
that  waike  in  dercknes,  where  they  cannot  but  stomble,  and 
where  to  stomble  ys  the  daunger  of  etemall  damnacion,  other 
so  despyghtfuU  that  he  would  envye  eny  man  (y  speake  nott 
his  brother)  so  necessaiy  a  thinge,  or  so  bedlem  madde  to  af- 
fyrme  that  good  is  the  naturall  cause  of  yuell,  and  derknes  to 
precede  oute  of  lyght,  and  that  lyinge  shulde  be  grounded  in 
trougth  and  verytie  and  nott  rather  clene  contrary,  that  lyght 
destroyeth  dercknes,  and  veritie  reprovelh  all  manner  lyinge." 
The  most  valuable  of  his  own  compositions.  The  Obedience 
of  a  Christian  Man,  came  out  in  1528.  He  maintains  in  the 
preface,  at  some  length,  the  necessity  of  a  free  circulation  of 
the  Scriptures  in  the  vernacular  language  of  eveiy  country  ; 
and  after  his  christian  salutations,  proceeds  :  "  Let  it  not  make 
thee  dispayre,  neither  yet  discorage  thee  (oh  reader)  that  it  is 
forbidden  thee  in  peyne  of  lyfe  and  goodes,  or  that  it  is  made 
breakynge  of  the  kynges  peace,  or  treason  vnto  his  highnes, 
to  reade  y''  worde  of  thy  soules  health.  But  much  rather  be 
bolde  in  the  lorde  and  comfort  thy  soule.  For  as  much  as 
thou  art  sure  and  haste  an  euydent  token  thorow  suehe  perse- 
cutyon,  that  it  is  the  true  worde  of  God,  which  worde  is  euer 
hated  of  the  worlde."  He  argues,  from  the  case  of  the  Jews, 
who  received  the  scriptures,  from  time  to  time,  in  their  own 
tongue  ;  from  Jerome's  implied  concurrence  in  his  position, 
when  with  much  pains  he  prepared  the  Latin  version  ;  and 
from  the  gross  darkness  which  has  covered  the  people  since 
the  scriptures  have  been  withheld.  "  The  curates,  alas,  them- 
selves, for  the  moost  part,  wotte  no  more  what  the  Newe  or 
Okie  Testament  meaneth,  than  do  the  Turkes." — "  Moreouer 
seynge  that  one  of  you  euer  preacheth  contraiy  to  a  nother. 
And  whan  two  of  you  mete,  the  one  disputeth  and  brauU 


46  fWcmoii-  of 

eth  with  the  other,  as  it  were  two  scoldes.  And  for  as 
moche  as  one  holdeth  this  doctor,  and  another  that,  one  fol- 
loweth  Duns,*  and  another  S.  Thomas,"  &c.,  enumerating 
fifteen  different  sects  in  the  then  Roman  Cathohc  churcli  in 
England,  he  adds,  "  In  so  great  dyuersyte  of  spyrites  howe 
shal  I  knowe  who  lyeth  and  who  sayeth  trueth :  wherby  shall 
I  trye  them  and  iudge  them  ?  Verely  by  Goddes  worde,  which 
onely  is  true.  But  how  shall  I  that  do,  when  thou  wylte  not 
let  me  se  the  scrypture  ?  "  He  winds  up  this  interesting  pre- 
face with  a  serious  charge,  of  which  we  might  like  to  know 
in  what  way  his  adversaries  parried  or  eluded  it.  "  Fynally 
that  the  threatenyng  and  forbyddynge  the  laye  people  to  rede 
the  scrypture  is  not  for  loue  of  your  soules  (which  they  care 
for  as  the  foxe  doelh  for  the  gese)  is  euydent  and  clerer  than 
the  Sonne,  in  as  moche  as  they  permytte  and  suffre  you  to- 
reade  Rohin  Hode,  and  Beuys  of  Hampton^  Iteyxules,  Hector 
and  Troylus,  with  a  thousande  hystoryes  and  fables  of  loue 
and  wantones,t  and  of  rybaudrye,  as  fyltliy  as  herte  can 
thynke,  to  corrupte  the  myndes  of  youth  with  all,  clene  con- 
trary to  the  doctryne  of  Chryst  and  of  his  apostles." 

The  zeal  of  Tyndale's  enemies  to  keep  this  book  from  the 
king,  as  often  happens,  overshot  itself;  it  fell  into  his  hands. 
Anne  Boleyn  had  lent  her  copy  to  one  of  the  ladies  in  waiting, 
who  was  attached  to  a  handsome  page,  named  Zouch ;  he 
playfully  seized  the  book,  and  ran  away  with  it  to  the  chapel, 
as  a  secure  place  for  private  reading ;  but  Dr.  Sampson 
caught  him  before  he  could  conceal  the  proscribed  treasure, 
and  with  severe  threats  carried  it  away  to  Cardinal  Wolsey. 
The  queen  asking  for  her  book,  the  lady  fell  on  her  knees, 
and  told  what  had  happened ;    when  the  amiable  princess 

*  Duns  Scotus,  a  celebrated  monk,  born  in  Scotland,  of  whom 
Camden  gives  the  following  cliaracter,  as  drawn  by  an  Italian  poet : 
"All  learning  taught  in  humnine  bookes  and  couched  in  holy  writ, 
Dun  Scotus  darke  and  doubtfull  made  by  subtilty  of  wit." 

t  The  same  Act  of  Parliament,  Jan.  20,  1543  which  interdicts 
Tyndale,  and  confines  to  select  classes  the  reading  of  other  transla- 
sions,  names  Chaucer's  tales  and  Gower's  love  stories  as  well  as 
songs,  plavs  and  interludes,  as  left  open  to  general  perusal, 


2E-fUfam  JTim^alc.  47 

kindly  raised  her,  saying,  it  shall  he  the  dearest  book  the  car- 
dinal has  got.  She  went  to  the  king,  and  told  him  the  con- 
duct of  the  doctor  and  cardinal.  Henry  immediately  called 
for  the  stolen  volume,  when  she  with  irresistible  tenderness 
besought  the  king  to  examine  its  contents,  with  which  he  af- 
fected to  be  deeply  taken,  from  his  remark,  "  This  book  is  for 
me  and  all  kings  to  read." 

During  this  time  Tyndale  was  unceasingly  active  in 
publishing  a  number  of  tracts  and  books,*  which,  though 
small  in  size,  were  mighty  in  pulling  down  the  strongholds  of 
superstition  in  England.  Having  finished,  in  1529,  his  trans- 
lation of  the  first  books  of  the  Old  Testament,  he  commenced 
their  publication  in  separate  tracts,  with  ornamental  wood-cuts, 
and  with  notes,  which  gave  great  offence  to  the  clergy.  When 
the  manuscript  of  Deuteronomy  was  ready  for  the  press,  thus 
completing  the  Pentateuch,  a  severe  and  trying  dispensation 
of  Providence  awaited  him.  Purposing  to  print  it  at  Hamburgh, 
on  his  way  thither  he  was  shipwrecked  on  the  coast  of  Holland, 
and  lost  his  books,  money,  and  manuscript ;  happy  in  so 
escaping,  for  it  was  a  special  mercy  that  he  was  not  thrown 
on  the  English  coast,  where,  if  spared  by  the  sea,  it  had  only 
been  to  feed  the  fires  of  Smithfield.  He  continued  his  journey, 
and  Coverdale  having  joined  him,  they  repeated  their  labour 
on  Deuteronomy,  and  with  a  pious  lady's  assistance,  Mrs.  Van 
Emmerson,  it  was  printed  ;  thus  completing  the  first  portion 
of  the  Old  Testament  in  1530.  At  Hamburgh,  the  same 
providence  which  preserved  him  in  shipwreck,  armed  his  body 
against  the  pestilence.  "They  went  through  the  work  in 
safety,  while  the  sweating-sickness  swept  away  thousands  in 
the  city  with  a  general  mortality  ;  as  if  the  useful  sweating  of 
their  brains  were  a  preservative  against  the  hurtful  sweating 

*  Mr.  OfFor  has  the  original  edition  of  many  of  these,  (which  are 
both  interesting  and  amusing,)  in  his  cabinet ;  among  them,  a  copy  of 
tlie  Obedience  of  a  Christen  man  [small  4to  May,  l.^>28]  once  the 
property  of  the  "  Virgin  Queen,"  then  princess.  It  has  her  auto- 
grapli,  beautifully  written,  but  with  characteristic  pomp  :  ■•  Elizabeth, 
doughter  of  England  and  France."  The  book  probably  assisted  to 
secure  her  to  the  Reformation  cause. 


43  Itteinoir  of 

of  their  bodies.  And  indeed  close  application  to  a  lawfull 
calling,  is  the  best  antidote  against  a  public  infection."*  This 
is  the  only  portion  of  the  Old  or  New  Testament,  in  the  trans- 
lation of  which  Tyndale  and  Coverdale  assisted  each  other. 

In  the  preface  to  Genesis,  he  observes,  that  when  he  pub- 
lished the  New  Testament,  he  desired  them  that  were  learned 
to  amend,  if  ought  were  found  amiss,  but  that,  instead  of 
amending  it,  the  papists  have  raised  an  outcry  against  the 
translation  ;  saying  there  were  many  thousand  heresies  in  it, 
so  that  it  could  not  be  mended :  if  even  an  i  lacked  a  tittle  over 
his  head,  it  was  noted  to  the  ignorant  people  for  an  heresy.  "  A 
thousand  books  had  they  lever  to  be  put  forth  against  their 
abominable  doings  and  doctrine,  than  that  the  scripture  should 
come  to  light."  "  Which  thing  only  moved  me  to  translate 
the  New  Testament.  Because  I  had  perceived  by  experience 
how  that  it  was  impossible  to  establish  the  lay  people  in  any 
truth,  except  the  scripture  was  plainly  laid  before  their  eyes 
in  their  mother  tongue."  He  humbly  submits  his  Pentateuch 
to  the  judgment  of  Hebrew  scholars,  and  expresses  his  willing- 
ness to  have  it  burnt,  if  they  will  first  put  forth  another  that 
shall  be  found  more  correct.  His  writings  had  by  this  time 
been  extensively  circulated,  and  began  to  produce  their  good 
fruit  sixty  or  an  hundred  fold. 

Many  of  these  tracts  are  now  lost,  and  probably  may  never 
be  again  recovered.  The  great  object  which  he  endeavours 
to  illustrate  through  all  his  works  is  the  imj)ortant  difTerence 
between  the  Old  and  the  New  Testaments  or  Covenants.  No 
man  of  that  age,  nor  perhaps  down  to  the  present,  had  clearer 
or  juster  sentiments  upon  this  very  important  subject ;  the  for- 
mer dispensation,  pointing  by  signs  and  ceremonies  to  the  lat- 
ter, in  which  a  spiritual  but  sublime  simplicity  of  woi'ship  takes 
the  place  of  outward  pomp  and  splendour. 

*  Fuller's  Church  History. 


ESJfllfain  ?[»n^alf,  49 


CHAPTER  IV. 

"  Rome  tam'd  the  world,  the  Pope  tam'd  Rome  so  great ; 
Rome  rul'd  by  power,  the  Pope  by  deep  deceit. 
But,  how  more  large,  than  theirs,  was  Tyndale's  fame, 
Who,  with  his  pen,  both  Pope  and  Rome  doth  tame  ?" 

Fr.  Quari.es. 

tvnnai.f.'s  works  give  grkat  offence secretly  circulated 

pope's    bull      AG.A.INST     them EFFORTS      OF      HESRY    TO     SUPPRESS 

A.Vl)    DESTROY    THEM. 

The  corner-stone  of  popery  is  the  pretended  authority  of 
the  church,  through  an  immediate  and  continued  descent 
from  the  Apostles,  together  with  the  claim  of  being  the  de- 
pository of  traditions,  alleged  to  be  of  equal  authority  with 
the  written  word  as  a  rule  of  faith.  The  odium  wliich 
with  the  clergy,  rested  upon  Tyndale,  chiefly  grew  out  of  the 
efforts  with  which  he  had  assailed  this  strong  hold.  In  the 
Practice  of  Prelates  he  proves  the  fallacy  of  this  plea ;  and 
that  it  was  not  until  after  Christianity  had  been  planted  for 
centuries,  that  the  papacy  liad  birth  ;  Centuries  more  passed 
before  it  acquired  the  weight  to  influence  the  counsels  of 
Europe,  in  the  shape  of  crusades  and  wars,  and  to  prostrate 
the  intellect  before  the  dogmas  of  the  holy  church.  If  in- 
quiry were  ventured  upon,  it  was  silenced  with  this  reason  of 
faith, — so  the  church  believes  ;  and  this  mode  of  argument  is 
seriously  commended  for  its  efficacy  in  driving  away  the 
fiend.  "  This  is  the  faith  of  that  cooliar  :  which  being  at 
point  of  deathe,  and  tempted  of  the  deuill  what  his  faith  was, 
answered,  I  beleue  and  die  in  the  faith  of  Christes  church. 
Being  againe  demaunded  what  the  faith  of  Christ  his  church 
was,  that  faith,  saied  he,  that  I  beleue  in.  Thus  the  deuil  get- 
ting no  other  awnswer  of  the  simple  man,  was  ouercomed 
5 


50  irWcmoir  of 

and  put  to  flight."*  The  same  learned  doctor  assigns  as 
his  reason  for  not  allowing  a  translation  of  scripture  :  "  For 
precious  stones  ought  not  to  be  cast  before  hogges,t  and  such 
of  all  likelihod  are  the  laye  ignorant  people." 

To  excite  honest  inquiry,  guided  by  the  Bible,  into  a  sys- 
tem like  this,  was  the  great  aim  of  his  writings.  He  at  times 
brought  to  his  aid  pleasant  raillery  ;  as  when  thus  ridiculing 
abstinence  :  "  A  Charter  House  monk  would  rather  dye  than 
eat  .flesh,  but  he  loves  the  strongest  ale  or  beer  heated  with 
spices,  and  pours  it  in  without  measure."  In  the  observance 
of  holy  dayes  "  will  he  kepe  so  straight,  that  if  he  meete  a  flee 
in  his  bed,  he  dare  not  kill  her,"  but  he  neither  knows  nor  cares 
why  the  day  is  kept.  In  the  multitude  of  ceremonies  he  is 
always  in  fear ;  for  if  without  a  stole  about  his  neck  he  were 
to  say  mass,  the  wafer  would  not  be  consecrated  ;  if  he  gave 
absolution,  it  were  not  worth  a  mite  :  so  their  praying  to  posts, 
domme  pateryng  and  howlyng ;  domme  straunge  holy  ges- 
tures ;  these  all  marke  a  fleshlie  spiritualitie,  which  for  eight 
hundred  years  has  been  established  with  lies."f 

Sir  Thomas  More  naturally  enough  wonders  at  such  an  in- 
undation of  volumes,  of  which  the  printing-costs  were  not  the 
only  risks.  "  Whych  bokes  all  be  yt  that  they  neyther  can  be 
there  printed  without  great  coste,  nor  here  solde  wythout  great 
aduenture  and  parell ;  yet  ceace  they  not  with  mony  sent 
from  hense,  to  prente  them  there  and  send  them  hyther  by 
y®  whole  fattes  full  at  once,  and  in  some  places  lokynge  for 
noo  lucre,  caste  them  abrode  by  nyght."  Constantine,  when 
in  prison,  contrived  by  giving  up  some  of  the  books  to  relax 
the  vigilance  of  his  persecutors,  and  made  his  escape.  "  He 
deuysed  how  those  deuylysshe  bokes  whyche  hymself  and 
hys  felowes  hadde  brought  and  shypped,  myghte  come  to  the 

*  Staphilus'  Apologie,  translatedby  Stapleton,4to.  1565,pp.  53,  C4. 

i  Offer  remarks  on  this ; — "  an  odd  idea  of  the  priest,  for  the  natural 
result  must  be,  his  christening  the  little  pigs,  and  celebrating  the 
mass  to  the  larger  swine." 

I  Reply  to  Sir  Thomas  More,  Preface. 


byshoppes  handes  to  be  burned.  And  therfore  he  shewed  me 
the  shypmannes  name  that  had  them,  and  the  merkes  of  the 
ferdellys,  by  whych  I  haue  sinnys  hys  escape  receyved 
them."*  Information  was  laid  against  R.  Webbe  of  Bristol, 
"  that  some  of  these  pestylent  bookes  were  throwen  in  the 
strete  and  lefte  at  mennys  dores  by  nyght,  that  where  they 
durste  not  offer  theyr  poyson  to  sell,  they  wolde  of  theyr 
cheryte  poyson  men  for  nought."f 

John  Fox,  the  martyrologist,  observes,  that  "  the  bookes  of 
W.  Tindal,  being  compiled,  published,  and  sent  to  England, 
it  cannot  be  spoken  what  a  doore  of  light  they  opened  to  the 
eyes  of  the  whole  English  nation,  which  before  were  many 
yeares  shut  vp  in  darkenesse."  The  archives  of  the  London 
diocese  during  these  troublous  times,  which  by  the  Bishop's  lib- 
erality, have  been  lately  exposed,  seem  to  show,  that,  very 
much  after  the  scriptural  proverb,  the  fame  of  Tyndale  was  at 
Rome  in  advance  of  "  his  own  country,"  or  at  least  of  its  puis- 
sant monarch.  The  thunders  of  the  Vatican  were  launched 
against  him  so  early  as  1520.  In  the  records  of  Bishop  Ton- 
stall  is  preserved  a  bull  dated  July  17,  (in  the  eighth  year  of 
Leo's  pontificate),  on  seven  closely- written  folios,  against 
Luther  and  his  sect.  At  the  end  of  this  formidable  instrument, 
which  denounces  torment  here  and  eternal  fire  hereafter 
against  those  dread  heretics,  is  a  list  of  their  names  in  the  fol- 
lowing order : — Luthcro,  Lambertus,  Pomeranus,  Zuynglius, 
CEcolampadius,  Bucerus,  Melanthonus,  Carolastadius,  Bren- 
tius,  Jonas,  Westemerus,  Hendendorphius,  Johnes  Agricola, 
Vrbanus  Regius,  Brestemanning,  Andreas  Knopken,  Si- 
mon Hessus,  Johnes  Wyltkyrk,  Otton  Brymsellius,  Will- 
mus  Tyndall,  Willmus  Roy  apostata,  Ricus  Biyghtwell.  The 
three  last  names  are  linked  together  with  a  note  on  the  right 
hand,  Angli;  and  on  the  left,  Ordinesfrm  minor  de  ohsuacia 
de  Grenewyche.  All  these  are  honoured  names  :  of  the  Eng- 
lishman, Tyndale  justly   takes   the   lead.     More  calls   him 

*  More's  Confutation,  Preface,  pt.  I. 
t   Confutation,  pt.  II.  p.  408. 


52  Plnnofr  of 

"  this  blessed  apostle  of  these  apostates."*  These  records 
also  contain  a  proclamation  issued  in  the  21st  of  Henry  ( 1529,) 
evincing  his  royal  purpose  to  purge  his  kingdom.  It  sets 
forth,  "  that  books  in  English  and  Latin  have  been  circulated 
throughout  the  kingdom  replete  with  most  venomous  here- 
sies, blasphemies  and  slaunders  intoUerable  to  the  clean  ears 
of  any  good  christen  man  •,"  and  commands  all  his  lords, 
spiritual  and  temporal,  judges,  sheriifs,  etc.  etc.  to  prevent  any 
unlicensed  person  from  preaching  or  teaching,  and  to  cause 
all  such  books  to  be  brought  in,  on  pain  of  immediate  impris- 
onment. At  the  end  is  a  list  of  about  ninety  Latin  and  eigh- 
teen English  books,  first  the  Newe  Testament,  followed  by 
eleven  other  of  Tyndale's  books. 

In  the  libraiy  at  Lambeth  Palace  is  an  original  state  docu- 
ment,f  a  curious  testimony  to  show  how  greatly  the  imperious 
Henry  with  his  nobles  and  clergy  had  been  disquieted  by  the 
New  Testament  in  English,  and  a  few  little  books  of  a  pious 
preacher  in  exile.  Fox,  who  was  then  on  the  scene,  declares 
that  they  produced  such  singular  profit  to  the  godly,  and  envy 
to  the  ungodly,  that  the  commotion  to  destroy  them  was  "  like 
as,  at  the  birth  of  Christ,  Herod  and  all  Jerusalem  was  troubled 
with  him."  Henry  had  abolished  the  Pope's  jurisdiction  ;  but 
popeiy  was  worth  cherishing  as  the  inseparable  ally  of  arbi- 
trary power.  He  justly  feared  that  emancipation,  in  one  form 
being  achieved,  would  remind  them  of  what  remained  to  be 
done  in  another.  Hence  the  energy  with  which  he  engaged  in 
measures,  touching  no  interests  more  nearly  than  those  which 
were  personal  to  himself. 

The  document  which  suggested  this  preliminary,  occupies 
eight  skins  of  parchment,  closely  written  on  both  sides  in  a  very 
neat  and  small  character,  dated  May  28,  1530.  It  was  pub- 
lished in  presence  of  the  king,  his  council,  and  a  convocation 
of  clergy,  at  the  palace  of  Westminster,  adjoining  to  the 
chambers  of  the  parliament,  and  witnessed  with  the  attesta- 

*  Confutation  of  Tyndale,  Vol.  II.  p.  364. 

t  A  copy  is  in  the  records  of  the  venerable  Warham,  [the  Abp.] 


EJFillfam  2Ci)n^ialc.  53 

tions  and  seals  of  the  three  parliamentary  notaries  :  such  are 
the  imposing  solemnities  directed  against  the  writings  of  Wil- 
liam Tyndale  ! 

Commencing  with  a  solemn  appeal  to  God,  and  "  to  all 
trew  and  faithful  ciisten  people  :"  it  sets  forth,  that  the  King, 
"  hearmg  that  many  bookes  in  the  English  tonge  containing 
many  detestable  errors  and  dampnable  opynyons,  prynted  in 
parties  beyonde  the  see,  to  be  brought  into  diuerse  townes 
and  sondrie  parties  of  this  his  realme  of  Englande,  and  sawen 
abrode  in  the  same,  to  the  great  decaye  of  our  faitlie  and 
perylous  corrupcion  of  his  people,  vnles  spedye  remedye 
were  breuelie  prouided.  That  his  subjectes  myght  kepe  pure 
and  clone  of  all  contagion  of  wronge  opynion  in  Cristes  reli- 
gion, and  that  he  was  full  lothc  to  sufFre  suche  euill  sede  sowen 
amongest  his  people,  soo  to  take  roote,  that  it  myght  ouer- 
growe  the  corne  of  the  Catholickc  fayth."  It  goes  on  to 
state,  that  his  majesty,  having  collected  those  books,  sent 
them  to  his  council,  prelates,  and  divers  learned  men  of  both 
universities  and  others,  with  instructions  to  read  them,  and 
prepare  to  give  their  faithful  opinions  as  to  the  doctrines  con- 
tained in  them,  which  they  were  to  be  ready  to  sustain  by 
extracts  from  the  said  books ; — that  this  council  met  at  the 
king's  palace  at  Westminster,  consisting  of  the  lord  legate, 
archbishops,  bishops,  and  learned  men  ;  and  that  they  came 
to  an  unanimous  conclusion,  that  all  the  said  books  contain 
"  many  erroures  and  heresyes  both  detestable  and  damnable'" 
— "  which  bokes  doo  swarme  full  of  heresies  and  detestable 
opynyons."  Each  heresy  is  then  engrossed  at  length  on  the 
deed.  Our  limits  will  permit  no  more  than  to  give  the  sum 
total  of  each  work,  quoting  the  first  by  way  of  specimen. 

The  Wicked  Mammon  contains  thirty  heresies — 1st  Faith 
only  doth  justify  us.  The  Obedience  of  a  Christian  Man, 
twenty-five  heresies — Whatsoever  is  done  before  the  Spirit  of 
God  giveth  light  is  condemnable — Purgatory  ys  of  the  popys 
inuentyon,  and  therefore  he  may  doo  ther  what  so  euer  he 
5* 


54  i^Tentofr  of 

\vyll — No  man  may  be  hired  to  pray.  The  Revelation  of 
Antichrist,  forty-nine  heresies — To  bynde  a  man  perpetual- 
ly to  any  vow  of  religion  is  without  doubt  an  error — Not  only 
the  Pope  ys  wicked,  but  the"popedom-self,  and  the  offyce  ys 
yniquyte,  and  ys  suche  a  power  that  yt  suppresseyth  the 
faythe  and  gosple,  and  cannot  be  admynystered  by  a  good 
prynce,  but  by  the  aduersarye  of  Chryste* — All  thinges 
necessarye  are  declared  in  the  New  Testament — The  Newe 
Testament  of  Criste  will  not  sufTre  any  lawe  of  compulsion, 
but  oonly  of  counsell  and  exhortation.t  The  Sum  of  Scrip- 
ture, ninety -two  heresies — the  water  of  the  fonte  hath  noo 
more  vertue  in  it  than  hath  the  water  of  a  ryuer — We  be  all 
equally  bounde  to  knowe  the  Gospells  and  the  Epistells  of 
Sainte  Powle — Men  should  see  that  their  childern  come  to 
church  to  here  sermon — The  Gospell  is  written  for  all  persons, 
estates,  dukes,  princes,  pope,  emperour."  The  Book  of  Beg- 
gars— That  there  is  noo  purgatory,  but  it  is  a  thinge  invented 
by  the  covetousness  of  the  spiritualtee  oonly,  to  translate  all 
kingdoms  from  other  princes  unto  them — And  that  there  is 
not  oon  worde  spoken  of  it  in  all  Holye  Scripture.  The 
Exposition  into  the  seventh  chapitre  of  the  First  Epistill  to 
the  Coiynthians,  contains  these  heresies — Vows  of  chastity 
may  be  broken — Fasting  not  an  exclusion  of  meat  and  drink 
— that  Paul  had  a  v/ife — that  Sainte  Pawle  saith,J  that  he 
ought  to  be  chosen  for  to  be  a  bishop,  that  is  the  husbande  of 
oon  wyfe." 

The  deed  goes  on  to  say,  that  his  Highness  has  determined 
to  expel  all  the  books  containing  such  pestilent  heresies,  and 
having  obtained  the  unanimous  testimony  of  his  prelates  and 

*  In  the  original  document,  this  lieresy  is  ohliterated  ;  it  is  copied 
by  the  aid  of  the  transcript  in  the  records.  That  which  was  a  capital 
heresy  in  1530,  tiz.  to  speak  against  the  pope, — the  act  of  parliament 
in  1534,  declares  to  be  sound  doctrine. 

t  To  this  "detestable  heresye"  it  may  be  as  well  to  direct  atten- 
tion, though  comment  upon  would  be  a  waste  of  words. 

X  The  learned  council  leave  it  somewhat  in  the  dark  whether  their 
decree  be  levelled  at  the  apostle  or  the  reformer. 


learned  men  to  their  '  fals  tradicions  and  corrupt  doctrine,' 
and  soul-destroying  influence, "  warns  and  monyshes"  all  good 
subjects  "  by  the  woordes  of  Cryste,  Take  hede  of  false  pro- 
phets." They  are  then  notified  to  deliver  to  the  superioures 
either  of  the  aforesaid  books — again  named  seriatim — and  it 
amusingly  adds,  "  that  if  by  reading  of  them  heretofore  any 
thinge  remanyth  in  your  breestes  of  that  teching,  either ^br- 
get  it,  or  by  enformacion  of  the  truthe,  expelle  and  purge 
hitt,  etc."  He  "  moves  and  exhorts"  them  "  in  God  to  do 
so ;"  but  if  "  being  obstinate  and  refusing  this,  the  prelates  of 
the  churche  having  the  care  and  charge  of  your  soules,  ought 
to  compell  you  and  your  prince  to  punysh  and  correct  you 
not  doing."  And  as  the  opinion  has  been  spread  abroad, 
that  the  king  was  bound  to  give  the  Scriptures  to  his  people 
in  their  own  language,  he  had  taken  the  advice  of  these  pre- 
lates and  nobles,  who  declare  that  he  is  not  bound  to  do  so  ; 
but  that  he  will  have  the  New  Testament  translated,  and  if 
the  people  are  meke  and  submissive,  and  he  thinks  that  it  will 
conduce  to  their  good,  he  will  give  it  to  them. 

This  decree  was  tantamount  to  a  general  search-warrant, 
sweeping  the  whole  kingdom  for  forbidden  books,  from  the 
palace  to  the  hovel.  It  is  surprising  when  we  look  at  the  bit- 
ter penalty, — as  in  Harding's  case,  a  tormenting  death  too 
often  aggravated  by  refined  cruelty — that  any  of  these  books 
have  been  handed  down  to  us.  But  most  of  them  in  fact  ex- 
ist, and  mocking  the  impotent  power  which  sought  their  de- 
struction, form  an  enduring  monument  to  the  talent  and  piety 
of  their  author. 

With  what  emotions  do  we  find  among  the  names  append- 
ed to  this  deed,  that  of  Hugh  Latimer  !  Latimer,  who  then 
consenting  to  the  destruction  of  Tyndale,  as  Saul  did  to  the 
sacrifice  of  Stephen,  like  him,  lived  to  mingle  his  ashes  with 
those  of  his  victim  in  one  common  and  holy  cause.  Sir  Tho- 
mas More  was  a  principal  actor  in  this  business ;  and  thus 
describes  the  solemnities  with  which  this  deed  received  the 


56  iiacmofv  of 

royal  assent  :* — "  In  hys  owne  moste  roiall  person,  in  the 
sterre  chamber,  moste  eloquently  by  hys  owne  mouth,  in 
greate  presence  of  hys  lordes  spyrytuall  and  temporall,  gave 
monycyon  and  warnynge  to  all  the  justyces  of  peace,  of  euery 
quarter  of  hys  realme  then  assembled  before  hys  hyghnes, 
etc.  etc.  to  the  entent  that  euery  subject  of  hys,  by  the  meane 
of  such  manyfolde  effectual  warnynge,  wyth  hys  gracyous 
remyssyon  of  theyr  former  offence  in  his  commaundment  be- 
fore broken,  sholde  from  thense  forthe  auoyde  and  estyew 
the  parell  and  daunger  of  punishment,  and  not  dreue  hys 
hyghnesse  of  necessyte  to  the  thynge  from  whyche  the 
myldenesse  of  hys  benygnet  nature  abhorreth." 

The  king  issued  his  proclamation  in  June  1530,  for  giving 
effect  to  the  above  decree.  All  books  were  to  be  surrendered 
in  fifteen  days.  The  magistrates  of  all  degrees  are  ordered 
to  seize  whoever  refuses  to  deliver,  or  is  suspected  to  keep 
them,  and  to  bring  such  before  the  king  and  his  council,  that 
they  may  be  punished  for  their  contempt,  to  the  terrible  ex- 
ample of  other  like  transgressors.  The  proclamation  declares, 
that  it  is  inexpedient  for  the  people  to  have  the  Scriptures 
IN  English,  and  decrees  that  they  are  books  of  heresie, 
and  shall  be  clerely  exterminated  and  exiled  out  of  this  realme 
of  England  for  ever.  The  prohibition  reaches  to  the  same 
books  in  "  Douch"  (German)  and  French.  Tyndale  seems 
not  without  reason,  to  have  called  his  persecutors  "  fleshly- 
minded  hypocrites,  as  making  the  Scripture  theire  own  pos- 
session and  merchandize,  and  so  shutting  up  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  which  is  God's  word,  neither  entring  themselves,  nor 
suffer  them  that  would. "| 

Lest  the  laws,  terrific  as  they  were,  should  fail  to  sub- 
due in  some  the  spirit  of  inquiry.  More  sometimes  indulg- 
ed  his   readers   with    a    glimpse    into    the    nether   world. 

*  Preface  to  the  Confutation  of  Tyndale. 

t  Of  his  '  benign  nature,'   Sir  Thomas  was,  within  five  years,  to 
have  plenary  experience. 
I  Prologue  to  Jonas. 


SjyiUfnm  STijuiinle.  57 

All  the  means  of  intimidation  were  tried  ;  from  the  dread  of 
present  burning,  to  that  of  burning  hereafter  and  forever. 
"  Tewkesbury  would  not  have  been  martyred,  yf  Tyndales  vn- 
gracyouse  bokes  had  ncuer  come  in  hys  hande,  for  whych 
the  pore  wreche  lyeth  now  in  hell,  and  cryeth  out  on  him  ; 
and  Tyndall,  yf  he  do  not  amende  in  tyme,  he  is  lyke  to  fynde 
hym  when  they  come  togyther,  an  hote  fyrebronde  burnynge 
at  hys  bakke,  that  all  the  water  in  the  worlde  wyll  neuer  be 
able  to  quench.  Then  haue  we  Jonas  made  out  by  Tyndale, 
a  booke  that  whoso  delyte  therein,  shall  stande  in  parcll  that 
Jonas  was  neuer  so  swalowed  vppe  wylh  the  whale,  as  by  the 
delyte  of  that  booke  a  mannes  soule  maye  be  so  swallowed 
vppe  by  the  deuyll,  that  he  shall  neuer  haue  the  grace  to  gete 
out  agayne."* 

The  superstitious  feares  of  the  ignorant  are  dextrously  turn- 
ed to  account ;  and  as  at  this  period  the  country  was  under- 
going a  grevious  visitation  both  from  famine  and  mortality,  the 
enlightened  chancellor  finds  no  difficulty  in  ascribing  them  to 
the  heretical  impiety  scattered  through  the  land.  Elsewhere, 
ridicule  and  raillery  are  tried,  and  the  crumbling  hierarchy  is 
buoyed  up  in  this  style  :  "  Neuer  was  a  more  folyshe  frantyque 
boke  than  the  Wycked  Mammon."  "  Then  haue  ye  an  expo- 
sycyon  also  vppon  the  VII  chapyter  of  Corinthyes,  by  whyche 
prestes,  freres,  monkes,  and  nonnes  be  taught  that  euangelical 
lyberty,  that  they  may  runne  out  a  caterwawynge,  and  so 
wow  and  wedde."| 

More  refers  above  perhaps  to  the  prologue  to  j|Jonah,in  which 
Tyndale  with  much  keenness,  contrasts  the  Jewish  priests  of 
our  Lord's  days  with  the  teachers  of  his  own.  It  contains 
a  clear  exhibition  of  his  religious  sentiments.      "  If  thou  find 

*  Preface  to  the  Confutation  of  Tyndale. 

I  More  indulged  in  very  indelicate  jokes  upon  the  profligate  con- 
cubinage of  the  clergy,  but  was  shocked  and  indignant  at  their  get- 
ting naarried. 

II  This  treatise  which  is  of  some  length,  is  publislied  in  every  edi- 
tion of  Tyndale's  Bible.     The  original  edition  is  of  extreme  rarity. 


58  ii^cmofr  ef 

ought  amisse,  when  thou  seist  thy  selfe  in  the  glasse  of  God's 
Worde,  thynke  it  compendious  vvisdome,  to  amende  the  same 
betymes,  monished  and  warned  by  the  ensample  of  othei*  men, 
rather  than  to  tary  vntil  thou  be  beaten  also."  He  calls  the 
whale's  belly  a  newe  schole  in  which  Jonas  lost  much  of  his 
dross — and  exhibits  him  as  a  warning.  "  And  wyth  Jonas,  let 
them  that  wayte  on  vanities,  and  soke  God  here  and  there, 
and  in  euery  temple,  saue  in  theyr  hertes  ; — go  and  seke  the 
testament  of  God  in  thyne  hart" — "  and  when  the  rage  of  thy 
conscience  is  ceased,  offer  thanksgeuing  and  paye  the  vowe 
of  thy  baptisme,  that  God  only  saueth  of  his  only  mercy — as- 
cribe the  cause  of  thy  tribulacion  vnto  thyne  owne  synne,  and 
the  cause  of  thy  delyuerance  vnto  the  mercye  of  God." 

Tyndale  had  now  settled  at  Antwerp,  as  chaplain  to  the 
company  of  English  merchants.  He  won  esteem  from  all 
wherever  he  went,  by  his  unaffected  piety  and  amiableness ; 
and  although  sustaining  a  public  station,  his  retreat  was  for 
some  time  hidden  from  those  who  had  marked  him  as  their 
prey.  He  thus  for  a  few  years  longer  eluded  their  devices. 
Environed,  as  he  was,  with  dangers,  he  composed  at  this  time 
a  short  treatise  on  the  absurdities  and  idolatry  of  the  mass  ; 
but  fearing  to  offend  some  weak  disciples,  it  was  laid  aside, 
and  never  printed  until  after  his  martyrdom. 

Of  all  his  tracts  and  treatises.  Fox  quaintly  says,  they  are 
"  no  lesse  delectable  than  also  most  fruitfull  to  be  read." 


SJtffUiain  STDtitJalc.  59 


CHAPTER  V. 

"  In  the  rare  roll  of  martyrs  we  do  find 
Famous  John  Frith,  an  Englishman  by  nature  ; 
Who  from  his  youth,  adorn'd  his  education 
With  promptitude  of  wit,  and  other  parts. 
Whereby  he  flourish'd  both  in  tongues  and  arts." 

QUARLES. 

INEFFECTUAL  ATTEMPTS  TO  ALLURE  TYNDALE  TO  ENGLAND — HIS 
SEVERE  PRIVATIONS HENRY's  ANGRY  LETTER  TO  HIS  ENVOY — MAR- 
TYRDOM  OF  THE   AMIABLE    FRITH. 

The  emissaries  of  Henry,  of  his  Cardinal  and  his  Chancellor, 
were  now  making  the  greatest  exertions  to  entangle  Tyndale 
in  their  toils  and  convey  him  to  England.  The  principal  agent 
for  this  purpose  was  the  British  envoy  in  the  Low  Countries, 
Stephen  Vaughan.  The  first  communication  from  him  to  be 
met  with,  is  a  letter  to  his  royal  master,  dated  Jan.  26,  1530, 
from  the  neighbourhood  of  Antwerp.  It  appears  from  this, 
that  Tyndale  had  not  yet  taken  up  his  residence  in  the  Low 
Countries,  so  that  letters  were  addressed — to  ensure  success 
between  them — to  three  different  cities  in  Germany.  The  en- 
voy, after  speaking  of  political  affairs,  thus  introduces  the  sub- 
ject of  our  Memoir.*  "  I  have  written  three  sundry  letters  unto 
Willyam  Tyndall,  and  the  same  sent,  for  the  more  suretie,  to 
iii  several  places,  toFrankforde,  Hamburgh  and  Marleborough." 
What  follows,  in  effect  is,  that  he  had  very  good  hope,  (after 
what  was  currently  said  in  England  of  his  willingness,  upon 
the  gracious  promise  of  a  safe-conduct  from  his  Majesty,  to 
repair  to  England)  of  persuading  him  to  this  step,  with  these 
and  such  other  persuasions  as  he  devised  in  his  letters,  and 

•'  These  papers  are  in  the  Britisli  Museum.  All  that  they  contain 
relative  to  Tyndale  is  here  published. 


GO  ifWcmulr  of 

especially,  that  whatever  guaranty  he  should  desire  of  the  king's 
good  faith  in  the  matter,  Vaughan  and  his  friends  would  do 
their  best  to  obtain  the  promise  of  from  his  Majesty.  But 
Tyndale's  suspicions,  it  seems,  were  all  aroused  by  the  stir 
which  these  negotiations  made  in  England,  to  the  utter  defeat 
and  chagrin  of  the  envoy,  just  when  he  was  making  sure  of 
him;  who  thinks  that  his  distrust  was  wholly  without  just 
ground  or  occasion,  were  he  but  once  in  his  Majesty's 
presence,  and  "  his  gracious  benygnytie  and  piteous  regard" 
towards  his  humble  and  penitent  subjects,  so  apt  thereby  [!] 
to  be  moved,  being  once  taken  into  account.  He  speaks  of 
letters  written  by  Tyndale  in  reply  to  his,  and  to  a  lellow- 
emissary  also  on  the  same  errand,  which  he  had  despatched  to 
his  Majesty.  But  these  papers,  though  it  would  be  so  interest- 
ing to  discover  them,  are  a  lost  treasure.  A  letter  to  Lord 
Cromwell  accompanies  this  communication,  in  which  he  says, 
"  It  is  vnlikely  to  get  Tyndall  into  England  when  he  dayly 
hereth  so  many  thinges  from  thense  which  feareth  hym.  Af- 
ter his  booke  answering  my  lord  chancillor's  boke  be  put 
fourthe,  I  thinke  he  wyll  wryte  no  more.  The  man  is  of  a 
CtRetter  knowlege  then  the  kynge  iiighnes  doth  take 
HIM  FOR,  whiche  well  appereth  by  his  workes.  Wolde  god 
he  were  in  Englande." 

Among  the  state  papers  is  the  fragment  of  a  well-written 
and  touching  letter  from  one  of  these  emissaries,  who,  in  a 
very  singular,  and  even  romantic  manner,  obtained  an  inter- 
view with  Tyndale.  The  courtier  finding  himself  unawares 
in  the  presence  of  his  long-sought  victim,  was  so  awed  by  his 
dignified  purity  and  truth,  that,  in  answering  him,  he  tells  his 
royal  master  he  did  it  as  his  poor  wit  would  serve  him.  The 
letter  bears  every  mark  of  undoubted  sincerity,  and  affectingly 
pourtrays  the  sufferings  of  this  great  benefactor  of  his  nation, 
then  living  in  painful  and  perilous  concealment. 

The  king's  agent  notifies  his  majesty  that  he  had  obtained 
a  copy  of  one  part  of  Tyndale's  reply  to  the  Lord  chancellor, 


ffJlffUfam  Cijn^ialc.  61 

of  which  he  had  given  "  knoledge  to  my  Lord  Cromwell," 
with  a  view  to  advertise  his  Highness  thereof ;  but  this  was 
"  so  rudely  writyn  and  difficult  to  be  red,  me  thowght  it  uii- 
comly  and  not  mete  to  be  sent  in  so  vile  aray  to  the  hands'' 
of  his  Majesty.  He  therefore  set  about  to  transcribe  it  again  : 
and  the  second  part,  which  he  had  also  obtained,  he  promises 
to  send  with  all  convenient  celerity.  He  tells  the  king,  that 
"  the  matter  contained  herein,"  as  he  thinks,  "  in  regard  of  his 
former  wrytyng,  will  better  like  him,  then  some  other  of  his 
workes  which  he  hath  with  lesse  advisement,  more  Rashenses 
and  ruder  spirite  put  forth  before  this  tyme."  The  interview- 
is  best  given  in  his  own  words. 

''  The  day  before  the  date*  hereof,  I  spake  with  Tyndall 
withowt  the  town  of  Andwerp  and  by  this  means.  He  sent  a 
certeyne  person  to  seke  me,  whom  he  had  advysed  to  say, 
that  a  certeyne  frend  of  myne,  vnknowcn  to  the  messenger, 
was  very  desirows  to  speke  with  me  :  praying  me  to  take 
paynes  to  go  unto  him  to  suche  place  as  he  should  bryng  me. 
Then  I  to  the  messenger  (said)  what  is  your  fryend  and  where 
is  he  >  His  name  I  know  not,  said  he,  but  if  it  be  your  plea- 
sure to  go  where  he  is,  1  wilbe  glad  thider  to  bryng  you  :  thus 
dobtfuU  what  this  m.atter  ment,  I  concluded  to  go  with  hym, 
and  folowed  hym  till  he  browght  me  withowt  the  gate  of  And- 
werp into  a  feld  lying  nyghe  unto  the  streme,  where  was  abi- 
dyng  me  this  said  Tyndall.  At  our  metyng,  do  you  not  knowe 
me  ?  said  this  Tyndall.  I  do  not  well  remember  you,  said  I 
to  hym  ;  my  name,  said  he,  is  Tyndall.  But  Tyndall,  said  I, 
fortunate  be  our  metyng.  Then  Tyndall  :  Sir,  I  have  bene 
excedyng  desirous  to  speke  with  you.  And  I  with  you  ;  what 
is  your  mynd.  Sir,  said  he,  I  am  enformed  that  the  kynge's 
grace  taketh  great  displesure  with  me  for  puttyng  furthe  of 
certeyne  bokes  which  I  lately  maid  in  these  partes,  but  spe- 
cially for  the  boke  namyd  the  Practise  of  Prelates,  whereof  I 
have  no  littell  marvaill  consideryng  that  in  it  I  did  but  warne 

*  Which  is  unfortunately  wanting. 

6 


62  IWcmofv  of 

his  grace  of  the  subtyle  demeanor  of  the  Clargy  of  his  Realme 
towardes  his  person,  and  of  the  shamefull  abusions  by  them 
practised,  not  a  Httell  threatnyng  the  displeasure  of  his  grace 
and  weale  of  his  Realme.  In  which  doyng,  I  shewed  and  de- 
clared the  harte  of  a  trew  subiect  which  sowght  the  saluegard 
of  his  Riall  person  and  weale  of  his  commons,  to  thentent  that 
his  grace  thereoff  warnyd  mygt  in  dewe  tyme  prepare  his  re- 
medies against  the  subtyle  dreames.  If  for  my  paynes  theirin 
takyn.  Yf  for  my  pouertye.  Yf  for  myn  exille  out  of  myn 
naturall  contrey,  and  beyung  absent  from  my  fiyndes.  Yf 
for  my  hongar — my  thurst — my  cold — the  great  danger 
wherewith  I  am  every  where  compasyed — and  finally  yf  for 
innumerable  other  hard  and  sharp  sicknesses  whiche  I  indure, 
not  yet  feellyng  theyre  asperitie  by  reason  I  hopyd  with  my  la- 
bors to  doo  honor  to  God — trew  service  to  my  prynce,  and  pie- 
sure  to  his  commons,  how  ys  yt  that  his  grace  this  consyderyng 
may  ether  by  hymselfe  thyncke  or  by  the  perswasions  of  wother, 
be  browght  to  thyncke,  that  in  this  doyng  I  schold  not  show  a 
pure  mynd,  a  trew  and  incorrupt  zeale,  and  effeccyon  to  his 
grace.  Was  there  in  me  any  such  mynde  when  I  warnyd 
hys  grace  to  beware  of  his  cardinall  whose  iniquyte  he  schort- 
ly  after  approvyd  accordyng  to  my  wrytyng  ?  Doth  this  de- 
serve hatered  ?  Ageyne,  may  his  grace,  beyng  a  crysten 
prynce,  be  so  vnkynd  to  God,  whiche  hathe  commaundyd  his 
word  to  be  spredde  thorowgh  owght  the  world  :  to  geve  more 
faythe  to  the  wykkyd  perswasions  of  men,  whiche  presumyng 
above  Goddes  wyssdom  and  contrary  to  that  whiche  Cryst  ex- 
pressly comandeth  in  his  testament,  dare  save,  thatt  yt  is  not 
lefuU  for  the  pepoll  to  have  the  same  in  a  tonge  that  they  un- 
derstond,  because  the  puritie  thereof  schold  opyn  mens  ies  to 
se  ther  wyckydnes ! !  Is  there  more  danger  in  the  kynges 
subgects  then  in  the  subgectes  of  all  other  princes,  whiche  in 
every  of  there  tongges  have  the  same  under  pryveleage  of 
their  sufTeraynse,  as  I  now  am,  very  deth  ware  more  pleasaunt 
to  me  then  lyffe,  consyderyng  mans  nature  to  be  suche  as  can 
bear  no  trewthe.     This,  after  a  long  communycation  had  be- 


aa^miain  SsnUalc.  G3 

twene  us,  for  my  parte  makynge  answar  as  my  pore  wyt 
wold  serve  me  whiche  war  to  long  to  write."  The  agent  used 
"  gentyll  persuasions"  to  induce  him  to  come  into  England, 
meaning  soft  words  and  tempting  promises  like  those  of 
Vaughan,  but  Tyndale  roundly  rejected  such  offers,  "  albeyt" 
his  "  grace  wolde  promes  him  neversomuch  the  surtye ;" 
well  suspecting  that  no  pledges  would  be  proof  against  the 
importunity  of  the  clergy,  "  whiche  wolde  affyrme  that  pro- 
myses  made  with  erytykcs  ought  not  to  be  kept."  After  this 
he  told  me  how  he  had  fynyshed  a  worke  agenst  my  Lord 
Chanscllars  booke,  and  wold  not  put  it  in  printe  till  suche 
tyme  as  your  grace  had  sene  yt,  bccawse  he  appersevyth 
your  dysplesure  towardes  hym  for  hasty  puttyng  forthe  of  his 
other  werkes,  and  because  yt  schold  appere  that  he  is  not  of 
so  obstynate  mynde  as  he  thynketh  he  is  reported  unto  your 
grace.  This  is  the  substaunce  of  his  comunycasion  had  with 
me,  whiche  as  he  spake,  I  have  wryttyn  to  your  grace,  word 
for  word,  as  nye  as  I  cowlde  by  any  possible  meanys  bryng 
to  remembraunce.  My  trust,  therefore,  is  that  your  grace  will 
not  but  take  my  laburs  in  the  best  part.  I  thowght  necessary 
to  be  wrytten  unto  your  grace.  After  these  wordys,  he  then 
beyng  some  thyng  fearfuU  of  me,  lest  I  wold  have  parsuyd 
hym,  and  drawyng  also  towardes  nyght,  he  toke  his  leve  of 
me,  and  departed  from  the  towne,  and  I  toward  the  towne, 
saying  I  schold  schortly  peraventure  se  hym  agayne,  or  if 
not,  here  from  hym.  Howbeyt,  I  suppose,  he  afterward  re- 
tornyd  to  the  towne  by  a  nother  wey,  for  there  is  no  lyclyhed 
that  he  schold  lodge  withought  the  towne,  hastie  to  parsew 
hym  I  was  not,  becawse  I  had  some  lyclyhod  to  speke  schort- 
ly agayne  with  hym,  and  in  perswing  hym,  I  myght  per- 
chaunse  have  fayllyd  of  my  purpose,  and  put  my  selfe  in 
dawnger.  To  declare  to  your  magestie  what  in  my  pore 
judgment  I  thynke  of  the  man,  I  asserteyne  your  grace  I  have 
not  communed  with  a  man."* 

*  Here  the  paper  unhappily  ends,  at  the   interesting  point,  doubt- 
Jess,  where  the  eulogium  of  the  hero  of  it  was  commencing. 


64  ifHcmofr  of 

Tyndale's  Practice  of  Prelates,  alluded  to  by  him  in  the 
above  conversation,  was  printed  at  Marpurg,  by  H.  Luft,  in 
1530.  It  is  an  admirably  condensed  history  of  the  rise  and 
spread  of  popery,  and  of  the  intriguing  practices  of  the  Ro- 
mish hierarchy.  He  ascribes  Heniy's  desire  of  a  divorce 
from  his  faithful  queen  Catherine,  to  advice  instilled  into  his 
mind  by  his  confessor,  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  at  the  instiga- 
tion of  Wolsey.  The  ulterior  design  was  to  unite  Henry  to 
the  French  princess ;  and,  by  the  united  influence  of  both 
crowns,  to  secure  an  open  road,  by  which  the  cardinal  might 
ascend  to  the  papal  see  and  triple  crown ;  in  that  case,  Lin- 
coln would  have  been  advanced  to  York.  Tyndale  strenu- 
ously resists  the  divorce,  by  unanswerable  arguments  drawn 
from  the  laws  of  nature  and  of  God.  "  What  God  has  joined 
together,  no  man,  not  even  the  Pope,  can  lawfully  put  asunder." 

With  his  "  poor  apostle's  life,"  Tyndale  was  content,  many 
and  grievous  as  were  its  privations ;  less  moved  by  all  the 
lures  that  wealth  or  honor  could  hold  out  to  him,  than  by  the 
consciousness  of  untainted  principle,  with  exile  and  suffering 
as  their  recompense.  His  apology  for  presuming  to  offer  his 
advice  to  Royalty,  is  curious  enough.  "  Some  man  might 
happlye  say,  that  though  a  greats  man  wold  be  content  to 
haue  his  deades  compared  vnto  the  lawes  of  God,  he  wold 
disdayne  yet  to  have  so  vyle  a  wretch  as  I  am,  to  dispute  of 
them.  I  answere  this  is  not  my  faute,  but  Goddes  which  will 
for  the  most  parte  euer  chosest  of  the  vilest  to  confounde  the 
gloriouse,  which  not  onlye  clothed  his  sonne  with  oure  vyle  na- 
ture, but  made  him  also  of  the  lowest  sorte  of  men,  euen  fyue 
hundred  steppes  beneth  the  degre  of  a  cardinale.  And  the 
gloryous  scribes  and  the  pharises  for  all  their  holinesse  re- 
buked not  Herod  ;  but  vile  Jhon  the  Baptist." 

A  letter  from  Sir  St.  Vaughan  to  the  King,  [dated  May  20, 
1531]  has  preserved  some  sentiments  of  Tyndale  marked  by 
great  magnanimity,  and  expressed  in  terms  not  to  be  read 
without  emotion.  His  anxious  concern  that  his  countrymen 
should  enjoy  the  bread  of  life,  without  reserve,  with  the  idea, 


seemingly  that  it  could  be  purchased  by  his  own  sacrifice, 
reminds  us  of  the  self-devoting  spirit  of  the  great  apostle  for 
his  nation  [Rom.  ix.  3]  ;  but  in  Paul's  case,  the  ultimate  and 
higher  good  alone  was  adequate  to  extort  this  confession  ; 
not  the  means  of  salvation,  but  salvation  itself.  The  letter 
commences  with  some  political  topics  :  then  comes  the  men- 
tion of  Frith,  in  whom  his  Majesty  had  taken  the  same  sort 
of  benevolent  interest  that  he  had  in  Tyndale  ;  and  at  whose 
conversion  he  was  in  like  manner  aiming,  by  any  means, 
gentle  or  rough.  The  envoy  promises  to  apply  himself  zeal- 
ously thereto ;  "  but  has  been  informed  that  he  [Frith]  very 
lately  maryed  in  Hollande,  and  ther  dwellethe,  but  in  what 
place  I  cannot  tell ;  thys  mariage  maye  by  chaunce  hynder 
my  perswasions.  I  suppose  hym  to  haue  byn  thereunto* 
dryuen  diroughe  pouuertie,  whiche  is  to  be  pitied,  his  quali- 
ties considered." 

Returning  to  his  other  unteachable  pupil,  he  says  :  "  I  have 
agayne  byn  in  hande  to  perswade  Tyndall,  and  to  draw  hym 
the  rather  to  favour  my  perswasions,  and  not  to  thinke  the 
same  fayned,  I  shewed  hym  a  clawse  conteyned  in  maister 
Crumwell's  lettre,  contcynynge  these  words  followinge.  '  And 
notwithstanding  other  the  premisses  in  this  my  lettre  conteyn- 
ed, if  it  were  possible,  by  good  and  holsom  exhortacions  to 
reconsile  and  conuerte  the  sayde  Tyndall  from  the  trayne 
and  affection  whiche  he  now  is  in,  and  to  excerpte,  and  take 
away  the  opynyons  and  fantasies  sorely  rooted  in  hym,  I 
doubte  not  but  the  kynge  highness  wolde  be  muche  ioyous  of 
liis  conuersion  and  amendement.  And  so  beinge  conuerted, 
if  then  he  wolde  returne   into  his  realme,  vndoubtedly  the 

*  Thereunto — viz.  to  his  heresies  most  probably  :  but  so  equivocal 
is  the  construction,  as  that  it  will  equally  well  apply  to  his  marriage, 
if  not,  by  grammatical  rule,  better.  As  to  the  first  sense,  it  would 
be  a  little  strange  if  he  were  driven  by  poverty  to  his  principles, 
which  were  tliemselves  much  more  certain  to  drive  him  to  poverty. 
The  line  of  the  once  popular  poet,  if  true  in  its  first  clause,  would  not 
be  more  true  of  poetry,  than  of  principles  such  as  those  of  these 
brother-re-formers,  in  the  last: — 

Thou  found'st  me  poor  at  first,  and  keep'st  xae  so. 
6* 


66  ifttcniofr  of 

kinges  royall  magistie  is  so  inclined  to  mercie,  pitie,  and  com- 
passion,* that  he  refusethe  none  which  he  seythe  to  submyt 
themself  to  the  obedyence  and  good  order  of  the  worlde.'  In 
these  wordes  I  thought  to  be  suche  swetness  and  vertue  as 
were  able  to  perse  the  hardest  harte  of  the  worlde.  And  as 
I  thought,  so  it  cam  to  passe.  For  after  sight  thereof,  I  per- 
seyued  the  man  to  be  excedinge  altered,  and  to  take  the  same 
very  nere  vnto  his  hearte,  in  suche  wise  that  water  slode  in 
his  yees.  And  answered  what  gracious  wordes  are  these. 
'  I  assure  youe,'  sayed  he,  '  If  it  wolde  stande  withe  the 
kinge  most  gracious  plaisur  to  graunte  only  a  bare  text  of  the 
scripture  to  be  put  forthe  emonge  his  people,  like  as  is  put 
forthe  emonge  the  subgectes  of  the  emperour  in  these  parties, 
and  of  other  cristen  princes,  be  it  of  the  translation  of  what 
person  soever  shall  please  his  magestie,  I  shall  ymedyatlye 
make  faithfuU  promyse  neuer  to  write  more,  ne  abide  two 
dayes  in  these  parties  after  the  same  :  but  ymedyatly  to  re- 
payre  into  his  realme,  and  there  most  humbly  submytt  my- 
selfe  at  the  fete  of  his  roiall  magestie,  offrynge  my  bodye 

TO  SUFFER  "WHAT  PAYNE  OR  TORTURES,  YE  WHAT  DETHE  HIS 
GRACE  WILL,  SO  THAT  THIS  BE  OBTEYNED.       And  till  that  tyme, 

I  will  abide  thaspect  of  all  chaunses  what  so  euer  shall  come, 
and  indure  my  lyfe  in  as  many  paynes,  as  it  is  able  to  here 
and  suffer.  And  as  concernynge  my  reconsiliacion  his  grace 
may  be  assured  that  what  soeuer  I  haue  sayed  or  written,  in 
all  my  life  ageynst  thonour  of  Goddes  worde,  and  so  proued  ; 
the  same  shall  I  before  his  magestie  and  all  the  worlde,  vtterly 
renownce  and  forsake.  And  with  most  humble  and  meke 
mynde  imbrace  the  truthe,  abhorainge  all  errour  souer  at  the 
most  gracious  and  benygne  request  of  his  royall  magestie,  of 
whose  wisdome,  prudence  and  lernynge  I  hear  so  greate  prayse 
and  commendation,  then  of  any  other  creature  lyuyng.  But 
if  those  thinges  whiche  I  haue  written  be  true,  and  stande 
with  Goddes  worde,  why  shulde  his  magestie  hauynge  so  ex- 

*  Courtly  words,  of  as  almost  as  much  meaning  as  those  at  the 
close  of  a  modern  petition — "  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray." 


cellent  a  guyft  of  knowlege  in  the  scriptures,  moue  me  to  do 
any  thinge  agenst  my  conscience' — with  many  other  vvordes 
whiche  were  to  longe  to  write."  Vaughan  expresses  in  con- 
clusion "  some  good  hope  in  the  man"  which  lie  would  not 
doubt  to  see  realized,  with  the  help  of  some  encouraging  word 
from  his  majesty's  own  lips,  that  would  ensure  better  credit 
to  his  own  "  perswasions."  He  advised  Tyndale  also  not  to 
put  forth  his  boke  till  his  majesty's  most  gracious  pleasure 
were  known  ;  but  this  the  other  told  him,  came  too  late,  as 
the  copy  was  out  of  his  hands,  and  forthwith  to  be  printed, 
though  his  best  endeavours  to  delay  it  were  promised. 

The  tears  in  the  eyes  of  Tyndale  bear  witness  to  the  tender- 
ness of  his  nature  ;  but  they  do  no  less  to  his  firmness,  it  being 
evident  from  what  followed,  that  he  dared  not  to  conform  to 
the  earnest  wishes  of  royalty,  yet  was  distressed  to  resist  them. 
Though  volunteering  to  make  all  other  sacrifices,  he  shrunk 
from  making  insincere  professions ;  and  which  he  soundly 
argues,  the  king  had  no  right  to  demand  from  him  in  points 
of  religion.  But  Henry's  slender  patience  was  well-nigh 
spent ;  and  finding  it  impossible  to  allure  his  victim  to  Eng- 
land, he  is  not  anxious  longer  to  wear  the  mask.  With  seem- 
ina;  indignation,  he  declares  that  he  will  not  have  the  soil  of 
his  realm  polluted  by  such  a  desperate  heretic.  He  had  in- 
deed a  new  source  of  alarm  and  anxiety ;  for  ihe  influences 
that  surrounded  Tyndale,  appeared  to  be  very  infectious  in 
their  kind.  He  began  to  fear  that  the  task  assigned  to  his 
envoy  was  not  less  dangerous  than  difficult ;  and  employed 
all  his  arts  of  persuasion  and  threatening,  lest  the  intended  con- 
vert should  chance  to  become  the  converter.  Sir  Stephen, 
there  was  reason  to  think,  as  has  sometimes  happened  in  the 
case  of  those  who  have  taken  upon  them  the  same  office, 
might  be  caught  in  his  own  net. 

The  reply  to  Vaughan's  letters  was  drawn  by  the  secre- 
tary of  state,  and  laid  before  the  King :  his  alterations,  which 
were  numerous,  are  accurately  copied  from  the  original  state 


68  f«£mofr  of 

paper.*  The  words  which  the  royal  penman  struck  out,  are 
printed  between  [  ]  in  ItaUcs  :  the  additions  or  modifications, 
made  by  his  own  hand,  will  be  found  beluw.  They  show  that 
Henry  possessed  a  mind  of  deep  penetration,  and  of  very  con- 
siderable endowments.  He  made  no  changes  except  in  what 
alludes  to  Tyndale. 

"  Stephen  Vaughan  I  commende  me  vnto  you.  And  haue 
receyud  your  letters,  dated  at  Andwarpe  the  .xviij.  day  of 
Aprill,  with  also  that  parte  of  Tyndale's  boke  [seioed  and]  in- 
closed in  lether,  which  yt  with  your  lettere  directed  to  the 
Kinges  Highnes.  After  the  recept  whereof,  I  dyd  repaj-re 
vnto  the  courte,  and  there  presented  the  same  vnto  his  royall 
maiestie.  Who  [after  the  recept  thereof]  made  me  answer 
for  that  tyme  that  his  highnes  at  oportune  leysour  wolde  vys- 
ite  ouersee  and  rede  the  contents  as  well  of  your  letters  as  also 
the  saide  boke.  And  at  my  next  repayre  thither,  it  pleased 
his  highnes  to  call  for  me,  dedai'ing  vnto  me  as  well  the  con- 
tentes  of  your  letters  as  also  mochc  matter  conteyned  in  the 
said  boke  of  Tyndalles.  And  albeit  that  I  might  well  per- 
ceyue  that  his  maiestie  was  I'ight  well  pleased,  and  right  ac- 
ceptablee  considered  your  diligence,  and  paynes  taken  in  the 
wryting  and  .sending  of  the  saide  boke,  as  also  in  the  perswad- 
ing  and  exhorting  of  Tyndall  to  repayre  into  this  realme  ^  [in 
tJie  accomplishment  of  his  high  pleasure  and  commaundement. 
Yet  I  might  coniecture  by  the  farther  declaracyon  of  his  high 
pleasure.  Wliich  sayed  vnto  me.,  by  your  wryting  it  many- 
festlie  appered  hotv  moche]  affection,  [love  and  zele  ye  do  here] 
towardes  the  saide  Tyndall,  whom  in  his  manere,  ^  [modestie 
and  symplycitee]  ye  vndoubtedlie  do  moche  [moi'c]  allowe  and 
commende  ^  [then  his]  workes  [being  so  replete  idlth  lyes  and 

*  In  the  British  Museum. 
'  Yet  his  hig-hnes  nothing  lykod  the  sayd  boke  being-  fy]k>d  with 
sedycyons  slanderous  lyes  and  Faninstycall  oppynyous.  Shewing 
therein  nether  lernyng  nor  trewthe,  and  ferflicr  conference  with  his 
grace,  I  myght  well  perceyue  that  he  thought  tiiat  ye  bare  moche  af- 
fection, etc.  ^  And  knowledge  in  woorldlye  tliinges  ye  vndoubt- 
edlie in  your  letters  do,  etc.  ■  ^  Who's  workes  being  replete  with 
so  abhomynable  sclaunders  and  lyes,  Imagened  and  onlye  fayned,etc. 


viost]  abhomynablc  sclaunders,  Imagencd  and  fayncd  to  cn- 
fecte  [and  intoxicate]  the  pco])ull,  [{maij  to  indi/Jferent  judge- 
ment] ^  declareth  [him)  for  the  which  your  fauonrs  supposed, 
to  he  boi'n  to  the  saide  TyndaJ/,  who  assuredlie  sheweth  him- 
self, in  myn  opynyon  rather  to  he  replete  with  venymous  envye, 
rancour,  and  malice  then  with  any  good  lerning,  vertue,  or 
discression,  hathe  put  the  kinge  highnes  in  suspectyon  of  you, 
considering]  that  ^  [ye  should]  in  such  wise  [lene  vnto  and 
favour  the  evill  doctryne  of  so  perverse  and  inalycyous  a  per- 
son, and  so  moche  jyrayse  him.  IVlio  nothing  goeth  about,  or 
pretendeth,]  but  [onelie  to  seduce,  deceyue,  and]  disquiet  '^  [the 
people  and  comenwelth  of  this  realme.  Whose  cumwyng  into 
Englande  the  Kinges  highness  can  right  well  forhere  and] 
hathe  commaunded  me  [erjjressly]  to  wryte  [vnto  you,]  that 
ye  shoulde  desyste  and  leve  eny  ferther  to  persuade  or  al- 
tempte  '''  [/tim  there  unto.]  Alleging  that  ^  [his  maiestie  so 
euedentlie]  parceyuing  the  nialycyous,  perverse,  vnchai'y table 
mynde  ^  [and  disposicyon  of  the  said  Tyndall  is  leather]  veray 
glad  [that  he  is  out  of  his  realme]  then  that  he  should  retourne 
into  the  same,  there  to  manyfest  his  eiTOurs  and  sedycyous 
opynyons,  which  (being  out  of  the  Realme  by  his  most  vn- 
charytable,  venemous,  and  pestilent  bokes,  craftie  and  false 
persuasions)  he  hath  partlie  don  all  redie.  ^^  [So  that]  if  he 
were  present  by  all  lyklehod,  he  wolde  shortelie  (which  God 
defende)  do  asmoche  as  in  him  were  to  infecte  and  corrupt 
the  hole  realme,  to  the  great  inquietacyon  and  hurte  of  the 
comen  welth  of  the  same.  ^^  [  Wherfore]  I  hertelie  pray  you, 
that  [from  hensforth]  in  all  your  doinge  [and']  procedynge, 

*  Declare  him  to  lake  grace,  native  Icrning,  godly  discreeyon  and 
all  other  good  qualities,  nothing  else  pretending  in  all  his  workesbut 
evedente  dyssaite.  ^  Ye  in  such  wise  by  your  letters  prayse.set 

forth,  and  avaunce  hyni.  which  nothing  elles  pretendyth.  ^  And 

riowc  sedycyon  among  the  peopuU  of  this  realme.  His  highnes  ther- 
fore  hath  commaunded  me  to  aduertise  you  that  liis  pleasure  is  that 
ve,  etc.  '  The  sayd  Tyndale  to  cum  into  this  realme.  ^  He 

perce3'uing.  ^  &^^(\  judgment  of  the  said  T3'ndall  is  in  maner 

without  hope  of  reconcylyacyon  in  hym,  and  is  veray^  joyous  to  haue 
his  realme  destytute  of  such  a  person  is.  '"  For  hys  hyghnes 

right  prudentlye  consyderyth  if  he,  etc.  "  Wlierefor  Stephen. 


70  ftlcmofc  of 

and  wryting  to  the  kinges  highnes,  ye  do  iustely,  trewlie,  and 
vnfaynedlie,  ^^  [sheto  yourself  to  be  nofauerer  vnto  the  saide^ 
Tyndall,  ne  to  his  workes  in  any  nrianer  of  wise,  but  [rather] 
vtterHe  [/o]  conlempne  and  abhorre  the  same.  Assuring  you 
that  13  doing  [the  contrary]  ye  shall  not  onlie  cause  the  kinges 
[highnes]  royall  maieste,  ^^  whose  [highnes]  at  this  tyme  is  so 
benignelie  and  gracyouslie  mynded  towardes  you  (as  by  your 
good  dyligence  and  Industrie  to  be  vsed  to  serue  his  highnes, 
and  extewing  and  avoyding  to  favor  and  allow  the  saide  Tyn- 
dall his  erronyous  workes  and  opynyons)  ye  are  like  shortlie 
to  atteyne  ^^  [loth  loelth,  ho7iestie,  and  promocyon  at  his  gra- 
cyous  hande,  to  the  singiiler  ioy,  pleasure,  and  comforte  of  all 
your  frendes,]  and  by  the  contrarie  ^^  [to]  acquire  the  indigna- 
cyon  of  God  [and]  displeasure  of  your  souereigne  lorde,  and  by 
the  same  ^^  [compell]  your  good  frendes  which  haue  ben  euer 
glad,  prone,  and  redie  to  ^^  [aduance]  you  [vnto  the]  fauours 
[of  your  prynce,]  to  lamente  and  sorow,  that  their  sute  in  that 
behalf  should  ^9  not  take  effecte,  according  to  their  good  in- 
tent and  purpose.  Hauing  therefore  firme  trust,  that  for  the 
loue  ye  owe  to  yourself,  me,  and  [other]  your  frendes,  ^Oye 
[wilhe  well]  beware,  [fro7n  hensforth,]  to  enter  into  any  [soche] 
opynyons,  whereby  any  sclaunder,  dishonestie,  [or]  daun- 
gier  2i  rnight  insue  towardes  you  ;  whereof  I  promyse  you  I 
wold  be  as  sorie  as  your  ^  [good]  father.  As  touching  Frith, 
mencyoned  in  your  saide  letters,  the  kinges  highnes,  heryng 
tell  of  his  towardenes  in  good  letters  and  lernyng,  doth  ^^  [fg. 
grete  and]  lament  that  he  should  in  such  wise  as  he  doth,  set 
fourth,  shew,  and  applye  his  lernyng  and  doctryne  in  the 
semynacyon  and  sewing  such  euill  seedes  of  dampnable  and 
detestable  heresies,  mayntenyng,  bolstring,  and  aduancyng  the 

^^  Without  dissiniulacyon  shew  yourself  his  trew  louynff,  obedycnt 
subiecl.  Beryng  no  inaner  favour,  love,  or  affection  vnto  tiie  said 
Tyndale.  '^  jj-^  g^  doing.  '^  Whose  goodues  '^  So  to 

sett  you  forwardes,  as  all  your  lovers  and  friends  shall  haue  gret  cou- 
solacyon  of  the  same.  '^  Doing,  ye  shall  acquire.  '^  Cause. 

'-  Bryng  you  into  his  gracyous  fauours.  '"  Be  frustrate  and  not, 

etc.  ^'' Ye  will  beware  and  often.  ''^  Daungerorsuspycyon. 

«2  Natural  father.  ^  Moclie  lament. 


JSaJfllfam  ^TsnUnlc.  71 

venemous  and  pestyferous  workes,  erronyous  and  sedycyous 
opynons  of  the  saide  Tyndale,  and  other  such.  Wherein  his 
highnes  ^^  [as]  a  most  vertuous  and  benigne  prynce  and  gouer- 
noui,  hauing  charge  [commytted  vnto  hiiii]  of  his  people  and 
subiectes,  ^^  being  sorie  to  here  tell  that  any  of  the  same 
should  in  suche  wise  ronne  hedling  and  digresse  from  the 
lawes  \^and  precepte]  of  Almightie  God,  ^6  ^{nto  suche  damp' 
nahle]  heresies  and  sedycyous  opynyons,  and  being  ever  in- 
clyned,  willing,  and  gretelie  desirous  to  forst  and  prouyde  for 
the  same,  ^''  and  also  fermelie  trusting  that  ^  [the  saide  Frith\ 
be  not  so  farre  as  yet  inrouted  in  the  evill  doctryne  of  the 
saide  '-^  Tindall,  but  that  by  the  grace  of  God,louyng,  charitable, 
and  frendely  exhortacions  and  aduertisements  of  good  people, 
he  may  be  [revoked  ami]  called  agayne  to  the  ryght  way. 
30  [  Wylleth]  therefore,  [arul  desireth  you,]  according  to  his  trust 
and  expectacyon,  3i  whh  your  frendelie  persuasions,  admony- 
cyons,  and  holsome  exhortacions,  counsaill  and  aduyse  the 
said  Fryth,  if  ye  may  convenientlie  speke  with  the  same  to 
leve  his  wilfull  opynyons,  and  like  a  good  christian  to  retorne 
[vnto  our  Saueour  Christe,  and  also]  into  his  natif  cuntrey.^^ 
So  that  by  his  procedinge  as  he  begynneth,  there  be  no  more 
[sedycyous  mfections  and  heresies  soioed  amongst  the  hinges 
peopulL]  Wherefore  eftesones  ^3 1  [hartelie  jyray  you,]  and  for 
the  loue  of  God  [do]  not  onelie  [exhorte  you]  vtterlie  to  for- 
sake, leue,  and  withdraw  your  affectyon  from  the  saide  Tyn- 
dale, and  all  his  secte  ;  but  also  as  moch  as  ye  can  poletiquelie 
and  charytablie,  to  allure  34  all  suche  persons  [as  hen]  fautours 
and  assistents  to  the  same,  from  all  their  erronyous  myndes 
and  opynyons.     In  which  doing  ye  shall  not  onelie  highlie 

^  Lyke  a  most,  etc.  ^  And  being  veraye  sorie.  ^^  And 

holsom  doctryne  of  holye  fathers,  into  such   dampnable.  ^7  ^nd 

moche  desyrynar  the  roconsylyacyon  of  tlie  sayd  Fryth.  ^  He 

be  not.  29>pindall  and  other.  ^'^  Hath  wylled  therefore  me 

to  wryt  vnto  you,  that  ye.  ■"  Will  with,  etc.  ^^  Where  he 

shall  assurydly  fynde  the  kynges  highnes  most  mercyfull  and  be- 
nynglye  vpon  his  conuersyon,  disposyd  to  accept  hym  to  his  grace 
andloye.  ^^  I  exhort  you.  ^*  The  sayd  Frith  and  other  be- 

incr  in  these  parties  which  in  any  wyse  ye  shall  knowe  or  suspecte  to 
be° 


72  l^cmofr  of 

merite  ^s  ^of]  Almightie  God,  but  also  deserue  hygh  thankys 
of  the  kinges  royall  maiestee,  who  will  not  forget  your  deuoyre 
and  labours  in  that  behalf.  So  that  majestee  3^  may  perceyue 
that  ye  effectuallie  do  intende  the  same." 

Frith,  more  confiding  than  his  friend  in  promises  never 
meant  to  be  kept,  came  to  England.  He  was  immediately 
immured  in  the  Tower,  from  which  the  only  deliverance  he 
found,  was  that  which  gave  him  refuge  in  heaven ;  in  other 
words,  through  the  flames  of  Smithfield.  Two  Romish  priests 
who  attended,  exhorted  the  people,  as  is  said,  not  to  pray  for 
Fryth  any  more  than  they  would  for  a  dog. 


In.  ^®  EuydentlJe  perceyue. 


ffiZFilXfain  Kgnlrale.  73 


CHAPTER  VI. 

"  By  his  rare  pains,  firm  faitli,  and  Christ's  free  grace, 
Which  formerly  thick  fogs  of  error  base, 
And  dusky  clouds  of  works'  desert  hid  quite, 
Were  well  restored  to  their  ancient  light. 
He,  by  God's  word  and  spirit's  inspiration, 
The  gospel  light  re-spread  throughout  our  nation. 
His  ashes,  kept  by  heaven,  securely  rest. 
And  sweetly  sleep  in  hope  to  rise  most  blessed." 

Quari.es. 

his  habits    and    labours    at    antwerp — republishes  the  new 

testament is     betrayed,    imprisoned,    and     martyred his 

dying  prayer  answered spread  of  his  opinions — the  bible 

TRIUMPHS — ACT     TO     ABOLISH      TYNDALE's      WORKS — LIST      OF      HIS 
WRITINGS 

DuKiNG  the  few  years  of  his  sojourn  at  Antwerp,  Tyndale 
"  went  about  doing  good."  He  was  the  ahnoner  of  his  more 
weahhy  countrymen.  Saturday  and  Sunday  were  his  days 
of  relaxation  from  severe  study  :  on  the  former,  he  visited  the 
sick  and  dying  foreigners,  and  on  Sunday,  both  before  and 
after  divine  service,  he  visited  and  relieved  his  fellow-exiles. 
Persecution  for  conscience  sake,  swept  like  a  pestilence,  over 
his  native  land  ;  and  can'ied  along  with  it,  the  worthiest  of  her 
sons.  Many  fled  to  Antwerp  as  their  asylum  in  the  greatest 
distress ;  and  found  from  Tyndale's  generous  sympathy,  both 
refreshment  to  the  spirit  and  assistance  in  purse.  Mr.  Offer's 
enthusiasm  depicts  him  at  this  time,  as  in  his  charities  appear- 
ing like  an  angel  of  mercy :  in  preaching,  like  an  apostle. 

The  studies  which  occupied  the  most  of  his  time,  were  in 
the  defence  of  himself  and  the  reformation  from  the  slanders 
7 


74  f«cinoir  of 

of  Sir  Thoma  More,  and  in  the  completion  of  the  translation  of 
the  Sacred  Scriptures.  It  is  impossible  to  decide,  without  the 
discovery  of  new  evidence,  whether  he  translated  the  whole  of 
the  Old  Testament :  Mr.  Offer,  from  its  general  similarity  con- 
cludes that  he  did,  and  that  Coverdale  profited  by  his  manu- 
scripts. It  is  plain,  that,  from  Esdras  to  Malachi,  it  is  one 
translation,  published  by  Coverdale  in  1535,  and  by  Mat- 
thew in  1537,  with  such  alterations  as  pleased  the  respec- 
tive editors :  from  Genesis  to  Esdras,  and  the  whole  New 
Testament,  are  distinct  translations.  Tyndale's  name  on  ac- 
count of  the  rancorous  hostility  of  Henry  towards  him,  in  the 
matter  of  the  divorce,  was  suppressed  in  both. 

From  1526,  when  he  added  prologues  and  glosses  to  the 
New  Testament,  he  does  not  appear  to  have  made  any  alter- 
ation in  the  text  until  1534,  when  he  republished  it  with  con- 
siderable improvements  at  Antwerp,  in  small  8vo.*  Some 
copies  were  printed  on  yellow  paper.  In  this  edition,  Tyndale 
took  advantage  of  criticisms  whether  friendly  or  hostile, 
towards  giving  his  version  its  last  finish.  A  fair  specimen  of 
the  new  readings  follow  the  "  Historic  Notices,"  etc.  The 
prologue  commences  with,  "  Here  thou  hast  (moost  deare 
reader)  the  New  Testament  or  covenaunt  made  wyth  vs  of 
God  in  Christes  bloude.  Which  I  have  looked  over  agyne 
(now  at  the  last)  with  all  dylygence,  and  compared  it  vnto 
the  Greke,"  etc.  This  prologue  was  reprinted,  verbatim,  with 
every  subsequent  edition.  It  closes  with  a  defence  of  his 
course  as  to  the  use  of  the  words  repentance  and  elders.  A 
second  preface  was  added,  very  severely  reflecting  upon  G. 
Joye.     It  seems  that  Joye,  having  been  employed  by  a  Dutch 

*  "  The  New  Testament,  dylygently  corrected  and  compared  with  the 
Greke,  by  Willyam  Tindale,  and  fynesshed  in  the  yere  of  oure  Lorde 
God,  A.  M  D.  and  xxxiiij.  in  the  moneth  of  Nouember."  It  has 
wood  cuts  and  ornamented  letters.  The  title  and  prologues  comprise 
sixteen  leaves,  followed  by  a  second  title  and  list  of  books.  The  text 
occupies  cccLxxxiv  leaves,  the  two  last  being  numbered  wrong.  The 
Pistles  of  the  Olde  Testament  end  on  folio  cccc.  The  table  fol- 
lows on  ten  leaves,  the  last  two  pages  contain  "  thinges  to  fill  vp  the 
leffe  withal," 


ffSJillfam  ^TBtttinlc.  75 

printer  to  correct  the  press  of  the  fourth  pirated  edition,  had 
altered  some  words,  and  particularly  Repentance,  for  which 
he  put  "  the  life  after  this."  This  was  published  and  circu- 
lated when  the  reformers  were  daily  expecting  Tyndale's  cor- 
rected edition,  which  was  not  finished  until  three  months  later. 
Upon  being  asked  for  what  reason  these  fanciful  alterations 
had  been  made,  he  discovered  at  once  the  surreptitious  book 
that  had  been  imposed  upon  the  public  by  Joye.  Of  this  dis- 
creditable imposition  he  now  very  properly  warns  the  public. 
During  Tyndale's  imprisonment,  in  Februaiy,  1535,  Joye  pub- 
lished what  he  called  an  apology,  but  which  was  a  very  in- 
temperate attack  upon  his  friend  and  brother  exile,  then  in 
prison  and  distress.  He  alleges  that  he  received  only  four- 
teen shillings  Flemish,  about  eight  shillings  British,  for  his 
labours,  and  that  he  "  heard  say,  that  Tyndale  had  ten  pounds 
for  his  copyright."  His  plea  is,  the  intention  simply  to  render 
the  New  Testament  more  useful,  but  he  does  not  apologise 
for  making  alterations  and  publishing  them  under  another's 
name.  The  prologues  in  Tyndale's  revised  edition,  and  the 
4to.  of  1526,  are  very  similar  to  those  of  the  German,  by  Lu- 
ther. This  of  1534  may  be  distinguished  from  all  the  subse- 
quent impressions  by  a  discrepancy  in  the  marginal  notes  in 
John's  first  epistle.*  The  most  grotesque  rendering  m  the 
whole  volume,  and  continued  in  all  the  editions,  was  the  mount- 
ing '  Death'  in  the  Revelation  on  a  green  horse. 

This  year  also  [1534]  was  made  memorable  by  Tyndale's 
betrayal  and  imprisonment.  Sir  Thomas  More,  in  examining 
suspected  heretics,  was  very  inquisitive  with  such  as  had  come 
from  Flanders  or  Germany,  as  to  their  knowledge  of  Tyn- 
dale ;  and  was  thus  made  minutely  familiar  with  his  person, 
dress,  habits,  friends,  and  places  of  resort.  His  lodgings  were 
in  the  English  house  or  factory,  which  was  kept  by  a  mer- 

■*  Viz.  Ch.  3,  " Loue  is  the  fyrst  precept  and  cause  of  all  other;" 
while  on  the  opposite  page  he  says,  "  Fayth  is  the  fyrst  conimaunde- 
ment  and  loue  the  seconde  ;"  also,  by  the  omission  of  the  tenth  line 
in  Revelation,  ch.  9,  and  by  an  error  mentioned  in  the  prologne  :  it 
occurs  in  Matthew  xxiij.  "  Cleanse  fyrst  the  out  syde  of  the  cup," 
etc,  which  should  have  been,  "  Cleanse  fyrst  the  inside,"  etc. 


76  l^cmort  of 

chant,  Thomas  Pointz.  Henry  VIII.  and  his  council  suborn- 
ed and  employed  one  Henry  Phillips,  the  son  of  a  custom- 
house officer  at  Poole,  of  gentlemanly  appearance,  who,  with 
a  valet,  came  to  Antwerp  :  here  he  made  acquaintance  with 
some  of  the  merchants,  and  meeting  Tyndale,  the  latter  gave 
him  so  far  a  fatal  confidence,  as  to  invite  him,  nothing  doubt- 
ing, to  his  apartments.  Pointz,  being  somewhat  suspicious, 
asked  Tyndale  how  they  became  acquainted  ;  to  which  he  re- 
plied, that  he  was  an  honest  man  and  handsomely  learned  ; 
and  perceiving  that  he  had  made  so  favourable  an  impression 
on  his  inmate,  the  inquiry  was  pressed  no  further.  Phillips, 
after  having  for  some  time  dined  at  his  table  and  shared  his 
hospitality,  went  to  Brussels,  and  with  great  pains  and  expense 
obtained  a  warrant  to  apprehend  Tyndale  for  heresy.  To  ex- 
ecute it,  he  brought  back  with  him  the  procurer-general  and 
his  officials,  such  being  the  popularity  of  Tyndale,  that  he 
would  not  venture  to  trust  the  officers  of  Antwerp.  He  de- 
tained these  persons  in  the  city  until  Pointz,  on  some  call  of 
business  had  left  it,  and  then  repairing  to  his  dwelling,  Tyn- 
dale invited  him  to  go  and  dine  with  him  at  the  house  of  one 
of  his  friends,  assuring  him  of  a  hearty  welcome.  The  mis- 
creant next,  under  a  pretence  of  having  lost  his  purse,  bor- 
rowed of  his  too  credulous  victim  all  his  money.  In  passing 
through  the  narrow  entry  of  the  hotel,  Phillips,  with  apparent 
courtesy,  insisted  on  Tyndale  going  first ;  who  being  much 
shorter  than  himself,  he,  by  pointing  down  upon  him,  when  they 
came  to  the  door,  gave  the  signal  to  the  officers  who  had 
been  there  secreted.  He  was  immediately  seized,  together 
with  all  his  books  and  papers,  and  in  this  pennyless  condition 
conveyed  to  prison  at  Vilvoord,  a  village  at  the  ford  between 
Brussels  and  Malines,  on  the  road  to  Antwerp.  This  agent 
(Phillips)  of  the  Romish  party  in  England,  seems  to  have  well 
schooled  himself  to  the  basest  uses  for  which  the  most  coiTupt 
church  or  party  could  want  his  services ;  the  commonest  instincts 
or  sentiments  of  humanity,  to  judge  from  the  several  particulai-s 
of  the  story,  being  about  seared   within  him.      His  name. 


eCffllfam  ^Tjntralc.  77 

linked  thus  with  Tyndale's,  and  rescued  from  oblivion,  carries 
along  with  it  to  after  times  an  infamous  notoriety. 

Whatever  efforts  the  most  affectionate  regard  and  venera- 
tion could  prompt,  were  made  by  Pointz  and  the  British  mer- 
chants at  Antwerp,  to  effect  the  recovery  of  their  beloved 
pastor  ;  but  all  in  vain.  Letters  were  immediately  dispatched 
to  Lord  Cromwell  and  others  in  England ;  and  encouraging 
answers  being  received,  Pointz,  at  the  request  of  the  body  of 
merchants,  caiTied  the  communications  to  the  Lord  of  Barowe, 
following  him  post  to  Maestricht,  that  he  might  deliver  them 
in  pei-son.  With  great  difficulty  he  obtained  his  answer,  and 
he  then  hastened  to  Brussels.  The  imperial  council  gave  him 
a  letter  to  Lord  Cromwell,  and  Pointz  undertook  himself  to 
be  its  bearer  to  London  at  the  extreme  point  of  speed.  Here 
he  was  detained  for  a  month,  but,  by  perseverance  and  inter- 
est, obtaining  favourable  letters,  he  went  with  them  direct  to 
Brussels.  His  honourable  zeal  nearly  cost  him  his  life  ;  for 
Phillips,  finding  that  it  was  very  likely  to  attain  its  end,  mana- 
ged, by  the  aid  of  the  Roman  Catholic  priests  at  Louvain,  to 
have  him  arrested  on  suspicion  of  heresy,  and  committed  to 
prison.  Within  one  week  he  was  examined  upon  more  than 
a  hundred  articles.  Intercourse  with  his  friends  was  cut  of!', 
unless  he  would  write  his  letters  in  the  Dutch  language,  and 
then  give  them  in  charge  to  his  enemies.  Aware  of  his  im- 
minent peril,  he  broke  out  of  prison  by  night,  and  made  his 
escape.  Even  in  these  circumstances  of  personal  hazard  to 
himself,  his  efforts  to  save  the  life  of  Tyndale  did  not  languish. 
On  the  25th  of  August,  1535,  he  wrote  to  his  brother  in  Lon- 
don a  letter  alike  honourable  to  his  pastor  and  his  own  faith- 
ful friendship.*  "  It  was  said  that  the  King  had  written  in 
favour  of  William  Tyndall,  now  in  prison,  and  like  to  suffer 
death,  and  it  is  feared  that  these  letters  have  been  intercepted. 
This  man  lodged  with  me  three  quarters  of  a  yere. — I  know 

'  Tliis  letter  is  preserved  in  the  Cottonian  MSS.     The  spelling  is 
in  some  instances  altered,  to  render  it  easily  intelligible. 


78  JWcmofr  of 

that  the  King  has  never  a  treuer  hearted  subject  this  day  liv- 
ing. He  knows  that  he  is  bound  by  the  law  of  God  to  obey 
his  prince ;  and  I  know  well  that  he  would  not  do  the  contra- 
ry to  be  made  lorde  of  the  worlde.  The  death  of  this  man 
will  be  a  great  hindraunce  to  the  Gospel ;  and  to  the  enemies 
of  it,  one  of  the  highest  pleasures.  I  fear  that  he  will  shortly 
be  condemned,  for  two  English  men  at  Louvain  apply  it  sore, 
taking  great  pains  to  translate  out  of  English  into  Latin,  those 
thinges  that  may  make  against  him,  so  that  the  clergy  here 
may  understand  it  and  condemn  him,  as  they  have  done  all 
others,  for  keeping  apenyonys  contrary  to  their  business,  the 
lohicli  they  call  the  order  of  holy  church.  Brother,  the  loiowl- 
edge  that  I  have  of  this  man  causes  me  to  write  as  my  con- 
science binds  me.  For  the  king's  grace  should  esteem  him  at 
this  day  as  a  greater  treasure  than  any  one  man  living.'''' 
Pointz  was  a  wealthy  and  highly  respectable  man,  who  returned 
to  Englemd,  a  few  years  after  these  melancholy  transactions, 
and  got  an  act  of  parliament  to  naturalize  his  children.  His 
letter  to  Lord  Cromwell,  is  preserved  among  the  state  papers 
in  the  British  Museum.  The  tribute  which  he  has  given  to 
Tyndale,  and  the  efforts  made,  at  such  imminent  risk  to  him- 
self, on  his  behalf,  show  how  much  he  had  become  endeared 
to  the  circle  in  which  he  moved,  and  to  the  British  merchants 
in  particular. 

Tyndale's  imprisonment  lasted  nearly  two  years.  The  in- 
terval was  diligently  bestowed  upon  his  great  business  of  ex- 
tending the  influence  of  true  and  pure  religion.  He  had  the  ad- 
dress, or  the  happiness, — another  still  more  unsuspicious  testi- 
mony perhaps,  to  his  perconal  qualities — to  obtain  whatever  in- 
dulgences a  prisoner  could  look  for :  at  any  rate,  enough  for 
him  though  with  his  hands  thus  bound,  to  enter  the  lists  with 
the  professors  at  the  neighboring  university  at  Louvain.  Here 
too  he  redeemed  his  pledge  given  to  the  priest  in  Gloucester- 
shire so  many  years  before,  and  which  the  reader  has  not  forgot- 
ten, that  the  ploughboys  should  have  the  New  Testament  to  read. 
In  1535,  was  printed  a  very  curious  edition  of  Tyndale 's  ver- 


sion.  In  this  he  imitated  the  plan  of  Luther,  who  published 
the  New  Testament  in  three  different  dialects  of  Germany. 
Following  this  plan,  he  printed  the  revised  version  of  the  pre- 
ceding year  in  a  provincial  orthography,  probably  that  of  his 
native  county  ;  peculiarly  adapted  to  agricultural  labourers.* 
To  this  book  was  added  the  heads  of  chapters,  as  there  is  rea- 
son to  conclude,  for  the  first  time. 

His  invaluable  life  was  now  drawing  to  a  close  ;  which  had 
been  so  far  shaded  by  the  circumstances  in  which  his  lot  was 
cast,  that  to  its  natural  termination,  he  might  well  have 
been  reconciled,  though  premature.  The  formalities  of  a  trial 
were  gone  through,  and  he  was  condemned  by  virtue  of  a 
decree  made  at  Augsburg  against  what  was  called  heresy. 
In  September,  1536,  he  suffered  the  dreadful  sentence,  of 
which  the  horror  is  in  some  measure  softened  by  knowing 
that  it  was  prefaced  by  the  act  of  strangling.  In  that  appall- 
ing moment,  he  exhibited  the  firmness  and  resignation  only 
to  be  found  in  the  certain  confidence  of  having  his  portion 
with  those  "  shining  ones"  in  Bunyan's  phrase,  who  had  "  come 
out  of  great  tribulation,"  and  who  had 

for  Jesus'  sake, 
writhed  on  the  rack,  or  blackened  at  the  stake. 

With  the  dread  preparations  of  death  and  burning  around  him 
and  in  view,  his  last  thoughts  were  turned  upon  the  welfare  of 
the  countiy  which  had  driven  him  forth  a  fugitive,  and  his 
dying  voice,  was  that  of  intercession  for  his  royal  persecutor. 
Lord,  open  the  King  of  England's  eyes,  were  his  well- 
known  words  at  the  stake. t 

*  Mr.  Oftbr,  from  a  copy  in  his  library,  and  late  the  property  of  Dr. 
Adam  Clarke,  exhibits  a  few  specimens  : — holly  cite,  for  holy  city; 
saeyde,  aengels,  wayghthyer,  foete,beliolde,  broether,  faether,  raoeth- 
er,  tacken,  agayenst,  theacheth,  graece,  cloocke  for  cloke,  maester, 
saefe.shaeke,  etc.  etc. 

t  Mr.  OfFor,  from  circumstances  of  personal  history,  is  able  to  im- 
part a  picturesque  interest  to  the  place  and  the  event.  "  Many 
times"  has  he  "  stood  upon  the  spot"  which  was  the  scene  of  martyr- 
dom, "  a  raised  ground  near  tlie  prison  at  Vilvoord,"  with  an  hum- 
bling recollection  of  these  awful  cruelties.    Here  "  he  was  taken 


80 


ifttemofv  of 


Rome  thundred  death,  but  Tyndale's  dauntless  eye 
Looked  in  death's  face  and  smiled,  death  standing  by. 
In  spite  of  Rome,  for  England's  faith  he  stood, 
And  in  the  flames  he  sealed  it  with  his  blood." 


Although  through  the  untiring  zeal  of  Mr.  OfFor,  the  archives  at 
Brussels  were  more  than  once  searched,  and  that  too  with  the  aid 
of  a  friend,  high  in  the  establishment,  no  more  light  could  be 
thrown  on  the  history  of  his  hero.  His  utmost  pains  were  recom- 
pensed no  further  than  with  the  discovery  of  the  cost  to  govern- 
ment of  burning  some  poor  Caledonian  for  heresy.* 

prisoner  during  the  revolution  at  Brussels  in  1830  by  a  detachment  of 
Dutch  troops,  and  for  about  two  hours  was  confined  in  the  castle,  "  which 
had  been  the  prison  of  "  the  immortal  Tyndale."  Inquiries  he  had  formerly 
made  of  an  aged  jailor,  were  renewed  to  him  who  now  held  the  place  ;  and  for 
awhile  curiosity  put  out  of  mind  the  sickening  horrors  of  war,  the  sound 
of  artillery,  the  misery  of  the  flying,  the  wounded  and  the  dying.  But  of 
the  martyr  no  vestige  remained. 

*  The  sum  in  rushes,  post,  chains,  etc.  amounted  to  nearly  one 
pound,  thirteen  shillings ! 


SJFinfnm  r»ntralc.  81 

The  tradition  is,  (for  the  credibility  of  which  there  is  none 
to  vouch,)  that  the  demeanour  of  Tyndale  in  prison  won  the 
heart  of  his  keeper,  and  made  him  with  his  daughter  and  some 
of  his  household,  converts  to  the  true  faith  of  Christ.  The 
attorney-general  of  the  Emperor,  who  had  procured  the  sen- 
tence against  him  was,  on  some  such  authority,  said  to  have 
given  the  solemn  declaration  in  his  favour,  as  being  "  a  learn- 
ed, a  good  and  a  godly  man." 

But  it  rests  on  very  tangible  evidence,  that  his  voice  was 
hardly  hushed  in  death,  before  his  last  prayer  was  answered. 
The  King's  vision  became  so  clear  as  to  issue  an  injunc- 
tion, ordering  that  the  Bible  should  be  placed  in  every  church 
for  the  free  use  of  the  people.  In  this  year  (1536)  were  pub- 
lished seven  or  eight  editions  of  the  New  Testament  in  Eng- 
lish. One  of  them,  in  royal  8vo.  probably  executed  in  Paris, 
is  a  peculiarly  beautiful  specimen  of  black-letter  typography. 
And  as  further  evidence  of  the  general  desire  for  spiritual 
light,  thirteen  editions  of  the  whole  Bible,  were  printed  before 
the  close  of  the  year  1541,  each  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five 
hundred  copies,  as  Mr.  Offor  affirms,  in  extent. 

But  Henry,  who  was  led  by  caprice  at  every  period  of  life, 
had  in  these  his  last  years,  become  the  mere  sport  of  his 
changing  humours.  Complaints  were  made  by  the  priests 
that  the  mass  was  forsaken  for  the  church,  for  the  sake  of  the 
chained  volumes  at  its  doors ;  and  much  ado  was  made  about 
the  disorders  that  grew  out  of  many  undertaking  to  read  aloud. 
As  the  Popish  interest  gained  ground,  Tyndale's  testament 
was  interdicted,  and  with  it  all  his  writings,  under  heavy 
penalties  :  for  the  first  offence,  ten  pounds  sterling  fine,  equal 
to  about  fifty  pounds  at  the  present  value  of  money,  and  three 
months'  imprisonment/or  every  hook ;  for  the  second,  loss  of 
all  the  offender's  goods,  and  perpetual  imprisonment.  The 
reading  of  Coverdale  and  Cranmer's  translations  were  limited 
to  the  higher  circles  of  society — to  judges,  noblemen,  captains 
and  justices,  who  are  allowed  to  read  the  Bibles  to  their  fam- 


82  f^mofr  of 

ilies.  "Merchants  might  read  it  in  private  to  themselves,"  but 
from  its  use  and  benefits  all  "  women  and  artificers,  prenty- 
ses,  iornymen,  seruing  men  of  the  degrees  of  yoman  or  under, 
husbandmen  and  labourers*  "  vi^ythin  this  realme"  were  shut 
out.  And  what  is  specially  noticeable,  there  is  no  clause  to 
allow  the  clergy  to  read  the  Bible  in  English. 

At  length  on  the  29th  of  Jan.  1547,  Henry  the  Eighth  died, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Edward  the  SLxth,  his  son ;  that  prince 
of  rare  hopes,  so  soon  to  be  blasted  in  death.  But  though  then, 
not  only  in  his  minority  but  his  extreme  childhood,  he  was,  what 
through  his  brief  career  he  remained,  the  stedfast  patron  of 
the  Reformed  cause,  and  under  his  auspices,  "  the  word  of 
truth  grew  and  multiplied." 

*  The  poor  in  those  trying  times  when  the  bread  of  life  was  eaten 
in  secret,  if  at  all,  deeply  felt  the  privation ;  of  which  a  touching  and 
very  incidental  memorandum  is  handed  down.  A  labourer  wrote  in 
a  book,  "  On  the  invention  of  things,  at  Oxforde  the  yere  1546  browt 
down  to  Seynbury  by  John  Darbye,  price  14d.  When  1  kepe  Mr. 
Letymers  shype  I  bout  thys  boke,  when  the  Testament  was  aljeraga- 
tyn,  that  shepherdys  might  not  red  hit :  I  pray  God  amende  tliat 
blyndnes.  Wryt  by  Robert  Wyllyams,  keppyngeshepe  vppon  Seyn- 
bury Hill." 


Hl&inism  SiDntialc.  83 


LIST  OF  BOOKS 

EITHER  ASCRIBED  TO  TVNDALE,  OR  PUBLISHED   WITH  HIS  NAME. 


The  New  Testament,  1525,  revised  in  1534.* 
The  Pentateuch.     1530,  1534,  1544,  1551. 
The  Prophet  Jonah.     1530,  1537. 
Exposition  of  1  Cor.  vii.  with  Prologue.     1529. 
Expositions  of  v.  vi.  and  vii.  chapters  of  Matthew.     1538, 1548. 
The  Epistles  of  John,  with  a  Comment.     1531,  1538. 
Exposition  of  1  Cor.  iv.,  John  vi.,  and  1  Cor.  xi. 
Prologues  to  many  Books  of  the  Old  and  New  Testament. 
A  Boke  concerning  the  Church. 

A  Godly  Disputation  between  a  Christian  Shoemaker  and  a  Popish 
Parson. 

*  Mr.  OfFor,  with  strange  and  wild  extravagance,  affirms  not  less 
than  four-score  editions  of  this  Testament  to  have  been  printed  ;  and 
elsewhere  speaks  of  having  in  his  own  library  ticcntij-three  distinct 
editions  !  This  is  not  the  place,  and  as  little  is  there  room,  to  expose 
in  detail  the  absurdity  of  such  statements ;  his  authorities  for  which, 
if  he  had  any,  no  where  appear.  As  to  "  his  own  library"  treasures, 
it  is  not  so  very  easy  to  ascertain  what  are  "  distinct  editions"  of  an- 
tique English  Bibles,  (of  all  books),  nine-tenths  of  them  having  lost 
their  title-pages.  What  alone  seems  to  be  sure  is,  that  he  had  so  many 
distinct  copies.  As  to  the  other  particular,  it  must  suffice  to  reply, 
that  Lewis  (History  of  English  Biblical  Translations)  and  Bishop 
Wilson  (Ed.  of  the  Bible  1785,  3  vols.  4to.)  —  if  there  are  better  au- 
thorities, the  present  Editor  never  heard  of  them  —  in  their  complete 
Tabular  Lists  of  the  successive  editions  of  the  English  Scriptures  from 
1526,  to  nearly  the  close  of  the  last  century,  very  nearly  agree  in 
the  number  assigned  to  Tyndale.  That  is,  but  little  more  than  twenty 
(tlie  pirated  Dutch  impressions  and  all) ;  and  it  was  issued,  it  would 
seem,  for  the  last  time,  by  Jugge  in  15G6,  4to.  Why  did  not  Mr.  Of- 
for,  who  has  shown  in  some  things  such  a  love  of  rninuticB,  favor  his 
readers  with  a  like  Table  of  these  Tyndale  impressions  ?  Let  the 
Editor  mention  but  a  single  fact.  When,  in  the  fall  of  1835,  he  pro- 
jected the  present  Re-print,  he  was,  after  announcing  it,  utterly  at  a 
loss  where,  in  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  to  find  a  genuine, 
or  more  than  one  even,  professed  copy  of  Tyndale  : — a  very  curious, 
fact  truly,  as  to  a  work  of  nearly  an  hundred  impressions  !  But  the 
Genevan  Bible,  first  issued  but  little  more  than  one  generation  after, 
and  which  was  thonghtto have  singular  ■popularity  in  rcadting  thirty 
editions,  is  yet  so  common  among  us,  that  to  the  writer  are  known 
(who  can  doubt  there  are  still  more .')  some  twelve  or  fifteen  copies 
within  even  the  limits  of  the  State. 


84  ^emofr  of  SSSJfUfam  SCijiTlfale, 

The  Disclosing  of  the  Man  of  Sin. 

The  Matrimony  of  Tyndale.     1529. 

Wiclifs  Wicket,  with  a  Preface. 

A  Compendious  Olde  Treatise,  shewynge  howe  that  we  ought  to 
haue  ye  Scripture  in  Englysshe.     Luft,  1530.* 

The  Prayer  and  Complaint  of  a  Plowman  unto  Christ. t 

Tlie  Supplication  of  Beggars. 

A  Treatise  upon  Signs  and  Sacraments. 

The  Testament  of  William  Tracy  expounded. 

Three  Epistles  to  Frith. 

A  Protestation  touching  the  Resurrection  of  the  Bodies  and  the 
State  of  the  Souls  after  this  Life.     1530. 

Parable  of  the  Wicked  Mammon.    Small  8vo.  and  4to.  May,  1528. 

Obedience  of  a  Christen  Man.     May  and  Oct.  1528,  1535,  1561. 

An  Answer  unto  Sir  Thos.  More's  Dialogues. 

A  Pathway  into  the  Scripture. 

An  Answer  to  Sir  Thos.  More's  Confutation. 

The  Practice  of  Prelates.     1530,  1548. 

IN    LATIN. 

De  ccena  Domini.  >  •     .  ^ 

De  ecclesia  adversus.      ) 

Adversus  Joy  calumnias. 

De  purgatorii  paracho. 

Preface  to  G.  Thorpi  et  J.  Oldcastelli  examinat. 

TRANSLATIONS. 

Qusedam  Opuscula  Lutheri. 
Enchiridion  Militis  Christiani. 
Isocrates  Orationes. 

*  This  exceedingly  rare  tract,  (one  sheet  in  Svo.)  once  Herbert "s, 
is  now  in  Mr.  OfFor's  library,  who  believes  it  to  be  unique. 

t  This  tract  must  be  well-nigh  extinct,  since  it  has  escaped  all  the 
researches  of  the  bibliographers. 


HISTORIC  NOTICES 

OF  THE  ANTE- JAMES  VERNACULAR  VERSIONS  OF  THE  SCRIP- 
TURES, SUBSEQUENT  TO  THAT  OF  TYNDALE. 


N, 

The  honour  of  giving  to  the  public  the  first  complete  Eng- 
lish Bible,  was  reserved  for  Miles  Coverdale  ;  and  who 
thus  divides  in  some  sort  with  his  predecessor  Tyndale,  that 
interest  and  reverence  with  posterity,  which  we  naturally  yield  ' 
to  the  other,  as  the  great  pioneer  of  a  forlorn  hope.  /King 
Henry  had  previously  to  this  time  broken  with  the  Pope,  while 
by  calling  Cranmer  to  the  Primacy  and  Cromwell  to  the  new- 
ly-constituted office  of  Vicar-General,  the  brightest  |)rospects 
opened  before  the  cause  of  the  Reformation  in  England.  Cov- 
erdale was  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  and  afterwards  of  the  order 
of  Austin  Friars  in  Cambridge;  until  falling  under  the  suspi- 
cion of  favoring  the  opinions  of  Luther,  he  fled  for  safety  be- 
yond seas,  where  he  diligently  applied  himself  to  the  study 
and  translation  of  the  Scriptures.  His  Bible  was  printed 
abroad  and  probably,  as  some  antiquaries  have  inferred  from 
the  typography,  at  Zurich,  by  Cristopher  Froschover.  It  ap- 
peared in  1535,  the  last  page  containing  the  author's  memoran- 
dum, as  having  been  finished,  the  fourth  day  of  October.  The 
third  centennial  of  this  memorable  day,  returning  the  autumn  be- 
fore the  last,  upon  Sunday,  prompted  the  suggestion  made  to  min- 
isters and  churches  in  many  of  our  religious  prints  at  the  time, 
of  the  expediency  of  celebrating  it  with  some  peculiar  notice. 
Coverdale  dedicated  his  work  "  unto  the  most  victorious 
Prynce  and  our  most  gracyous  Soveraynge  Lord,  King  Henry 
the  eyghth,  kynge  of  Englande,  &c.  &c."  Among  this  train 
8 


86  HISTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE 

of  titles  which  it  is  not  worth  while  to  detail,  was  that  of"  De- 
fendar  of  the  faith,"  of  which  the  author  tells  his  Majesty  "  that 
the  blynd  Bishop  of  Rome,  when  he  bestowed  it  upon  him,  no 
more  knew  what  he  did,  than  the  Jewish  Bishop  Cayphus  when 
he  prophesied  that  it  was  better  to  put  Christ  to  death,  &c." 
This  Bible  consists  of  a  revision  of  Tyndale's  New  Testament 
and  of  that  part  of  the  Old  translated  by  him  before  his  death, 
namely,  the  Historic  Books  and  the  book  of  Jonah  :  the  re- 
maining books  and  the  Apocrypha  being  newly  translated  by 
Coverdale  himself  In  his  Epistle  to  the  Reader,  he  says — in 
reference,  it  would  seem  to  some  of  his  own  favourite  render- 
ings— after  speaking  of  the  diversity  of  translations,  "none 
should  be  offended  though  one  call  a  scribe,  that  another  call- 
eth  a  lawyer;  or  elders,  that  another  calleth  father  or  viother ; 
repentance,  that  another  calleth  penance  or  amendment.  For 
if  we  were  not  deceived  b}'  men's  traditions,  we  should  find  no 
more  diversity  between  these  terms  than  between  fourpence 
and  a  groat."  Coverdale  omitted  all  Tyndale's  prologues  and 
notes,  which  were  particularly  offensive  to  Henry  and  the 
Bishops,  and  prefixed  to  each  book  the  contents  of  tiie  several 
chapters  ; — not  to  the  chapters  successively,  as  was  afterwards 
done.  The  noted  test  of  the  heavenly  witnesses  (John  v.  7) 
appears  within  crotchets  :  it. may  here  bu  anticipated  to  say,  in 
this  connexion,  that  the  same  remark  applies  to  the  Bibles  of 
\^Cranmer  and  Taverner. )  In  that  of  Thomas  Matthew,  it  is 
printed  in  a  smaller  type. 

From  the  Dedication  and  other  circumstances,  this  Bible 
would  seem  to  have  been  issued  with  the  countenance,  if  not 
under  the  authority  of  the  Court.  When  the  king,  in  some  pro- 
clamation three  or  four  years  earlier,  had  required  his  subjects 
to  "detest  and  abhor"  "the  New  Testament  of  the  translation 
that  was  then  printed"  (meaning  Tyndale's,  of  course)  he  was 
pleased  to  say,  that "  he  would  cause  the  New  Testament  to  be 
by  learned  men  faithfully  and  purely  translated  into  the  Eng- 
lish tongue."      Coverdale's  work  is  not  certainly  known  to 


EAKLY  VERNACULAR  VERSIONS.  87 

have  originated  in  any  such  high  favour.  But  its  circulation, 
when  once  ahroad,  was  so  far  from  discouraged,  that  royal 
injunctions  were  issued  in  1536,  requiring  that  every  person 
[parson]  or  proprietary  of  any  parish  church  within  this 
Realme  shall  on  this  side  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  ad  vinculo  [Aug. 
1]  next  coming,  provide  a  boke  of  the  whole  Bible  both  in 
Latin  and  also  in  English,  and  lay  the  same  in  the  Q,uire  for 
everye  man  that  will,  to  take  and  read  thereon  :  And  shall  dis- 
courage no  man  from  the  reading  any  part,  &c.  but  rather 
comfort,  exhort  and  admonish  every  man  to  reade  the  same  as 
the  very  worde  of  God  and  the  spiritual  food  of  man's  soul, 
whereby  they  may  better  knowe  their  duties  to  God,  to  their 
sovereigne  Lorde  the  King,  and  their  neighbour."  They  are 
advised  also,  instead  of  "  stifly  or  eagerly"  striving  one  with 
another  about  "  the  true  sense  of  the  same,"  "  to  refer  the  de- 
claration of  such  passages  to  them  that  be  better  learned." 

The  Original  edition  of  this  Bible  was  in  folio.  It  was  is- 
sued in  that  form  in  1550,  and  also  in  4to. ;  and  appeared  once 
more  [4to.]  for  the  last  time  in  1560.  Four  impressions  of  the 
New  Testament  separately  were  published  within  the  same 
period.  Coverdale's  name  is  pleasingly  associated  with  much 
of  the  biblical  literature  of  the  time.  His  concern  in  what  was 
called  Matthew's  Bible,  will  soon  appear,  and  at  the  lapse  of 
twenty  years  the  reader  meets  him  again  in  the  Genevan  com- 
pany of  translators.  Having  maintained  in  his  Preface,  the 
utility  of  "sundry  translations,"  he  consistently  gives  his  aid  to 
the  kindred  endeavours  of  those  who  came  after,  and  leaves  his 
own  to  its  fate.  Coverdale  rose  to  the  dignity  of  bishop  of  Ex- 
eter, and  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  81,  in  1565. 

Thomas  Matthew's  Bible  appeared  in  1537,  "  set  forthe" 
as  its  title-page  makes  known,  "by  the  king's  most  gracyous 
license,"  procured  for  it  at  the  instance  of  Cranmerand  Crom- 
well, who  were  its  patrons  from  the  first.  Injunctions,  through 
them,  were  procured  as  in  the  case  of  Coverdale,  to  ensure  its 
public  dififusion  and  usefulness.     Grafton   and  Whitchurch,  its 


88  HISTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE 

printers,  issued  fifteen  iiundred  copies  at  an  outlay  on  their 
part,  of  five  hundred  pounds — a  great  sum  for  that  day.  Lewis 
inchnes  to  believe,  it  was  first  printed  at  Marpurg  in  Hesse,  or 
Marheck  in  the  Duchy  of  Wirtembnrg.  Strype  however 
"  guessed"  that  it  was  printed  at  Hamburgh,  Mr.  Offor  names 
Lubeck,  and  Mr.  Warley,  that  more  probably  it  was  in  Paris. 
If  the  reader  should  naturally  enough  ask,  Why  not  in  London 
rather,  since  the  royal  countenance  followed  it,  the  editor  can- 
not resolve  the  inquiry.  Thomas  Matthew  or  T.  M. — for  the 
more  common  reference  perhaps  is  by  initials, — is  but  the 
"  shadow  of  a  name  ;"  the  actual  supervisor,  as  tradition  says, 
being  the  celebrated  martyr,  John  Rogers.  Hence  the  work  is 
indifferently  known  by  the  fictitious  or  real  name.  The  former 
appears  to  have  been  resorted  to,  from  the  prejudices  still  rest- 
ing, in  some  quarters,  against  the  true  translators.  Who  these 
were  however,  is  a  much  debated  point.  Lewis,  who  speaks 
of  it  as  "  made  by  several  hands,"  throws  out  the  conjecture 
that  Mattheio  as  "  being  the  name  of  neither,  may  have  been 
thought  of  as  one,  under  which  the  editor  chose  to  appear." 
Bale  (Bp.  of  Ossory)  says,  that  Rogers  translated  the  whole 
Scriptures,  and  that  he  used  the  Hebrew,  Greek,  Latin,  Ger- 
man and  English  Bibles.  Johnson  styles  the  work  under  no- 
tice, a  mere  vei-sion  of  the  former,  undertaken  by  Coverdale 
and  Rogers  jointly  :  in  his  view  it  should  so  be  esteemed,  as 
much  as  the  first  Bible,  the  blended  labour  of  Tyndale  and 
Coverdale.  Among  the  preliminary  matter,  as  Lewis  states,  is 
An  exhortation  to  the  Study  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  gathered  out 
of  the  Bible,  with  the  initials  J.  R.  affixed  at  the  end. 

The  conflict  of  opinions  as  to  the  composition  of  this  Bible, 
the  internal  evidence  does  not  much  help  to  settle.  That 
its  New  Testament  portion  differs  from  the  original  Tyndale, 
will  be  evident  in  the  course  of  the  succeeding  pages  ;  yet  the 
reader  who  carefully  compares  the  text  and  the  margin,  can- 
not f  til  to  observe  how  much  slighter  is  this  discrepancy  than 
in  that  of  any  other  of  the  versions  introduced  below.     This 


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89 


near  coincidence  not  only  with  Tynilale,  but  with  the  work  of 
Taverner,  makes  it  more  difficult,  in  examining  an  ancient  copy, 
to  be  assured  of  its  identity,  than  of  any  other  of  the  early  Bi- 
bles. Nine  editions,  two  of  which  were  in  4to.  and  12ino., — 
some  of  them  with  slight  variations— seem  to  have  been  printed  ; 
tliat  of  1551,  closing  the  list. 

In  April  1539,  came  out,  in  large  folio,  what  is  called  by  the 
name  of  Cranmer's  or  the  Great  Bible,  printed  like  the  for- 
mer, by  Grafton  and  Whitchurch.  Lewis  styles  it, — but  the 
editor  understands  not  why, — a  revisal  of  Matthew's  Bible. 
The  "alterations  and  corrections"  which  he  admits  "were 
made"  in  it,  give  it,  at  any  rate,  as  much  the  air  of  an  independ- 
ent version  as  either  embraceil  in  the  present  work.  But  llie 
epithet,  in  strictness  of  speech,  belongs  to  none  of  thom,  his 
only  excepted,  who  as  leading  the  way,  had  no  predecessor  M 
lean  upon,  but  whom  all  his  successors  seem  to  have  been 
willing  to  make,  more  or  less  closely,  the  basis  of  their  own  la- 
bours. This  is  certainly  true  at  least,  until  we  come  to  the 
versions  of  Elizabeth's  reign,  which  may  be  thought  to  have  a 
wider  departure  from  Tyndale,  especially  the  Genevan.  Cran- 
mer's Bible,  however  it  may  be  designated,  has  certainly  somo 
characteristic  marks.  Such  for  instance,  are  those  occasional 
inclusions,  as  the  reader  will  see,  of  brief  fragments  into  the 
text,  commonly  indeed  in  crotchets  ;  which  sometimes  seem 
to  be  but  expansions  of  its  meaning,  and  sometimes,  additional 
matter,  derived,  it  appears  not  whence.  The  prologues  and 
notes  of  Tyndale,  which  had  been  dropped  by  Coverdale,  and 
then  restored  to  Thomas  Matthew's  Bible,  were  now  once 
more  rejected,  from  being  found  to  give  great  offence  to  those 
who  still  retained  their  Catholic  prepossessions.  The  much- 
buffeted  text,  "There  are  three  that  bear  record,"  etc.  (1  John 
v.  7)  as  was  said  before,  was  printed  in  crotchets,  as  of  ques- 
tioucible  authority.  Lewis  observes  that  "Tyndale  had  set  tho 
example  in  his  first  edition  of  1526,  and  in  the  later  impressions 
of  1535,  1536,  1537,  on  the  authority  of  Luther  and  the  great 
8* 


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HISTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE 


Erasmus,  who  in  his  Latin  translation  of  the  New  Testament, 
published  at  Basil,  A.  D.  1518,  omitted  the  passage  though  he 
restored  it  in  his  third  edition  four  years  after,  ne  cui  foret 
ansa  calumniandi. 

How  much  the  name  of  Cranmer,  as  coupled  with  this  work, 
implies,  it  would  be  pleasant  to  know.  But  none  of  the  au- 
thorities give  the  least  clue  for  concluding  whether  he  had  any 
immediate  concern  in  its  preparation,  or  whether,  as  is  more 
likely,  it  was,  like  Parker's  Bible  which  followed,  honored  with 
his  name  as  being  done  under  his  Primacy.  But  even  in  this 
latter  case,  one  must  wonder,  that  they  have  not  thought  it 
worth  while  to  name,  to  whom  was  committed  the  labouring 
oar.  Tlie  Psalter  used  to  this  day  in  the  Book  of  Common- 
Prayer,  is  a  part  and  relic  of  the  version  now  described. 
Crantner  was  published,  as  it  would  seem  from  Lewis,  for  the 
eighth  and  last  time  in  1568,  the  date  of  the  birth  of  the 
Bishops' ;  which,  with  other  circumstances,  leads  one  to  regard 
the  two,  as  respectively  the  authorised  or  cour/-Bibles  of  their 
time.  In  the  marginal  readings  of  the  present  work,  it  will 
be  apparent  how  pften  they  are  found  together  and  alone  ; 
and  the  deference, , with  which  the  later  treads  in  the  steps  of 
the  earlier  work. 

The  same  year  [1539]  gave  birth  to  another  edition,  or  as  he 
styled  it,  Recognition  of  the  English  Bible  by  Rycharde  Tav- 
ERNER,  a  gentleman  of  Norfolk,  born  in  1505,  educated  at 
Christ-Church,  Oxford,  and  afterwards  a  member  of  the  Inner- 
Temple,  where  his  way  was,  "  it  is  said,  to  quote  the  law  in 
Greek  when  he  read  any  thing  thereof"  In  1534,  he  went  to 
court,  being  taken  into  the  service  of  Cromwell,  then  principal 
secretary  of  state,  and  by  his  influence  was  promoted  in  civil  life. 
While  in  this  post  he  accomplished  the  work  under  review, 
"being  very  probably  encouraged  so  to  do  by  his  master  on 
account  of  his  expertness  and  proficiency  in  the  Greek  tongue." 
Lewis  calls  this  work  "  neither  a  bare  revisal  nor  yet  strictly  a 
new  version,  but  between  both."  This  is  said  by  way  of  com- 
ment on  Bishop  Bale,  who  styles  it  "  a  recognition  [Query — if 


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this  means  'revisal  ?']  or  rather  a  new  version."  But  the  editor 
so  far  differs  from  botli,  that  in  his  judgement  it  is  wiiat  Lewis 
is  unwilHng  to  allow  it  to  be, — a  bare  revisal.  The  conformity 
is  indeed  rather  closer  than  even  between  Matthew  hinjself  and 
the  original  Tyndale,  and  such  as  made  him  dubious,  for  a 
long  while,  to  which  of  the  two  varying  copies  in  his  hands  to 
refer  as  the  true  Matthew.  This  will  account  also  for  his  infre- 
quent citation  of  Taverner's  readings  ;  not  deeming  it  of  any 
utility,  except  in  the  very  rare  instances  where  he  departs  from 
the  other.  He  embodies  most,  but  not  all  of  the  marginal  notes 
of  Matthew,  to  which  he  added  others  of  his  own.  Upon  his 
patron's  downfall,  Taverner  partaking  in  his  disgrace,  was  com- 
mitted prisoner  to  the  Tower,  but  he  had  the  address  to  re-in- 
state himself  in  Henry's  favour.  His  Bible  was  not  issued  af- 
ter twelve  years  from  its  first  appearance,  nor  did  the  impres- 
sions exceed  three  or  four  within  that  period. 

The  accession  of  Elizabeth  [1558]  brought  back  the  nume- 
rous refugees  from  the  scourge  of  Mary  ;  of  whom  the  majority 
had  settled  at  Frankfort  on  the  Rhine,  or  at  Geneva.  The 
year  before  was  issued  from  the  latter  place,  the  New  Testa- 
ment in  what  is  commonly  known  as  the  Genevan  version,  in 
a  small  12mo  volume,  with  a  very  beautiful  type.  It  has  the 
distinction  of  first  giving,  in  an  English  dress,  the  scriptures  in 
separate  verses,  and  numbered  as  at  present;  which  improve- 
ment was  followed  by  the  Bishops' :  Robert  Stephens,  it  is  well 
known,  had  resorted  to  this  expedient,  in  an  edition  of  the 
Greek  Testament,  published  five  or  six  years  before,  as  a  means 
of  easy  and  direct  reference  to  particular  passages.  In  some 
of  the  early  English  Bibles,  capital  letters  had  been  used  at 
certain  intervals  in  the  margin,  as  if  answering  to  the  para- 
graphs. This  work  was  the  joint  labour  of  Miles  Coverdale, 
Christ.  Goodman,  Anih.  Gilby,  Thos.  Sampson,  Wm.  Cole  fof 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxon.)  and  Wm.  Whitingham,  all 
zealous  Calvinists,  both  in  doctrine  and  discipline  ;  who  reaped 
the  benefit  of  Calvin's  advice,  yet  living,  and  of  Beza,  towards 


92  niSTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE 

its  last  finish.  Coverdale,  to  whose  name  the  reader  has  now 
become  familiar,  had  in  Edward's  reign  returned  to  England,: 
and,  both  for  his  services  to  the  Reformed  faith  and  for  his 
scriptural  learning,  been  raised  to  the  see  of  Exeter;  but  was 
soon  compelled  once  more  to  find  safely  in  exile.  The  Old 
Testament  being  yet  unfinished,  some  of  the  company  lingered 
behind  to  complete  it,  and  the  whole  was  issued  at  Geneva  in 
1560,  4to.  by  Rowland  Hall. 

Tiiis  fraternity  of  translators  were  all  iml)ued,  more  or  less 
deeply,  with  Puritanism,  (obviously  derived  from  the  place  of 
their  foreign  sojourn)  and  with  more  libera!  notions  of  govern- 
ment in  church  and  state,  than  could  well  be  endured  by  the 
dominant  or  high-church  party.  As  this  often  tinctures  the 
notes,  the  work  was  with  them  of  course  no  favourite.  But  so 
generally  was  it  preferred  and  used  in  private  families,  on  ac- 
count of  these  very  notes,  according  to  Lewis,  that  more  than 
thirty  editions  in  folio,  4to,  and  8vo,  were  issued  from  1560  to 
1615,  mostly  by  the  royal  printers.  Editions  of  it  also  appeared 
at  Geneva,  Edinburgh,  and  Amsterdam.  Long  after  the  era 
of  the  present  Received  version  (so  called)  and  its  nursing- 
fathers  of  the  throne  and  hierarchy  had  urged  it  into  general 
circulation  among  an  unwilling  people,  these  last  lamented  the 
want  of  the  marginal  comments,  which  had  become  endeared 
by  use,  and  protested  there  was  no  such  thing  as  discerning  the 
word  of  God  aright,  without  '  the  Geneva  spectacles.'  King 
James's  translators  were  indeed — as  appears  from  the  Tabular 
List  of  printed  Bibles  appended  to  Lewis — with  all  their  ex- 
trinsic advantages,  driven  to  the  device  of  tacking  to  their  own 
version  the  bulk  of  the  notes  of  the  Genevan,  by  way  of  giving 
it  vantage-ground  in  the  rivalry  for  public  favour ;  a  resort 
practised  with  more  than  one  edition.  The  Genevan  Bible 
was  published,  as  Lewis  gives  us  to  suppose,  as  late  as  1708. 
Of  the  works  noticed  in  the  present  Sketch,  the  rarity  of  some 
of  them,  in  this  country  at  least,  exceeds  that  of  almost  all 
other  books  in  the  language.     That  a  single  copy  may  chance, 


\ 


EARLY  VERNACULAR  VERSIONS.  93 

after  long  search,  to  be  found,  is  all  that  can  be  said.  But  of 
Cranmer's,  three  or  four  copies  in  New  En<;land  are  known 
to  the  editor  ;  as  many  perhaps  of  the  Bishops';  while  the  Ge- 
nevan is  not  a  very  uncommon  book.  He  recollects,  scattered 
here  and  there,  some  twelve  or  fourteen  copies  ;  and  many 
others,  it  is  likely,  might  be  ferreted  out.  English  booksellers, 
who  occasionally  get  a  chance  of  inserting  it  in  their  catalogues, 
are  seemingly  at  a  loss  for  a  name  ;  and  are  very  apt  to  call  it 
the  Breeches  Bible,  from  a  single  passage,  the  rendering  of 
which  has  to  some  been  diverting.  Gen.  iii.  7. — "They  sewed 
fig-leaves  together,  and  made  themselves  hreechts!" 

After  what  has  been  seen  of  the  f)olitical  com[)lexion  of  this 
Bible,  the  antipathy  towards  it  expressed  by  James  at  the 
Hampton  Court  Conference  [1603]  needs  no  interpreter.  The 
pedant  king,  with  characteristic  sapience,  had  said,  that  "  he 
had  never  yet  seen  the  Bible  well  translated  ;  but  of  all  trans- 
lations, doubtless  the  Genevan  was  the  first."  Not  light,  then, 
must  have  been  his  chagrin  and  resentment,  (if  he  looked  suf- 
ficiently into  the  matter)  at  seeing  how  little  his  opinion  was 
deferred  to,  even  by  those  who  were  humbling  themselves  be- 
fore him  as  a  patron,  and  that  with  an  abjectness  of  homage,  of 
which  their  Dedication  meant  to  leave  no  one  in  doubt.  His 
own  translators  (here  alluded  to),  among  other  instructions, 
were  told  "  to  follow  the  ordinary  Bible  used  in  churches  [The 
Bishops']  and  to  alter  it  as  little  as  the  Original  would  permit;" 
but  when  "  they  agreed  better  with  the  text,"  to  prefer  the  ear- 
lier versions.  "  The  truth  is,  (says  Geddes) — and  why  should  it 
not  be  spoken, — that  James's  translators  did  little  more  than 
copy  the  Genevan  version  ;  the  difference  being,  on  the  part  of 
the  former,  chiefly  in  a  more  scrupulous  adhesion  to  the  letter 
of  the  Original,  and  in  the  superabundant  insertion  of  italics  to 
supply  its  apparent  deficiency."  He  "  has  no  hesitation  in 
deeming  the  Genevan  the  better  of  the  two.  Professor  Sy- 
monds  of  Cambridge  (Eng.)  came*  to  the  like  conclusion,  and 

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94  HISTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE  "- 

with  not  less  decision.  It  may  be  doubled  where  shall  we 
seek  for  one,  who  has  taken  a  wider  survey  or  pursued  a  more 
minute  comparison  of  most  of  the  modern  versions  of  Europe. 
In  the  works  whose  titles  appear  below,  and  now  so  rare  that 
their  preservation  loudly  calls  for  a  reprint,  it  is  easy  to  discern 
in  how  far  higher  account  the  learned  Professor  holds  the  ver- 
sions of  Luther,  of  Beausobre,  of  Diodati — to  name  no  others — 
over  that  which  is  forever  entailed  on  the  English  commu- 
nity of  both  continents  ;  and  this,  without  the  faintest  hope 
of  any  future  revision.  Boothroyd,  an  English  Ortliodox  Dis- 
senter of  our  time,  in  the  Preface  to  his  "  Family  Bible," 
a  work  of  merit  [3  vols.  4to.]  gives  indeed  the  first  place  to  the 
Genevan,  compared  with  its  predecessors  as  well  as  its  succes- 
sors. After  sketching  its  history,  he  adds,  "  and  produced,  take 
it  altogether,  the  best  English  version  that  has  yet  appeared.  It 
is  more  literal  than  the  like  works  of  Tyndale  and  Coverdale  ; 
but  not  so  absurdly  literal  as  the  Version  in  common  use." 
He  goes  on  to  say,  that  the  passages  are  next  to  numberless 
in  which,  for  propriety,  noble  simplicity,  and  perspicuity,  the 
Received  translation  yields  to  that  under  review.  The  Editor — 
with  the  impression  fresh  on  his  mind  from  the  long  process  of 
collating  the  variety  of  Bibles  embraced  in  the  following  work — 
cannot  but  feel  that  no  dictum  so  sweeping,  ever  contained  less 
extravagance.  He  will  venture  to  say  further, — that  of  the 
very  few  among  us,  whose  peculiar  turn  of  mind  and  course  of 
studies  warrants  them  to  speak  to  this  point,  and  yet  more, 
warrants  them  to  be  heard,  he  knows  of  no  one  who  fails  to 
coincide  with  the  trans-atlantic  testimonies  already  cited. 

These  references  as  to  comparative  merit  are  not,  it  may  be  ob- 
served in  passing,  to  be  carried  to  the  sole  account,  the  excl  usive 
honour  of  the  Genevan.  They  have  been  occasionally  expressed 
as  tosome  of  theother  Bibles;  by  oneauthority  among-us,  of  high 

the  Four  Gospels  and  Acts,  4to,  1789.  A  sequel,  on  the  Epistles, 
came  out  in  1794  ;  both  bearing  the  stamp  of  accurate  and  faithful 
investigation. 


EARLY  VERNACULAR  VERSIONS.  95 

name  and  place,  yet  not  to  be  cited  here,  it  was  said  of  the  T.  Mat- 
thew Bible.  That  superiority  has  indeed,  for  Tyndale,  been 
claimed  by  many  voices ;  and  Geddes,  among  others  of  that 
opinion,  extended  the  compliment,  without  any  reserve  ,to  all  the 
ante-James  translators.  Adverting  to  a  then  recent  article  [1790] 
in  that  feeblest  of  journals,  the  Monthly  Review,  but  (as  regards 
the  Public  Version),  strong  in  panegyric,  he  says, — "  So  far  from 
admitting  any  such  positions,  I  will  venture  to  affirm,  and  that 
with  fullest  conviction,  that  James's  translators  have  less  merit 
than  any  of  their  predecessors,  and  that  the  version  of  Tyndale, 
revised  by  Coverdale,  is  a  far  juster  representation  of  the 
Original." 

The  great  popularity  of  the  Genevan  with  the  many,  in  the 
day  that  it  flourished,  did  not  fall  short,  as  has  been  already 
seen,  of  its  estimation  with  the  critical  few  iji  after  times.  To 
the  editor  therefore  it  has  long  been,  and  is  yet,  an  unsolved 
enigma,  why  the  Puritan  delegates  at  the  Hampton  Court  Con- 
ference, should  have  made  so  much  stir  about  a  new  version 
of  the  scriptures.  At  least  the  high-church  party,  for  aught 
that  appears  to  the  contrary,  may  stand  absolved  from  the 
credit  or  the  blame  (as  one  pleases  to  call  it)  of  the  new  under- 
taking, which  was  there  and  then  put  in  train.  Perhaps  in- 
deed, the  clamorousness  spoken  of,  was  confined  to  Dr.  Rey- 
nolds, their  most  assured  spokesman.  Fuller,*  whose  account 
of  the  debate  is  minute,  implicates  no  one  else  in  the  matter. 
Whether,  like  Hugh  Broughton  afterwards  in  relation  ta  the 
present  Version,  he  had  any  private  pique  to  indulge,  cannot 
well  be  known.  Besides  too,  though  the  Genevan  was,  with 
few  exceptions,  the  household  Bible,  yet  the  Bishops',  we  may 
remember,  was  the  authorized, — the  Bible  of  the  churches:  it 
may  be  therefore,  that  the  real  concern  was,  to  put  this  last  aside. 
Towards  that  indeed  (its  character  as  well  as  its  origin  consider- 
ed,) it  is  natural  enough,  that  the  Puritans  should  have  had  no 
very  kindly  feeling.  But  the  other  was  the  armory  of  their  most- 
prized  peculiarities.  To  think  for  a  moment   of  the  version 

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96  HISTORIC  NOTICES  OF  THE 

which  came  forth  under  the  sanction  of  James,  as  the  offspring 
of  their  discontent,  would  he,  as  respects  themselves  and  the 
exchange  forced  upon  tlieir  hands,  to  remind  us  of  the  ancient 
fable,  too  homely  and  too  familiar  to  be  quoted  here.  Reynolds 
alleged,  to  sustain  his  call  for  a  new  translation,  three  [!]  in- 
stances misconstrued,  as  he  says,  in  the  "  Bibles  extant."  His 
censure  seems  to  belong  to  Cranmer's,  and  the  Bishops',  and 
(in  two  of  the  examples  adduced,)  to  Thomas  Matthew's;  but 
from  these  mistakes,  if  mistakes  they  are,  the  Genevan  is  free 
altogether. 

Of  the  existing  Vernacular  versions,  none  seem  to  have  yet 
given  full  satisfaction  to  those  who  had  the  guidance  of  the 
state.  Bishop  Sandys,  writing  to  Parker  the  Primate,  speaks 
slightingly  of  Cranmer,  and  as  having  followed  too  servilely  the 
authority  of  certain  continental  translators,  who  were  not 
thought  faithful  enough  to  the  Original.  The  success  of  the 
Genevan,  one  may  suspect  also,  was  not  less  galling  to  the 
prelates,  than  its  principles  were  opposite  to  theirs.  His 
Majesty  described  it  as  "very  partial,  untrue,  seditious,  and 
savouring  too  much  of  dangerous  and  traitorous  conceits." 
There  had  also  begun  to  be  a  great  dearth  of  Bibles,  and  which 
even  extended  to  churches.  But  as  this  was  said  of  "  the  for- 
mer translation,"  Cranmer's  was  clearly  meant ;  which  it  is 
very  likely  had  been,  almost  as  thoroughly  as  its  predecessors, 
supplanted  by  the  Genevan.  The  lack  was  not  perchance  abso- 
lute, so  much  as  of  those  which  princes  and  prelates  could  read 
without  discomfort.  Parker,  the  archbishop,  was  thus  led  to  un- 
dertake a  new  revision  of  the  scriptures,  under  the  authority 
and  commission,  says  Fuller,  of  the  Queen.  With  this  view  he 
divided  the  whole  Bible  into  fifteen  parts,  which  were  allotted 
to  as  many  trust-worthy  men  of  learning ;  each  to  correct  and 
revise  the  part  assigned  him,  while  to  himself  he  reserved  the 
supervision  of  the  whole.  Of  their  labours,  the  result  was 
what  is  sometimes  called  Parker's,  but  more  commonly  the 
Bishops'  Bible,  the  majority  of  those  engaged  in  it  {viz.  eight) 


EARLY  VERNACULAR  VERSIONS.  97 

having  reached  the  Episcopal  rank.  These  were  Alley  of 
Exeter,  Davis  of  St.  David's,  Sandys  of  Worcester,  Home  of 
Winchester,  Grindal  of  Z<on(/o?i,  Park  hurst  of  Abrmc/i,  Cox  of 
Ely,  Guest  of  Rochester.  It  appeared  in  large  folio,  1.568, 
elegantly  printed  by  Richard  Jngge.  "The  revisers  were  di- 
rected," says  Parker  in  his  preface,  "  to  follow  the  former  trans- 
lation" [Cranmer's]  more  than  any  other  ;  as  a  like  deference  to 
the  Bishops'  itself  was  enjoined  upon  their  successors  in  King 
James's  time.  The  initial  signature  of  the  author  is  most 
commonly  to  be  found  at  the  end  of  their  res|)ective  portions, 
in  the  true  Episcopal  style, — the  christian  name  and  the  name 
of  the  bishopric  conjoined  (in  Latin)  ;  and  by  this  mark  the 
Bible  may,  in  a  degree,  be  ascertained. 

Strype  says  that  the  capital  letter,  commencing  Genesis,  was 
adorned  with  the  arms  of  the  see  of  Canterbury  [the  archi- 
episcopal  see]  :  in  the  second  edition  [1572J  stands  the  picture 
of  the  Lord-Treasurer  [Burghley]  before  the  Psalms,  the  book 
of  which,  as  being  his  great  delight,  appears  in  his  hand. 

With  all  the  high  patronage  it  enjoyed,  it  does  not  seem  to 
have  got  much  possession  of  the  kingdom,  beyond  its  pulpits 
most  editions,  as  Lewis  says,  being  in  folio  and  quarto  :  he  "  had 
never  heard  of  but  one  in  8vo.  [small  black  letter,  15G9]  and  a 
New  Testament  impression  only,  1GI3."  What  was  thought 
of  the  spirit  and  motives  in  which  the  version  had  its  origin, 
may  be  inferred  from  the  nickname  under  which  it  went  for  a 
time  with  many,  of  Elizabeth's  Opposition  Bible. 

At  the  Hampton  Court  Conference,  in  1603,  the  first  year  of 
James's  reign,  was  the  movement  first  given  to  the  translation 
which  bears  his  name.  It  was  begun  in  1607,  and  completed 
in  1611.  To  enter  into  its  history  is  not  called  for  by  the  scope 
of  the  present  narrative  ;  and  the  Editor  would  have  been  as 
well  [)leased  to  have  been  spared  the  unthankful,  but  unavoid- 
able office,  of  touching  in  the  preceding  Sketch,  with  however 
light  a  hand,  on  its  character  and  merits. 
9 


98  HISTORIC  NOTICES,  ETC. 


Of  the  foregoing  Bibles,  the  following  editions  have  been 
used  in  collating  for  the  present  work: — Thomas  Matthew's, 
fol.  1549  ;  Taverner's,  fol.  1551  ;  Cranmer's,  or  the  Great  Bible, 
small  4to.  1541;  the  Genevan,  4to.  1579  ;  the  Bishops',  fol.  1575. 
Coverdale's  variations,  the  Editor  has  been  constrained  to  de- 
rive at  second-hand  only,  (and  of  course  to  great  disadvantage) 
through  the  medium  of  Bishop  Wilson's  edition  of  the  Bible, 
[3  vols.  4to.  1785]  in  the  margin  of  which  they  are  quoted  ; 
but  often  with  singular  indistinctness,  and,  (to  judge  from  the 
references  to  other  versions  used  in  the  same  connection,  which 
he  had  opportunity  to  consult  directly,)  not  with  a  fidelity  to  be 
always  or  confidently  relied  upon.  Of  Coverdale's  New  Tes- 
tament, or  what  purports  to  be  such,  there  is  a  copy  in  small  8vo. 
supposed  about  1536,  (for, as  commonly  happens  with  these  bibli- 
cal antiques,  the  title-page  is  wanting)  in  the  Boston  Athenseuni. 
But  the  Trustees  of  that  institution  did  not  see  fit  to  further  the 
interests  of  biblical  and  antiquarian  learning,  to  the  degree  of 
granting  its  free  loan  and  convenient  use  towards  the  improve- 
ment of  the  present  work. 


SELECT  COLLATIONS 

OF   THE   FIRST   AND   SECOND   EDITIONS 
OF 

STnn^alc's  Keb)  STestainnxt; 

CONTAINING    ALL    THE    VARIATIONS   IN    MATTHEW,  CHAPTERS  I. — VII.  ', 

JOHN,  CHAPTERS  X. — XV.  ;    AND  IN  THE  EPISTLE  TO  THE 

GALATIANS.* 


Matthew.     Chs.    I.— VII. 

Ch.  1.  Of  the  captivete  of  Babilon  [they  were  caryed  awaye  to 
Babylon*]  After  they  wer  ledd  captive  to  Babilon  [And  after  they 
were  brought  to  Babylon.*]  Of  whonie  was  boren*  [of  which  was 
boren.]  The  byrthe  off  Christe  [The  byrthe  of  Jesus  Christ.*] 
Mary  was  maryed  vnto  Joseph  [Mary  was  betrouthed  to  Joseph.] 
Loth  to  defame  her  [lotli  to  make  an  ensample  of  hir.]  In  slepe 
[in  a  dreame.*]  Which  is,  as  moche  to  saye  be  interpretacion,  as 
God  with  vs  [which  is  by  interpretacion  God  with  vs.] 

Ch.  II.  In  Bethleem  a  toune  of  Jury  [at  Bethleem  in  Jury.] 
King  Herode  [Herode  the  kynge.]  Herode  the  kynge,  after  he 
hadd  herde  thys  [When   Herode    ye  kynge  had   herde  thys.]  He 

sent  for  all  the  chefe  [he  gathered  all  ye  chefe.]         And  demaunded 
off  themt    [and    axed    of  them.]  A    toune    of  Jury    [in    Jury.] 

Shalt  not  be  the  leest  as  perteyninge  to  the  princes  [art  not  the  leest 
concernynge  the  Princes.]  A  captaine,  whych    [the  captayne, 

fiat.]  When  ye  be  come  thyder  searche  [Goo  and  searche.*] 
ntred  into  the  house  [went  into  the  house.]  Warned  in  ther 
slepe  [warned  of  God  in  a  dreame.*]  After  that  they  were  [When 
they  were.*]  In  his  slepe  [in  dreame.*]  When  Herod  was  deed, 
Lo  fan  angell  off  the  lorde  apered  vnto  Joseph  in  egipte  saynge 
[When  Herode  was  deed  :*  beholde,  an  angell  of  ye  Lorde  appered  in 
a   dreame    to    Joseph    in    Egypte    sayinge.]  Which    sought   the 

chyldes  deeth  [which  sought  ye  chyldes  life.         Warned  in  his  slepe 
[warned  of  god  in  a  dreame.*] 

Ch.  III.  Knoledging  their  synnes  [confessynge  their  synnes.*] 
Shalbe  hewne  doune  [is  hewen  doune*.]  With  e,Verlastynge  fyre 
[with  vnquencheable  fyre.*]  Open  vnto  hym  :  ai|&  he  saw*  [open 
over  hym  :  and  Jhon  sawe.]  Thys  ys  my  deare  sonne  [Thys  ys 

that  my  beloved  sonne.] 

*  The  readings  of  the  First  Edition,  152.5 — 6,  are  first  in  order,  those 
of  the  Second  Ed.,  Revised  in  1534,  follow  in  crotchets.    The  read 
ings  marked  with  a  *  are  retained  in  the  present  authorized  version. 


100  SELECT  VARIATIONS  OF 

Ch.  IV.  In  to  a  desert  [into  wildernes.*]  Att  the  last  he  was 
an  hungred  [he  was  afterward  an  hungred.*]  Stey  the  vpp  [holde 

ye  vp.]  And  the  beauty  of  them  [and  all  ye  glorie  of  them.*] 
Thy  Lorde  God  [ye  Lorde  thy  God*]  Beholde  the  londc  [The 
londe.*]         Lyght  is  spronge*  [lyght  is  begone  to  shyne.] 

Ch.  V.  Maynteyners  of  peace  [peacemakers.*]  Men  shall  revyl® 
you*  [men  reuyle  you.]  If  the  salt  be  once  unsavery  [yf  ye  sal* 
have  lost   hir  saltnes]  But  to  be  cast  oute  at  the  dores,  and  tha* 

men  treade  it  vnder  fete  [but  to  be  cast  oute,*  and  to  be  troaden 
vnder  fote  of  men]  All  tiiem  which  are  [all  that  are*]  Se  that 
youre  light  [Let  youre  light*]  Ye  shall  not  thinke  [Thinke  not*] 
To    disanull    [To  destroye*]  Shall  teache*    [teacheth]  Shall 

observe  and  teache  them,  that  persone  shalbe  called  greate  [obseruetli 
and  teacheth,  ye  same  shalbe  called  greate]  But  whosoever  shall 
saye  unto  his  brother  thou  fole  [But  whosoeuer  sayeth  thou  fole] 
Eny  thynge  agaynst  the  [ought  agaynst  the*]  reconcile  thy  silfe 
[be  reconcyled*]  At  once  [quickly*]  Thine  adversary  [that 
adversary]  Eyeth  a  wyfe  [looketh  on  a  wyfe]  A  testymonyall 
of  her  [a  testymonyall  also  of  the]  One  heer  whyte,  or  blacke  : 
[one  white  heer,  or  blacke]  Ye  withstond  not  wronge  [ye  resist 
not  wronge]  But  yf  a  man  [But  whosoever*]         And   take  thy 

coote  from  the  [and  take  awaye  thy  coote*]  Youre  hevenly  father 
[youre  father  that  is  in  heauen  :*] 

Ch.  VI.  The  gentyls  do  [the  hethen  do*]  Them  which  treaspas 
vs  [oure  trespacers]  But  delyvre  vs  from  yvell.  Amen,  [but  delyver 
vs  from  evell  For  thyne  is  ye  kyngedome  and  ye  power,  and  ye  glorye 
for  ever.  Amen.*]  That  hit  myght  apere  vnto  men  that  tliey  faste 
[that  they  myght  besene  of  men  how  they  faste]  Gaddre  not 
treasure  together  on  erth  [Se  that  ye  gaddre  you  not  treasure  vpon 
ye  erth]  There  are  youre  hertes  also,  [there  will  youre  hertes  be 
also*]  Ys  full  of  light  [shalbe  full  of  light.]  What  rayment  ye 
shall  weare  [what  ye  shall  put  on*]  Are  ye  not  better  than  they  ? 
[Are  ye  not  moche  better  then  they  .'*]  Beholde  the  lyles  [Con- 
sider ye  lylies*]  Care  not  for  therfore  for  the  daye  foloynge  : 
For  the  daye  foloynge  shall  care  ffor  yt  sylfe.  Eche  dayes  trouble  ys 
sufficient  for  the  samesilfe  day.  [Care  not  then  for  the  morow,  but  let 
ye  morow  care  for  it  selfe  :  for  the  daye  present  hath  ever  ynough  of 
his  awne  trouble.] 

Ch.  VII.  ludge  not  lest  ye  be  iudged  [Jvdge  not,  that  ye  be  not 
iudged.*]  Which  wolde  proffer  his  sonne  a  stone  if  he  axed  him 
breed  .'  [which  if  his  sonne  axed  hym  bread,  wolde  offer  him  a  stone  .''] 
He  that  fulfilleth  [he  that  dothe*]  Have  we  not  caste  [haue  caste*] 

And  it  was  not  over  throwen,  [and  it  fell  not,*]  And  doth  not  the 
same  [and  doth  tliem  not.] 

John.     Chs.  X.— XV. 

Ch.  X.  Whosoever  entreth  [he  that  entreth*]  He  is  a  thefe 
[the  same  is  a  thefe*]  To  this  man  the  porter  [to  him  the  porter*] 
This  manner  of  sayinge  [This  similitude]         Thatt  I  am  the  dore 


FIRST  AND  SECOND  EDITIONS.  101 

[1  am  the  dore*]  A  goode  [ye  good*]  And  knowe  my  shepe* 
[and  knowe  myne]  And  I  geve  my  sylfe  [And  1  geve  my  lyfe] 
And  they  shall  heare*  [that  they  maye  hcare]  And  tliere  shalbe 
won  flocke  [and  that  tlier  maye  be  one  flocke]  Agayne  there  was 
[And  ther  was]  Solomons  hall  [Salomons  porclie"]  Is  greatter 
then  all  men  [is  greatter  then  all*]         I  have  sayde  [I  saye]  Butt 

tliough  ye  beleve  not  me  [But  if  I  do  though  ye  beleve  not  me*] 

Ch.  XI.  Then  shall  he  do  wele  ynough  [he  shall  do  well  ynough] 
Jesus  spake  [How  be  it  Jesus  spake*]  Cam  to  Martha*  [were  come 
to  Martha]  Sate  stille  at  home  [sate  stille  in  the  housse*]  I 
knowe  well,  he  shall  [I  knowe  that  he  shall*]  Whosoever*  [He 
that]  And  called  her  sister  [and  called  Marie  her  sister*]  And 
vexed  hym  silfe  [and  was  troubled  in  him  selfe]  I  geve  the  thankes 
[1  thanke  the*]  I  knewe  wele  that  [I  wot  that]  With  bondes 
after  the  manner  as  they  were  wonte  to  bynde  their  deed  with  all 
[with  grave  bondes]  From  that  day  kept  they  a  counsell  to  gedder 
[From  that  daye  forth  they  held  a  counsell  to  geder*] 

Ch.  XII.  All  the  housse  smelled  [the  housse  was  filled*]  Held 
[therfore  held]  Which  cam  [that  were  come*]  Ye  se  that 
[perceave  ye  how*]  Loo  all  the  worlde  goth  after  hym  [bcholde 
the  worlde  goth  awaye  after  him]  Be  cast  out  a  dores  [be  cast 

out*]  Arme  off  the  lorde  declared  [arme  of  ye  Lorde  opened] 
He  that  putteth   me  awaye   [He  that  rcfuseth  me]  Shall  iudge 

[tlicy  shall  iudge]  My  father  [the  father*]  I  knowe  wele  that 
his  [I  knowe  that  this] 

Ch.  XIII.  Had  geven  him  all  [had  geven  all*]  Yff  I  washe 
not  thy  fete   [yf  I  wasshe  ye  not*]  But  to  wcsshe  his   fete,  but 

[save  to  wessne  his  fete,  and]  Shall  men  knowe  [shall  all  men 
knowe*] 

Ch.  XIV.  I  will  come  agayne  [And  yf  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for 
you,  I  will   come   agayne*]  Verite  [ye  truthe*]         And  ye  have 

sene  hym  [and  have  sene  him*]  Thy  father  [the  father*]  Dwel- 
linge  in  me  [that  dwelleth  in  me*]  Beleve  that  I  am  in  the  father, 

[Beleve  me,  that  I  am  the  father]  (all  tlie  later  editions  have  "  in  the 
father")  Whosoever  beleeveth  [he  that  beleveth*]  I  will  come*' 
[but  will  come]         And  my  father  in  me,  [and  you  in  me*]  My 

fathers  [the  fathers*]  For  the  chefe  ruelar  [For  the  rular]  And 
as  my  father  [therfore  as  the  father] 

Ch.  XV.  Be  the  meanes  of  the  [thorow  ye*]  And  I  in  you* 
[and  let  me  byde  in  you.]  Gadder  them*  [gadder  it]  They 
burne  [it  burneth]  Geven  you  [done  to  you*]  Because  [How 
be  it  because]  Have  no  [not  have  had]  They  shulde  be  with 
cute  synne  [they  had  not  had  synne"]         Verite  [truthe] 

Galatians.     Chs.  1. — VI. 

Ch.  I.     Congregacion  [congregacions]         For  ever.     Amen,  [for 
ever  and  ever.     Amen.*]         Seke  nowe  the  faveour  off  men,  or  ofi" 
God  .'  [Preache   1  mannes  doctrine  or  Godes  .']         More  fervently 
9* 


102  SELECT  VARIATIONS  ETC. 

inayntayned  the  tradicions  [more  fervent  mayntener  of  the  tradicions] 
Unto  Peter  [to  se  Peter*]  Glorifyed  god  in  me*  [glorified  God  on 
my  behalffe] 

Ch.  II.  I  went  agayne  [I  went  vp  agayne*J  I  went  by  [I  went 
vp  by*]  Which  are  [which  were*]  And  as  sone  as  James,  Cephas, 
and  Jhon,  which  semed  to  be  pillares,  perceaved  the  grace  thatt  was 
geven  vnto  me,  they  gave  to  me  and  Barnabas  their  hondes*  [and 
therfore  when  they  perceaved  the  grace  that  was  geven  vnto  me, 
then  James,  Cephas  and  Jhon,  which  semed  to  be  pilers,  gave  to  me 
and  Barnabas  the  ryght  hondes]  To  folowe  the  Jewes  ?  [to  live 
as  do  the  Jewes  ?*]  And  we  have  [And  therfore  we  have]  Be 
cause  that  noo  flesshe  shalbe  iustified  by  the  dedes  of  the  lawe  [be- 
cause that  by  ye  dedes  of  y^e  lawe  no  flesshe  shalbe  iustified]  Then 
is  Christ  deed  in  vayne*  [then  Christ  dyed  in  vayne.] 

Ch.  III.  Ye  have  suffred  in  vayne  :  yf  itbe  so  that  ye  have  suf- 
fered in  vayne  [there  ye  have  suffred  in  vayne,  if  yt  be  vayne.] 
Are  the  children  [the  same  are  the  chyldren]  The  scripture  [For 
the  scripture]  And  shewed  [and  therfore  shewed]  Thy  seedes 
[the  seedes]  Conferraed  of  god  [conformed  afore  of  God*]  Unto 
which  seede  the  promes  [to  which  ye  promes]  Yff  there  had  bene* 
[How  be  it  yf  ther  had  bene]  Put  Christ  on  you  [put  on  Christ*] 
Nether  greke  [nether  gentyle]       For  all  are  one  [but  ye  are  all  one*] 

Ch.  IV.  Shulde  receave  [myght  receave*]  The  dayes  [dayes*] 
I  feare  off"  you  [I  am  in  feare  of  you]  Not  hurte  me  [not  hurte  me 
at  all]  Ye  knowe  wele  howe  that  [ye  knowe,  how*]  Digged 
out  your  awne  eyes  [plucked  out  your  awne  eyes*]  Am  1  so 
greatly  become  [Am  I  therfore  become*]      Caste  a  waye  [put  awaye.] 

Ch.  V.  We  lokefor  and  hope  to  be  iustified  by  the  sprete  which 
commeth  of  fayth  [We  loke  for  and  hope  in  the  sprite,  to  be  iustified 
thorow  fayth]  In  god  [in  the  Lorde]  I  then  suflTre  [I  then 

yet  suffre]  Sondred  [seperated]  Lawynge  [variaunee*]  Parte 
takynges  [sectes]        Shall  not  be  the  inheritours  [shall  not  inherite.*] 

Ch.  VI.  Yff  a  man  seme*  [If  eny  man  seme]  Iiet  vs  do  good, 
and  let  vs  not  faynte  [Let  vs  not  be  wery  of  well  doynge.*] 


A  TABULAR  LIST 


OF    TH£    DISTINCTIVE    EXPRESSIONS    OF    TYNDALE,    AS     REOARDS    THE 

LATER  ENGLISH  VKRSIONS  INCORPORATED  IN  THE  PRESENT 

WORK,    OF    MOST    COMMON    RECURRENCE. 


[As  to  some  few  of  the  examples  below,  the  classification  of  versions 
is  not  very  easy,  their  agreement  as  to  manner  of  rendering  not  being 
uniform.  That  in  any  of  the  instances,  they  sometimes  occur  as  here 
given,  is  being  sufficiently  exact.  The  examples  with  an  asterisk 
are  chiefly  in  the  Epistles.] 


Tyndale. 

The  Later  Versions. 

Seniours        .... 

Elders 

Deare  son      .... 

Beloved  son 

fe 

Majestic         .... 

Glorie 

ot. 

Deserving                       ") 
Deserving  of  workes     \ 

Of  workes* 

2 

Helth            .... 

Salvation* 

Counterfayt 

Be  followers* 

Gave              .... 

Delivered* 

s 

Favour           .... 

Grace* 

Is  my  delite 

I  am  well  pleased 

Thy  Lorde  God     . 

The  Lorde  thy  God 

Hallowed  loaves 

She  we  bread 

Commaundment 

Word 

Pray                .... 

Worship 

Be  safe           .... 

Be  saved 

Lo  or  Take  hede   . 

Beholde 

Happy            .... 

Blessed 

Lawde  or  Lawded 

Praise.   Praised 

Be  hurte  or  Fall    \ 
Hurte                      5 

Be  offended 

Wrong 

Occasions  of  evyll 

Offences 

Uncovered     .... 

Revealed 

Opened      ^ 

Appere       >  . 

Make  manifest 

Shewed     ) 

Ascend    } 

Descend  ^      •         •         •        • 

Go  up             ) 
Come  down    \ 

Pure               .... 

Holy* 

Informed        .... 

Instructed* 

Morowe          .... 

Next  day 

Unbelief        .... 

Disobedience* 

J 

104 


TABULAR  LIST. 


Tyndale. 
Congregation 
Similitude 
Ester 

Ester  Lambe 
Mount  Olivet 
The  ten  cities 
Be  moved 
Moche  preaching 
Seat 

Fulfil  or  Fulfilled 
Excommunicate 

People 

Remember      ) 

Understand     ) 

Swete  bread 

Perceived  or  Knewe  wel 

Fortuned     ^ 

Chaunced    > 

Followed     ) 

Liberalitie      } 

Benevolence  ) 

Power   . 

Worshippers  of  images  or  idols 

Dedes    . 

Parents 

Wiped  [as  Luke  vii.  38.  etc.] 

Centurion 

Miracle 

Ministering  . 

Robbers 

Justify 

Love 

Towns  .         .         . 

Rejoice.    Rejoicing 

Anon  or  By  and  By 

Mayden 

Vessels 

Testimony 

Syr        . 

Minister 

Region 

Derth    . 

Sit  at  meat 

Cbeare  . 

Break  matrimonye  or  wedlocke 

Repent 

Repentance 

Worthie 

Having  indignation 

Lawyer  or  Doctor  of  the  lawe 


The  Later  Versions. 
Church 
Parable 
The  Passover 
Paschal  Lamb 
Mount  of  Olives 
Decapolis 
Be  shaken 
Many  wordes 
Throne 
Do  or  done 
Put  out  of  the  syna- 
Nation        )  gogue 
Multitude  ) 

Knowe 

Unleavened  bread 

Knewe 

It  came  to  passe  ^ 

So  it  was  > 

Grace* 

Authoritie 

Idolaters* 

Workes* 

Elders 

Dried 

Captain 

Token  [Great  worke  or 

Sign.  Gcw.] 
Hand-reaching* 
Murtherers 
Make  righteous 

Charitie 
Villages 
Glory.     Boasting 

Immediately^  C3  S  o 
Damsel  V'w  S^  ^ 

Bottles  J  ■''■^? 

Witnesse.    T.M.    Or.    Gen. 
Lorde.  Cor.  Bps. 

Serve  or  Servant 

Country 

Famine 

Sit  at  table 

Comfort 

Commit  adulterie 

Amende  your  lives 

Amendment  of  life 

Meet 

Moved  with  envy 

Expounder  of  the  lawe  _ 


TABULAR  LIST. 


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Tyndalc. 
Perfite 
Debitic 
Ruler 
Submit 
Wake 

Gave  him  audience 
Judged 
Dampnation  ar 

Dampned 
Hethen 
Rekencd  ) 
Counted  ) 
Common 
Pertaining  to 
After  tlie  manner  of 
Blyndness 
Without  fault  or  blame 

Grudged 

We  are  sure 

Aske. 

Be  riche  or  Be  plenteous 

Passions 

Afflictions 

Trouble.     Troubled 

Dedicate 

Offered 

Offering 


The  Later  Versions. 
Just  [Good,  Bps.] 
Governour.    Government 
Deputie 
Humble 
Watch 
Hearde 

Accused  or  Condemned* 
Condemnation* 
Perdition* 
Gentiles* 

Imputed* 

Unclean* 
Concerning* 
According  to* 
Hardness* 
Blamclesse 
Murmured  ) 
Raged  5 

We  knowe 
Demand 
Abounde* 

Sufferings* 

Affliction.*   ^Afflicted* 

Sacrificed* 

Sacrifice* 


Page  88 
Matt.  ii. 


XV. 

xxiv. 


XXVI. 

Lulie  vi. 

X. 

xii. 
ICor.x. 
Heb.  iii. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS. 

line  23,  for  "  version"  read  "  revision." 

20,     (the  chyldes   ^eeth) -[-^^^l^^f-'''' '^^y'^'^'^^'^' 

.    r.  1      1 J         .      (  The  violent  plucke  it  unto  them 

note  G,       should  read-  J  ^^^^^  .^  ^^  ^^^^^^  ^  -,  ^^^_ 

text.  3d  par.         "         — If  the  blynde  leede,  etc. 

note  10,  for  "desolation"  read — "  Of  desolation." 

,      ,j  .        C "  Knewe  of  nothynge," 

should  answer  to — ^    -       -•  -        .;    ■=  ' 


27, 


\  (four  lines  above.) 
"     2,  add— T.  M.  Cr.  (to  the  authorities.) 

text.  4th  par.  should  read — Yf  ye  '*do  for  them,  etc. 
2d  par.  — ^'was  combered. 

4th  par.  dele — **after  "  to  hym." 

note  19,  add — Gen.  after  "  shambles." 

"     4,  dele — Gen,  Bps.  (annexed  in  some  copies.) 


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Kf}t  first  ®i)«Ptcr. 

'jSplTcS  is  the  boke  off  the  generacion  off  Jhesus  Christ  the 

^§i^  Sonne  of  David  /  the  sonne  also  of  Abraham. 

Abraham  begat  Isaac  : 

Isaac  begat  Jacob : 

Jacob  begat  Judas  and  hys  brethren  : 

Jttdas  begat  phares  and  zaram  off  thamar : 

Phares  begat  Esrom  : 

EsROM  begat  Aram : 

Aram  begat  Aminidab : 

Aminadab  begat  Naasson : 

Naasson  begat  Salmon  : 

Salmon  begat  Boos  of  Rahab  : 

Boos  begat  Obed  of  Ruth  : 

Obed  begat  Jesse  : 

Jesse  begat  David  the  kynge  : 

David  the  kynge  begat  Solomon  /  of  her  that  was  the  wyfe  of 

Ury: 
Solomon  begat  Roboam  : 
RoBOAM  begat  Abia  : 
Abia  begat  Asa : 
Asa  begat  Josaphat : 
Josaphat  begat  Joram : 
JoRAM  begat  Osias  : 
OsiAs  begat  Joatham  : 
JoATHAM  begat,  Achas  : 
AcHAs  begat  Ezechias : 
Ezechias  begat  Manasses : 
Manasses  begat  Amon : 


iFo.  ff.  STDe  eSospcll  of  S.  i«at|)eto. 

Amon  begat  Josias  : 

JosiAs  begat  Jechonias  and  hys  brethren  aboute  the  tyme  ^  of 

the  captivete  of  Babilon. 

After  they  wer  ledd  captive  to  Babilon  / 
Jechonias  begat  Salathiel : 
Salathiel  begat  Zorobabel : 
ZoROBABEL  bcgat  Abiud  : 
Abixjd  begat  Eliachim : 
Eliachim  begat  Azor : 
AzoR  begat  Sadoc  : 
Sadoc  begat  Achin : 
AcHiN  begat  Eliud  : 
Eliud  begat  Eleasar  : 
Eleasar  begat  Matthan : 
Matthan  begat  Jacob : 
Jacob  begat  Joseph  the  husbande  off  Mary  of  whome  was 

boren  that  Jhesus  which  is  called  Christ. 

All  the  generacions  from  Abraham  to  David  are  fowretene 
generacions.  And  from  David  vnto  the  captivete  of  Babilon  / 
are  fowrtene  generacions.  And  from  the  captivete  of  Babi- 
lon vnto  Christ  /  are  also  fowrtene  generacions. 

The  byrthe  off  Christe  was  on  thys  ^vyse/  When  hys 
mother  maiy  was  -maiyed  vnto  Joseph/  before  they  cam  to 
dwell  togedder  /  she  was  founde  with  chylde  by  the  holy  goost. 
Then  her  husbande  Joseph  being  a  ^  perfect  man  /  and  "^  loth 
to  defame  her  /  was  mynded  to  put  her  awaye  secretly.  Whill 
he  thus  thought/  behold  the  angell  of  the  lord  apered  vnto 
him  in  slepe  saynge  :  Joseph  the  sonne  of  David  /  feare  not  to 
take  vnto  the/  Mary  thy  wyfe.  '  For  that  which  is  conceaved 
in  her  is  of  the  holy  goost.  She  shall  biynge  forthe  a  sonne  / 
and  thou  shalt  call  his  name  Jesus.  For  he  shall  save  his 
people  from  theire  synnes. 

AH  thys  was  done  to  fulfill  that  which  was  spoken  of  the 
lorde  be  the  prophet  saynge  ;  Beholde  a  mayde  shalbe  with 
chylde  /  and  shall  biynge  forthe  a  sonne  /  andlhey  shall  call 
his  name  Emanuel  /  which  is  as  moche  to  saye  be  interpreta- 
cion/  as  God  with  vs. 

'  They  were  caryed  awaye  to,  T.M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  [Similar,  vrs.  12, 
17.]  *  Betrothed.  Tar.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ritrhteous.  Cr.  Bps.  Just, 
Gen.  *  Loth  to  make  an  example  of  hyr,  T.M.  Would  not  brinor 
her  to  shame.  Cor.  Cr.  Not  willing  to  make  liir  a  publique  example, 
Gen.  Bps. 


E\)C  CSospell  of  S.  iWatljcto.  €!).  ff. 

Joseph  as  sone  as  he  awoke  out  of  slope  /  did  as  the  angell 
off  the  lorde  bade  him  /  and  toke  hys  wyfe  vnto  hym  /  and 
knewe  her  not  tyll  she  had  brought  forth  her  fyrst  sonne/  and 
called  hys  name  Jesus.  <' 

2rt)c  Seconal  <?rt)apter. 

WHEN  Jesus  was  borne  in  Bethleem  a  toune  of  Jury/  in 
the  tyme  of  king  Herode.  Beholde  /  there  cam  wyse 
men  from  the  est  to  Jerusalem  saynge  :  where  is  ^  he  that  is 
borne  kynge  of  the  Jues  ?  we  have  sene  his  starre  in  the  est/ 
and  are  come  to  worship  hym. 

Herode  the  kynge  /  after  he  hadd  herde  thys  /  was  troubled  / 
and  all  Jerusalem  with  hym/  and  he  sent  for  all  the  chefe 
prestes  and  scribes  off  the  people  /  and  demaunded  off  them 
where  Christ  shulde  be  borne.  They  sayde  vnto  hym  :  in 
BetUeem  a  toune  of  Jury.  For  thus  it  is  written  be  the  pro- 
phet :  And  thou  Bethleem  in  the  londe  of  Jury/  shalt  not  be 
the  leest  as  perteyninge  to  the  princes  of  iuda.  For  out  of 
the  shal  come  ^  a  captaine/  whych  shall  govern  my  people  is- 
rahel. 

Then  Herod  prevely  called  the  wyse  men/  and  dyligently 
enquyred  of  them/  the  tyme  of  the  starre  that  appered.  And 
sent  them  to  bethleem  saynge :  ^  when  ye  be  come  thyder 
searche  dyligentily  for  the  childe.  And  when  ye  have  founde 
hym  bringe  me  worde/  that  y  maye  come  and  worshippe  hym 
also.  When  they  had  herde  the  kynge/  they  departed/  and 
lo  the  starre  whych  they  sawe  in  the  este  went  before  them/ 
vntyll  it  cam  and  stod  over  the  place  where  the  chylde  was. 
When  they  sawe  the  starre/  they  "*  were  marveylously  gladd/ 
And  entred  into  the  house/  and  founde  the  childe  with  Mary 
hys  mother/  and  kneled  doune  and  worshipped  hym/  and 
opened  there  treaseures/  and  offred  unto  him  gyftes/  gold/ 
franckynsence/  and  myr.  And  after  they  were  warned  ^in 
ther  slope/  that  they  shulde  not  go  ageyne  to  Herod/  they  re- 
tourned  into  ther  awne  countre  another  way. 

After  that  they  were  departed/  lo  the  angell  of  the  lorde 

'  The  new  borne,  Cov.  The  King  of  the  Jewes  that  is  borne,  Gen. 
^  The  governour  that  shall  feede,  Ge?i.  '  Goe  and  searche,  etc. 
Cov.  T.M.  Gen.  Bps.  Go  your  way  thither  and  searche,  etc.  Cr. 
■•  Exceeding  glad,  Cr.  Rejoiced,  with  an  exceeding  great  joy  [ex- 
ceedingly with  great,  Bps.],  Gen.  Bps.  *  Of  God  in  a  dreame, 
Cor.  T.M.  Gen.  lips.     Of  God  in  sleepe,  Cr. 


So.  fff.  2Cj)e  ffiospell  of  S.  ifWatljcto. 

apered  to  Joseph  in  his  slepe  saynge  Aiyse  and  take  the  chylde 
and  hys  mother/  and  flye  in  to  Egipte/  and  abyde  there  till  y 
brynge  the  worde.  For  Herod  ^vyll  seke  the  chylde  to  des- 
troye  hym.  Then  he  arose/  and  toke  the  chylde  and  his 
mother  by  night/  and  departed  in  to  Egipte/  and  was  there 
vnto  the  deeth  of  Herod/  to  fulfill  that  which  was  spoken  of 
the  lorde/  be  the  prophet/  which  sayeth :  out  of  Egipte  have 
y  called  my  sonne. 

Then  Herod  perceavynge  that  he  was  moocked  off  the 
\vyse  men/  was  exceedynge  wroth/  and  sent  forth  ^and  slue 
all  '''the  chyldren  that  were  in  bethleem/  and  in  all  the  costes 
there  of/  as  many  as  were  two  yere  old  and  vnder/  accord- 
ynge  to  the  tyme  which  he  had  diligently  searched  oute  of  the 
wyse  men. 

Then  was  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken  be  the  prophet 
Jeremi/  saynge  :  ^  On  the  hilles  was  a  voyce  herde/  mourn- 
ynge/  wepynge/  and  greate  lamentacion.  Rachel  wepynge 
ffor  her  chyldren/  and  wolde  nott  be  comforted  because  they 
were  not. 

When  Herod  was  deed/  Lo  an  angell  off  the  lorde  apered  ^ 
vnto  Joseph  in  egipte  saynge  :  arise  and  take  the  chylde  and 
his  mother/  and  go  in  to  the  londe  of  Israhel.  For  they  are 
deed  which  sought  the  chyldes  deeth.  Then  he  arose  vp/  and 
toke  the  chylde  and  his  mother/  and  cam  into  the  londe  of  Is- 
rahel. But  when  he  herde  that  Archelaus  did  raygne  in  Jury/ 
in  the  roume  of  hys  father  Herode/  he  was  afrayde  to  go 
thether/  notwithstondynge  after  he  was  warned  i^in  his  slepe/ 
he  tourned  a  syde  into  the  parties  off  galile/  and  went  and 
dwelt  in  a  cite  called  Nazareth/  to  ffulfiU  that  which  was  spo- 
ken be  the  prophetes  :  he  shalbe  called  of  Nazareth. 

TN  those  dayes  Jhon  the  baptiser  cam  and  preached  in  the 
•*•  wildernes  off  iury  saynge :  Repent/^  the  kyngdome  of 
heven  is  at  honde.  This  is  he  of  whom  it  is  spoken  be  the 
prophet  Esay/  which  sayeth  :  The  voyce  off  a  cryer  in  wyl- 
dernes/  prepare  the  lordes  way/  and  make  hys  pathes  sti-ayght. 
This  Jhon  had  his  garment  off  camels  heer/  and  ^  a  gerdell 

*  Cr.  adds — men  of  warre.  '^  The  male  children,  Gen.  *  In 
Rama,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cov.  T.M.  Gin.  Bps.  add — in  a  dreame. 

Cr. — in  slepe.  '"  Of  God  in  a  dreame,  Cov.  T.M.  Gen.  Bps.  Of 
God  in  a  slepe,  Cr.  '  Cr.  adds — Of  the  life  that  is  past.  '  A 
letherne  gyrdell,  Cov.  Bps. 


mc  ffiospcll  of  S.  i«nt!)cb).  fff).  [b. 

off  a  skj-nne  aboute  his  loynes.  Hys  meate  was  locustos/  and 
wykl  hony.  Then  went  out  to  hym  Jerusalem/  and  all  Jury/ 
and  all  the  region  roundc  aboute  Jordan/  and  were  baptised 
of  hym  in  Jordan/  knoledging  their  synnes. 

When  he  sawe  many  off  the  pharises  and  off  the  saduces 
come  to  hys  baptism/  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  O  gcneracion  of 
vipers/  who  hath  taught  you  to  fle  from  the  vengeaunce  to 
come  ?  bryngc  forthe  therefore  the  frutes  3  belongynge  to  re- 
pentaunce.  And  "^sc  that  ye  ons  thinke  not  to  saye  in  your- 
selves/ we  have  Abraham  to  oure  father.  For  I  say  vnto 
you/  that  God  is  able  off  these  stones/  to  rayse  up  chyldreii 
vnto  Abraham.  Even  nowe  is  the  ax  put  vnto  the  rote  of  the 
trees  :  soo  that  every  tree  which  bringeth  not  fforthe  goode 
frute/  shalbe  hewne  doune/  and  cast  into  the  fyre. 

I  Baptise  you  in  water  ^in  token  of  repentaunce/  but  he 
that  Cometh  after  me/  is  myghtier  than  I :  whose  shues  I  am 
not  worthy  to  bcare.  he  shal  baptise  you  with  the  holy  gost/ 
mid  with  iyre/  which  hath  also  his  fan  in  his  bond/  and  will 
pourge  his  floore/  and  gadre  the  wheet  into  his  garner/  and 
will  burne  the  chaffe  with  everlastynge  fyre. 

Then  cam  Jesus  from  Galile  into  Jordan/  to  Jhon/  ffor  to 
be  baptised  off  hym.  But  Jhon  "^fforbade  hym/ saynge :  I 
ought  to  be  baptysed  off  the  :  and  commest  thou  too  me  ?  Je- 
sus answered  and  sayde  to  hym  :  Lett  hyt  be  so  nowe.  For 
thus  hit  becommeth  us  to  fulfyll  all  rightewesnes.  Then  he 
suffred  hym.  And  Jesus  as  sone  as  he  was  baptised/  came 
strayght  out  of  the  water  :  And  lo  heven  was  open  vnto  hym  : 
and  "  he  saw  the  spirite  of  God  descende  lyke  a  dove/  and 
lyght  vpon  hym.  And  lo  there  cam  a  voice  from  heven  sayng: 
thys  ys  my  deare  sonne  in  whom  is  my  delate. 

2ri)c  iFourtljc  ©Ijapter. 

'X'HEN  was  Jesus  ledd  awaye  of  the  spirite  in  to  a  desert/ 
-^  to  be  tempted  of  the  devyll.  And  when  he  had  fasted 
fourtye  dayes  and  fourtye  nyghtes/  att  the  last  he  was  an  hun- 
gi'ed.  Then  came  vntyll  hym  the  tempter/  and  sayde :  yff 
thou  be  the  sonne  of  God/  commande  that  these  stones  be 
made  bred.     He  answered  and  sayde  :  yt  is  wrytten/  man 

^  Worthie  amendement  of  life,  Gen.  Meete  for  repentance,  Bps. 
*  Be  not  of  such  minde  that  ye  woulde  saye,  Cr.  Bps.  Think  not, 
etc.  Gen.  *  Unto,  Cr.  Bps.         *  Put  him  backe,  Gen.         '  John 

saw,  Cov.  T.M.  Gen.  Bps. 


iFo.  fb.  Srije  CSospcU  of  S.  J«att)cto. 

shall  nott  live  only  by  breede/  But  by  every  worde  that  pro- 
ceadeth  out  off  the  mouth  off  God. 

Then  the  devyll  tooke  him  vpp  in  to  the  holy  cite/  and  set 
hym  on  a  pynacle  of  the  temple/  and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  yf  thou 
be  the  sonne  of  God/  cast  thysylfe  doune.  For  hit  ys  wryt- 
ten/  he  shall  geve  his  angels  charge  over  the/  and  with  there 
handes  the  shall  stey  the  vpp/  that  thou  dashe  not  thy  fote 
agaynst  a  stone.  Jesus  sayde  to  hym/  hit  ys  wrytten  also  : 
thou  shalt  not  tempte  thy  lorde  god. 

The  devyll  toke  hym  up  agayne  and  ledde  hym  in  to  an  ex- 
cedynge  hye  mountayne/  and  shewed  hym  al  the  kyngdomes 
of  the  worlde/  and  the  ^  beauty  of  them/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
all  these  will  I  geve  the/  iff' thou  wilt  fauU  doune  and  worship 
me.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  hym.  -  Avoyd  Satan.  For  it  is 
written/  Thou  shalt  worshyp  thy  Lorde  God/  and  hym  only 
shalt  thou  serve. 

Then  the  Dyvcll  left  hym/  and  lo/  the  angels  cam  and  mi- 
nistred  vnto  hym. 

When  Jesus  had  horde  that  Jhon  was  taken/  he  departed  in 
to  Galile/  and  left  Nazareth/  and  went  and  dwelte  in  Caper- 
naum/ which  is  a  cite  apon  the  see/  in  the  coostes  otf  Zabulon 
and  Neptalim/  to  iTulfill  that  whiche  was  spoken  be  Esay  the 
prophet/  saynge :  Beholde  the  londe  of  Zabulon  and  Nepta- 
lim/ the  waye  of  the  see  beyonde  Jordan/  Galile  otf  the  Gen- 
tyls/  the  people  whiche  sat  in  dercknes/  sawe  greate  lyght : 
And  to  them  which  sate  in  the  region  and  shadowe  of  deetlv 
lyght  is  ^spronge. 

From  thatt  tyme  Jesus  began  to  preache/  and  to  say/  re- 
pent :  for  the  kingdome  of  heven  is  at  honde. 

As  Jesus  walked  by  the  see  off  Galile/  he  sawe  two  breth- 
ren :  Simon  which  was  called  Peter/  and  Andrew  his  brother/ 
castynge  a  neet  into  the  see  (for  they  were  fisshers)  and  he 
sayde  unto  them  :  fulowe  me/  and  I  will  make  you  fisshers  of 
men.  And  they  strayght  waye  lefte  there  nettes/  and  folow- 
ed  hym. 

And  he  went  forthe  from  thence/  and  sawe  other  twoo 
brethren/  James  the  sonne  of  Zebede/  and  Jhon  his  brother  in 
tlie  shippe/  with  Zebede  their  father  mendynge  their  nettes/ 
and  called  them.  And  they  '*  with  out  taryinge  lefte  the  shyp 
and  their  father  and  folowed  hym. 

*  Glorie,  ^11  the  Vers.  '  Get  thee   hence   behinde   me,  Bps. 

*  Begone  to  shyne,  Cov.  T.M.    Risen  up,  Gen.  ■»  Straightway,  CV. 

Tav.  Gen.  Bps. 


Clje  eSosjjcll  of  S.  i«atl3c\D.  Cf).  b. 

And  Jesus  went  abouto  all  Galile/  teachyng  yn  their  sin- 
agogues/  and  preachynge  the  gospell  of  the  kyngdome/  and 
heaUnge  all  manner  of  sicknes/  and  all  manner  dyscases 
amonge  the  people.  And  hys  ffame  spreed  abroode  through 
oute  all  Siria.  And  they  brought  vnto  hym  all  sicke  people/ 
that  were  taken  with  divers  diseases  and  gripingcs/  and  them 
that  were  possessed  with  devils/  and  those  which  were  luna- 
tyke/  and  those  that  had  the  palsey/  And  he  healed  them. 
And  there  folowed  hym  a  greate  nombre  off  people/  ^from 
Galile/  and  from  the  ten  cities/  and  from  Jerusalem/  and  from 
Jur^v  and  from  the  regions  that  lye  beyonde  Jordan. 

Z\iz  b.  (Tljajitcr. 

"V^^HEN  he  sawe  the  people/  he  went  vp  into  a  mountayne/ 
'  '  and  when  he  was  set/  his  disciples  cam  vnto  hym/  and 
he  openned  his  mought/  and  taught  them  saynge  :  Blessed  are 
the  povre  in  sprete :  for  theirs  is  the  kyngdome  off  heven. 
Blessed  are  they  that  morne  :  for  they  shalbe  comforted. 
Blessed  are  the  meke  :  for  they  shall  inheret  the  erth.  Bless- 
ed are  they  which  honger  and  thurst  for  rightewesnes  :  for  they 
shalbe  filled.  Blessed  are  the  mercifuU  :  for  they  shall  ob- 
teyne  mercy.  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  herte  :  for  they  shall 
se  God.  Blessed  are  the  ^maynteyners  of  peace  :  for  they 
shalbe  called  the  chyldrcn  of  God.  Blessed  are  they  which 
suffre  persecucion  for  rightewesnes  sake  :  for  theirs  ys  the 
kingdome  off  hevene.  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revylo 
you/  and  persecute  you/  and  shall  falsly  say  all  manner  of 
yvell  saynges  agaynst  you  for  my  sake.  Reioice  and  be  glad/ 
for  greate  is  youre  rewarde  in  heven.  For  so  persecuted  they 
the  prophets  which  were  ^before  youre  dayes. 

Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  erthe.  but  and  if  the  salt  ^  be  once 
unsavery/  "^  what  can  be  ^  salted  ther  with  .''  it  is  thenceforthe 
goode  for  nothynge/  but  to  be  cast  oute  at  the  dores/  and  that 
men  treade  it  vnder  fete.  Ye  are  the  light  of  the  worlde.  A 
cite  that  is  set  on  an  hill  cannot  be  hid/  nether  do  men  lyght 
a  candell  and  put  it  vnder  a  busshell/  but  on  a  candelstick/ 
and  it  lighteth  all  them  which  are  in  the  housse.  Se  that  youre 
light  so  shyne  before  men/  that  they  maye  se  youre  good 
workes/  and  glorify  youre  father  which  is  in  heven. 

*  T.  M.  and  Tub.  omit — From  Galile  and  from  the  ten  cities. 
'  Peacemakers,  .ill  the  Vers.  *  Before  you,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Have 
lost  his  saltness  [savour,  Gen.},  Cop.  T.M.  *  Wherewith  sliall  it  be 
salted,  Gen.  Bps.        *  Seasoned,  Cr. 


Sfa.  b.  arijc  CKospell  of  S.  i«at!)cto. 

^  Ye  shall  not  thinke  that  I  am  come  to  "^  disanuU  the  lawe/ 
or  the  prophets,  no  I  am  nott  come  to  disanuU  them/  but  to 
fulfyll  them.  For  truely  I  save  unto  you/  till  heven  and  erthe 
perisshe/  one  iott/  or  one  tvtle  of  the  lawe  shall  not  scape/  tyll 
all  be  fulfilled. 

Whosoever  breakcth  one  of  these  lest  commaundmentes/ 
and  shall  teach  men  so/  he  shalbe  called  the  Icest  in  the  kyng- 
domc  off  heven.  But  whosoever  shall  observe  and  teache 
them/  that  pcrsone  shalbe  called  ^greate  in  the  kyngdome  off 
heven. 

For  I  save  vnto  you/  except  youre  rightewesnes  excede/ 
the  rightewesnes  off  the  scribes  and  pharisees/  ye  cannot  en- 
tre  into  the  kyngdome  off  heven. 

Ye  have  herde  hovve  it  was  sayd  vnto  them  off  the  olde 
tyme.  Thou  shalt  not  kyll.  Whosoever  shall  kyll/  shalbe 
^in  daunger  of  iudgement.  But  I  say  vnto  you/ whosoever 
his  angre  with  hys  brother/  i*^  shalbe  '^  in  daunger  off  iudge- 
ment. Whosoever  shall  sayc  unto  hys  brother  racha/  shalbe 
^^  in  daunger  off  a  counsell.  But  whosoever  shall  saye  ^^unto 
his  brother  thou  fole/  shalbe  ^'  in  daunger  of  hell  fyre.  Ther- 
fore  when  thou  offbrcst  thy  gyfte  att  the  altre/  and  there  re- 
membrest  that  thy  brother  halh  eny  thynge  agaynst  the  :  leva 
there  thyne  offrynge  before  the  altre/  and  go  thy  waye  first 
and  reconcile  thy  silfe  to  thy  brother/  and  then  come  and  offre 
thy  gyfftc. 

Agre  with  thine  advei-sary  ^-^  at  once/  ^vhiles  thou  arte  in  the 
waye  with  hym/  lest  thine  adversary  delivre  the  to  the  iudge/ 
and  the  iudge  delivre  the  to  the  minister/  and  then  thou  be  cast 
in  to  prcson.  I  say  unto  the  verely  :  thou  slialt  not  come  out 
thence  till  thou  have  payed  the  vtmost  farthing. 

Ye  have  herde  howe  yt  was  sayde  to  them  oft'  olde  tjme/ 
Thou  shalt  nott  committ  advoutrie.  But  I  say  unto  you/  that 
whosoever  ^"'eyeth  i>'^a  wyfe/  lustynge  aftler  her/  hadie  com- 
mitted advoutrie  with  her  alredy  in  his  hert. 

Wherfore  yf  thy  right  eye  I'^ofiende  the/  plucke  hym  out 
and  caste  him  from  the.     ^^  Better  hit  is  for  the  that  one  of  thy 

6  Think  not,  etc.  ."Ill  the  Vers.        '  Destroy,  Ail  the  Vers.        *  The 

freatcst,  Cor.  '  CulpaMe  of  judgirent.  Gen.  '"  Cr.  Gev.  and 

'ps.  add — unadvisedly.      Tar.  without  a  cause.  "  Wcrtliy  to  be 

punished  by  or  with. ('.V/j.  '^  Cur.  Gen.  Bf;s.  omit — unto  liisbrotlier. 

>3  Quickly.".'^//  the  J'ns.  "  Lock<>th   on,  .-ill  ll:e  T'ers.  '^  An- 

other man's  wife,  Cr.  A  woi'.ian,  6'c«.  P/^.'^.  •'' Hinder,  Cr.  Cause 
fvs.  30,  make]  thee  to  offend.  Gat.  '"  Fcr  it  is  profitable  for  tlice 
that  one  of  thy  members  should  pcrishc  and  net,  etc.  Bps. 


Efie  ffiosjjcll  of  S.  f«atf)ch).  €!).  b. 

membres  perisshe  then  that  all  thy  body  shuld  be  caste  in 
to  hell.  Also  yf  thy  right  honde  ^*^  offend  the/  cut  hym  off 
and  caste  hym  from  the.  i'  Better  hyt  ys  that  one  off  thy 
membres  perisshe/  then  that  all  thy  body  shulde/  be  caste  in 
to  hell. 

Hit  ys  sayd/  whosoever  put  awaye  his  wyfe/  let  hym  geve 
her  a  testymonyall  of  her  devorcement.  But  I  say  vnto  you  : 
whosoever  put  awaye  his  wyfe  (except  hyt  be  for  fornication) 
causeth  her  to  breake  matrimony.  And  whosoever  mary- 
eth  her  that  is  divorsed/  breketh  wedlocke. 

Agayne  ye  have  herde  howe  it  was  sayd  to  them  off  olde 
tyme/  thou  shalt  not  forswore  thy  silfe/  but  shaltt  performo 
i^thyne  othe  to  God.  But  I  say  vnto  you  swere  not  at  all: 
nether  by  heven  for  hyt  ys  goddes  seate :  nor  yet  by  the 
erth/  ffor  it  ys  hys  fote  stole  :  Nether  by  Jerusalem/  ffor  hit 
ys  the  cite  of  the  grete  kynge  :  neither  shalt  thou  sweare  by 
thy  heed/  because  thou  canst  not  make  one  heer  whyte/  or 
blacke  :  But  your  communicacion  shalbe/  ye/  ye  :  nay  nay. 
For  whatsoever  is  ^^  more  than  that/  cometh  off  yvelj. 

Ye  have  herde  howe  it  ys  sayd/  an  eye  for  an  eye  :  a  tothe 
for  a  tothe.  But  I  saye  vnto  you/  that  ye  ^'^  withstond  not 
wronge  :  But  yf  a  man  ^^  geve  the  a  blowe  on  thy  right  cheker 
tourne  to  him  the  othre.  And  yff  eny  man  will  sue  the  at  the 
lawe/  and  take  thy  cootc  from  the/  Lett  hym  have  thy  cloocke 
also.  And  whosoever  wyll  compell  the  to  goo  a  myle/  goo 
wyth  him  twayne.  Geve  to  him  that  axeth.  and  from  him 
that  wolde  borowe  tourne  not  awaye. 

Ye  have  herde  howe  it  is  sayde :  thou  shalt  love  thyne 
neighbour/  and  liato  thine  enemy.  But  y  saye  vnto  you/  love 
youre  enemies.  Blesse  them  that  coursse  you.  Do  good  to 
them  that  hate  you/  Praye  ffor  them  which  ^  doo  you  wronger 
and  persecute  you/  that  ye  may  be  the  chyldren  of  youre 
hevenly  father  :  ffor  he  maketh  his  sunne  to  aryse/  on  the 
yvell/  and  on  the  good/  and  sendelh  his  reyne  on  the  iuste 
and  on  the  iniuste.  For  yf  ye  shall  love  them  which  love 
you  :  what  rewarde  shall  ye  have  ?  Doo  not  the  publicans 
even  so .''  And  if  ye  ^  be  frendly  to  youre  brethren  onli : 
what  singuler  thynge  doo  ye  .''  Doo  nott  the  publicans  lyke- 
wyse  .''  Ye  shall  therefore  be  perfecte/  even  as  youre  heven- 
ly father  is  perfecte. 

'^  Unto  the  Lorde  those  things  thou  swearest,  Cr.  '*  Is  added 
more,  Cr.  *"  Resist  not  evil,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Smite  thee, 

Gen.  ^^  Hurte,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Make  much  of,  Cr.     Sa- 

lute, Bjjs. 


jFo.  bf.  Et)t  CSospell  of  S,  iRHatieto. 


Ete  bf.  Ci:|)apt£r. 

nnAKE  hede  to  youre  almes.  That  ye  geve  it  not  in  the 
syght  of  men.  to  the  intent  that  ye  wolde  be  sene  off 
them.  Or  els  ye  gett  no  rewarde  off  youre  father  in  heven. 
Whensoever  therefore  thou  gevest  thine  ahnes/  thou  shalt  not 
make  a  trompet  to  be  blowne  before  the/  as  the  ypocrites  do 
in  the  synagoges  and  in  the  stretes/  ffor  to  ^  be  preysed  off 
men/  Verily  I  say  vnto  you/  they  have  there  rewarde.  But 
when  thou  doest  thine  almes/  let  not  thy  lyfte  honde  knowe/ 
what  thy  righte  hand  doth/  that  thyne  almes  may  be  secret/ 
and  thy  father  which  seith  in  secret  shall  rewarde  the  openly. 
And  when  thou  prayest/  thou  shalt  nott  be  as  the  ypocrites 
are.  For  they  ^  love  to  stond  and  praye  in  the  synagogges 
and  in  corners  of  the  stretes/  because  they  wolde  be  sene  of 
men.  Veriley  I  say  vnto  you/  they  have  there  rewarde.  But 
when  thou  prayest/  enter  into  thy  ^  chambre/  and  shutt  thy 
dore  to  the/  and  pray  to  tliy  father  which  ys  in  secrete  :  and 
tJiy  father  which  seith  in  secret/  shall  rewarde  the  openly. 

But  when  ye  pray/  '^  bable  not  moche/  as  the  gentyls  do : 
for  they  thincke  that  they  shalbe  herde/  ffor  there  moche  bab- 
lynges  sake.  Be  ye  not  lyke  them  there  fore.  For  youre 
father  knoweth  whereof  ye  have  neade/  before  ye  axe  off 
him.     After  this  maner  there  fore  pray  ye. 

0  oure  father  which  art  in  heven/  halowed  be  thy  name. 
Let  thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  wyll  be  fulfilled/  as  well  in 
erth/  as  hit  ys  in  heven.  Geve  vs  this  daye  oure  dayly  breade. 
And  forgeve  vs  oure  ^treaspases/  even  as  we  forgeve  ^them 
which  treaspas  vs.  Leede  vs  not  into  temptation,  but  delj'\'re 
vs  from  yvell/  "^  Amen.  For  and  yff  ye  shall  foregeve  other 
men  there  treaspases/  youre  father  in  heven  shal  also  forgeve 
you.  but  and  ye  wyll  not  forgeve  men  there  trespases/  no 
more  shall  youre  father  forgeve  your  trespases. 

Moreover  when  ye  faste/  ^be  not  sad  as  the  ypocrites  are. 
For  they  disfigure  there  faces/  that  hit  myght  ^  apere  vnto 
men  that  they  faste.  Verely  y  say  vnto  you/  they  have  there 
rewarde.     But  thou/  when  thou  fastest/  annoynte  thine  heed/ 

1  Be  esteemed,  Bps.  ^  Use,  Cr.  ^  Closet,  Bps.  *  Use 
no  vayne  repetitions,  Grn.  ^  Dettes,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Our  (letters 
[Trespassers,  T.M.  Ttiv.],  T.M.  Tav.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  M  the  Vers,  add 
the  Doxology — For  thine,  etc.  *  Looke  not  sowre.  Gen.  Be  not  of  an 
heavie  countenance,  Bps.          '  Be  sene  of  men  how  tlicy  fast,  T.M. 


Ct)c  gSospdl  of  S.  ittattrh).  CTJ).  bf. 

and  washe  thy  face/  that  it  appere  nott  vnto  men  howe  that 
thou  fastest :  but  vnto  thy  father  which  is  in  secrete,  and  thy 
fatlier  which  seith  in  secret/  shall  rewarde  the  openly. 

Gaddre  not  ^"treasure  together  on  erth/  where  rust  and 
mothes  corrupte/  and  where  theves  breake  through  and  steale. 
But  gaddre  ye  i"  treasure  togedder  in  heven/  where  nether 
rust/  nor  mothes  corupte.  and  wher  theves  nether  breake  up/ 
nor  yet  steale.  For  whearesoever  youre  treasure  ys/  there 
are  youre  hcrtes  also. 

The  light  off  thy  body  is  thyne  eye.  Wherefore  if  thyne 
eye  be  single/  all  thy  body  ys  full  of  light.  But  and  if  thyne 
eye  be  wycked/  then  is  all  thy  body  full  of  dercknes.  Where- 
fore yf  the  light  that  is  in  the  be  dercknes :  howe  greate  ys 
that  dercknes  ? 

No  man  can  serve  two  masters.  For  ii  other  he  shall  hate 
the  one/  and  love  the  other :  or  els  he  shall  lene  the  one/  and 
despise  the  other.  Ye  can  nott  serve  God  and  mammon. 
Therefore  I  saye  vnto  you/  be  not  carefuU  for  youre  lyfe/ 
what  ye  shall  eate/  or  what  ye  shall  dryncke/  nor  yet  for 
youre  boddy/  what  ^"^rayment  ye  shall  weare.  Ys  not  the 
lyfe  more  worth  then  meate  ?  and  the  boddy  ^^  more  off  value 
than  rayment  ?  Behold  the  foules  of  the  aier :  for  they  sowe 
not/  neder  reepe/  nor  yet  cary  into  the  barnes/  and  yett  youre 
hevenly  father  fedeth  them.     Are  ye  not  better  than  they  .'' 

Whiche  of  you  (though  he  toke  thought  therefore)  coulde  put 
one  cubit  vnto  his  stature  ?  And  why  care  ye  then  for  ray- 
ment. ^■'Beholde  the  lyles  off  the  felde/  howe  thy  growe/ 
^5  They  labour  nott  nether  spynn/  And  yet  for  all  that  I  saie 
vnto  you  that  even  Solomon  in  all  his  ^^  royalte/  was  not  aray- 
ed  lyke  unto  one  of  these.  Wherefore  yf  God  so  clothe  the 
grasse/  ^^  which  ys  to  daye  in  ihe  felde  and  to  morowe  shalbe 
cast  into  the  '^fournace:  shall  he  not  moche  more  do  the 
same  vnto  you/  o  ye  of  lytle  fayth } 

Therfore  take  no  thought  saynge  :  what  shall  we  eate/  or 
what  shall  we  dryncke/  or  wherewith  shall  we  be  clothed 
(Aftre  all  these  thynges  soke  the  gentyls)  For  youre  hevenly 
father  knoweth  that  ye  have  neade  off  all  these  thynges.  But 
rather  seke  ye  fyrst  the  kyngdom  of  heven/  and  the  righte- 

'"  Gen.  and  Bps.  add — for  yourselves.  "  i.  e.  either.  '*  Ye 

shall  put  on.  Gen.  Bps.  '^Than  rayment.  Gen.  Bps.  '''Learne 

of  the  lylies  of  the  field  howe  they  grow,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  They  wee- 

rie  not  themselves  with  labour,  etc.  Bps.  '^  Glorie,  Gen.         '"  Of 

the  fielde  which  though  it  stande  to-day,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  '»  Qven, 

Gen.  Bps. 


So.  WJ.  Srtc  eSospcU  of  S.  fWatt)ciD. 

wesnes  ther  of/  and  all  these  thynges  shal  be  ministred  vnto 
you. 

Care  not  therefore  for  the  ^^  daye  foloynge.  For  the  days 
foloynge  shall  care  ffor  yt  sylfe.  ^^  Eche  dayes  trouble  ys 
sufficient  for  the  same  silfe  day. 

?!ri)e  bff.  <i!tj)aptcr. 

TUDGE  not  lest  ye  be  iudged.  ^  For  as  ye  iudge  so  shall 
■^  ye  be  iudged.  And  with  what  mesur  ye  mete/  with  the 
same  shall  ^  it  be  mesured  to  you  agayne.  Why  seist  thou 
a  moote  in  thy  brothers  eye/  and  percevest  not  the  beame  that 
ys  in  thyne  awne  eye.  Or  why  sayest  thou  to  thy  brother  : 
SsufTre  me  to  plucke  oute  a  moote  outc  off  thyne  eye/  and  be- 
hold a  beame  is  in  thyne  awne  eye.  Ypocrite/  first  cast  oute 
the  beame  oute  of  thyne  awne  eye/  and  then  shalte  thou  se 
clearly  to  plucke  oute  the  moote  oute  off  thy  brothers  eye. 

Geve  not  that  which  is  holy  to  dogges/  nether  caste  ye 
youre  pearles  before  swyne/  lest  they  treade  them  vnder  their 
fete/  and  ^the  other  tourne  agayne  and  all  to  rent  you. 

Axe  and  it  shalbe  geven  you.  Seke  and  ye  shall  fynd/ 
Knocke  and  it  shalbe  opened  vnto  you.  For  whosoever  axeth 
receaveth/  and  he  that  seketh  fyndeth/  and  to  hym  that  knock- 
eth/  it  slialbe  opened,  ys  there  eny  man  among  you  which 
^  wolde  proffer  his  sonne  a  stone  if  he  axed  him  breed  .''  or  if 
he  axed  fysshe/  wolde  he  proffer  hyme  a  serpent  ?  Yff  ye 
then  which  are  evyll/  cann  geve  to  youre  chyldrcn  good  gyftes: 
howe  moche  moore  shall  youre  father  M'hich  ys  in  heven/ 
geve  good  thynges  ^  to  them  that  axe  off  hym .' 

Therfore  whatsoever  ye  wolde  that  men  shulde  do  to  you/ 
even  so  do  ye  to  them.     This  ys  the  lawe  and  the  prophettes. 

Enter  in  at  the  strayte  gate :  ffor  wyde  is  the  gate/  and 
broade  ys  the  waye  that  leadeth  to  destruccion :  and  many 
there  be  which  goo  yn  there  att.  For  strayte  ys  the  gate/  and 
narowe  is  the  waye  which  leadeth  vnto  lyfe  :  and  feawe  there 
be  that  fynde  it. 

'^  Morow,  Jill  the  Vers.  ^  For  the  day  present  liath  ever  enough 

of  hys  owne  travayle,  T.  M.  The  day  hath  cnongh  with  his  owne 
griefe,  Gen.  Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  travaile  [evil,  Bps.l  ther- 
of,  Cr.  Bps.  '  Cr.  adds — Condempne  not  and  ye  shall  not  be  con- 

dempned.  •  Other  men  measure  to  you,  Cr.  ^  Holde.  I  will 

plucke,  Cov.  (Brother)  suffer  mee,  I  will  plucke,  Cr.  Suffer  me,  I 
will  cast  out,  Gen.  Bps.  *  And  turning  agayne,  all  to  rent  you, 

Gen.  Bps.  *  If  hys  sonne   axed,  etc.,  Jill  the   Vers.  *  If  ye 

aske  of  him,  Cr. 


eijc  fflosprll  of  S.  iHatbfto.  Ct).  Wff. 

Beware  off  falce  prophettes/  which  come  to  you  in  shepes 
clothynge/  but  inwardly  they  are  ravenynge  wolves.  Ye  shall 
knowe  them  by  their  frutes.  Do  men  gaddre  grapes  ofl" 
thornes  ?  or  figges  off  ^  bryres  ?  Even  soo  every  good  tree/ 
bryngethe  forthe  good  frute.  But  a  corrupte  tree/  bryngethe 
forth  evyll  frute.  A  good  tree  canuott  brynge  forthe  bad  frute  : 
nor  yett  a  bad  tree  can  brynge  forthe  good  frute.  Every  tree 
that  bryngethe  not  forthe  good  frute/  shalbe  hewne  doune/  and 
cast  into  the  fyre.  Wherfore  by  there  frutes  ye  shall  knowe 
them.  Not  all  they  thatt  say  vnto  me/  Master/  Master/  shall 
enter  into  the  kyngdome  off  heven :  but  he  that  fulfilleth  my 
fathers  will  which  ys  in  heven.*^  Many  will  saye  to  me 
yn  that  daye/  Master/  Master/  have  we  nott  in  thy  name  pro- 
phesied .''  And  in  thy  name  have  we  nott  caste  oute  devyls  ? 
And  in  thy  name  have  we  nott  done  many  miracles  .''  And 
then  will  I  ^  knowlege  vnto  them/  that  I  never  knewc  ^^  them. 
Departe  from  me/  ye  workers  of  iniquite. 

Whosoever  hearethe  off  me  these  saynges/  and  doethe  the 
same/  I  wyll  lyken  hyme  vnto  a  wyse  man  which  byllt  his 
housse  on  a  rocke  :  and  ^aboundance  off  rayne  descended/ 
and  the  fluddes  cam/  and  the  wynddes  blewe/  and  bett  vppon 
that  same  housse/  and  it  ^^was  not  over  throwen/  because  it 
was  grounded  on  the  rocke.  And  whosoever  heareth  of  me 
these  sainges/  and  doth  not  the  same/  shalbe  lykened  vnto  a  fo- 
lysh  man/  which  bilt  his  housse  vpon  the  sonde/  and^^abun- 
daunce  of  rayne  descended/  and  the  fluddes  cam/  and  the 
wynddes  blewe/  and  beet  vppon  that  housse'  and  it  ^^  was  over 
throwen/  and  great  was  the  fall  off  it. 

And  it  cam  to  passe/  that  when  Jesus  had  ended  these 
saynges/  the  peple  were  astonnied  at  his  doctryne.  For  he 
taught  them  as  one  havynge  {)ower/  and  not  as  the  scribes. 


JTtf  bfff.  CtJAjtrr. 

'V^'^HEN  Jesus  was  come  downe  from  the  mountayne/  moch 
people  folowed  him.  And  lo/  there  cam  a  leprc/  and 
woreheped  him  saynge/  Master/  if  thou  wylt/  thou  canst  make 
me  clene.  He  putt  forthe  his  bond  and  touched  him  saynge  : 
I  will/  be  clene/  and  immediatly  his  leprosy  was  clenscd.  And 

'  Tliistles.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  CV.  adds — (He  shall  enter  into  the 

kingdoine  ot'heavori.)  "  Professe,  Gfn.   Confesse, -B/>a-.  '"You. 

('/•.  Gen.  Dps.  "  The  rayne  lell.  Gen.  Bps.     A   shower  ol'  raine 

descended,  Cr.         '«  Fell  not— Fell.' ^/Z  the  Vers. 


3)0.  bfff.  STDe  CSospell  of  ,S.  iHatljelu. 

Jesus  said  vnto  him.  Se  thou  tell  no  man/  but  go  and  shewe 
thysilf  to  the  preste  and  offer  the  gyfte/  that  Moses  commaund- 
ed  to  be  offred/  in  witnes  to  them. 

When  Jesus  was  entred  in  to  Capernaum/  there  cam  vnto 
him  a  certayne  Centurion/  besechyng  him  and  saynge  :  ^  Mas- 
ter my  servaunt  lyeth  sicke  att  home  off  the  palsye/  and  is 
gi'evously  payned.  And  Jesus  sayd  vnto  him.  I  will  come 
and  cure  him.  The  Centurion  answered  and  saide  :  Syr  I  am 
not  worthy  that  thou  shuldest  com  vnder  ^the  rofe  of  my 
housse/  but  speake  the  worde  only  and  my  servaunt  shalbe 
healed.  For  y  also  my  selfe  am  a  man  ^  vndre  power/  and 
have  sowdeeres  vndre  me/  and  y  saye  to  one/  go/  and  he  go- 
eth  :  and  to  anothre/  come/  and  he  cometh  :  and  to  my  ser- 
vaunt/ do  this/  and  he  doeth  it.  When  Jesus  herde  these 
saynges :  he  mai*veyled/  and  said  to  them  that  folowed  him  : 
Verely  y  say  vnto  you/  I  have  not  founde  so  great  fayth :  no/ 
not  m  Israeli.  I  say  therfore  vnto  you/  that  many  shall  come 
from  the  eest  and  weest/  and  shall  ■*  rest  with  Abraham/  Ysaac 
and  Jacob/  in  the  kyngdom  of  heven  :  and  the  children  of  the 
kingdom  shalbe  cast  out  in  to  the  ^vtmoost  dercknes/  there 
shalbe  wepinge  and  gnasshing  of  tethe.  Then  Jesus  said  vnto 
the  Centurion/  go  thy  waye/  and  as  thou  hast  believed  so  be 
it  vnto  the.  And  his  servaunt  was  healed  ''that  same  houre. 
And  Jesus  went  into  Peters  housse/  and  saw  his  wyves  mo- 
ther lyinge^  sicke  of  a  fcvre/  and  he  thouched  herhande/  and 
the  fevre  leeft  her  :  and  she  arose/  and  ministrcd  vnto  thorn. 

When  the  even  was  come  they  brought  vnto  him  many  that 
wei'c  possessed  with  devylles/  And  he  cast  out  the  spirites 
witli  a  word/  and  healed  all  that  were  sicke/  to  fulfill  that 
whiche  was  spoken  by  Esay  the  prophet  sainge :  He  toke  on 
liim  oure  infirmytes/  and  bare  oure  sicknesses. 

When  Jesus  saw  moche  people  about  him/  he  commaund- 
ed  ^to  go  over  the  water.  And  there  cam  a  scribe  and  said 
vnto  him  :  master/  I  woU  folowe  the  whythersumever  thou 
goest.  And  Jesus  said  vnto  him  :  the  foxes  have  holes/  and 
the  bryddes  of  the  aier  have  nestes/  but  he  sonne  of  the  man 
hath  not  where  on  to  ^  leye  his  heede  :  Anothre  that  was  one 
of  hys  disciples  scyd  vnto  him :  master  suffre  me  fyrst/  to  go 


>  Syr,  Cov.     Lorde.  Bps.  ^  My  roofe,  ^-J//  the  Vers.  ^  Sub- 

jecte  to  the  authorite  of  another.  Cr.  '  Sit  downo,  Gen.  ^  Utter, 
.^n  the  Vers.  «  The  selfe  same,  Cr.  Bjis.  Tliv  selfe.  T.^^.  '  Cr. 
adds — in  bed.  *  To  depart  unto  the  other  side,  Bps.     Cr.  adds — 

of  the  water.         »  Rest,  .ill  the  Vers. 


Eift  fflospcU  of  S.  ftt.THjcb).  Ct).  I'p. 

and  burye  my  father.  But  Jesus  said  vnto  him  :  folowe  me/ 
and  let  the  deed  burie  their  deed. 

And  he  entred  in  to  a  shyppe/  and  his  disciples  folowed 
him/  And  lo  there  arose  a  greate  storme  in  the  see/  in  so 
moche/  that  the  shippe  was  ^^  hyd  with  waves/  and  he  was 
aslepe :  And  his  disciples  cam  vnto  him/  and  awoke  him/ 
sayinge :  master/  save  us/  we  perishe.  And  he  said  vnto 
them  :  why  are  ye  fearfuU/  o  ye  ^^  endewed  with  lytell  faithe .'' 
Then  he  arose/  and  rebuked  the  wyndes  and  the  see/  and 
there  folowed  a  greate  calme.  And  men  marveyled  and  said  : 
wliat  12  man  is  this/  that  bothe  wyndes  and  see  obey  him  ? 

And  when  he  was  come  to  the  other  syde/  in  to  the  coun- 
tre  otf  the  gergesens/  there  met  him  two  possessed  of  devylls/ 
which  cam  out  off  the  graves/  and  were  out  off'  measure  fearce/ 
so  that  no  man  myght  go  by  that  waye.  And  lo  they  cryed 
out  saynge  :  O  Jesu  the  sonne  off"  God/  what  have  we  to  do 
with  the  ?  art  thou  come  hyther  to  torment  vs  before  the  tyme 
^"^  [be  come]  ?  There  was  a  good  waye  off"  from  them  a  greate 
heerd  of  swyne  fedinge.  Then  the  devyls  besought  him 
saynge  :  if  thou  cast  vs  out/  suffice  vs  to  go  oure  waye  into  the 
heerd  of  swyne.  And  he  said  vnto  them  :  go  youre  wayes  : 
Then  went  they  out/  and  departed  into  the  heerd  of  swyne. 
And  lo/  all  the  heerd  of  swyne  ^^  was  caryed  with  violence 
hedlinge  into  the  see/  and  perisshed  in  the  water.  Then  ^^the 
heerdmen  fleed/  and  went  there  ways  into  the  cite/  and  tolde 
every  thinge/  and  what  had  fortuned  vnto  them  that  were  pos- 
sessed of  the  devyls.  And  lo/  all  the  cite  cam  out/  and  mei 
Jesus.  And  when  they  sawe  him  they  besought  him/  to  de- 
part out  off"  there  costes. 


jrtje  fj:.  <!!!:i)a|)tfr. 


A' 


ND  he  entred  into  the  shippe :  and  passed  over  and  cam 
into  his  awne  cite.  And  lo/  they  brought  vnto  him  a  man 
sicke  off"  the  palsey/  lyinge  in  his  bed.  And  when  Jesus 
sawe  there  faith/  he  said  to  the  secke  off"  the  palsey  :  sonne 
be  off"  good  chere/  thy  sinnes  are  forgeven  the.  And  loe/ 
certeyne  of  the  scribes  said  in  them  selves/  he  blasphemeth. 
And  when  Jesus  sawe  there  thoughtes/  he  said  :  wherfore 
thinke  ye  evyll  in  your  herttes  ?     Whether  ys  esyer  to  sayc 

'^  Covered,  Ml  the  Vers.       "  Of  little  fayth,  Ml  the  Vers.       •*  Man- 
er  of  man,  Cr.  Bps.  "  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '••  Was    caried 

hedlonge,  Cr.     Was  caried  with  violence  from  a  steepe  downe  place. 
Gen.     Rushed  headlong,  Bps.         '^  They  that  kept  them,  Cr.  Bps. 


iFo.  fjr.  5rt)c  ffiospcll  of  S.  if«ati)etD. 

thi  sinnes  ar  forgeven  the/  or  to  saye  :  arise  and  walke  ? 
That  ye  may  knowe/  that  the  sonne  of  man  hathe  power  to 
forgeve  synnes  in  erth/  then  sayd  he  vnto  the  sicke  of  the 
palsey  :  aryse/  take  vppe  thi  heed/  and  go  home  to  thyne 
housse.  And  he  arose  and  departed  to  his  housi3e.  The 
people  that  sawe  it/  marveylled  and  glorified  God/  which  had 
geven  suche  power  to  men. 

And  as  Jesus  passed  forth  from  thence/  he  sawe  a  man  sytt 
at  the  receyte  off  custume  named  Matheu/  and  said  to  him  : 
folowe  me.  And  he  arose  and  folowed  him.  And  hit  cam 
to  passe/  thatt  Jesus  satt  at  meate  in  his  housse.  And  lo/ 
many  publicans  and  synners/  cam  and  satt  downe  also  with 
Jesus/  and  his  disciples. 

When  the  pharyses  had  perceaved  that/  they  sayd  vnto  his 
disciples  :  Why  eateth  youre  master  with  publicans  and  syn- 
ners .?  When  Jesus  herde  that/  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  ^  The 
whole  neade  not  the  visicion/  but  they  thatt  are  sicke.  Goo 
and  learne/  what  that  meaneth :  ^  I  have  pleasure  in  mercy/ 
and  not  ^  in  offerynge.  For  I  am  not  come  to  call  the  right- 
ewes/  but  the  sinners  to  repentaunce. 

Then  cam  the  disciples  of  Jhon  to  hym  saynge/  why  do  we 
and  the  farises  fast  ^  ofte  :  but  thy  disciples  fast  not  ?  And 
Jesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Can  the  ^  weddynge  chyldren  morne 
as  longe  as  the  bridegrom  is  with  them  ?  The  tyme  will  come 
when  the  brydgrome  shalbe  tacken  awaye  from  them/  and 
and  then  shall  they  faste.  Noo  man  ^  peceth  an  olde  garment 
with  a  pece  off  newe  cloothe.  For  then  tacketh  he  away  the 
pece  agayne  from  the  garment/  and  the  rent  ys  made  worsse. 
Nether  do  men  put  newe  wyne  into  olde  vessels/  for  then  the 
vessels  breake/  and  the  wyne  runneth  oute  and  the  vessels  per- 
ysshe.  But  they  powre  newe  wyne  into  newe  vessels/  and  so 
are  both  "^  saved  togedder.  , 

Whyls  he  thus  spake  vnto  them/  Lo  there  cam  a  certayne 
ruler/  and  worshipped  hyme  saynge  :  my  doghter  is  deed  all 
redy/  but  com  and  lay  thy  honde  on  her/  and  she  shall  live. 
And  Jesus  arose  and  folowed  hym  with  hys  disciples.  And 
beholde/  a  woman  which  was  diseased  with  an  issue  of  bloud 
xij  yeres/  cam  behynde  hym  and  toched  the  hem  off  hys  ves- 

'  They  that  be  strong,  Cr.  ^  I  will  have  mercy,  Cr.  Gen.  I  wil 

mercie,  Bjis.  ^  Sacrifice,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  For  the  most  parte, 

Cr.  *  Bridegroine's  children,  Cr.  Children  of  the  bride  [mariage, 
Grn.'\  chamber,  Geji.  Bps.  *  Putteth  a  peece  of  newe  cloth  in  an 
olde  garment,  Cr.  Bps.        ''  Preservedj  Gen.  Bps. 


Ct)e  eSospcll  of  S.  fHafbch).  Ctt).  fr- 

ture.  For  she  sayd  in  her  silfc  :  yff  I  maye  tochc  but  even 
his  vesture  only/  I  shalbe  safe.  Jesus  tourned  hym  about/  and 
behelde  her  saynge  :  Doughter  be  off  goode  comfortc/  thy 
fayth  hath  made  the  safe.  And  she  was  made  whole  even 
tliat  same  houre. 

And  when  Jesus  cam  into  the  ruelers  housse  and  sawe  the 
minstrels/  and  the  people  ^wondrynge/  he  saydc  vnto  them  : 
Get  you  hence/  for  the  mayde  is  not  deed/  but  slcpeth.  And 
they  Icughe  hym  to  scorne.  As  sone  as  the  people  were  put 
forthe  a  dores/  he  went  in  and  toke  her  by  the  bond/  ^  and  the 
mayde  arose.  And  this  was  noysed  through  out  all  the 
londe. 

And  as  Jesus  departed  thence/  two  blvnde  men  folowed 
hym  crying  and  sayng :  O  thou  sonne  of  David/  have  mercy 
on  vs.  And  when  he  was  come  into  the  housse/  the  blynde 
cam  to  hym.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  Beleve  ye  that  I 
am  able  to  do  thys?  They  sayde  vnto  hyme  :  i^ye  master. 
Then  touched  he  their  eyes/  sayng :  accordynge  to  you  re 
faythe/  be  it  vnto  you.  And  their  eyes  wer  opened.  And 
he  chaurged  them  sayng  :  Se  that  no  man  knowe  of  it.  But 
tliey  as  sone  as  they  were  departed/  spreed  abroade  hys  name 
through  oute  all  the  londe. 

As  they  went  out/  beholde/  they  brought  to  hym  a  domne 
man  possessed  of  a  devyll.  And  as  sone  as  the  devyll  was 
cast  oute/  the  domne  spake.  And  the  people  mei-velcd/  sa- 
ynge :  it  never  soo  appered  in  Israhel.  But  the  pharises  sayde  : 
he  casteth  oute  devyls/  ^^  by  the  power  of  the  chefe  devyll. 

And  Jesus  w^ent  about  all  the  cites  and  tounes/  teachynge 
in  their  sinagogges  and  preachyng  the  ^'^gospell  off  the  kyng- 
dome.  And  healinge  all  maner  sicknes  and  desease  amonge 
the  people.  But  when  he  sawe  the  people/  he  hadd  pite  on 
them/  because  they  were  ^^  pined  awaye/  and  scattered  abroade 
even  as  shepe/  havynge  no  shepheerd. 

Then  sayde  he  to  hys  disciples:  the  hervest  is  I'^greate/ 
but  the  laborers  ar  feawe.  Wherfore  praye  the  harvest  lordc/ 
to  sende  forthe  labourers  into  hys  harvest. 

*  Ragingc,  T.M.  Cov.  Making  a  noise,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Cr.  adds — 
and  sayd,  Damsel  arise.  "^  Lordc,  we  beleve,  Cr.  **  Throuefh 

the  prince  of  devils,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Gladde   tydings,  T.  M.  Cr. 

'•*  Destitute,  Cr.  Bps.     Dispersed,  Gen.         ''•  Plenteous,  Cr.  Bps. 

B* 


^e.  jr.  mt  ©ospcll  of  S.  ifttnttctu. 


JTftc  V-  (Jftjapter. 


A' 


ND  he  called  his  xij  disciples  vnto  him/  and  gave  them 
power  over  all  vnclene  sprites/  to  cast  them  cute/  and  to 
heale  all  maner  of  sicknesses/  and  all  maner  off  deseases. 

The  names  of  the  xij  apostles  are  these.  The  fyrst/  Simon 
which  ys  called  Peter  :  and  Andrew  his  brother.  James  the 
Sonne  of  Zebede/  and  Jhon  his  brother.  Philip  and  Bartle- 
mew.  Thomas  and  Mathew  the  publican.  James  the  sonne 
of  Alphe  and  Lebbeus/  otherwyse  called  Taddeus/  Simon  off 
cane/  and  Judas  Iscarioth/  which  also  betrayed  hym. 

These  xij  sent  Jesus/  and  commaunded  them  saynge  :  Goo 
nott  into  the  ^  wayes  thatt  leade  to  the  gentyls/  and  into  the 
cites  off  the  Samaritans  enter  ye  nott.  But  go  rather  to  the 
loste  shepe  off  the  housse  of  israhel.  go  and  preach  sayng : 
that  the  kyngdome  off  heven  ys  at  hande.  Heale  the  sicke/ 
dense  the  lepers/  rayse  the  deed/  caste  oute  the  devils.  Fre- 
ly  ye  have  receved/  frely  geve  agayne.  Possess  nott  golde/ 
nor  silver/  nor  ^  brasse/  yn  youre  ^  gerdels/  nor  yet  scrip  to- 
wardes  your  journey  :  Nether  two  cotes/  nether  shues/  nor 
yet  "*  a  rod.  For  the  workman  is  worthy  to  have  his  meate. 
Into  whatsoever  cite  or  toune  ye  shall  com/  enquyre  wlio  ys 
^  worthy  yn  it/  and  there  abyde  till  ye  goo  thence. 

And  when  ye  come  into  an  housse/  ^  grete  the  same.  And 
yff  the  housse  be  ^worthy/  youre  peace  shall  come  apon  the 
same.  But  yf  it  be  not  ^worthy/  youre  peace  shall  retourne 
to  you  agayne.  And  whosoever  shall  nott  receave  you/  nor 
will  heare  your  preachynge/  when  ye  departe  oute  off  that 
housse/  or  that  cite/  shake  of  the  duste  of  youre  fete.  True- 
ly  I  say  vnto  you :  it  shalbe  easier  for  the  londe  off  Zodoma/ 
and  Gomora/  in  the  daye  off  iudgement/  then  for  that  cite. 

Lo  I  sonde  you  forthe  as  shepe  amonge  wolves.  Be  ye 
therfore  wyse  as  serpentes/  and  innocent  as  doves.  Beware 
off  men/  ffor  they  shall  deliver  you  vp  to  the  counseils/  and 
shall  scourge  you  in  there  sinagogges.  And  ye  shall  be 
brought  "^  to  the  heed  ruelers  and  kynges  for  my  sake/  in  wit- 
nes  to  them  and  to  the  gentyls. 

But  when  they  ^  put  you  up/  take  no  thought  howe  or  what 
ye  shall  speake/  for  yt  shall  be  geven  you/  even  in  that  same 

'  Way  (jftliu  Gentiles.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Money,  Gen.         '  Pur- 

ses, CV.  Bps.  ■»  A  stafi'e,  Jll  the  Virs.  *  Mete  for  you.  Coc. 

*  Salute,  All  tfie  Vers.         '  Before  princes,  Cov.     To  the  governours, 
Gen.  •=  Deliver,  Ml  the  Vers.     [So  vs.  21,  Cr.  Bps.] 


2E!)c  ffifospcll  of  S.  fttntijcto.  ffl).  j:. 

houre/  what  ye  shall  saye.  For  it  is  not  ye  that  speke/  but 
the  sprete  of  your  father  which  spcaketh  in  you.  The  broth- 
er shall  betraye  the  brother  to  deeth/  and  the  father  the  sonne. 
And  the  chyldren  shall  ar\'se  agynste  their  ^  fathers/  and  mo- 
thers :  and  shall  put  them  to  deethe/  and  ye  shall  be  hated  off 
all  men/  ffor  mv  name.  But  whosoever  "^  shall  continew  vn- 
to  the  ende/  shall  be  saved. 

When  they  persecute  you  in  wone  cite/  flye  into  another. 
I  tell  you  for  a  treuth/  ye  shal  nott  ^'  fynysshe  all  the  cites  of 
israhel/  tyll  the  sonne  of  man  be  come.  The  disciple  ys  nott 
above  hys  master  :  Nor  yet  the  servaunt  above  his  lorde.  It 
is  ynough  for  the  disciple  to  be  as  hys  master  ys/  and  that  the 
servaunt  be  as  his  lorde  vs.  Yf  they  have  called  the  ^'^  lorde 
off  the  housse  beelzebub  :  howe  moche  more  shall  they  call 
them  of  his  householde  so  ?   feare  them  nott  there  fiM'e. 

There  is  no  thinge  ^-^so  close/  that  shall  not  be  ''' openned/ 
and  no  thinge  so  hyd  that  shall  not  be  knowen. 

What  I  tell  you  in  derckness/  that  speake  ye  in  light.  And 
what  ye  heare  in  the  eare  that  preache  ye  on  ^^  the  housse 
toppes. 

And  feare  ye  nott  them  which  kyll  the  body/  and  be  nott 
able  to  kyll  the  soule.  But  rather  feare  him/  which  is  able  to 
destroye  bothe  soule  and  body  in  hell.  Are  nott  two  i^spar- 
rowes  soldo  for  a  farthinge  ?  And  ^^  none  of  them  doth  lyght 
on  the  grounde/  with  out  youre  father.  And  now  are  all  the 
heeres  of  youre  heedes  ^'''numbred.  Feare  ye  not  ther  fore/ 
ye  are  off  more  value/  then  many  sparrowes. 

Who  soever  ther  fore  ^"^  knowlegeth  me  before  men/  him 
will  I  knowledge  before  my  father  in  heven.  But  whosoever 
shall  denye  me  before  men/  him  will  I  also  denye  before  my 
father  which  ys  in  heven. 

Thynke  not/  that  y  am  come  to  sonde  peace  in  to  the  erth. 
I  cam  nott  to  send  peace/  but  a  swearde.  For  y  am  come  to 
set  a  man  at  vaiyaunce  ageynst  hys  father/  and  the  doughter 
ageynst  her  mother/  and  the  doughterelawe  agcinst  her  mo- 
therelawe  :  And  a  mannes  fooes  shalbe/  they  of  his  owne 
housholde. 

He  that  lovith  hys  father/  or  mother  more  then  me/  is  not 
^9  worthy  of  me.     And  he  that  loveth  his  soime/  or  doughter 

9  Parents,  Gen.  ^^  Endureth,  J}ll  the  Vers.  "  Go  through. 

Cr.   Ende,  Bps.  '*  Master.  Gen.  '^  Covered — disclosed,  Gen. 

'•*  The  houses,  Bps.  '^  Little  sparows,  Cr.  Bps.  "'  One  of  them 
shall  not,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Told,  Cor.  ^'^  Shall  acknow- 

ledge, Tav.     Shall  confesse,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Mete  for,  Cov.  T.  .V. 


jTo.  j:f.  etc  eSospell  of  S.  i«att)eto. 

more  then  me/  is  not  ^o  mete  for  me.  And  he  that  taketh  nott 
his  crosse  and  foloweth  me/  ys  nott  ^^  mete  for  me.  He  that 
21  fyndeth  his  lyfe/  shall  lose  it :  and  he  that  losith  hys  lyfe  for 
my  sake/  shall  fynde  it. 

He  that  receavith  you/  receavith  me  :  and  he  that  receavith 
me/  receavith  him  that  sent  me.  He  that  receavith  a  pro- 
phet in  the  name  of  a  prophet/  shall  receave  a  prophets  re- 
warde.  And  he  that  receavith  a  righteous  man  in  the  name 
of  a  righteous  man/  shall  receave  the  reward  of  a  righteous 
man.  And  whosoever  shall  geve  vnto  won  of  these  lytle 
wonnes  to  drinke/  a  cuppe  of  colde  water  only/  in  the  name 
of  a  disciple  :  -^  I  tel  you  of  a  trueth/  he  shall  not  lose  his  re- 
war  de. 

S'ic  fi.  Cijaptfr. 

A  ND  it  cam  to  passe  when  Jesus  had  ^  ended  his  preceptes 
"^  vnto  his  disciples/  he  departed  thence/  to  preache  and 
teache  in  there  cites. 

When  Jhon  beinge  in  preson  herde  the  workes  of  Christ/ 
he  sent  two  of  his  disciples  and  sayde  vnto  him.  Arte  thou 
he  that  shall  come  :  or  shall  we  loke  for  another  ?  Jesus  an- 
swered and  sayde  vnto  them.  Go  and  shewe  Jhon  what  ye 
have  herde  and  sene.  The  blind  se/  ^  the  halt  goo/  the  lyp- 
pers  ar  clensed  :  The  deef  heare/  the  ded  are  reysed  vp 
ageine/  and  ^  the  gospell  is  preachede  to  the  povre.  And 
happy  is  he  thatt  is  noott  hurte  by  me. 

Even  as  they  departed/  Jesus  began  to  speake  vnto  the  peo- 
ple of  Jhon.  What  went  ye  for  to  se  in  the  wyldernes  ?  went 
ye  out  to  so  a  rede  waveringe  with  the  wynde  .''  oder  what 
went  ye  out  for  to  se  ?  went  ye  to  se  a  man  clothed  in  soofte 
rayment .''  Beholde/  they  that  weare  soofte  clothing  are  in 
kynges  bowses.  Bult  what  went  ye  oute  for  to  sec  ?  went  ye 
outt  to  se  a  prophet  }  Ye  I  saye  vnto  you/  and  "^  more  then  a 
prophet.  For  this  is  he  off  whom  it  is  wrytten.  Beholde/  I 
sende  my  messenger  before  thy  face/  which  shall  prepare  thy 
wave  before  the. 

Verely  y  saye  vnto  you/  umongc  ^  the  chyldren  off  women 

*»  Worthie  of.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  AVill  save,  Gen.         ^  Verely  I 

say  unto  you,  Cr.  Gen.  Rps.  '  Made  an  end  of  commaniling  liis 

twelve  disciples.  Ml  the  Vcr.t.  '  Tlie  lame  [hault,  1-Jj)s.]  walke,  Cr. 
Bps.  3  The  poor  receive  [tlie  glad  lydings  of,  Cr.]  tlie  gospel,  Cr. 
Gen.  The  glad  t)  dings  ii  preached  to  the  poor,  T.  M.  The  poore  have 
the  gospel  preached  to  them,  Bps.  *  More  excellent  than,  Bps. 

'  Them  which  are  borne  [begotten,  Gen.]  of  women,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


CiJC  CBospell  of  S.  fttnttcb).  <t\).  tU 

arose  there  not  a  gretter  then  Jhon  baptist.  Not  with  stond- 
inge  he  that  ys  lesse  in  the  kyngdom  off  heven/  ys  gretter  then 
he.  From  the  tyme  of  Jhon  baptist  hitherto/  the  kyngdom  of 
heven  suffrcth  viokMice/  and  ''^  they  that  make  vyolence  pull  it 
vnto  them.  For  all  the  prophets/  and  the  lawe  prophesyed 
unto  tyme  of  Jhon.  Also  yf  ye  wyll  receave  it/  thys  ys  He- 
lyas/  which  shuld  come.  He  that  hath  eares  to  heare/  let  him 
here. 

But  wheai*evnto  shall  y  lyken  this  generacion  ?  it  ys  like 
vnto  chyldren/  which  syt  in  the  markett/  and  call  vnto  there 
felowes/  and  saye :  we  have  pyped  vnto  you/  and  ye  have 
not  daunsed.  We  have  morned  vnto  you/  and  ye  have  not 
'sorowd.  For  Jhon  cam  nether  eatynge  nor  drinkinge/  and 
they  saye  he  hath  the  devyll.  The  sonne  of  man  cam  eat- 
ynge and  drinkyngc/  and  they  saye/  beholde  a  glutton/  and 
^a  drynker  of  wyne/  and  a  frend  vnto  publicans/  and  synners. 
And  wysdome  is  iustified  off  her  chyldren. 

Then  began  he  to  vpbraid  the  cites/  in  which  most  of  his 
9  miracles  were  don/  because  they  I'^did  not  repent.  Wo  be 
to  the  Chorasin.  Wo  be  to  the  Betzaida  :  for  if  the  ^  mira- 
cles which  wer  shewd  in  you  had  bene  done  in  tiyre  and  si- 
don  they  had  repented  longe  agon  in  sack  cloth  and  asshes. 
Neverthelesse  y  say  to  vou :  it  shall  be  esier  for  Tyre  and 
Sidon  at  the  daye  of  iudgement/  then  for  you.  And  thou  Ca- 
pernaum which  art  lift  vp  vnto  heven/  shalt  be  thrust  doune 
to  hell,  ffor  if  the  ^  miracles  which  have  bene  done  in  the/ 
had  bene  shewed  in  Zodom  :  they  had  remayned  to  this  daye. 
Neverthelesse  I  say  vnto  you :  it  shall  be  easiar  for  ^^  Zodom 
in  the  daye  of  iudgment/  then  for  the.  Then  Jesus  answered 
and  sayd  I  prayse  the  o  father  lorde  of  heven  and  erth/  be- 
cause thou  hast  hyd  these  thynges  from  the  wyse  and  prudent, 
and  hast  opened  them  vnto  babes/  ^^even  so  father  for  so  it 
pleased  the.  All  thynges  are  geven  vnto  me  of  my  father. 
And  no  man  knoweth  the  sonne/  but  the  father,  nether  know- 
eth  eny  man  the  father/  save  the  sonne/  and  he  to  whome  the 
sonne  will  open  hym. 

Come  vnto  me  all  ye  that  labour/  and  ar  laden/  and  y  will 

^  The  violent  [take  it  by  force,  Gen.  plucke  it  unto  them],  Cr.  Gen. 
Eps.  They  that  go  to  it  with  violence,  plucke  it  unto  them,  T.  M. 
'  Lamented,  Gen.  *  Unmeasurable  drinker,  etc.  Cr.  *  Mighty 

[great,   Gen.]   workes,  Gen.  Bps.  '"Amended    not.   Cor.    T.M. 

"  JIU  the   Vers,  add — the   lande   of.  '*  Verely  Father,  even  so 

[Even  so,  O  Father,  for  so,  etc.  Bps.]  was  it  thy  good  pleasure,  Cr. 
iBps.     It  is  so,  O  Father,  because  thy  good  pleasure  was  such,  Gen. 


jTo.  rff.  ^it  eSospcU  of  S.  Jf^atljcto. 

ese  you.  Take  my  yoke  on  you  and  leme  of  me  for  y  am 
meke  and  loly  in  herte  :  and  ye  shall  fynd  '^ese  vnto  youre 
soules.     For  my  yoke  is  easy/  and  my  burden  is  light. 

Srtjc  vff-  ffi!)a4)tcr. 

TN  that  tyme  went  Jesus  on  the  sabot  day  thorow  the  corn 
and  his  disciples  wer  anhongred/  and  began  to  plucke  the 
cares  off  coorne/  and  to  eate.  When  the  pharises  had  sene 
that/  they  sayde  vnto  him  :  Behold  thy  disciples  do  that  which 
is  not  lawfull  to  do  apon  the  saboth  day.  He  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Have  ye  nott  reed  whatt  David  did/  when  he  was  an  hounger- 
ed/  and  they  alsoo  which  were  with  him  ?  How  he  entred 
into  the  housse  of  God/  and  ate  the  halowed  loves/  whiche 
wer  not  lawfull  ffor  hym  to  ete/  nether  ffor  them  which  were 
with  hym  :  but  only  for  the  prestes.  Or  have  ye  not  reed  in 
the  la  we/  howe  that  the  prestes  in  the  temple  ^  breake  the  sab- 
oth daye  and  yet  are  blamelesse  .''  But  I  saye  vnto  you  :  that 
here  is  one  greater  then  the  temple.  \Mierfore  if  ye  had  wist 
what  this  saynge  meneth  :  I  "^  requyre  mercy/  and  not  sacri- 
fice, ye  wold  never  have  condemned  innocentes.  For  the 
Sonne  off  man  is  lorde  even  off  the  saboth  daye. 

And  he  departed  thence/  and  went  into  their  Sinagogge/ 
and  beholde  there  was  a  man/  whiche  had  his  hande  diyed 
vp.  And  they  axed  hym  saynge  :  Ys  yt  lawfull  to  heale  apon 
the  saboth  daye  ?  because  they  myght  acusc  hym.  And  he 
sayde  vnto  them  :  ^  whyche  ys  he  amonge  you/  iff  he  had  a 
shepe  fallen  into  a  pitt  on  the  saboth  daye/  that  wolde  not  take 
hym  and  lyft  hym  out .'  And  howe  moche  ys  a  man  better 
then  a  shepe  ?  Wherfore  it  ys  lefuU  "^  to  do  a  good  dede  on 
the  saboth  daye.  Then  sayde  he  to  the  man  :  stretch  forth 
thy  hand/  and  he  stretched  it  forthe/  and  yt  was  ^agayne 
made  even  as  whole  as  the  other. 

Then  the  faryses  went  forthe/  and  toke  counsell  agaynst 
hym/  howe  they  myght  destroye  hym.  When  Jesus  knewe 
that/  he  departed  thence/  and  moche  people  folowed  him/  and 
he  healed  them  all.  and  charged  them/  that  they  shulde  not 
make  him  knowne/  to  fulfyll  that  which  was  spoken  by  Esay 
the  prophet/  which  sayeth  :  Beholde  my  ^  sonne/  whom  I  have 

"  Rest,  Jill  the  Vers.  '  Prophane.  Bps.         *I  will  [will  have, 

Gen.']  Bps.  ^  Which  of  you  woulde  it  be,  T.  M.  Cr.  What  man 
shall  there  be  of  [among,  Gen.]  you,  Grn.  Bps.  *  To  do  wel,  Gen. 
Bps.  *  Restored  unto  health,  Cr^  «  Child.  T.  M.  Ct.  Bps.  Ser- 
vant, Gen. 


ffDc  ffiosprll  of  S.  fttatljcb.  (Tf).  jrff. 

chosen/  my  ^  dcrlingc/  in  whom  my  soule  h;ith  hail  delite.  I 
wyll  put  my  sprete  on  him/  and  he  shall  shewc  iudgement  to 
the  gcntyls.  He  shall  not  stryve/  he  shall  not  ciye/  nether 
shall  eny  man  heare  hys  voyce  in  the  streetes/  a  brosed  rede/ 
shall  he  not  breacke/  and  ^flaxe  that  begynneth  to  burne  he 
shall  not  quenchc/  tyll  he  sende  forth  iudgement  vnto  victory/ 
and  in  hys  name  shall  the  gentyls  truste. 

Then  was  brought  to  hym/  won  possessed  with  a  devyll 
whych  was  both  blynde  and  domne.  and  he  healed  him/  inso- 
much that  he  which  was  blynd  and  domne  both  spake  and 
sawe.  And  all  the  people  were  amased/  and  sayde  :  Ys  not 
this  the  Sonne  of  david  ?  When  the  pharises  herde  that/  they 
sayde  :  ^  he  dry veth  the  devyls  no  other  wyse  oute  but  by  the 
helppe  off  belsebub  the  ^^chefe  of  the  devylls. 

But  Jesus  knewe  their  thoughtes  and  sayde  to  them.  Every 
kyngdom  divided  with  in  it  sylfe  shalbe  i'  desolate.  Nether 
shall  eny  cite  or  householde  devyded  agenst  it  sylfe/  contynue. 
So  if  satan  cast  out  satan/  then  ys  he  devyded  agenst  him 
sylfe.  Howe  shall  then  hys  kyngdom  endure  ?  Also  yf  y  by 
the  helppe  of  belzebub  cast  out  devyls  :  by  whose  helppe  do 
youre  children  cast  them  out  ?  therfore  thei  shalbe  youre  iudg- 
ges  :  But  if  I  cast  out  the  devyls  by  the  sprete  of  God  :  then 
ys  the  kyngdom  of  God  come  on  you  ? 

Other  howe  can  a  man  enter  into  a  ^'^  mighty  mannes  housse/ 
and  '^violently  take  awaye  his  godes  :  exceptehe  fyrst  byndc 
the  stronge  man/ and  then  spoyle  hys  housse?  He  thatt  ya 
not  with  me  ys  agaynst  me.  And  he  that  gaddereth  not  with 
me  scattereth  abrode.  Wherefore  I  say  vnto  you  all  manor 
of  synne  and  blasphemy  shalbe  forgeven  vnto  men/  but  the 
blasphemy  against  the  ^'^  holy  goost/  shall  not  be  forgeven  vnto 
men.  And  whosoever  speaketh  a  worde  agaynst  the  sonne 
off  man/  it  shall  be  forgeven  liym.  but  whosoever  speaketh 
agaynst  the  holy  goost/  yt  shall  not  be  fForgeven  hym  :  no/ 
nether  in  this  worlde/  nether  in  the  worlde  to  come. 

Other  make  the  tree  good/  and  his  frute  good  also  :  or  els 
make  the  tree  evyll/  and  his  frute  evyll  also.  For  the  tree  ys 
knowen  by  hys  frute.     O  generacion  of  vipers/  howe  can  ye 


'' Beloved,  Jl! I  tlic  Vers.  *  Sinokingflax,  CV.  Gfn. /?/;s.  ^This 
felowe  driveth,  Ptc.  T.  M.  This  nun  castcth  the  devils  no  other,  etc. 
(Ipji.     This   (felowe)   doth   cast  nut.    /?/w.  '"  Prince,  (jin.  B]/S. 

"  Brouirlit  to  ncjught  [desolation.  Bps.]  T.M.Cr.ficn.B/i.s.         '-Strong', 
.^11  the    rem.  '••  Spoyle   his    goods    [jewels,    C'r.]   Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'*  Spirite,  Cr.     Holy  spirite,  Bps. 


jfo.  jrfff.  E\)e  ffiospcU  of  S.  iWatljfto. 

^^  saye  well/  when  ye  youre  selves  are  evyll  ?  For  of  the 
aboundance  of  the  hertz  the  mouthe  speaketh.  A  good  man 
cute  of  the  good  treasure  of  hys  hertz  bryngeth  forthe  good 
thynges.  And  an  evyll  man  out  oft'  his  evyll  treasurez  bryng- 
eth forth  evyll  thynges.  But  I  say  unto  youz  that  of  every 
ydell  wordez  that  men  shall  have  spoken  :  they  shall  geve  a 
countes  at  the  daye  oflf  iudgement.  For  by  thy  wordes  thou 
shall  be  iustifyed  :  and  by  thy  wordes  thou  shalt  be  condem- 
ned. 

Then  ^^  answered  certayne  off"  the  scribes  and  off"  the  phari- 
ses  saynge  :  Masterz  we  ^"  wolde  fayne  se  a  sygne  of  the.  He 
answered  them  saynge  :  the  evyll  and  advoutrous  generacion 
seketh  a  signez  but  there  shall  no  signe  be  geven  to  themz  but 
the  signe  of  the  prophete  ionas.  for  as  ionas  was  thre  days  and 
thre  nyghtes  in  the  whales  belly  :  soo  shall  the  sonne  of  man 
be  thre  days  and  thre  nyghtes  in  the  hert  of  the  erth.  The 
men  of  ninivite  shall  rise  at  the  day  of  iudgement  with  this  na- 
cionz  and  condemne  them.  For  they  ^'^  repented  at  the  preach- 
ynge  of  Jonas,  and  beholdez  a  greater  than  Jonas  ys  here. 
The  quene  of  the  south  shall  lyse  ^^  at  the  day  of  iudgement 
with  this  generacionz  and  shall  condemne  them  :  For  she  cam 
from  the  vtmost  partes  of  the  ^^  worldez  to  heare  the  wisdom 
of  Solomonz  and  beholde  "^^  heare  is  a  greater  then  Solomon. 

When  the  vnclene  sprete  is  gone  out  of  a  manz  he  walketh 
throughout  dry  placesz  seking  reest  and  fyndelh  none.  Then 
he  sayeth  :  1  will  retourne  ageyne  into  my  houssez  from 
whence  I  cam  oute.  And  when  he  is  comez  he  fyndeth  the 
housse  empty  and  sweptez  and  garnisshed.  Then  he  goeth 
his  wayez  and  taketh  seven  spretes  worse  then  hym  sylfez  and 
so  entre  they  in  and  dwell  there.  And  the  ende  of  that  man 
is  worsse  than  the  beginnyng.  Even  so  shall  it  be  to  this 
^^frowarde  nacion. 

Whill  he  yet  talked  to  the  people  :  beholde  hys  moder  and 
his  brethren  stode  withoute  the  doresz  desyring  to  speake  with 
him.  Then  won  said  vnto  him  :  beholde  thy  moder  and  thy 
brethren  stond  withoutz  desiringe  to  speke  with  the. 

He  answered  and  sayd  to  him  that  tolde  hym  :  Who  is  my 
mother  ?  or  who  are  my  brethren  ?  And  he  stretched  forth 
his  bond  ^'-^  over  his  diciples  and  sayd  :  behold  my  mother  and 

'^  Speake  good  things,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ""  Asked,  Cr.  '^  Will 

see,  Cr.    Grn.  Bps.  '*  Did   penance,   Coc.     Amended.   T.  M.  Cr. 

'*  In  [the,  Cr.  Bps.]  judgnient.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Earth.  Gen.  Bps. 
«'  la  this  place,  Cr.  Bps.         »2  EyH]^  j-  j^i    Wicked,  Gen.  ^  To- 

ward, Cot.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Ct)e  CSospell  of  S.  iWatljeto.  (5:!).  T:fff- 

my  brethren.     For  whosoever  fulfiUeth  my  fathers  will  whiche 
is  in  heven/  he  is  my  brother/  my  suster/  and  my  mother. 


•T^HE  same  dayc  went  Jesus  out  off  the  housse/  and  sat  by 
the  see  syde/  and  moch  people  ^  resorted  vnto  him/  so 
gretly  that  he  went  and  sat  in  a  shyppe/  and  all  the  people 
stode  on  the  shoore.  And  he  spake  many  thynges  to  them  in 
similitudes/  sayinge  :  Beholde/  the  sower  wentt  forth  to  sowe/ 
And  as  he  sowed/  some  fell  by  the  wayes  syde/  and  the  fowlles 
cam/  and  devoured  it  vppe.  Some  fell  apon  stony  ^  grounde 
where  it  had  not  moche  erth/  and  a  non  it  spronge  vppe/  be- 
cause it  had  no  depth  off  erth  :  and  when  the  sun  was  vppe/ 
•'hitt  cauth  heet/  and  for  lake  off  rotynge  wyddred  awaye. 
Some  fell  amonge  thornes/  and  the  thornes  arose  and  chooked 
it.  Parte  fell  in  good  grunde/  and  "^  broght  forth  good  frute  : 
some  an  hundred  fold/  some  ^  fifty  fold/  some  thyrty  folde. 
Whosoever  hath  eares  to  heare/  let  liim  heare. 

And  hys  disciples  cam/  and  sayde  to  him :  Why  speakest 
thou  to  them  in  parables  ?  he  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Hit  is  geven  vnto  you  to  know  the  secrettes  off  the  kyngdom 
of  heven/  but  to  them  it  is  not  geven.  For  whosumever  hath 
to  him  shall  hit  be  geven :  and  he  shall  have  aboundance. 
But  whosoever  hath  not :  from  him  shalbe  takyn  awaye  even 
that  same  that  he  hath.  Therefore  speake  y  to  them  in  simil- 
itudes. For  though  they  se/  they  se  not :  and  hearinge  they 
heare  not :  nether  vnderstonde.  And  in  them  ys  fulfylled  the 
prophesy  of  Esay/  which  prophesi  sayth  :  "^  with  youre  eares 
ye  shall  heare  and  shall  not  vnderstonde/  and  '''  with  youre  eyes 
ye  shall  se/  and  shall  not  perceave.  For  this  peoples  hert  ys 
wexed  grosse.  And  their  eares  were  dull  of  herynge/  and 
their  eyes  have  they  closed/  lest  they  shoulde  se  with  their 
eyes/  and  heare  with  their  eares/  and  shuld  vnderetoqde  with 
their  herts/  and  ^  shulde  tourne/  that  y  myght  heale  them. 

But  blessed  are  youre  eyes/  for  they  se/  and  youre  eares/ 
for  they  heare.  Verely  y  say  vnto  you/  that  many  prophetes 
and  perfaicte  men  have  desired  to  se  those  thinges  which  ye 
se/  and  have  not  sene  them  :  and  to  heare  those  thinges  which 

I  Were  gathered  together,  Cr.  Bps.         ^pi^^^j^g^  (j/.  j^^^  ^-pjjpy 

were  parched,  Gert.  ••  Gave,  Co^;.  '^  tiixtie,  jlll  the  Vers,  *By 
liearhig,  Gen.  ^  Seying,  shall  see,  Cr.  Gen.  JSps.  *  Be  convert- 
ed, Cr.     S'lould  [convert,  Bp.s.]  returne,  Gen. 


go.  rfb.  2r})c  e&osj|)fll  of  S.  iaatt)etD. 

ye  heare/  and  have  not  herde  them.  Heare  ye  therfore  the 
similitude  off  the  sower.  When  a  man  heareth  the  worde  of 
the  kingdom/  and  vnderstondeth  it  not/  there  cometh  ^  the  evyll 
man/  and  catcheth  awaye  that  which  was  sowne  in  ^^  hys  hert. 
And  thys  is  he  which  was  sowne  by  the  waye  syde.  But  he 
that  ^1  was  sowne  m  the  stony  grunde  ys  he/  which  heareth  the 
worde  of  God/  and  ^^  anon  with  ioye  receaveth  itt/  yet  hath  he 
no  rottes  in  himselfe/  And  therefore  he  dureth  but  a  season : 
for  as  sone  as  tribulation  and  pcrsecucion  aryseth  because  of 
the  worde/  by  and  by  he  falleth.  He  ii  that  was  sowne  amonge 
thornes/  ys  he  that  heareth  the  worde  off  God/  But  the  care  of 
this  worlde/  and  the  dissaytfulnes  off  ryches  choke  the  worde/ 
and  so  ys  he  made  vnfrutfull.  He  ^^  which  is  sowne  in  the 
good  grounde/  ys  he  that  heareth  the  worde  and  vnderstondeth 
it/  which  also  bereth  frute/  and  bringeth  forth/  some  an  hun- 
dred folde/  some^fyfty  folde/  and  somethyrty  folde. 

Another  similitude  put  he  forth/  vnto  them  saynge  :  The 
kyngdom  off  heven  ys  like  vnto  a  man  which  sowed  good 
seede  in  his  felde.  But  whyll  men  slepte/  ther  cam  his  foo/ 
and  sowed  tares  amonge  the  wheate/  and  went  his  waye : 
Wlien  the  blade  was  spronge  vp/  and  had  brought  forth  frute/ 
then  appered  the  tares  also.  The  servauntes  cam  to  the 
liouseholder/  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  i^  Syr/  sowedest  not  thou 

food  seed  in  thy  ^'^  closse/  from  whence  then  hath  it  tares  .' 
le  sayde  to  them/  the  ^^  envious  man  hath  done  this.  Then 
the  servauntes  sayde  vnto  hym :  wylt  thou  then  that  we  go 
and  gader  it .'  and  he  sayde/  nay/  lest  whyll  ye  ^^  go  aboute 
to  wede  out  the  tares/  i"  ye  plucke  vppe  also  with  them  the 
wheate  by  the  rottes  :  let  bothe  growe  to  gether  tyll  harvest 
come/  and  in  time  of  harvest/  I  wyll  saye  vnto  my  repers/  gad- 
ther  ye  fyrst  the  tares/  and  bynd  them  in  i^  sheves  to  be  brent : 
but  gadther  the  wheete  in  to  my  barne. 

Another  parable  he  putt  forthe  vnto  them  saynge.  The 
kyngedom  of  heven  ys  lyke  vnto  a  grayne  of  mustarde  seede/ 
which  a  man  taketh  and  soweth  in  his  felde/  whych  ys  the 
leest  of  all  seedes.  But  when  it  is  growne/  it  is  the  greatest 
amonge  yerbes/  and  is  a  tree  :  so  that  the  bryddes  ^^  of  the 
aier  come/  and  -^  bylde  in  the  braunches  of  it. 

*  That  evil  and   catcheth,  J5^*.  '"  In  the  waye  syde.     But  he, 

etc.  Tar.  "  That  received  seede  into,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         "Incon- 

tinently, Gen.  '■'  Master,  Gen.  '■*  Fielde,   Cr.    Gen.  Bps. 

•*  Malitious,  Bps.  '^  Gather  up,  Cr.  Bps.  Go  about  to  gather,  Gen. 
"  Plucke  up  [roote  up,  Bps.]  also  the  wheate  with  them,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  '*  Bundles,  Bps.         "  Under  the  heaven,  Cor.  *•  Make 

their  nests,  Cr.  Bps 


ffije  (ffiospell  of  S.  fWatt)cto.  CTt).  viff- 

Anothere  similitude  sayde  he  to  them.  The  kyngdome  of 
heven  ys  lyke  vnto  levcn  which  a  woman  toke  and  '-^"  hyd  in 
iij  peckes  off  meele/  tyll  all  was  levended. 

All  these  thynges  spake  Jesus  vnto  the  people  by  simili- 
tudes/ and  with  oute  similitudes  spake  he  nothinge  to  them/  to 
fulfyll  that  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet  sayinge :  I  wyll 
open  my  mouth  in  similitudes/  and  wyll  speake  forth  thinges 
whych  have  bene  kepte  secrete  from  the  ^^  begynnynge  off 
the  worlde. 

Then  sent  Jesus  the  people  awaye/  and  cam  to  housse/  and 
hys  disciples  cam  vnto  hym/  saynge  :  declare  vnto  vs  the  simi- 
litude of  the  tares  off  the  felde  :  Then  answered  he  and  sayde 
to  them.  He  that  soweth  ihe  good  seed/  ys  the  sonne  of  man/ 
the  felde  ys  the  worlde.  The  chyldren  off  the  kyngdom  are 
the  good  seed.  The  evyll  mans  chyldren  are  the  tares.  But 
the  enemy  which  soweth  them/  is  the  devill.  The  harvest  is 
the  end  of  the  worlde  and  the  repers  be  the  angels.  For  even 
as  the  tares  are  gaddred/  and  brent  in  the  fyre :  so  shall  it  be 
in  the  ende  off  this  worlde.  The  sonne  of  man  shall  send 
forth  his  angels/  and  they  shall  gadther  out  off  his  kyngdona 
all  things  that  do  hurte/  and  all  them  which  do  iniquite/  and 
shall  cast  them  into  a  fumes  of  fyre.  There  shall  be  way- 
lynge  and  gnasshyng  off  teth.  Then  shall  the  ^  iuste  men 
shyne  as  bryght  as  the  sun  in  the  kyngdom  of  their  father/ 
wosoever  hath  cares  to  heare/  let  him  heare. 

Agayne  the  kyngdom  off  heven  is  lyke  unto  treasure  hidde 
in  the  felde/  the  which  a  man  founde  and  hidde  it :  and  ffor 
ioy  there  of  goeth  and  selleth  all  that  he  liath/  and  byeth  that 
felde. 

Agayne  the  kyngdom  off  heven  is  lyke  vnto  a  ^  marchaunt/ 
sekynge  after  good  pearles/  which  when  he  had  found  one 
^"*  precious  pearle/  wentt  and  solde  all  that  he  had/  and  bought  it. 

Agayne  the  kyngdome  off  heven  is  lyke  vnto  a  neet  cast 
into  the  see/  that  gadereth  off  all  kyndes  off  fysshes  :  which 
when  it  is  full/  men  dravve  to  londe/  and  sitt  and  gadre  the 
good  in  to  their  vessels  and  caste  the  bad  awaye.  So  shall  it 
be  at  the  ende  of  the  worlde.  The  angels  shall  come  and 
sever  the  bad  from  the  goode/  and  shall  caste  them  in  to  a 
furnes  of  fyre/  there  shall  be  waylinge  and  gnasshynge  of  teth. 

Jesus  sayde  vnto  them;  have  ye  vnderstonde  all  these 

*"  Mixed,  Cov.  «'  Foundation,  Gen.  Bps.  *2  Righteous 

sliyne  as  the  sonne,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Marchaunt  man,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps 

**  Pearle  of  great  price,  Gen. 


^0.  jrb.  Crtje  eSospcU  of  S.  ifCtattebQ. 

thynges  :  they  sayde/  ye  syr.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  them  : 
Therfore  every  scrybe  which  is  ^  coninge  vnto  the  kyngdom 
of  heven/  is  lyke  an  housholder/  which  bryngeth  forth/  out  of 
his  treasure/  thynges  both  newe  and  olde. 

And  hyt  cam  to  passe  when  Jesus  had  fynnesshed  these 
similitudes  that  he  departed  thence/  and  cam  into  his  awne 
countre/  and  taught  in  there  synagogges/  in  so  moche  that 
they  were  astunyed  and  sayde  :  whence  cam  all  thys  wysdon 
and  26  power  vnto  him  ?  is  not  thys  the  carpenters  sonne  ?  is 
not  hys  mother  called  mary  ?  and  hys  brethren  be  called/ 
James  and  Joses  and  Symon  and  Judas  ?  and  are  not  hys  sys- 
ters  all  here  with  vs  ?  Whence  hath  he  all  these  thynges  ? 
And  they  wer  hurte  by  him.  Then  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  : 
^  there  is  no  prophet  without  honoure/  save  in  hys  awne  coun- 
tre/ and  ^  amonge  his  awne  kynne.  And  he  dyd  not  many 
myracles  there/  for  there  vnbelefes  sake. 

E\)e  vffff-  €:i)ai)tn:. 

TN  that  tyme  Herod  the  tetrarcha  herde  off  the  fame  of  Jesu/ 
"*■  and  sayde  vnto  his  servauntes :  This  is  Jhon  baptist :  he  is 
risen  agayne  from  deeth/  and  therfore  ^  hys  power  ys  so  greate. 
For  Herod  toke  Jhon  and  bounde  hym/  and  put  hym  in  pre- 
son  ffor  Herodias  sake/  hys  brother  phips  wyfe.  For  Jhon 
sayde  unto  hym  :  hit  ys  not  lawfuU  for  the  to  have  her.  And 
when  he  wold  have  put  hym  to  deeth/  he  feared  the  people/ 
because  they  counted  hym  as  a  prophet.  . 

When  Herodes  birth  daye  was  ^  come/  the  doughter  off  He- 
rodias daunsed  before  them/  and  pleased  Herod.  Wherfor  he 
promysed  ^vith  an  oth/  that  he  wolde  give  her  whatsoever  she 
wolde  axe.  And  she  beinge  informed  of  her  mother  before/ 
sayde  geve  me  here  John  baptistes  heed  in  a  platter.  And 
the  kynge  sorowed  :  neverthelesse  for  his  othes  sake/  and  for 
their  sakes  which  sate  also  att  the  table/  he  comaunded  yt  to 
be  geven  her.  And  sent  3  and  behedded  Jhon  in  the  pre- 
son/  and  his  heed  was  brought  in  a  platter  and  geven  to  the 
damsell/  and  she  brought  it  to  her  mother.     And  his  disciples 

^  Taught,  £11  the  Vers.  ^  Mightie   [great,  Gen.]  workes,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  A   prophete  is   no  where  lesse  set  by  than  at  home   and 

among  his    awne,  Cov.  ^  In   his  owne  house,    Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Are  his  deedes  so  mightie,  Cov.  Are  suche  miracles  [greate  workes, 
Gen.]  wrought  by  him,  T.  M.  Cr.  Great  workes  do  shewe  forth 
themselves  in  him,  Bps.  *  Kept,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cr.  and  Bps. 
add — tormentours. 


me  ffiosjjcU  of  S.  fWattcto.  ffU.  THfT- 

cam  and  tokc  vp  his  body/  and  buryed  it.  and  went  and  tolde 
Jesus. 

When  Jesus  liad  herde  that/  he  departed  thence  by  shippo 
into  a  desert  place  out  of  the  way.  And  when  the  people  had 
herde  therof/  they  folowed  him  a  fote  out  of  there  cites.  And 
Jesus  went  forth  and  sawe  moche  people  :  and  '*  his  herte  dyde 
melte  vppon  them/  and  he  healed  otf  them  those  that  were 
sicke.  When  even  ^was  come/  his  disciples  cam  to  him 
saynge.  This  ys  a  deserte  place/  and  the  ^  dayc  is  spent/ 
let  the  people  departe  that  they  may  go  in  to  the  tounes/  and 
bey  them  vytaylles.  But  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  They  have 
no  neade  to  go  awaye :  Geve  ye  them  to  ete.  Then  sayde 
they  vnto  him  :  we  have  here  but  .v.  loves  and  two  fysshes. 
He  saide  :  bringe  them  hydthcr  to  me.  And  he  comaunded 
tlie  people  to  syt  downe  on  the  grasse  And  toke  the  .v.  loves/ 
and  the  .ij.  fysshes  and  "^  loked  vp  to  heven  and  ^  blessed/  and 
brake  and  gave  the  loves  to  his  disciples/  and  the  disciples  gave 
them  to  the  people.  And  they  all  ate/  and  were  suffised.  And 
they  gadered  up  of  the  ^  gobbetes  thatt  remained/  xij  basketes 
full.  They  that  ate  were  ^^  [in  nombre]  about  v.  M.  men/ 
besyde  women  and  chyldren. 

And  strayghtway  Jesus  made  his  desciples  enter  into  a 
shippe/  and  to  goo  over  before  him/  ^^  whill  he  sent  the  peple 
away.  And  as  sone  as  he  had  sent  the  peple  away/  he  went 
vp  into  a  mountayne  alone  to  praye.  And  when  nyght  was 
come  he  was  there  hym  sylf  alone,  and  the  shippe  was  in  the 
middes  of  the  see/  and  was  toost  with  waves/  for  it  was  a  con- 
traiy  wynde.  In  the  fourthe  watche  of  the  night  Jesus  cam 
vnto  them  walkynge  on  the  see  :  and  when  hys  disciples  sawe 
him  walkynge  on  the  see/  they  were  i- amazed/  sayinge  :  it 
is  some  spirite/  and  cryed  out  for  feare.  And  streyght  waye 
Jesus  spake  vnto  them  saynge  :  be  of  good  cheare/  it  is  y/  be 
not  a  frayed. 

Peter  answered/  and  sayde  :  master/  and  thou  be  he/  bidde 
me  come  vnto  the  on  the  water,  and  he  sayde  come.  And 
when  Peter  was  come  doune  out  of  the  shyppe/  he  walked  on 
the  water/  to  go  to  Jesus.    But  when  he  sawe  a  myghty  winde/ 

*  Had  pity  on  them,  Cov.     Was  moved   with   mercie  [compassion, 
Gen.]    towards,    Cr.     Gen.     Bps.  ^  Drewe  on,    Cr.         *  Nyo-ht 

falh.'th  on,  Cov.     Houre   is  now   [already,  Gen.]    past,  Cr.  Gen.  Bjis. 
'  Lifle  up  hys  eyes  towards,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Gave  thanks,  Cov. 

•  Scrappes,  Tav.     Fragments,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. — 

omit.         "  Cr.  and  Bps.  add — unto  the  other  side.         •*  Afraid,  Cop. 
Troubled,  TM.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

r.* 


jFo.  rbf.  2rt)c  Oosjiell  of  <3.  iWatttto. 

he  was  afrayed.  And  as  he  began  to  synke/  he  cryed  say- 
inge  :  master  ^-^  save  me.  And  immediately  Jesus  stretched 
forth  his  honde/  and  caught  him/  and  sayde  to  hym  :  O  thou 
of  lytell  fayth  :  wherfore  diddest  thou  dout  ?  And  as  soone 
as  they  were  come  in  to  the  shipper  the  winde  ceassed.  Then 
they  that  were  in  the  shyppe  cam  and  i"*  worshipped  him/ 
sayinge  :  of  a  truth  thou  arte  the  sonne  of  God.  And  when 
they  were  come  over/  they  went  in  to  the  londe  of  genazareth. 
And  when  the  men  of  that  place  had  knowledge  of  him/  they 
sent  1^  out  in  to  all  that  countre  rounde  about/  ^^  and  brought 
vnto  him  all  that  were  sicke/  and  besought  him/  that  they 
myght  touche  the  ^"^  border  of  hys  i^  vesture  only.  And  as 
many  as  touched  hytt/  werc  made  ^^  safe. 


^\}c  fo.  «"ijnptcr. 


T' 


'HEN  cam  to  Jesus  :  scrybes  and  pharises  *  from  Jerusa- 
lem/ sayinge  :  why  do  thy  disciples  transgresse  the  tradi- 
cions  of  the  seniours  ?  for  they  wesshc  not  their  bonds/  when 
they  eate  breed :  He  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  why 
do  ye  also  transgresse  thecomaundment  of  God/  thorowe  youre 
tradicions  ?  for  God  commaunded/  sayinge  :  honoure  thy  fath- 
er and  moder/  and  he  that  ^speakelh  evyll  ageynst  hys  father 
or  mother/  shall  suffer  deeth.  But  ye  sale/  every  man  shall 
sale  to  his  father  or  mother  :  ^  whatsoever  thyng  I  offer/  that 
same  doeth  profy t  the/  ^  and  so  shal  he  not  honoure  hys  father 
and  mother.  And  thus  have  ye  made/  that  the  comaundment 
of  god  is  ^without  effecte/  through  youre  tradicions.  Ypocrites 
wel  prophesied  off  you/  Esay  sayinge :  This  people  draweth 
nie  vnto  me  with  there  mouthes/  and  honoureth  me  with  their 
lippes/  yet  their  hert  is  farre  from  me  :  but  in  vaine  thei  wor- 
shippe  me  teachinge  ^  doctrine/  which  is  nothing  but  mens 
precepts. 

'^  Helpe,  Con.         '■•  Fell  down  before  him,   Cor.         '^  Cr.  adds — 
inosscno-ers.  '"  Cr.  adds — the  coast.  "  Hem,  .111  the  J^crs. 

'■*  Ganifent.  Grii.  Bps.  ^^  Perfectly  whole.  Bps.  '  Cr.  adds — 

which  were  come.  *  Curseth,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  •*  The 

thing  that  I  should  helpe  thee  withal  is  geven  unto  God,  Cor.  That 
whj'che  thou  desyrest  of  me  to  healpe  thee  with  is  geven  to  God, 
T.  M.  What  gift  soever  should  have  come  of  me,  the  same  is  turned 
unto  thy  profit,  (.'r.  By  the  gift  that  is  offered  by  me,  thou  mayst 
have  profit]  thou  shalt  be  helped,  Bps."]  Gen.  Bps.  *  By  this  it 

is  come  to  passe  tliat  no  man  honoureth  his  father  or  mother  any 
more,  Cov.  Though  he  honour  not,  etc.  shall  be  free,  Gen.  *  Of 

no  authoritie,  Gen.  "  The  doctrynes  and  precepts  of  men,  Cr. 


2rt)e  CKospdl  of  S.  ifWatl)clu.  fft).  rb. 

And  he  called  the  people  vnto  him/  and  saide  to  them : 
heare  and  vnderstondc.  That  which  goeth  in  to  the  mongth/ 
defyleth  not  a  man  :  but  that  which  commeth  out  of  the 
mougth/  defyleth  the  man. 

Then  cam  his  disciples/  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  "^  perceavest 
thou/  howe  that  the  |)haryses  are  offended  hearinge  thys  say- 
nge  ?  He  answered/  and  sayde/  all  j)lantes  which  my  hevenly 
father  hath  nott  planted/  shalbe  plucked  vppe  by  the  rotes. 
Lett  them  alone/  they  be  the  blynde  ledders  of  the  blynde. 
If  thee  blynde  Iccdc  the  blynde/  boothe  shall  fall  into  the 
dyche. 

Then  answered  Peter  and  sayd  to  him  :  declare  vnto  vs 
thys  parable.  Then  sayde  Jesus  :  are  ye  yette  with  oute 
vnderstondinge  ?  perceave  ye  not/  that  whatsoever  goeth  in  at 
the  mouth/  descendeth  doune  into  the  bely/  and  ys  cast  out  in 
to  the  draught  ?  Butt  those  thyngcs  which  precede  out  of  the 
mought  come  from  the  herte/  and  they  dyttyle  a  man.  For 
out  of  the  herte  come  evyll  thoughtes/  murder/  breakyng  of 
wedlocke/  ^  whordom/  theefte/  falce  witnesberynge/  blasphemy. 
These  are  the  thynges  which  defyle  a  man.  But  to  eate  with 
unwesshen  hondes/  defyleth  nott  a  man. 

And  Jesus  went  thence/  and  departed  in  to  the  costes  of 
tire  and  sidon.  And  beholde  a  woman  which  was  a  cananyte 
cam  out  of  the  same  coostes/  and  cryed  vnto  him  saynge  : 
have  mercy  on  me  lorde  the  sonne  of  Dauid/  my  doughter  is 
^  pytiously  vexed  with  a  devyll.  And  he  ^^  gave  her  never  a 
worde  to  answer.  Then  cam  to  him  his  disciples/  and  be- 
sought him  sayinge  :  sende  her  awaye/ for  she  ^^foloeth  vs 
cryinge.  He  answered/  and  sayde  :  I  am  not  sent/  but  vnto 
the  loost  shepe  of  the  housse  of  israhel.  Then  she  cam  and 
worshypped  hym/  sayinge  :  i~  master  sucker  me.  He  answer- 
ed and  saide :  it  is  not  i^  good/  to  take  the  childrens  breed/ 
and  to  cast  it  to  i"*  whelpes.  She  answered  and  saide  :  it  is 
truthe/  ^^  neverthelesse  the  ^'^whelppes  eate  of  the  crommes/ 
which  fall  from  there  masters  table.  Then  Jesus  answered 
and  sayde  vnto  her.  O  woman  greate  ys  thy  fayth/  be  hit  to 
the/  even  as  thou  desyrest.  And  her  daughter  was  made 
whole  even  at  that  same  tyme. 


'  Knowest  thou  not,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Fornication,  Gen.  "  Mis- 

erablye,  Gen.  '°  Answered  hir  not  a  worde  [nothing  at  al,  Cr.] 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  »  Cryeth  after  us.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.      °      '«  Lordo, 

helpe  me,  Cav.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Meete.  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Doggos. 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.     Little  dogges,  Bps.  '*  For,  Cr.  Bps. 


jFo.  pbff.  2[t)e  «5osprll  of  S.  Jttattcto. 

Then  Jesus  went  awaye  from  thence/  and  cam  nye  unto 
the  see  of  galyle/  and  went  vppe  in  to  a  mountayne/  and  sat 
doune  there.  And  moche  people  came  vnto  hym  havinge 
with  them/  ^^  halt/  blinde/  ^^  domne/  maymed/  and  other  many : 
and  cast  them  doune  at  Jesus  fete.  And  he  healed  them/  in 
so  moche  that  the  people  wondred/  to  se  the  domne  speake/ 
the  maymed  whole/  the  halt  to  go/  and  the  blinde  to  se.  and 
they  glory fyed  the  god  of  israhel. 

Jhesus  called  his  disciples  to  him  and  saide  :  I  have  com- 
passion on  the  people/  because  they  have  contynued  with  me 
nowe  iij  dayes/  and  have  nothinge  to  eate  :  and  I  wyll  not  let 
them  departe  fastinge/  leste  they  ^^perisshe  in  the  waye.  and 
his  disciples  sayd  vnto  him  :  whence  shuld  we  get  so  moche 
breed  in  the  wildernes/  as  shulde  suffyse  so  great  a  multitude  ? 
And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  howe  many  loves  have  ye  ^  and 
they  seyde  :  seven  and  a  feawe  fysshes.  And  he  commaund- 
ed  the  people  to  syt  doune  on  the  grounde.  And  toke  the 
seven  loves/  and  the  fysshes  and  gave  thankes/  and  brake 
them/  and  gave  to  hys  disciples/  and  his  disciples  gave  them 
to  the  people.  And  they  all  ate/  and  were  suffysed.  And 
they  toke  vp  of  the  ^^  broken  meate  that  was  left  vij  basketes 
full,  ^o'fi^gy  {j^jj^t  ate  were  iiij  M.  men/  besydc  wemen  and 
chyldren.  And  he  sent  awaye  the  people/  and  toke  shyppe 
and  cam  in  to  the  parties  of  Magdala. 


JTte  \\i.  ffftnptrr. 


T' 


'HEN  cam  to  him  the  pharises  with  the  saduces  also/  and 
dyd  tempte  hym/  desyringe  that  he  wold  shewe  them 
some  signe  from  heven.  He  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
^Att  even  ye  saye/  ^we  shall  have  fayre  wedder.  and  that 
because  the  skye  ys  reed  :  in  the  morninge/  ye  saye/  to  daye 
shalbe  •'foule  wedder/  and  that  because  the  skye  is  "^troubbel- 
ousand  reed.  (3  ye  ypocrites  ;  ye  can  discerne  the  ^fassions 
of  the  skye  :  and  can  ye  not  discerne  the  sygncs  of  the  tymes  .* 
The  ^  frowardc  nacion/  and  advoutrous/  seketh  a  sygne/  there 
shall  nonother  sygne  be  geven  vnto  them/  but  the  sygne  off 
the  prophet  Jonas.     So  lefte  he  them  and  departed. 

'*  Lame.  Cr.  Bpx.         '^  Deaf,  Cr.         "*  Miscarry,  Cr.    Faint,  Gen. 
Bps.  '9  Frag.uentH,  Gen.  ^  And  yet  they,  wtc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps. 

^  When  itbeginneth  to  draw  t'.ward,  (Sr.  "  Faire  weather,  Gm. 

*  A  tempest.  Gen.  *  Cloudye  and  read,  T.  M.     Glowmyng  read, 

Cr.     Lowring  red,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Outward  appearance,  Cr.  Bps. 

Face,  Gen.         *  Wicked,  Gen. 


Stje  CEospcU  of  S.  jfWatijcto.  Cf).  jrbf. 

And  when  his  disciples  were  come  to  the  other  side  of  the 
water/  they  had  forgotten  to  take  breed  with  them.  Then 
Jesus  sayd  vnto  them  :  Take  hede  and  beware  of  the  leven  of 
the  pharises/  and  of  the  saduces.  They  thought  amonge 
themselves  sayinge  :  we  have  brought  no  breed  with  vs. 
When  Jesus  vnderstode  that/  he  sayd  vnto  them.  O  ye  of 
lytell  fayth/  why  "'are  youre  mindes  cumbred  because  ye 
have  brought  no  breed  ?  Do  ye  not  yet  perceave/  nether  re- 
member those  v  lovesse  when  there  were  v  M.  men/  and  howe 
many  baskettes  toke  ye  vp  ?  Nether  the  vij  loves/  when  there 
were  iv  M.  and  howe  many  baskettes  toke  ye  vppe  ?  ^  Why 
perceave  ye  not  then/  that  y  spake  not  vnto  you  of  breed/ 
when  I  sayde/  beware  off  the  leven  of  the  pharises  and  of  the 
saduces  ?  Then  vnderstode  they/  howe  that  he  bad  not  them 
beware  of  the  leven  of  breed  :  butt  of  the  doctryne  of  the 
pharises/  and  of  the  saduces. 

When  Jesus  cam  in  to  the  coostes  of  ^  the  cite  which  is  called 
cesarea  philippi/  he  axed  hys  disciples  sayinge  :  whom  do  men 
saye  that  I  the  sonne  of  man  am  }  They  sayde/  some  saye 
that  thou  arte  Jhon  baptist/  some  Jeremias/  or  won  of  the 
^'^  prophetes.  He  sey de  vnto  them  :  but  whom  saye  ye  that 
I  am :  Symon  Peter  answered/  and  sayde :  Thou  arte  Crist 
the  sonne  of  the  livynge  god.  And  Jesus  answered  and  sayde 
to  him  :  happy  arte  thou  Simon  ^^  the  sonne  of  Jonas/  for 
fleshc  and  bloude  have  nott  opened  vnto  the  that/  butt  my 
father  which  is  in  heven.  And  I  saye  also  vnto  the/  that  thou 
arte  Peter.  And  apon  this  roocke  I  wyll  bylde  my  congrega- 
cion.  And  the  gates  off  hell  shall  nott  ^^  prevayle  a  geynst  it. 
And  y  wyll  geve  vnto  the/  the  keyes  of  the  kyngdome  of 
heven/  and  whatsoever  thou  byndest  vppon  erth/  yt  shnlbe 
bounde  in  heven/  and  whatsoever  thou  lowsest  on  erthe/  yt 
shall  be  lowsed  in  heven. 

Then  he  charged  his  disciples/  that  they  shulde  tell  no  man/ 
that  he  was  Jesus  ^3  Christ.  From  that  tyme  forth/  Jesus  be- 
gan to  shewe  unto  hys  disciples/  howe  that  he  must  go  vnto 
Jerusalem/  and  suffer  many  thinges  of  the  seniores/  and  of 
the  hye  prestes/  and  of  the  scribes/  and  must  be  killed/  and 
ryse  agayne  the  thirde  daye.     Peter  toke  him  a  side/  and  be- 


'  Take  ye  thought  [think   you,  Gen.  Bps.]  within  yourselves,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  How  liappeneth  it  [is  it,  Bps.]  that  ye  do  not  under- 

stand, Cr.  Bps.         9  Cesarea  [which  is  called}  Phihppi,  Bps.         *°  Cr. 
ftdds — the  numbre  of.  "  Bar  Jona,  Bps.  '^  Overcome,  Gen. 

"  The  Christ,  Gen. 


go.  jrbfff-  El)e  CKospcll  of  St.  ^atljcto. 

gan  to  rebuke  hym  sayinge  :  master  i"*  faver  thy  sylfe/  this 
shall  not  come  vnto  the.  Then  tourned  he  aboute/  and  sayde 
vnto  Peter :  go  after  me  Satan/  thou  ^^  offendest  me/  because 
thou  16  perceavest  nott  ^"^  godly  thynges  :  but  worldy  thynges. 
Jesus  then  sayde  to  hys  disciples.  Yf  eny  man  will  folowe 
me/  leet  hym  forsayke  hym  sylfe/  and  take  hys  crosse  and 
folowe  me.  For  who  soever  wyll  save  his  lyfe/  shall  loose 
yt.  And  whosoever  shall  loose  hys  lyfe  for  my  sake/  shall 
fynde  yt.  Whatt  shall  hit  proffet  a  man/  yf  he  shulde  wyn 
all  the  whoole  worlde  :  ^^  so  he  loose  hys  owne  soule  .''  Or 
els  what  shall  a  man  geve  ^^  to  redeme  hys  soule  agayne  with 
all .''  For  the  sonne  off  man  shall  come  in  the  glory  of  hys 
father/  with  hys  angels/  and  then  shall  he  rewarde  every  man 
accordynge  to  hys  dedes.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  some 
there  be  a  monge  them  that  here  stonde/  whych  shall  nott 
taste  of  deeth/  tyll  they  shall  have  sene  the  sonne  of  man 
come  in  his  kyngdome. 

E\)e  ):bff.  ®t)aptcr. 

A  ND  after  vj  daycs  Jhesus  toke  Peter  and  James  and  Jhon 
•^^  hys  brother/  and  brought  them  vppe  into  an  hye  moun- 
tayne  ^oute  of  the  waye/  and  was  transfygured  before  them, 
and  hys  face  dyd  shyne  as  the  sun/  and  hys  clothes  were  as 
whyte  as  the  light.  And  beholde  there  apered  vnto  them 
Moses  and  Helyas  talkinge  with  him.  Then  answered  Peter/ 
and  sade  to  Jesus  :  master  ^  here  is  good  beinge  for  vs.  Yff 
thou  wylt/  leet  vs  make  here  iij  tabernacles/  won  for  the/  and 
won  for  Moses/  and  won  for  Helyas.  Whyll  he  yet  spake/ 
beholde  a  bright  cloude  shadowed  them,  and  lo  a  voice  out 
of  the  cloude  sayde :  This  is  my  deare  sonne/  in  whom  I  de- 
lite/  heare  hym.  And  when  the  disciples  herde  that/  they  fell 
flatt  on  there  faces/  and  were  soore  afrayed.  And  Jesus  cam 
and  touched  them/  and  sayde :  aryse  and  be  not  a  frayed. 
Then  lyfte  they  vppe  their  eyes/  and  sawe  no  man/  but  Jesus 
only. 

And  as  they  cam  doune  from  the  mountayne/  he  charged 
them  sayinge :  se  that  ye  shewe  thys  vysion  to  no  man/  tyll 
the  sonne  of  man  be  rysen  ageyne  from  deeth.     And  his  dis- 

'<  Pitle,  Gen.         ^^  Hyndrest,  Cov.  Cr.  »«  Savourest,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Bps.     Understandcst,  Gen.  "■  The  thingcs  that  be   of  God,  but 

those  that  be  of  men,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  And  yet  sufFred  harme  in 

his  soule,  Cov.  '*  For  a  recompense  [ransome,  Bps-I  of,  etc.  Gen. 

Bps.  '  Aparte,  Gen.        *  It  is  good  for  us  to  be  here,  Gen.  Bps. 


E\)t  ®o0pfll  of  S.  ifWat?)ctD.  m.  rWf. 

ciples  axed  oft'  him/  sayingc  :  Why  then  saye  the  scribes/  that 
HeHas  must  fyrst  come  ?  Jesus  answered/  and  sayd  vnto 
them  :  Helias  ^  shall  fyrst  come/  and  "*  restore  all  thyngs. 
And  I  saye  vnto  you  that  helias  ys  come  alredy/  and  they 
knewe  hym  nott :  butt  have  done  vnto  him  whatsoever  they 
5  lusted.  In  lyke  wysc  shall  also  the  sonne  of  man  sufti'e  of 
tlicm.  Then  hys  disciples  perceaved  that  he  spake  vnto  them 
of  Jhon  baptist. 

And  when  they  were  come  to  the  people/  ther  cam  to  hym 
a  certayne  man/  and  knelcd  done  to  hym  saynge  ;  Master 
have  mercy  on  my  sonne/  ffbr  he  is  ^  franticke  :  and  ys  sore 
vexed.  And  oft  tymes  falleth  into  the  fyre/  and  oft  into  the 
water.  And  I  brought  hym  to  thy  disciples/  and  they  coulde 
not  heale  him.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  :  O  generacion 
fay thles  and  croked  :  howe  longe  "  shall  I  be  with  you  .''  howe 
longe  '''  shall  y  suffre  you  :  bryng  hym  bidder  to  me.  And 
Jhesus  rebuked  the  devyll/  and  he  cam  out.  And  the  child 
was  healed  even  that  same  houre. 

Then  came  hvs  disciples  secretly  ^  and  sayde  :  Why  could 
not  we  cast  him  out  ?  Jesus  sayd  vnto  them :  Because  off 
your  vnbelfe.  For  I  say  veryly  unto  you  :  yff*  ye  had  fayth 
as  a  grayne  oif  musterd  seed/  ye  shulde  saye  vnto  this  moun- 
tayne/  remeve  hence  to  yonder  place/  and  he  shulde  remeve. 
Nether  shuld  cny  thynge  be  vnpossyble  for  you  to  do.  but  this 
kynde  goeth  not  oute  butt  by  pryer  and  fastynge. 

Whill  they  ^  passed  the  tyme  in  galile/  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
them  :  the  sonne  off" man  shalbe  "^betrayed  into  the  hondesof 
men/  and  they  shall  kill  hym  and  the  thyrd  daye  he  shall  ryse 
agayne.     And  they  sorowed  greatly. 

When  they  were  come  to  Capernaum  :  They  that  i'  were 
wont  to  gadre  ^^poll  money/  cam  to  Peter  and  sayde  :  Doth 
youre  master  paye  tribute  ?  He  sayd  :  ye.  And  when  he 
was  come  into  the  housse/  Jesus  ^^  spake  fyrst  to  him/  sayng  : 
What  thynkest  thou  Simon  .'  of  whome  do  the  kynges  off  the 
erth  take  tribute/  or  i'»po!l  money  ?  of  their  chyldren/  or  of 
straungers  .'  Peter  sayde  vnto  hym  :  of  straungers.  Then 
sayd  Jesus  vnto  hym  agane  :  Then  are  the  chyldren  fre. 

'  Indeed,  Cor.  Truly.  Cr.  Bps.  Certainly,  Gtn.  *  Bring  to  right 
again.  Cor.  '•>  Would,  Gen.  «  Lunaticke,  Cor.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Gen.  adds — nowe.  *  All  the  Vers,  add — to  Jesus.         ^  Were  oc- 

cupied. Coc.  Cr.  Abode,  Gen.  Were  conversant,  Bps.  '"  Deliv- 
ered, Con.  Gen.  "  Used  to  receive,  Cr.  Received,  Gen.  Bps. 
"^  Tribute  money,  Cor.  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Prevented  him,  Cor.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.             1*  Toll,  Cr.  Bps. 


Sfo.  T^v.  Ei>t  eSospell  of  S.  iHatijcto. 

Neverthelesse/  lest  we  shulde  offende  them  :  goo  to  the  see 
and  cast  in  ^^  thyne  angle/  and  take  the  fysshe  that  fyrst  cometh 
vp  :  and  when  thou  hast  opened  his  mouthe/  thou  shalt  fynde 
a  pace  of  ^^  twelve  pens/  that  take  and  paye  for  me  and  the. 

aii)e  T^'if-  ^Ijapter. 

'  I  ^HE  same  tyme  the  disciples  cam  vnto  Jesus  sayng  :  who 
is  the  greatest  in  the  kyngdom  of  heven  ?  Jesus  called  a 
^  chylde  vnto  hym/  and  set  him  in  the  middes  of  them/  and 
sayd  :  Verelylsay  vnto  you:  except  ye  ^tourne/ and  be- 
come as  children/  ye  cannot  enter  into  the  kyngdom  off  hev- 
en. whosoever  therfore  shall  ^  submit  him  silfe  as  this  chylde/ 
he  is  the  greatest  in  the  kyngdom  of  heven.  And  whosoever 
receaveth  suche  a  chylde  in  my  name/  receaveth  me.  But 
whosoever  offend  one  of  these  lytell  wons/  which  beleve  in 
me  :  yt  were  better  for  hym/  that  a  millstone  were  hanged 
aboute  his  necke/  and  that  he  were  drouned  in  the  depth  of 
the  see.  Wo  be  vnto  the  worlde  because  of  ''evill  occasions. 
Hit  is  necessary  that  '  evyll  occasions  be  geven/  neverthelesse 
woo  be  to  that  man/  by  whom  ''evyll  occasion  commeth. 
Wherefore  yff  thy  honde  or  thy  fote  ^  geve  the  an  occasion  of 
evyll :  cut  hym  of  and  cast  hym  from  the.  Hyt  is  better  for 
the  to  enter  into  lyfe  halt  or  maymed/  rather  then  thou  shuld- 
este  havynge  two  hondes/  or  two  fete/  be  cast  into  everlastyng 
fyre.  And  yf  also  thyne  eye  offende  the/  plucke  him  oute 
and  cast  him  from  the.  It  is  better  for  the  to  enter  into  lyfe 
with  one  eye/  then  havyng  two  eyes  to  be  cast  into  hell  fyre. 
Se  that  ye  despise  not  won  of  these  litell  wons  For  I  saye 
vnto  you/  thatt  in  heven  their  angels  behold  the  face  of  my 
fader/  which  ys  in  heven.  Ye  and  the  sonne  of  man  is  come 
to  save  that  which  is  lost.  Howe  thinke  ye  .''  Yf  a  niau  had 
an  hondred  shepe/  and  one  of  them  shuld  goo  astray/  will  he 
not  leve  nynty  and  nyne  ^  in  the  mountains/  and  go  and  seke 
that  won  which  is  gone  astray  ?  if  it  happen  that  he  fynd  him/ 
veiyly  I  say  vnto  yon  :  he  reioyseth  more  of  that  shepe/  then 
of  the  nynty  and  nyne  which  went  not  astray .  Even  so  hit 
is  nott  the  wyll  of  youre  father  in  heven/  that  won  off  this 
lytell  wons  shulde  perishe. 

'"  An  hook,  Bps.  "^  Twontie,  Jill  the  Firs.  '  Bps  adds— lit- 

tle.  [So  too  vvs.  3,  4,  5.]         °  Be  converted,  Gen.  ^  Humble,  .'^/i 

the  I  crs.  *  Sklaunders.  Cuv.     Offences — offence,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  *  Offende,  T.M.  Bps.    Hinder  thee,  Cr.    Cause  thee  to  of- 

fende, Gen.  "  And  go  into  the  mountaines.  Gen.  Bps. 


E^t  CSospcU  of  S.  ^ati)cb).  €:!).  fW]. 

Moreover  yf  thy  brother  trespas  agenst  the.  Go  and  tell 
hym  his  faute  betvvene  hym  and  the  alone.  Yf  he  hcare  the/ 
thou  hast  wone  thy  brother :  but  yf  he  heare  the  not/  then 
take  with  the  won  or  two/  that  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  thre 
witnesses/  '''all  sainges  may  stonde.  Yf  he  heare  not  them/ 
tell  hit  vnto  the  congregacion :  yf  he  heare  not  the  congrega- 
cion/  take  him  as  an  hethen  man/  and  as  a  publican.  Ver- 
ely  I  say  vnto  you/  Whatsoever  ye  bynde  on  erth/  shalbe 
bounde  in  heven.  And  whatsoever  ye  lose  on  erth/  shalbe 
losed  in  heven. 

Agayn  I  say  vnto  you  that  if  two  off  you  shall  agre  in  erth 
in  eny  maner  thinge  whatsoever  they  shall  desyre  :  hit  shal 
be  geven  them  of  my  fader  which  is  in  heven.  For  where 
two  or  thre  are  gadered  togedder  in  my  name/  there  am  I  in 
the  middes  of  them. 

Then  cam  Peter  to  hym/  and  sayde  :  master/  how  ofte  shall 
my  brother  trespas  ageynst  me/  and  I  shall  forgeve  hym  ? 
shall  I  forgeve  hym  seven  tymes  ?  Jesus  sayd  vnto  hym  :  I 
saye  nott  vnto  the  seven  tymes :  but  seventy  tymes  seven  tymes. 
Therefore  is  the  kyngdom  off  heven  lykened  vnto  a  certaync 
^kynge  which  wold  take  a  countes  of  his  servauntes/  and  when 
he  had  begune  to  recken/  won  was  browghte  vnto  hym/  which 
ought  him  ten  thousande  ^talenttes  :  but  when  he  had 
nought  to  paye/  the  lorde  commaunded  him  to  be  solde/  and 
his  wyfe/  and  his  children  :  and  all  that  he  had/  and  payment 
to  be  made.  The  servaunt  fell  doune  and  besought  hym 
sainge  :  i"  Syr  geve  me  rcspyte/  and  I  wyll  paye  hit  every 
whit.  Then  had  the  lorde  pitie  on  the  servaunt/  and  lowsed 
him/  and  forgave  hym  the  dett. 

The  same  servaunt  went  out  and  founde  wone  off  his  fel- 
owes/  which  ought  hym  an  hundred  pence.  And  leyed  houdes 
on  hym/  and  toke  hym  by  the  throote/  sainge  :  paye  that  thou 
owest.  And  his  felowe  fell  doune/  and  besought  hym/  saynge: 
have  pacience  with  me/  and  I  will  paye  the  all/  And  he  woUde 
not/  but  went  and  cast  hym  into  preson/  tyll  he  shulde  paye 
the  dett.  When  his  other  felowes  sawe  what  was  done/  they 
were  very  sory  and  cam  and  tolde  vnto  there  lorde  all  that  had 
happened.     Then  the  lorde  called  him/  and  sayde  vnto  hym. 

'  Every  word  [matter,  C]  may  be  establislied  [confirmed,  G.],  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Man  that  was  a  king,  Cr,  Bps.  ^  Pounds,  Cov. 

'"  Lorde  [Syr,  C]  have  patience  with  me,  Or.  Bps.    Master,  appease 
thine  anger  toward    me  [so  vs.  29],  Gew, 


So.  n-  ®^l)e  ®osi)ell  of  S.  f«ntl)cto. 

O  i^evyllservaunt/  y  forgave  the  all  that  dett/  12  because  thou 
praydest  me  :  ^^  Was  it  not  mete  also/  that  thou  shuldest  have 
had  compassion  on  thy  felow/  even  as  y  had  pitie  on  the  ? 
and  his  lorde  was  wrooth/  and  delyvered  hym  to  the  ^"^  ioylers/ 
tyll  he  shulde  paye  all  that  was  due  to  hym.  So  lyke  wyse 
shall  youre  hevenly  father  do  vnto  you/  yf  ye  wyll  not  for- 
geve  with  youre  herttes/  each  won  to  his  brother  there  treas- 
pases. 


E\)c  pv-  ffilJaptcv. 


A 


ND  it  folowed  when  Jesus  had  fynysshed  those  sayinges/ 
he  gat  hym  from  Galile/  and  cam  into  the  coostes  of 
iewry  beyonde  Jordan/  and  moche  people  folowed  hym/  and 
he  healed  them  theare.  Then  cam  vnto  hym  the  pharises  to 
tempte  hym/  and  sayde  to  hym  :  Ys  hit  lawfull  for  a  man  to 
1  put  a  waye  his  wj^fe  for  2  all  manner  off  causes  ?  He  an- 
swered/ and  sayde  vnto  them  Have  ye  not  redde  howe  that 
he  which  made  man  at  the  begynnynge/  made  them  man  and 
woman  ?  and  saide  for  thys  ^  tliynge/  shall  a  man  leve  father 
and  mother/  and  ^  cleve  vnto  his  wyfe/  and  they  twane  shalbe 
won  flese.  Wherfore  nowe  are  they  not  twayne/  but  won 
fleshe.  Let  no  man  therfore  put  asunder/  that  which  god 
hath  cuppled  togedder.  Then  sayde  they  to  hym  :  why  did 
Moses  commaunde  to  geve  vnto  her  a  ^testimonial!  of  divorse- 
ment  and  to  put  her  awaye  ?  He  saide  vnto  them  :  Moses 
because  of  the  hardnes  of  youre  hertes  sufired  you  to  put 
awaye  youre  wyfes :  But  from  the  begynnynge  hit  was  nott 
so.  I  saye  therefore  vnto  you/  whosoever  puttcth  awaye  his 
wyfe  (except  hit  be  for  fornicacion)  and  maiyeth  another/ 
breaketh  wedlocke/  and  whosoever  marieth  her  which  is  di- 
vorsed/  doeth  commyt  advoutiy. 

Then  spake  his  disciples  to  hym  :  yfF  the  matter  be  so  be- 
Iwene  man  and  wyfe/  then  is  it  not  good  to  mary.  He  sayde 
vnto  them  :  all  men  can  not  ^  awaye  with  that  saynge  :  but 
they  to  whom  it  is  geven.  There  are  chaste/  which  were  so 
borne  out  of  the  mothers  belly.  And  there  are ''  chaste/  which 
be  made  of  men.     And  there  be  chaste/  which  have  made 

»'  Thou  ungratious,  Or.  Bps.  i^  When,  Cr.  Bjts.  ^^  Shuld- 

est not  thou,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.    Ouglitcst  not  thou.  etc.  Ge7i.  ''*  Tor- 

mentours,  Bps.  '  Make  a  divorcement  with,  etc.  Cr.  *  Eve 

rie  fault.  Gen.  '  Cause,    Cr.    Gen.   Bps.  "^  Be  knit,  Bps. 

^  Bill,  Gen.   Writing,  Bps.  ^  Comprehende,  Cov.  Cr.    Receive, 

Gen.  Bps.  '  Gelded,  Cov. 


2Ct)C  CSospcll  of  S.  iffiatljcto.  ®f).  1^1%. 

them  selves  chaste  for  the  kyngdom  off  hevens  seike.  He  that 
can  ^  take  it  lett  hym  *^take  it. 

Then  were  brought  to  hym  yonge  chyldi-en/  that  he  shuldo 
put  his  hondcs  on  them  and  praye  And  his  disciples  rebuked 
them.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  suffre  the  chyldren/  and  for- 
bid them  not  to  come  to  me/  ffor  ^  vnto  suche  belongeth  the 
kingdom  off  heven.  And  when  he  had  put  his  hondes  on 
them/  he  departed  thence.  And  beholde  won  cam/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  good  master/  what  good  thinge  shall  I  do/  that  I 
maye  have  eternal  lyfe  .'  He  sayde  vnto  him  :  why  callest 
thou  me  good  ?  there  is  none  good  but  won/  and  that  his  God. 
But  and  thou  wilt  entre  in  to  lyfe/  kepe  the  commaundmentes. 
He  sayde  :  Which  ?  And  Jesus  sayde  :  thou  shalt  ^  not  kyll. 
thou  shalt  not  breake  wedloocke.  Thou  shalt  not  steale  :  thou 
shalt  nott  beare  falce  witnes,  honoure  thy  father  and  mother, 
and  thou  shalt  love  thyne  neghbour  as  thy  sylfe  :  the  yonge 
man  sayde  vnto  him  :  I  have  "^observed  all  these  thinges  from 
my  youth/  what  i^  have  y  more  to  do  ?  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
him  :  yf  thou  wilt  be  perfecte/  goo  and  sell  ^-that  thou  hast/ 
and  geve  it  to  the  povre/  and  thou  shalt  have  treasure  in  hev- 
en/ and  come  and  folowe  me.  When  the  yonge  man  herde 
that  sayinge/  he  went  awaye  ^^  morninge.  For  he  had  greate 
possessions. 

Jesus  sayde  then  vnto  his  disciples :  Verely  I  say  vnto  you/ 
^^  a  ryche  man  shall  with  difficulte  enter  into  the  kyngdom  of 
heven.  And  moreover  I  say  vnto  you  :  it  is  easier  for  a  cam- 
ell  to  go  through  the  eye  of  a  nedle/  then  for  a  ryche  man  to 
enter  into  the  kyngdome  ^^of  heven.  When  his  disciples 
herde  that/  they  were  excedingly  amased/  sayinge  :  who  then 
can  be  saved  ?  Jesus  behelde  them/  and  saide  vnto  them : 
with  men  this  is  vnpossyble/  but  with  God  all  thinges  are  pos- 
syble. 

Then  answered  Peter/  and  saide  to  him :  Beholde  we  have 
forsaken  all/  and  have  folowed  the :  wliat  shall  we  have  ther- 
fore  ?  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  verely  I  saye  to  you/  thatt 
16  ye  which  have  folowed  me  in  the  seconde  generacion  (when 

*  Of  such  is,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  '  Not  commit  manslauter,  Cr.  Do 
no  murder,  Bps.  '"  Kept,    Cr.  Bps.  "  Lacke  I  yet,  All  the 

Vers.  '^  Thy  substance,  Bps.  '^  Sory,  Cr.  Bps.  Sorrowful, 

Gen..  '*  It  is  harde  for  a  riche  man  [tlie  ryche,  C]  to  etc.  T.  J\l. 

Cr.     That  a  riche  man  shall  hardly,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Of  God, 

Jill  the  Vers.  '^  When  the  son  of  man  shall  sit,  etc.  ye  that  have 

folowed  me  in  the  regeneration  [the  new  birth,  Cov.,  the  second  gen- 
eration, T.  wV.J  shall  syt,  etc.  Ml  the  Vers. 


the  Sonne  off  man  shall  syt  in  the  seate  of  his  maieste)  shall 
syt  also  vppon  xij  seates/  and  iudge  the  xij  trybes  off  Israhel. 
And  whosoever  forsaketh  housse/  or  brethren/  or  systers/  other 
father/  or  mother/  or  wyfe/  or  chyldren/  or  '^'^  lyvelod/  for  my 
names  sake/  the  same  shall  receve  an  hundred  folde/  and 
shall  inheret  everlastynge  lyfe.  Many  that  are  fyrste  shalbe 
laste/  and  the  laste  shalbe  ffyrste. 

STIjc  p):.  ffijaptcr. 

TC^OR  the  kyngdom  of  heven  ys  lyke  vnto  ^  an  housseholder/ 
which  went  out  ^erly  in  the  mominge  to  hyre  labourers  into 
hys  vynyarde.  And  ^  he  agrede  with  the  labourers  for  a  peny 
a  daye  and  sent  them  into  his  vynyarde.  And  he  went  out 
about  the  thyrde  houre/  and  sawe  other  stondyng  ydell  in  the 
market  place  and  sayd  vnto  them  go  ye  also  into  my  vyn- 
yarde/ and  whatsoever  is  right/  I  will  geve  you.  and  they  went 
there  way,  Agayne  he  went  out  aboute  the  sixte  and  nynthe 
houre/  and  dyd  lyke  wyse.  And  he  went  out  aboute  the  elev- 
enthe  houre  and  founde  other  stondynge  ydell  ?  And  sayde 
vnto  them  :  Why  stonde  ye  here  all  the  daye  ydell  ?  They 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  because  no  man  hath  hyred  vs.  He  sayde 
to  them :  goo  ye  alsoo  into  my  vynyarde/  and  whatsoever 
shalbe  right/  that  shall  ye  receave. 

When  even  was  come  the  ^  lorde  of  the  vyneyarde  sayde 
vnto  hys  steward  :  call  the  labourers/  and  geve  them  there 
hyre/  begynnyng  at  the  laste/  tyll  thou  come  to  the  fyrste. 
And  ^  they  whyche  were  hyred  aboute  the  eleventhe  houre/ 
cam  and  receaved  every  man  a  peny.  Then  cam  the  fyrst/ 
supposyng  that  they  shulde  receave  mooare/  and  they  like 
wyse  receaved  every  man  a  peny.  And  when  they  had  re- 
ceaved it/  they  grudged  agaynst  the  ^  good  man  of  the  housse 
sayng  :  these  laste  have  wroght  but  one  houre/  and  thou  hast 
made  them  equall  vnto  vs  which  have  borne  the  burthen  and 
heet  of  the  daye. 

He  answered  to  one  of  them  saynge :  frende  I  do  the  no 
wronnge.  dyddeste  thou  not  agre  withe  me  for  a  penny  ? 
Take  '  that  which  is  thy  duty/  and  goo  thy  wave.     I  will  geve 

"  Landes,  Ml  the  Vers.  ^  Cr.  Bps.  add — a  man  that  is.  '  At 
the  dawning  of  the  daye,  Gen.  ^  And  when  the  agreement  was 

made,  etc.  he  sent,  etc.  Cr.  *  Master,  Ge7i.  *  And  when  they 

dyd  come,  that  came    [were  hyred,  B.]  about  the  eleventh,  etc.  Cr, 
Bps.  ®  Householder,  Cov.     Master,  Gen.  '  That  thyne  ia, 

Cov.  Cr.  Bps.    That  which  is  thine  owne,  Gen. 


E\)t  ©osjjcll  of  S.  iWatl)cto.  ffit).  VX- 

vnto  this  laste/  ^  as  moche  as  to  the.  9  Ys  yt  not  lawfull  ifor 
me  to  do  I'^as  me  listeth  with  ^^  myne  awne.  Ys  thyne  eye 
evyll  because  I  am  good  ?  Soo  the  laste  shalbe  fyrste/  and  the 
fyrste  shalbe  laste.  For  many  are  called  and  fcawe  be  cho- 
sen. 

And  Jesus  ascended  to  Jerusalem/  and  toke  the  xij  disciples 
aparte  in  the  waye/  and  sayde  to  them  :  Loo  we  goo  vp  to 
Jerusalem/  and  the  sonne  off  man  shalbe  betrayed  vnto  the 
chef  prestes/  and  vnto  the  scrybes/  and  they  shall  condemne 
hym  to  deeth/  and  shall  delivre  hym  to  the  gentils/  to  be 
mocked/  to  be  scourged/  and  to  be  crucified,  and  the  thyrd 
day  he  shall  rysc  agayne. 

Then  cam  to  hym  the  mother  off  Zebedes  children  with  her 
sonnes  worshyppynge  him/  and  desyrynge  a  certayne  thynge 
off  hym.  He  sayde  vnto  her :  \Vhat  wylt  thou  have/  She 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  Graunte  that  these  my  two  sonnes  maye  sitt/ 
one  on  thy  right  bond/  and  the  other  on  thy  lifte  honde  in  thy 
kyngdom. 

Jesus  answered  and  sayd  :  Ye  wot  not  whatt  ye  axe.  Are 
ye  able  to  drynke  off  the  cuppe  that  y  shall  drinke  of.  And 
to  be  baptised  with  the  baptism  that  y  shalbe  baptised  with/ 
They  answered  to  him  :  ^'^  That  we  are.  He  sayd  vnto  them  : 
Ye  shall  ^^  drynke  of  my  cupe/  and  shalbe  baptised  with  the 
baptim  that  y  shall  be  baptysed  with  :  But  to  syt  on  my  right 
bond/  and  on  my  lyft  bond/  is  not  myne  to  geve :  but  ^"^  to 
them  for  whom  it  is  prepared  of  my  father. 

And  when  the  ten  herde  this/  they  desdayned  att  the  two 
brethren.  But  Jesus  called  them  vnto  hym/  and  saide  :  Ye 
knowe/  that  the  ^^  lordes  of  the  gentyls  have  dominacion  over 
them/  And  they  that  are  greate/  exercise  power  over  them. 
It  shall  not  be  so  amonge  you  :  But  whosoever  wyll  be  greate 
among  you/  let  hym  be  youre  minister/  and  whosoever  will 
be  chefe/  let  him  be  youre  servaunt.  Even  as  the  sonne  off 
man  cam/  not  to  be  ministered  vnto/  but  to  minister  :  and  to 
geve  his  lyfe  ^^  for  the  redempcion  off  many. 

And  as  they  departed  from  Hierico/  moche  people  folowed 
hym.  And  beholde  two  blynde  men  syttinge  by  the  waye 
side/  when  they  herde/  that  Jesus  passed  by  cryed  sayinge  : 

8  Even  as  unto  thee,  Cr.  Bps.        °  Or  have  I  not  power  to  do,  etc.. 
Cot.  '0  That  I  wil,  Ge7i.  Bps.  "  Myne  owne  goodes,  Cr.. 

^^  Yee,  that  we  maye,  Cov.     We  are,  Cr.     We  are   able,  Gcyi.  Bps. 
'3  Drinke  indeed,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '•»  Cr.   adds — It   shall  channce 

Gen. — It  shall  be  given.  "  Princes  of  the  nations  [Gentiles,  B.} 

Cr.  Bps.         '®  A  ransom  for,  Gen.  Bps. 
D* 


jfo.  VFff.  iEDc  (Eospcll  of  S.  i«att)eto. 

Master  the  sonne  off  David  have  mercy  on  vs.  And  the  peo- 
ple rebuked  them/  because  they  shulde  holde  there  peace  : 
But  they  cryed  the  moare/'  sayinge  :  have  mercy  on  vs  mas- 
ter which  arte  the  sonne  off  David.  Then  Jesus  stode  styll/ 
and  called  them/  and  sayde  :  what  will  ye  that  y  shall  do  to 
you  ?  They  said  vnto  hym  :  Master/  that  oure  eyes  maye  be 
opened.  Jesus  ^"^  pitied  them/  and  touched  there  eyes.  And 
immediately  theire  eyes  receved  syght :  And  they  folowed 
hym. 

Ctjc  vvh  CItJaptcr. 

X^'^HEN  they  drewe  nye  vnto  Jerusalem/  and  were  come 
to  Betphage/  vnto  mounte  olivete/  then  sent  Jesus  two 
off  his  disciples/  sayinge  to  them  :  Go  in  to  the  toune  that 
lyeth  over  agaynste  you/  and  anon  ye  shall  fynde  an  asse 
bounde/  and  her  colte  with  her/  lose  them  and  bringe  them 
vnto  me.  And  if  eny  man  saye  ought  vnto  you/  saye  ye  that 
1  youre  master  hath  neade  off  them/  and  streyght  waye  he 
will  let  them  go.  All  this  was  done/  to  fulfyll  that  which  was 
spoken  by  the  prophet/  sayinge  :  Tell  ye  the  doughter  of  Si- 
on :  beholde  thy  kinge  cometli  vnto  the  meke/  sittingc  vppon 
an  asse  and  a  colte/  the  foole  off  an  asse  vsed  to  the  yooke. 
The  disciples  went/  and  did  as  Jesus  commaunded  them/  and 
brought  the  asse  and  the  colte/  and  put  on  them  there  clothes/ 
and  set  him  there  on.  Many  of  the  people  spreed  theire  gar- 
mentes  in  the  waye.  other  cut  doune  braunches  from  the  trees/ 
and  strawed  them  m  the  waye.  Moreover  the  people  that 
went  before/  and  they  also  that  cam  after  cried  sayinge  :  ho- 
sianna  to  the  sonne  of  David.  Blessed  be  he  that  commeth 
in  the  name  of  the  lorde/  hosianna  in  the  hyest. 

And  when  he  was  come  in  to  Jerusalem/  all  the  cite  was 
moved/  sayinge  :  who  ys  thys  .'  And  the  people  sayde  :  thys 
ys  Jesus  the  prophet  of  nazareth  a  cite  of  galile.  And  Jesus 
went  in  to  the  temple  of  God/  and  caste  out  all  them  that 
bought  and  soldo  in  the  temple/  and  overthrew  the  tables  of 
the  mony  chaungers/  and  the  seates  of  them  that  solde  doves. 
And  saide  to  them  :  it  is  written/  muie  housse  shalbe  called 
the  housse  off  prayer/  butt  ye  have  made  it  a  dema  of  theves. 
And  the  blinde  and  the  halt  cam  to  hym  in  the  temple/  and  he 
healed  them. 

When  the  chefe  prestos  and  scribes  sawe/  the  ~  marveylles 

"  Had  compassion  on,  T.  M.   Moved  with  compassion,  touched,  etc. 
Gc?i.         '  The  Lorde,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        «  Wonders,  Cr.  Bps. 


E\)c  CSospcU  of  S.  ifHntijelu.  fff).  vvl- 

thatt  he  dyd/  And  the  chyldren  cryinge  in  the  temple  and 
sayinge/  hosianna  to  tlie  sonnc  of"  David/  they  desdayncd/  and 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  hearcst  thou  what  these  saye  ?  Jesus  sayde 
vnto  them  :  '^  have  ye  never  redde  off  the  mouth  of  babes  and 
suckehngcs  thou  hast  **  ordeyned  pmyse  ?  And  he  left  them/ 
and  went  out  of  the  cite  vnto  bethani/  and  ^  passed  the  tyme 
there. 

In  the  mornynge  as  he  returned  into  the  cite  ageyne/  he 
hungred/  and  spyed  a  fygge  tree  in  the  way/  and  cam  to  it/ 
and  founde  nothynge  there  on/  but  leves  only/  and  said  to  it/ 
never  frute  growe  on  the  hence  forwardes.  And  anon  the 
fygge  tree  vi^ddered  awaye.  And  when  his  disciples  sawe 
it/  they  marvelled  sayinge  :  How  sone  is  the  fygge  tree  wyd» 
dered  awaye  ?  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ver- 
ely  I  say  vnto  you/  y ft'  ye  shall  have  fayth/  and  shall  not  dout/ 
ye  shall  nott  only  do  that  which  ^  y  have  done  to  the  fygge 
ti'ee  :  but  also  yf  ye  shall  saye  vnto  this  mountayne/  "  take  thy 
silfe  awaye/  and  caste  thy  silfe  in  to  the  see/  it  shalbe  done. 
And  whatsoever  thinge  ye  shall  axe  in  youre  prayers  (if  ye 
beleve)  ye  shall  receave  hit. 

And  when  he  was  come  into  the  temple/  the  chefe  prestes 
and  the  seniores  of  the  people  cam  vnto  him  as  he  was  teach- 
inge/  and  sayde  :  by  what  auctorite  doest  thou  these  thinges  .'' 
and  who  gave  the  this  power  ?  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde 
vnto  them  :  I  also  wyll  axe  ^  of  you  a  certayne  question/ 
which  if  ye  ^  asoyle  me/  y  in  lyke  wyse  wyll  tell  you  by  what 
auctorite  I  do  these  thinges.  Whence  was  the  baptism  of 
Jhon  ?  from  heven/  or  of  men  ?  And  they  thought  in  them- 
selves/ sayinge :  yf  we  shall  saye/  from  heven/  he  wyll  saye 
vnto  vs :  why  dyd  ye  not  then  beleve  hym  :  but  and  ift"  we 
shall  saye  of  men  then  feare  we  the  people.  For  all  men 
helde  Jhon  as  a  prophet.  And  they  answered  Jesus/  and 
sayde  :  we  cannot  tell.  He  lyke  wyse  sayde  vnto  them  :  ne- 
ther tell  I  you  by  what  auctorite  y  do  these  thinges :  1°  What 
saye  ye  to  thys  .''  a  certayne  man  had  ij  sonnes/  and  cam  ^^  to 
the  elder  sayinge :  go/  and  worke  to  day  in  my  vyneyarde. 
He  answered  and  sayd/  I  w^^ll  not :  but  afterwarde  repented 

^  Why  not  ;  liave  ye,  etc.  Cr.  Yea,  read  ye  never,  Gen.  •*  Made 
perfit  the  praise,  Gen.  *  There   abode  over  night,  Cov.  Had  his 

abydyng  there,  T.  M.  Cr.  Lodcred  there.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Is  happen- 
ed unto,  Cr.  '  Avoyde,  Cov  Remove,  Cr.  Be  thou  removed,  fips. 
8  A  worde  of  you,  Cov.  Of  you,  a  certaine  thynge,  Cr.  Gen.  You, 
one  question,  Bps.  *  Tell   me,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  But  vv'liat 

thinke  ye,  Gen.  Bps.  "  The  first,  Cr.  Bps. 


^0.  nil]'  Eitt  CSospell  of  S,  i«at})eh). 

and  went.  Then  cam  he  to  the  seconde/  and  sayde  lyke^vyse/ 
and  he  answered  and  sayde  :  I  wyll  syr :  yet  went  he  not. 
Whedder  of  these  ij  fulfylled  there  fathers  wyll  ?  and  they 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  the  fyrst.  Jesus  sayde  unto  them :  verely 
I  saye  vnto  you/  that  the  publicans  and  the  harlotes  shal  come 
into  the  kyngdome  off  God  before  you.  For  Jhon  cam  vnto 
you/  12  in  the  way  of  rightewesnes/  and  ye  beleved  hym  not. 
but  the  publicans  and  the  ^^  whoores  beleved  hym.  But  ye 
(though  ye  sawe  it)  yet  were  not  moved  I'^with  repentaunce/ 
that  ye  myght  aftervvarde  have  beleved  hym. 

Herken  another  similitude.  There  was  a  certayne  ^^  hous- 
holder  whych  set  a  v^^neyarde/  and  hedged  it  rounde  about/ 
and  made  a  wynpresse  in  it/  and  bilt  a  tower/  and  lett  it  out 
to  husbandmen/  and  went  into  a  straunge  countre.  And  when 
the  tyme  of  the  frute  drew  near/  he  sent  his  servauntes  to  the 
husbandmen/  to  rcceave  the  frutes  of  it/  and  the  husbandmen 
caught  his  servauntes/  and  bet  won/  kylled  another/  and  sto- 
ned another.  Againe  he  sent  other  servauntes  moo  then  the 
fyrst/  and  they  i^  served  them  lyke  wyse.  But  last  of  all/  he 
sent  vnto  them  hys  awne  sonne/  sayinge  :  they  wyll  ^^  fcare 
my  Sonne.  When  the  husbandmen  saw  his  sonne/  they  sayde 
amonge  themselves :  Thys  ys  the  heyre/  come  on  lett  us  kyll 
hym/  and  lett  vs  i^  take  hys  inherytaunce  to  oure  selves.  And 
they  caught  hym  and  thrust  him  out  of  the  vyneyarde/  and 
shlewe  him.  When  the  lorde  of  the  vyneyarde  commeth. 
what  wyll  he  do  with  those  husbandmen  ?  They  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  i^  he  will  ~'^  evyll  destroye  those  '^i  evyll  pereons/  and 
wyll  lett  out  his  vyneyarde  vnto  other  husbandmen/  whych 
shall  dely ver  hym  his  frute  ^'^  att  tymes  convenient. 

Jesus  saide  vnto  them :  dyd  ye  never  reede  in  the  scrip- 
tures ?  the  same  stone  which  the  bylders  ^  refused/  is  set  in 
the  princypall  parte  of  the  corner,  this  was  the  lordes  doinge/ 
and  it  is  mervelous  in  oure  eyes.  Therefore  saye  I  vnto  you 
the  kingdome  of  god  shalbe  taken  from  you/  and  shalbe  geven 
to  2^  the  gentyles  which  shall  biynge  forth  the  frutes  otT  it. 

''^  And  taufi^ht  you  the  right  way,  Cov.  '^  Harlots,  Jll  the  Vers. 

'*  With  repentance  afterwarde,  tliat  ye  ni3'ght,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'*  Man,  an  householder,  Cr.  Bps.  '*  Dyd  unto  them,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
>^  Stonde   in  awe   of,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.    Reverence,  Gen.  '*  Enjoy 

[sease  upon,  B.]  his  inJieritance,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Forasmuch  as  they 

be  evyll,  he  will  cruelly  destroy  them,  Cr.  ''"  Cruellye,  Cov.  T.M. 
Gen.    Miserably,  Bps.         ^'  Wicked  men.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  In  due 

season,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Disallowed.  Bps.  ^  A  nation,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps. 


E^e  eSospell  of  S.  iHatJcto.  «l).  );):ff. 

And  whosoever  shall  fall  on  thys  stone/  shalbe  alto  broken.*^ 
And  whomsoever  thys  stone  shall  fall  oppon/  ^6  he  shall  grynd 
him  to  powder.  And  when  the  chefe  prestos  and  pharyses 
hearde  his  similitudes  they  perceaved  that  he  spake  of  them. 
And  they  went  about  to  laye  hondes  on  hym/  but  they  feared 
the  people/  because  they  counted  hym  as  a  prophet.  27  ^^^^d 
Jesus  answered  and  spake  vnto  them  agayne/  in  similitudes/ 
sayinge. 

E\)c  n'i\-  <?tt)aptcr. 

nnHE  kyngdome  of  heven  is  lyke  unto  ^a  certayne  kinge/ 
which  2  maiyed  his  sonne/  and  sent  forth  his  servauntes/ 
to  call  them  that  were  byd  to  the  weddinge/  and  they  wolde 
nott  come.  Agayne  he  sentt  forth  other  servauntes/  sayinge  : 
tell  them  which  are  bydden  :  Lo  I  have  prepared  my  dynner/ 
myne  oxen  and  my  fatlinges  are  kylled/  and  all  thinges  are 
re'dy/  come  vnto  the  mariage.  They  made  light  of  it/  and 
went  their  wayes :  won  to  his  ferme  place/  another  about  his 
merchandyse/  the  remnaunt  toke  his  servauntes  and  entreated 
them  ^vngoodly  and  slewe  them.  When  the  kinge  herde 
that/  he  was  wroth/  and  sent  forth  his  "*  warryers  and  distroyed 
those  murtheres/  and  brent  vppe  theire  cite. 

Then  sayde  he  to  hys  servaunts  :  ^  The  weddinge  was 
prepared  :  butt  ^  they  which  were  bydden  thereto/  were  not 
worthy.  Go  ye  therefore  out  in  to  the  hye  wayes/  and  as 
many  as  ye  fynde/  byd  them  to  the  mariage.  The  servauntes 
went  out  into  the  "  wayes/  and  gaddered  togedder  as  many  as 
they  coulde  fynde/  booth  good  and  bad/  and  ^the  weddinge 
was  furnysshed  with  gestes.  The  kinge  cam  in/  to  viset  hys 
gestes/  and  spyed  there  a  man  which  had  not  on  a  weddinge 
garment/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  frende/  how  camyst  thou  in 
hydder/  and  hast  not  on  a  weddyng  garment  ?  and  he  was 
even  spechlesse.  Then  sayde  the  kynge  to  hys  ministers  : 
take  and  bynde  hym  hande  and  fote/  and  caste  hym  into  vtter 
dercknes/  there  shalbe  wepinge  and  gnassinge  of  teth.  For 
many  are  called  and  feawe  be  chosen. 

^  Cr.  and  Bps.  add — in  peeces.  ^  It  shall  all  to  grinde  him,  Cr. 
Bps.  ^  And  Jesus,  etc. —  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  connect  this  vs.  with 

ch.  xxii.  '  A  man  that  was  a  king,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Made  a  mar- 

riage for,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Shamefnlly,  Cov.  Cr.  Sharpely,  Gen.  Spite- 
fully, B/js.  ■»  Men  of  warre,  Cr.  Armies,  Bps.  *  The  mar- 
riage indeed  is,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  ^  The  gestes,  Cov.  ''  Hye  waies, 
T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  The  tables  were  all  full,  Cov. 


JTo.  jrjrfb.  grjje  (Rosfdl  of  S.  i«attcto. 

Then  went  the  farises  and  toke  counsell/  howe  they  myght 
tangle  him  in  his  wordes.  And  sent  vnto  him  there  disciples 
with  ^  herodes  sei-vauntes  sayinge  :  master  we  knowe  that  thou 
arte  true/  and  that  thou  teachest  the  waye  of  god  trueli/  nether 
carest  for  eny  man/  for  thou  ^^consydrest  nott  mennes  estate. 
Tell  vs  therefore  :  howe  thinkeste  thou  ?  is  it  lawfuU  to  geve 
tribute  vnto  ^^  Cesar/  or  not  ?  Jesus  perceaved  there  ^'^  wyly- 
nes/  and  sayde  :  Why  tempte  ye  me  ye  ypocrytes  ?  ^^  lett  me 
6e  the  tribute  money.  And  they  toke  hym  a  peny.  And  he 
eayde  vnto  them  :  whose  ys  this  ymage  and  superscripcion  .'' 
They  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Cesars.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  them  : 
Geve  therefore  to  Cesar/  that  which  is  cesars :  and  geve  unto 
god/  that  which  is  goddes.  When  they  herde  that  they  mar- 
velled/ and  lefte  hym  and  went  there  waye. 

The  same  daye  the  saduces  cam  vnto  hym  (whych  ^^  saye 
that  there  is  no  resurreccion)  and  they  axed  hym  saynge  : 
Master/  Moses  bade/  if  a  man  dye  havinge  no  children/  that 
the  brother  Mary  his  wyfe/  and  reyse  vppe  seed  vnto  his 
brother.  There  were  with  vs  seven  brethren/  the  fyrst  Mar- 
ied  and  dyed  with  out  ysshewe/  and  lefte  hys  wyfe  vnto  hys 
brother.  Lyke  wyse  the  seconde  and  the  thryd/  vnto  the 
seventhe.  Laste  of  all  the  woman  dyed  also.  Nowe  in  the 
resurreccion  whose  wyfe  shall  she  be  of  the  vij  ?  for  all  had 
her.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  ^^  ye  are  deceav- 
ed/  16  and  knowe  not  what  the  scripture  meanetlv  nor  ^'^  yett 
tlie  vertue  of  god.  For  in  the  resurreccion  they  nether  ^^  Mary 
nor  are  Maryed  :  but  are  as  the  angels  ^^  [of  god]  in  heven. 

As  touchynge  the  resurreccion  off  the  deed  :  have  ye  nott 
redde  what  ys  sayde  vnto  you  off  god/  which  sayeth  I  am 
Abrahams  God/  and  Ysaaks  God/  and  the  God  of  Jacob  } 
^  God  ys  nott  the  god  of  the  deed  :  but  of  the  lyvinge.  And 
when  the  people  herde  that/  they  were  astonyed  at  hys  doc- 
truie. 

When  the  pharises  had  herde/  howe  that  he  had  ^^  put  the 
saduces  to  silence/  they  drewe  togedder/  and  won  of  them 
whych  was  22  a  doctour  off  lawe  axed  him  a  question  tempt- 

^  The  Herodians,  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Regardest  not  the  outwarde  ap- 

pearance of  men,  Cov.  Or,    Dost  not  respect  mens  persons,  Gen.  Bps. 
"  The  Empcrourc,  Cov.   [So  vs.   21.]  '^Wickedness,   ."ill  the 

Vers.  "  Shewe  me,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Hold,  Cov.  '^  Ye 

do  erre,   Cr.   Bps.  '®  Not  knowing  the    Scriptures,  Cr.  Gen. 

''  The  power,    T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Marry  wives  nor  wives 

are  bestowed  in  marriage,  Gen.  "  T.  M.  Cr.  omit.  ^^  Yet  is 

not  God  a  God.  etc,  Cov.  "  Stopped  the  mouth  of  tlie  gaddu- 

cees,  Coc.         "^  A  scribe,  Cov.  A  lawyer,  Bps. 


B"!)?  CSospell  of  S.  iIHnt{)cU).  <t\).  vvfff- 

iiige  him  and  sayinge  :  Master  whych  is  the  grett  commaund- 
ment  in  the  lawe  ?  Jesus  sayde  vnto  him :  thou  shalt  love 
thy  lorde  god  with  all  thync  herte/  wyth  all  thy  soule/  and 
with  all  thy  mynde.  This  is  the  ^3  fyrst  and  24  that  grett  com- 
maundment.  And  "-nhcre  ys  another  lyke  vnto  thys.  Thou 
shalt  love  thyne  neghhour  as  thy  selfe.  In  these  two  com- 
maundmcnts/  hange  all  the  lawe  and  the  prophetts. 

Whyll  the  phariscs  were  gaddered  togedder/  Jesus  axed 
them  saynge/  what  thinke  ye  of  Christ?  whose  sonne  is  he  ? 
they  sayde  vnto  hym  :  the  sonne  of  david.  He  sayde  vnto 
them  :  howe  then  doeth  david  in  spirite  call  him  lorde/  saynge  ? 
The  lorde  sayde  to  my  lorde/  sytt  on  my  ryght  honde  :  tyll  I 
make  thyne  ennemyes  thy  fote  stole,  yf  david  call  hym 
lorde  :  howe  is  he  then  his  sonne  ?  And  none  of  them  coulde 
answere  him  ^  ageyne  one  worde.  Nether  durste  eny  man 
from  that  daye  forth  axe  hym  eny  moo  questions. 

''PHEN  spake  Jesus  to  the  people/  and  to  hys  disciples/ 
■*-  saynge  :  The  scrybs  and  the  pharises  sitt  in  moses  seate/ 
whatsoeve^i-  they  byd  you  observe/  that  observe  and  do  :  but 
after  their  workes  do  not :  for  they  saye/  and  do  not/  Ye  and 
they  bynde  hevy  burthens  and  greveous  to  be  borne/  and  ley 
them  on  mennes  shuklers  :  but  they  them  sylfe  wyl  not  ^  move 
them  with  one  fyngcr.  All  there  workes  they  do/  ^  for  to  be 
sene  of  men.  They  ^  sett  abroade  there  philateris/  and  ■*  make 
large  borders  on  there  garmenttes/  and  love  to  sytt  vppermooste 
at  feastes/  and  ^  to  have  the  chefe  seates  in  the  ^  synagogges/ 
and  gretynges  in  the  marketes  and  to  be  called  of  men  Rabi. 
But  ^  ye  shall  nott  suffre  youre  selves  to  be  called  rabi/  for 
one  s  ys"  youre  master/  that  is  to  wytt  Christ,  and  all  ye  are 
brethren.  And  call  ye  no  man  youre  father  on  the  erth/  for 
one  is  youre  father/  ^  and  he  is  in  heven.  be  ye  not  called 
masters/  for  one  ys  youre  master/  ^''and  he  is  Christe.  He 
that  is  greateste  amonge  you/  shalbe  youre  servaunte.     But 

^  Principal,  Cov.  ^4  Greatest,  Cr.  ^'  The  second  is,  etc. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Any  thing.  Cr.  '  Heave  at  them,  T.  M.  Cr. 

*  For  the    intent  tlmt  they.  etc.  Cr.  ^  Make  broad,  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Make  long  the  fringes,  Gen.  Enlarge  the  hemmes,  Bps.  *  To  sit 
in  the  chefe  place  of  counsels.  Cr.  "  Assemblies,  Gen.  "^  But 
be  ye  not  called,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Is  your  doctor,  to  wit, 
Christ,  Gen.  '  »  Which  is,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^°  Even,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.     [So  Cr.  Bps.  vs.  8.] 


^e.  i:j:b.  fflje  ©fospell  of  S.  ifttattch). 

whosoever  exalteth  hym  silfe/  shalbe  brought  lowe.  And  he 
that  submitteth  liim  silfe/  shalbe  exalted. 

Wo  be  vnto  you  scribs  and  pharises  ^^  dissemblers/  for  ye 
sheet  vp  the  kyngdom  of  heven  before  men :  ye  youre  selves 
goo  nott  in/  nether  suffre  ye  them  that  come  to  enter  in. 

Wo  be  vnto  you  scribes  and  pharises/  ^^for  ye  devoure 
widdowes  houses/  and  that  vnder  a  ^^  coloure  of  praying  longe 
prayers/  wherfore  ye  shall  ^^receave  greater  damnacion. 

Wo  be  vnto  you  scribes  and  pharises  ypocrites/  for  ye  com- 
passe  see  and  londe/  to  ^^  brynge  one  in  to  youre  belefe  :  And 
when  ^6  ye  have  brought  him  ye  make  hym  two  folde  more 
the  chylde  off  hell/  then  ye  youre  selves  are. 

Wo  be  vnto  you  blynd  gides/  for  ye  saye  ;  whosoever 
sweare  by  the  temple/  yt  ys  nothinge  :  but  whosoever  sweare 
by  the  golde  of  the  temple/  he  ^"^  is  detter.  ye  foles  and  blinde  : 
whether  is  greater/  the  golde/  or  the  temple  that  sanctifyeth 
the  golde.  And  whosoever  sweareth  by  the  aulter  it  is  noth- 
inge :  but  whosoever  sweareth  by  the  ^^  offeringe  that  lyeth 
on  the  aultre  ys  detter.  ye  foles  and  blinde  :  whether  is 
greater  the  offeringe/  or  the  aultre  whych  sanctifyeth  the  off- 
eringe ?  whosoever  therfore  sweareth  be  the  aultre/  sweareth 
bi  it/  and  by  all  that  there  on  is.  And  whosoever  sweareth 
by  the  temple  sweareth  by  it/  and  by  hym  that  dwelleth  there 
in.  And  he  that  sweareth  by  heven/  sweareth  by  the  seate  of 
god/  and  by  hym  that  sytteth  thereon. 

Wo  be  to  you  scrybes  and  pharises  desemblers/  for  ye 
lythe  mynt/  annys/  and  commen/  and  leave  the  waygthtyer 
mattres  of  the  lawe  ^^  [ondone]  :  iudgement/  mercy/  and 
20  fayth :  these  ought  ye  to  have  done/  and  not  to  have  lefte 
the  othre  ondone.  Ye  blinde  gides/  which  strayne  out  a  gnat/ 
and  swalowe  a  cammyll. 

Wo  be  to  you  scrybes/  and  pharises  ypocrites/  for  ye  make 
clene  the  vtter  side  off  the  cuppe/  and  ofi'  the  platter/  but  with 
in  they  are  full  of  ^^  brybery  and  excesse.  Thou  blynde  phar- 
ise/  dense  fyrst/  that  which  is  within  the  cuppe  and  the  plat- 
ter/ that  the  outsyde  maye  also  be  clene. 

Wo  be  to  you  scrybes/  and  pharises  ypocrites/  for  ye  are 

"  Hypocrites,  jlll  the  Vers.  [So,  ts.  23.]  ""  j^ll  the  Vers,  add 

— Hypocrites.  '•'  Pretence,  Cr.  Bps.  '■*  Be  the   sorer  pun- 

yahed,  Cr.  '^  To  make  one   proselyte  [one  of  your  profession, 

G.]  Cod.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Become  one,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  Made.  Gcu. 
•7  Offendeth,  T.  M.  Gen.  Is  giltie,  Cr.  [So  too  vs.  18.]  '»  Gift, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So,  vs.  19.]  ^^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  om\t.  ^  Fidel- 

itie,  Gen.  ''  Robbery,  Cov. 


SJe  eSospcll  of  ,S.  iHat!)eto.  CTlj.  vvffff- 

lyke  vnto  paynted  22tombes  which  appere  beautyfuU  out- 
wardes  :  but  are  with  in  full  off  deed  mens  bones  and  of  all 
fylthynes.  So  are  ye/  for  outwardcs  ye  appere  rightous  vnto 
men/  when  with  in  ye  are  full  of '^dissimulacion  and  iniquite. 

Wo  be  vnto  you  scrybes  and  pharises  ypocrites/  ffor  ye 
bilde  the  tombes  off  the  prophetts/  and  garnisshe  the  sepul- 
chres off  ■^"'iuste  men/  and  saye :  Yf  we  had  bene  in  ^oure 
fathers  tymc/  we  woldc  not  have  bene  partners  with  them  in 
the  bloucl  of  the  prophetes.  So  are  ye  witnesses  vnto  youre 
selves/  that  ye  are  the  children  of  them/  which  killed  the 
prophetes.  Fulfyll  ye  lyke  wyse  the  measure  of  youre  fath- 
ers .  ^  ye  serpents  and  generacion  of  vipers/  howe  shall  ye 
scape  the  dampnacion  of  hell  ? 

Wherfore  beholde  y  sende  vnto  you  prophetes/  wyse  men/ 
and  scr\'bes/  and  off'  them  some  shall  ye  kyll  and  crucifie/  and 
some  shall  ye  scourge  in  youre  synagogges/  and  persecute 
from  cite  to  cite/  thatt  all  righteous  bloud  may  fall  on  you/ 
which  was  sheed  apon  the  erth/  from  the  bloud  of  rightous 
Abell/  vnto  the  bloud  of  Zacharias  the  sonne  of  Barachias/ 
whom  ye  slewe  betwene  the  temple  and  the  altre  :  Verely  y 
say  vnto  you/  all  these  thinges  shall  light  apon  this  genera- 
cion. Hierusalem  Hierusalem  which  kylleth  prophetes/  and 
stonest  them  which  are  sent  to  the  :  howe  often  wolde  I  have 
gaddered  thy  children  to  gedder/  as  the  henne  gaddereth  her 
chickens  vnder  her  wynges  ?  but  ye  wolde  not  ?  beholde  youre 
2"  habitacion  shalbe  lefte  vnto  you  desolate.  For  y  saye  vnto 
you/  ye  shall  ^not  seme  hence  forth/  tyll  that  ye  saye : 
blessed  ys  he  that  commeth  in  the  name  off  the  lorde. 

El)e  pvft'f  <i!i"!;a^tcv. 

A  ND  Jesus  went  out  and  departed  from  the  temple :  and 
-^^^  his  disciples  cam  to  hym/  for  to  shewe  hym  the  byldinge 
of  the  temple.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  se  ye  not  all  these 
thinges  ?  verely  y  saye  vnto  you/  There  shall  not  be  here 
leeft  1  one  stone  vppon  another/  that  shall  not  be  -  destroyed. 
And  as  he  sat  vppon  the  mount  Olivete/  his  disciples  cam  vn- 
to hym  secretly  sayinge  :  Tell  vs/  when  this  shalbe  ?  and  what 

^^  Sepulchres,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Hypocrisie,  T.M.  Gen.  Bps.  Fayned- 
nesse,  Cr.  ^  Righteous,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^5  -phe  dayes 

of  our  fathers,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ye  serpentes,  ye  generation, 
etc.  Cr.  Bps.    O  serpenles,  the  generation,  etc.  Gen.  '^  House, 

Cr.  Bps.  ^  By  no  meanes  see  me,  Bps.  '  A  stone  upon  a 

Btone,  Gen.  "  Cast  downe,  T.  M.  Gen. 

£ 


JJo.  n'ol  Srijc  eSospell  of  S.  i«atticUj. 

signe  shalbe  of  thy  comminge/  and  of  the  ende  of  the  worlde  ? 
and  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Take  hede/  that 
no  man  desceave  you/  for  many  shall  come  in  my  name  sa- 
inge  :  y  am  Christ/  and  shall  deceave  many. 

3  Ye  shall  heare  of  warres/  and  of  the  "*  noyse  of  warres/  but 
se  that  ye  be  not  troubled/  for  all  these  thinges  muste  come  to 
passe/  but  the  ende  is  not  yet.  For  nacion  shall  ryse  ageynste 
nacion/  and  realme  ageynste  realme  :  and  there  shalbe  pesti- 
lence/ and  ^honger/  and  erthquakes  ^in  all  quarters.  All 
these  are  the  beginynnge  off  sorovves. 

Then  shall  they  '  put  you  to  trouble/  and  shall  kyll  you/ 
and  ye  shalbe  hated  off  all  nacions  ffor  my  names  sake  :  and 
then  shall  many  fall/  and  shall  betraye  won  another/  and  shall 
hate  won  the  other/  and  many  falce  prophetes  shall  aryse/ 
and  shall  deceave  many  :  and  because  iniquite  shall  ^  have  the 
vpper  hande/  the  love  of  many  shall  9  abate.  But  he  that  en- 
dureth  to  the  ende  shalbe  safe.  And  this  Gospell  off  the 
kyngdom  shalbe  preached  in  all  the  worlde/  for  a  witnes  vnto 
all  nacions/  and  then  shall  the  ende  come. 

When  ye  then  shall  se  the  abominacion  ^^and  desolacion 
(spoken  of  by  Daniell  the  prophet)  stonde  in  the  holy  place  : 
whosoever  redeth  it/  ^^  let  hym  vnderstonde  it.  Then  let 
them  which  be  in  iury  flye  into  the  mountaynes.  And  lett 
hym  whych  is  on  the  housse  toppe/  not  come  doune  to  take 
enytinge  out  of  his  housse.  Nether  let  hym  which  is  in  the 
felde/  returne  backe  to  fetche  his  clothes.  Wo  ^^  be  in  those 
dayes  to  them  that  are  with  chylde/  and  to  them  that  geve 
sucke.  Butt  praye  thatt  youre  flyght  be  not  in  the  winther/ 
nether  on  the  saboth  daye.  For  then  shall  be  greate  tribula- 
cion/  suche  as  was  not  from  the  beginynge  off  the  worlde  to 
this  tyme/  ner  shalbe.  Ye  and  except  those  dayes  shulde  be 
shortened/  shulde  no  flesshe  be  saved  :  Butt  for  the  ^'^  chosens 
sake  those  dayes  shalbe  shortened. 

Then  yff  eny  man  shall  save  vnto  you  :  lo/  here  is  Christ/ 
or  there  i"*  [  is  Christ  ]  :  beleve  it  not :  ffor  there  shall  arj'-se 
falce  cliristes/  and  falce  prophetes/  and  shall  ^^geve  greate 

■*  Bps.  inserts — It  will  come  to  passe  that  ye,  etc.  ■*  Fame,  T.M. 
Tvdinges,  Cr.  Rumours,  Gen.  Bps.  ^Famine,  Gen.  Bps.  ^Here 
and  there,  Cov.  T.M.  In  all  places,  Cr.  In  divers  places.  Gen.  In 
certaine  places,  Bps.  '  Deliver  you  up  to  be  afflicted.  Gen:  *Be 
increased.    Gen.      Abounde,    Bps.  ^  Waxe    cold,   Gen.    Bps. 

'"  That  betokeneth  desolation.  T.  M.  Desolation,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
"  Marke  it  wel,  C<w.  •"  Shal  be,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Elects,  Gen. 
[So  vs.  31.]  '■»  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '"  Do  [shewe,  Cr.)  grc^l 

miracles,  T.  M.  Cr. 


8ri)c  fflospell  of  S.  iWntt)e\u.  €j).  xvf^fl- 

signes  and  wonders,  i''  So  greatly  that  yff  it  were  possible/ 
'■^even  the  chosen  shulde  be  brought  into  erroure.  Take  hede 
I  have  tolde  you  before.  Yff  they  shall  saye  vnto  you  :  lo/ 
he  is  in  the  desert/  go  not  forth  :  yff  they  saye  :  lo/  he  is  in 
the  secret  places/  beleve  nott.  For  as  the  lightnynge  cometh 
out  off  the  eest/  and  shyneth  unto  the  weest :  so  shall  the 
commynge  off  the  sonne  of  man  be.  For  wheresoever  ^^  a 
deed  body  is/  even  thyther  wyll  the  egles  ^^  resorte. 

Immediately  after  the  tribulacions  off  those  dayes/  shall  the 
sun  be  derkeneth  :  and  the  mone  shall  not  geve  her  light/  and 
the  starres  shall  fall  from  heven/  and  the  powers  of  heven 
shall  move  And  then  shall  appere  the  sygne  of  the  somie  ofT 
man  in  heven.  And  then  shall  all  the  kynrcddes  of  the  erth 
morne/  and  they  shall  se  the  sonne  of  man  come  in  the  cloudes 
of  heven  with  power  and  greate  maieste  :  and  he  shall  sende 
his  angel les  with  the  great  ^'^  voyce  of  a  tromp/  and  they  shall 
gadder  togedther  his  chosen  from  the  fower  wyndes  :  ^^  and 
from  the  one  ende  off  ^^  the  worlde  to  the  other. 

Learne  a  similitude  of  the  fygge  tree  :  when  his  braunches 
are  yet  tender/  and  ^^  his  leves  spronge/  ye  knowe  that  som- 
mer  is  nye.  So  lyke  wyse  when  ye  se  all  these  thynges/  be 
ye  sure  that  it  is  neare  even  at  the  dores.  Verely  I  saye  vnto 
you/  thatt  this  generacion  shall  not  passe/  tyll  all  be  fulfylled. 
Heven  and  erth  shall  ^'^  perisshe  :  but  my  wordes  shall  '^  abyde. 
But  of  that  daye  and  houre  knowith  no  man/  no  not  the  angels 
of  heven  but  my  father  only. 

As  the  tyme  of  Noe  was/  so  lyke  wyse  shall  the  commynge 
of  the  sonne  off  man  be.  For  as  in  the  dayes  before  the  floud  : 
they  dyd  eate  and  drynke/  maiy/  and  were  maried/  even  vnto 
the  daye  that  Noe  entred  in  to  the  ^  shyppe/  and  knewe  of 
nothynge  tyll  the  floud  cam  and  toke  them  all  awaye.  So 
shall  also  the  commynge  off  the  sonne  off  man  be.  Then  two 
shalbe  in  the  feldes/  the  one  shalbe  receaved/  and  the  other 
shalbe  ^^  refused,  two  shalbe  gryndinge  at  the  myll :  the  one 
shalbe  receaved/  and  the  other  shalbe  '^  refused.  ^ 

'*  Insomuch  that,  Cr.  Bps.     So  that,  Gen.  "  Tlie  very  elect 

shall  be  deceived,  T.M.  Cr.  \^Gen.  Bps.  similar.]  '^  A  deade  car- 

kasse,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '»  Be  gathered   together,    Cr.   Bps. 

*"  Sounde,  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Even  from  the  hygheet  partes  of  heaven 

untyll  the  endes  thereof,  Cr.  "^  Heaven,  Cov.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  It 

bringeth  forth  leaves.  Gen.  ^*  Passe  away  [Passe,  Cr.]  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Not  [in  no  wise,  B.]  passe  away.  Gen.  Bps.  ^6  Arke,  Gen.  Bps. 

87  Regarded   not,  Cov.  ^  Left  alone,  Bps.  ^  Cov.  Cr.  add 

— Two  in  a  bed  ;  the  one  receaved  and  the  other  refused. 


iFo.  n'olh  Srtje  ffiospell  of  S.  i»at|&eto. 

Wake  therefore/  because  ye  knowe  nott  what  houre  youre 
master  wyll  come.  Off  this  be  sure/  that  yfF  the  good  man  oif 
the  housse  knewe  what  houre  the  thefe  wolde  come  :  he  wold 
suerly  watche/  and  not  sufTre  his  housse  to  be  ^^  broke  vppe. 
Therfore  be  ye  also  redy/  for  ^^  what  houre  ye  tinke  leest  on/ 
in  the  same  shall  the  sonne  of  man  come,  who  is  a  faythfuU 
servaunte  and  wyse/  whom  his  master  hath  made  ruler  over 
his  housholde/  flbr  to  geve  them  meate  ^~'m  season  conven- 
ient ?  happy  is  that  servaunt  whom  hys  master  (when  he 
cometh)  shall  finde  so  doinge.  Verely  y  sale  vnto  you/  he 
shall  make  him  ruler  over  all  his  goodes.  but  and  yff  the  evyll 
servaunte  shall  saye  in  his  herte/  my  master  wyll  ^3  differ  his 
commynge/  and  begynn  to  smyte  his  felowes  :  ye  and  to  eate 
and  to  drynke  with  the  dronken  :  that  sei*vauntes  master  wyll 
come  in  a  daye  when  he  loketh  not  for  hym  :  and  in  an  houre 
that  he  is  not  ware  of/  and  wyll  ^  devyd  hym/  and  geve  hym 
his  35i-ewarde  with  ypocrites.  There  shalbe  wepinge  and 
gnasshinge  of  tethe. 

2rt)c  yv'o.  Chapter. 

'T'HEN  the  kyngdom  of  heven  shalbe  likened  vnto  x  virgins/ 
which  toke  their  lampes/  and  went  to  mete  the  biyd- 
grom  :  ^  fyve  of  them  were  folysshe/  and  fyve  were  wyse.  the 
foles  toke  their  lampes/  but  toke  none  oyle  with  them,  but  the 
wyse  toke  oyle  with  them  in  their  vysselles  with  their  lampes 
also,  whyll  the  brydgrome  taryed/  all  slombred  and  slepte. 
And  even  at  mydnyght/  there  was  a  crye  made  :  beholde  the 
brydgrome  cometh/  goo  and  mete  hym.  Then  all  those  vir- 
gins arose/  and  ^  prepared  their  lampes.  And  the  folysshe 
sayde  to  the  wyse  :  geve  us  of  youre  oyle/  for  oure  lampes 
3  goo  oute  ?  but  the  wyse  answered/  sayinge  :  not  so/  lest 
there  be  not  ynought  for  vs  and  you/  but  goo  rather  to  them 
that  sell/  and  by  for  youre  selves.  ^  In  conclusion  whyll  they 
went  to  bye/  the  brydgrom  cam  ;  and  they  that  were  redy/ 
went  in  with  hym  to  the  ^  weddinge/  and  the  ^  gate  was  shett 
vppe  :  Afterwardes  cam  also  the  other  virgins/  sayinge  :  mas- 

30  Digged  through,  Gen.  ^^  In   the   houre  that  yc  thynke  [he 

wold  not,  T.  M.]  not,  Cr.  T.M.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  season,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Be  long  a  coniming,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Hewe  hym  in  pe- 

ces,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.     Cut  him  off.  Gen.  ^  Portion,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

1  Cr.  adds — and  the  bryd.  ^  Trimmed.  Gen.  ^  Are  gon  out, 

Cr.  Bps.     Are   out,    Gen.  *  And  while   they   went,  etc.  All  thu 

Vers.  *  Maryage,  Cr.  Bps.  «Doore,  Bps. 


B"t)c  ®ospcll  of  S.  JWnttclD.  <!rj).  vv^- 

ter  master/  open  to  vs.  but  he  answered/  and  sayde  :  verely  I 
saye  vnto  you  :  y  knowe  you  not.  ''  loke  that  ye  watche  there- 
fore/ for  ye  knowe  nether  the  daye  nor  yet  the  hourc/  when 
the  Sonne  of  man  shall  come. 

^  Lykwyse  as  a  certayne  man  redy  to  take  his  iorney  to  a 
straunge  countre/  called"  hys  servauntes  to  hym/  and  delyver- 
ed  to  them  hys  goodes.  And  vnto  won  he  gave  v.  talentes/ 
to  another  ij.  and  to  another  one  :  to  every  man  after  his  abil- 
ite/  and  strevght  waye  ^  departed.  Then  he  thatt  hadde  re- 
ceaved  the  "fyve  talentes/  went  and  i*^  bestowed  them,  and 
11  wane  other  fyve.  Lykwyse  he  that  receaved  ij.  gayned 
other  ij.  but  he  tiiat  receaved  one/  went  and  digged  ^^  a  pitt  in 
tlie  erth  and  hyd  his  masters  money.  After  a  longe  season 
tlie  lorde  of  those  servauntes  cam/  and  reckoned  with  them. 
Then  cam  he  that  had  receaved  fyve  talentes  and  brought 
other  fvve  sayinge :  ^-^  master/  thou  dclivercdes  vnto  me  fyve 
talentes/  lo  I  have  gayned  with  them  fyve  moo.  His  master 
saide  vnto  him :  well  good  servaunt  and  faythful/  Thou  hast 
bene  faythful!  i"*  in  lytell/  I  will  make  the  ruler  over  moche/ 
entre  in  into  thy  masters  ioye.  Also  he  that  receaved  ij  tal- 
entes cam/  and  sayde  :  master/  ihou  delyveredes  unto  me  ij 
talentes/  lo  I  have  wone  ij  other  with  them,  his  master  saide 
vnto  hym/  well  good  servaunt  and  faythfuU  thou  hast  bene 
faythfull  in  litell/  I  woU  make  the  ruler  over  moche/  go  in  into 
tliy  masters  ioye. 

He  which  had  receaved  the  one  talent  cam  also/  and  said  : 
master/  ^^I  considered  that  thou  wast  an  harde  man/  which 
repest  where  thou  sowedst  not/  and  gadderest  where  thou 
strawedst  not/  and  was  affrayde/  and  went  and  hyd  thy  talent 
in  the  erth  :  lo/  thou  hast  ^'^  thyn  awne.  his  master  answered/ 
and  sayde  vnto  hym :  evyll  servaunt  and  slewthfuU/  ^'^  thou 
knewest  that  I  repe  where  I  sowed  nott/  and  gaddre  where  1 
strawed  nott :  thou  oughtest  therefore  to  have  had  my  money 
to  tlic  1^  cliaungers/  and  then  at  my  commynge  shulde  I  have 
receaved  ^^  my  money  with  vauntage.     Take  therefore  the 

^  Watch  therefore,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  For  [i/te  kingdom  of 

heaven]  is  as  a  man,  that  going  into,  etc.  Gen.         ^  Went  from  home, 
Gen.     Tooke  his  journey,  Bps.  ***  Occupied  with  the  same,  Cor. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Gained,  Gf/i.     Made  them, /?//5.  ^- In  the 

earth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  gy^,    Cr.     Lorde,    Bps.    [So,  vs.  2:2.] 

'■*  Over   fewe    thinges  —  many  things,   Cr.  Gen.  Bps.    [So,  vs.  23.] 
'*  I    knewe    thee,   etc.    Cr.   Bps.  '^  That  thine  is,   Cr.   Bps. 

"  Knewest  thou,  Cov.        '*  Exchaungers,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^'^  Myne 
owne,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jfo.  vvWff.  €t)c  GosjjfU  of  S.  iaattcU). 

talent  from  hym/  and  geve  hit  vnto  him  which  hath  x  talentes. 
for  vnto  eveiy  man  that  hath  shalbe  geven/  and  he  shall  have 
aboundance.  And  from  hym  that  hath  not/  shalbe  taken 
awaye/  even  that  he  hath.  And  cast  that  vnprophetable  ser- 
vaunt  into  vtter  dercknes/  there  shalbe  ^^  wepynge/  and  gnassh- 
inge  of  theth. 

When  the  sonne  of  man  shall  come  in  hys  maiestie/  and  all 
hys  holy  angelles  with  him/  then  shall  he  sytt  vppon  the  seate 
of  his  maiestie/  and  before  hym  shalbe  gaddred  all  nacions. 
And  he  shall  sever  them  won  from  another/  as  a  shepherds 
^^  putteth  asunder  the  shepe  from  the  gootes.  And  he  shall 
sett  the  shepe  on  his  right  honde/  and  the  gotes  on  his  lyfte 
honde.  Then  shall  the  kynge  saye  to  them  on  his  right  honde  : 
Come  ^ye  blessed  children  of  my  father/  inheret  ye  the 
kyngdome  prepared  for  you  from  the  ^beginninge  of  the 
worlde.  for  I  was  anhongred/  and  ye  gave  me  meate.  I 
thursted/  and  ye  gave  me  drinke.  I  was  ^-J  herbroulesse/ 
and  ye  ^  lodged  me.  I  was  naked  and  ye  clothed  me  :  I  was 
sicke  and  ye  visited  me.  I  was  in  presonand  ye  cam  vnto  me. 

Then  shall  the  '^^  iuste  answere  hym  sayinge  :  master/  when/ 
sawe  we  the  anhongred/  an  feed  the  ?  or  a  thurst/  and  gave 
the  drynke  ?  when  sawe  we  the  herbroulesse/  and  lodged  the  .'' 
or  naked  and  clothed  the  ?  or  when  sawe  we  the  sicke/  or  in 
preson  and  cam  vnto  the  ?  And  the  kynge  shall  answere/  and 
saye  vnto  them  :  verely  I  saye  unto  you  :  m  as  moche  as  ye 
have  done  it  vnto  won  of  the  leest  of  these  my  brethren :  ye 
have  done  it  to  me. 

Then  shall  the  kynge  saye  vnto  them  that  shalbe  on  the 
lyfRe  hande :  departe  from  me  ye  coursed  into  everlastinge 
fire/  which  is  prepared  for  the  devyll  and  hys  angels.  For  I 
was  an  hungred/  and  ye  gave  me  no  meate.  I  thursted/  and 
ye  gave  me  no  drj'nke.  I  was  herbroulesse/  and  ye  lodged 
me  nott.  I  was  naked/  and  ye  clothed  me  nott.  I  w-as  sycke 
and  in  preson/  and  ye  visited  me  not. 

Then  shall  they  also  answere  hym  sayinge  :  master  when 
sawe  we  the  anhungi-ed/  or  a  thurst/  or  herbroulesse/  or  na- 
ked/ or  sicke/  or  in  preson/  and  have  not  ministred  vnto  the  ? 
then  shall  he  answere  them/  and  saye  :  Verily  1  say  vnto  you/ 
in  as  moche  as  ye  dyd  it  nott  to  won  off  the  leest  of  these/  ye 

^  Waylino-,  Cov.  ^i  Divideth,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Scparateth,  Grn. 

^  Ye  blessed.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Foundation.    Gen.   Bps.         ^  A 

stranger,  Gen.  Bps.  [So,  vvs.  38,  43,  44.]  ^  Took  me  in,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  [So,  vvs.  38,  43.]  ^  Righteous,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


fft)c  CKospell  of  S.  iWatDcb).  €"1).  rv^f- 

dyd  it  nott  to  mc.     And  these  shall  go  mto  everlastinge  payne  : 
And  the  rightous  into  lyfe  eternall. 

E])c  jrviif.  €"1)nptcr. 

A  ND  hit  folowed  :  when  Jesus  had  fynisshed  all  these  say- 
■^^  inges/  he  sayd  vnto  his  disciples  :  ye  knowe  that  after  .ij. 
dayes  shalhe  ester/  and  the  sonne  of  man  shalhe  delyvered 
for  to  he  crucified. 

Then  assemhled  togedder  the  chefe  prestos  and  scrybes  and 
seniours  of  the  people  in  to  the  palice  off  the  hyc  preste/  which 
was  called  Cayphas  :  and  heckle  a  counsell/  ho  we  they  mygt 
take  Jesus  by  suttclte/  and  kyll  him  ;  butt  they  sayd/  not  on 
the  ^  holy  daye/  Icst  ~  eny  trouble  aryse  araongc  the  people. 

When  Jesus  was  in  bethany/  in  the  housse  of  Symon  the 
lypper/  then  cam  vnto  him  a  woman/  which  had  ^an  alablas- 
ter  boxe  of  "*  precious  oyntment/  and  powred  it  on  his  heed  as 
he  sate  att  the  bourde.  when  his  disciples  saw  that/  they  had 
indignacion  saymge :  ^  what  neded  this  wast  ?  This  oynt- 
ment myght  have  been  '^  well  soldo/  and  geven  to  the  povre. 
When  Jesus  vnderstood  that/  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  why  trou- 
ble ye  the  woman  ?  she  hath  \vroght  a  good  worke  apon  me. 
for  ye  shall  have  the  '  poore  folke  alwayes  with  you/  Butt  me 
shall  ye  not  have  all  wayes.  And  in  that  she  casted  this 
oyntment  on  my  body/  she  dyd  hit  to  bury  me  with  all.  Ver- 
ely  I  saye  vnto  you/  wheresoever  this  gospell  slialbe  preached 
throughoute  all  the  worlde/  there  shall  also  thys  thatt  she  hath 
done/  be  tolde  for  a  memoriall  of  her. 

Then  won  of  the  twelve  called  Judas  iscarioth  went  vnto 
the  chefe  prestes/  and  sayd  :  whatt  wyll  ye  geve  me/  and  I 
vryW  delyver  hym  vnto  you  .'*  And  they  ^  apoynted  vnto  hym 
thyrty  peces  of  sylver.  And  from  that  tyme  he  sought  opor- 
tunite  to  betraye  hym. 

The  fyrst  day  of  vnlevended  breed  the  disciples  cam  to  Je- 
sus sayinge  vnto  hym  :  where  wylt  thou  that  we  prepare  for 
the  to  eate  the  ester  lambe  ?  And  he  said  .  Go  into  the  cite/ 
vnto  souche  a  man/  and  saye  to  hym/  the  master  sayeth/  my 
tyme  ^  ys  almoste  come/  I  will  kepe  myne  ester  att  thy  housse 
with  my  disciples.  And  the  disciples  dyd  as  Jesus  had 
apoynted  them/  and  made  redy  the  ester  lambe. 

•  Feast  daye,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Any  Uproar,  Gen.  Bjis.         ^  A  boxe, 

Cov.  Gen.  *  Very  costly.  Gen.  '  Whereto  serveth,  Gov.  Cr. 

To  what  purpose  is,  Bps.  *  Solde  for  much.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Tlie 

poore,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Offered,  Cov.        ^  Is  at  hand,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JTo.  ni%'  Ct)e  eEosjjcU  of  S.  |«at!)cto. 

When  the  even  was  come/  he  sate  doune  with  the  xij.  and 
as  they  dyd  cate/  he  sayde  :  Verely  I  saie  vnto  you/  that  won 
of  you  shall  betraye  me.  And  they  were  excedinge  sorofull/ 
and  began  every  man  to  saye  vnto  hym  :  ys  hit  I  master  ? 
he  answered  and  sayde  :  he  that  depeth  his  honde  with  me  in 
the  disshe/  shall  betray  me.  The  sonne  of  man  goeth  as  yt  is 
wrytten  of  him  :  but  wo  be  to  that  man/  by  whom  the  sorme 
of  man  shalbe  betrayed.  It  had  bene  good  for  that  mann/  yff 
he  had  never  bene  borne. 

Then  Judas  which  betrayed  him/  answered  and  sayde  :  Ys 
yt  I  master  ?  He  sayde  vnto  hym  :  thou  haste  saide.  As 
they  ate/  Jesus  toke  breed/  and  gave  thankes/  brake  it/  and 
gave  it  to  his  disciples/  and  sayde  :  Take/  eate/  thys  ys  my 
body.  And  toke  the  cuppe/  and  i"  gave  thankes/  and  gave  it 
them/  sayinge  :  drinkc  ^^  of  it  eveiy  won.  This  ys  my  bloudde 
of  the  newe  testament/  which  shalbe  shedde  for  many/  for  the 
1^  forgevenes  of  synnes.  I  saye  vnto  you  :  I  wyll  not  drynke 
hence  foorth  of  this  frute  of  the  vyne  tree/  vntyll  that  daye/ 
when  I  shall  drynke  it  newe  with  you  in  my  faders  kyngdom. 

And  when  they  had  ^^sayd  grace/  they  went  out  into 
mounte  olyvete.  Then  sayd  Jesus  vnto  them/  all  ye  shall 
fall  this  nyght  because  of  me.  For  yt  ys  wi-ytten :  I  wyll 
smyte  the  shepherde/  and  the  shepe  of  the  flocke  shalbe  scat- 
tered abroode.  But  after  I  am  rysen  agayne/  I  wyll  goo  be- 
fore you  into  galile.  Peter  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
though  all  men  shulde  be  hurte  by  the/  yet  wyll  not  I  be 
hurte.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  verely  I  saye  vnto  the/  that 
thys  same  night  before  the  cocke  crowe/  thou  shalt  deny  me 
thryse.  Peter  sayde  vnto  hym :  Ytf  I  shulde  dye  with  the/ 
yet  wyll  I  not  denye  the.  lyke  wyse  also  sayde  all  the  disci- 
ples. 

Then  went  Jesus  with  them  in  to  ^'^  a  place/  which  ys  call- 
ed gethsemane/  and  sayed  vnto  hys  disciples  :  sitt  ye  here 
whyll  I  go  and  prayc  yonder.  And  he  toke  with  hym  Peter 
and  the  two  sonncs  of  zcbede/  and  began  to  wexe  sorofull  and 
to  be  1^  in  an  agony.  Then  sayd  Jesus  vnto  them  :  my  soule 
is  bevy  even  vnto  the  deeth :  Tary  ye  here  and  watche  with 
me.  And  he  went  away  a  lytell  ^i^aparte/  and  fell  flatt  on  hys 
face/  and  prayed  sayinge  :  O  my  father/  yf  it  be  possyble/ 

10  Thanked,  Cr.  T.  M.  "  Ye  all  of  it,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Re- 

mission, .dll  the  Fcrs.         ^^  Sung  a  Psaline,  Gen.  Frayed  (God)  Bps. 
'^  Unto  a  fn.rme  place,  etc.  Cr.  '^  Heavye,  Or.  Bjjs.     Grievous- 

ly troubled,  Gen.  '^  Farther,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


lett  this  cuppe  passe  from  me.  neverthelesse/  not  as  I  wyll/ 
butt  as  thou  wylt.  And  he  cam  vnto  hys  disciples/  and  founde 
them  aslepe/  and  saydc  to  Peter :  what/  coulde  ye  not  watch 
with  me  one  houro  ?  watchc  and  praye/  that  ye  ^^  fall  not  in- 
to temptacion.  The  spirite  ys  ^^  willynge/  but  the  flesshc  is 
weeke. 

He  went  agayne  ons  moare/  and  pryed/  sayinge  :  O  my 
father/  yf  this  cuppe  can  nott  passe  awaye  from  me/  but  that 
I  diynke  of  it/  thy  will  be  fulfylled.  And  he  cam/  and  founde 
them  aslepe  agayne.  For  there  eyes  were  hevy.  And  he 
leffie  them  and  went  agayne  and  prayed  the  thrid  tyme  say- 
inge the  same  wordes.  Then  cam  he  to  hys  disciples  and 
sayd  vnto  them  :  ^'-^  Slepe  hence  forth/  and  take  youre  reest. 
Take  hede  the  houre  is  at  honde/  and  the  sonne  of  man  shal 
be  betrayed  in  to  the  hondes  of  synners.  Ryse/  lett  vs  be 
goinge/  he  is  at  honde  that  shall  betraye  me. 

Whyll  he  yet  spake/  lo/  Judas  won  of  the  twelve  cam/  and 
with  him  a  greate  multitude  with  sweardes  and  staves/  whych 
were  sent  from  the  chefe  prestes  and  seniours  of  the  people. 
He  that  betrayed  hym/  gave  them  a  token/  sayinge  :  whom- 
soever I  kysse/  that  same  is  he/  -•'ley  hondes  on  him.  And 
forth  withall  he  cam  to  Jesus/  and  sayde :  ^^  hayll  master. 
And  kyssed  hym.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  frende/  wher- 
fore  arte  thou  come  .''  Then  cam  they  and  layed  hondes  on 
Jesus  and  toke  him  : 

And  beholde/  won  of  them  which  were  with  Jesus/  stretch- 
ed oute  his  honde  and  drue  his  swearde/  and  stroke  a  ser- 
vaunt  of  the  bye  preste/  and  smote  of  his  eare.  Then  sayde 
Jesus  vnto  hym  :  putt  vppe  thy  swearde  in  to  his  sheathe. 
For  all  they  that  '^~  ley  bond  on  the  swearde/  shall  perysshe 
with  the  swearde.  Other  thynkest  thou  that  I  can  not  praye 
my  father/  ^and  he  shall  ^^geve  me  moo  then  xij.  legions  of 
angelles  ?  howe  then  shall  the  scriptures  be  fulfylled/  for  so 
muste  it  be. 

The  same  tyme  sayd  Jesus  to  the  multitude  :  ye  be  come 
out  as  it  were  vnto  a  --^  thefe/  with  sweardes  and  staves  for  to 
take  me  :  dayly  I  sate  amonge  you  teachinge  in  the  temple/ 
and  ye  toke  me  not.     All  this  was  done  that  the  scriptures  oiF 

>^  Enter,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  is  Readye,  T.  M.  Gen.         '"  Slepe  on 

nowe,  Cr.  ^  Holde   hym  fast,   Cr.  Bps.  *'  God  save  thee, 

Master,  Gen.  »2  Take,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  send  me,  Cov. 

*••  Geve  me  (even  nowe),  Cr.  Cause  to  stand  by  me,  Bps.  ^  Mur- 
tlierer,  Cov. 


ifo.  nt-  ^\>e  ffiospcU  of  S.  iWatteto. 

the  prophettes  myght  be  fulfilled.  Then  all  his  disciples  for- 
soke  him  and  fleed.  And  they  toke  Jesus  and  leed  hym  to 
Cayphas  the  hye  preeste/  where  the  scrybes  and  the  senyours 
were  assembled.  Peter  folowed  hym  a  farre  of/  vnto  the  hye 
prestes  ^  place.  And  went  in/  and  sate  with  the  servauntes 
to  se  the  ende. 

The  chefe  prestes/  and  the  seniours/  and  all  the  counsell/ 
sought  false  witnes  ageinste  Jesus/  for  to  put  him  to  deeth/ 
and  they  founde  none.  ^^  in  so  moche  that  when  many  false 
wytnesses  cam  yet  founde  they  none.  At  the  last  cam  two 
false  wytnesses/  and  sayd  :  This  ^8  felowe  saide  :  I  can^^  dis- 
troye  the  temple  of  God/  and  bylde  the  same  in  iij  dayes. 

And  the  chefe  presto  arose/  and  sayde  to  hym  :  answerest 
thou  3"  nothinge  .''  '^^  howe  is  it  that  these  beare  witnes  ageynst 
the  ?  butt  Jesus  helde  hys  peace  :  And  the  chefe  preeste  an- 
swered/ and  said  to  hym :  I  charge  the  "^^  in  the  name  off  the 
lyvinge  god/  that  thou  tell  vs  whether  thou  be  christ  the  Sonne 
of  god  :  Jesus  sayd  to  hym  :  thou  haste  sayd.  Neverthelesse 
I  saye  vnto  you/  here  after  shall  ye  se  the  sonne  of  man  sytt- 
inge  on  the  right  honde  of  power/  and  come  in  the  clowddes 
of  ^^  the  skye. 

Then  the  hye  preste  rent  his  clothes  sayinge  .''  He  hath 
blasphemed  :  what  nede  we  off  eny  moo  witnesses }  Lo/ 
nowe  have  ye  herde  his  blasphemy  :  what  thincke  ye  .''  They 
answered  and  sayd  :  he  is  ^4  worthy  to  dye.  Then  spat  they 
in  hys  face/  and  ^s^ett  him  with  there  fistes.  And  other 
smote  him  with  the  palme  of  there  hondes  on  the  face/  sa- 
ynge  :  ^^  tell  vs/  thou  Christ/  who  ys  he  that  smote  the  ? 

Peter  sate  without  in  the  palice/  and  a  damsell  came  to  hym 
saynge :  Thou  also  waste  with  Jesus  of  galile  :  he  denyed 
before  them  all  sayinge  :  I  woot  not  what  thou  sayst.  When 
he  was  goone  out  into  the  poorche/  another  wenche  sawe  hym 
and  sayd  vnto  them  that  were  there/  Thys  felowe  was  also 
with  Jesus  of  nazareth.  And  agayne  he  denyed  ^7  yvith  an 
oothe/  and  sayde  :  I  knowe  nott  the  man.  And  after  a  whyle 
cam  vnto  hym  they  that  stode  bye/  and  sayde  vnto  Peter  : 

*®  Palace,  Cr.  T.  M.  Bps.     Hall,  Gen.  ^  Yea,  when  many,  etc. 

Cr.  Bps.  And  though  many,  etc.  Gen.  *'Man,  Gen.  ^  Breake 
down,  Gov.  ^  Nothing  unto  it,  that  these  testify,  Cor.  "'  Why 
do  these,  etc.  Cr.  What  is  the  matter  that  [that  which,  Bps  ]  these, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^'^  By  the  living  God,  Cr.  Geji.  Bps.  ^  Heaven, 

Gen  34  Gyltye  of  death,  Gov.  ^s  Buffetted,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  36  Prophecie  unto,  Cor.  Gen.  Bps.  37  ^^xd  swore  also, 

Coo. 


iTjbc  Wospdl  of  S.  fHatljclB.  «!).  jrjrbff. 

suerly  thou  art  even  won  of  them/  for  they  speache  bewreycth 
the.  Then  began  he  to  course  and  to  sweare/  that  he  knewe 
not  tlie  man.  And  immedyatly  the  cocke  krewe.  ''^And 
Peter  remembred  the  wordes  of  Jcsu/  whych  he  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  before  the  cocke  crowe/  thou  shalt  denye  me  thryse. 
And  went  out  at  tlie  dores/  and  wepte  bitterly. 

5ri)c  vvWf.  Cijaptrr. 

"Wl  HEN  the  mornynge  was  come/  all  the  chefe  prestes  and 
scnyours  off  the  people  helde  a  counsayle  agenst  Jesu/ 
to  put  hym  to  deth/  and  brought  hym  bounde  and  delyvered 
hym  vnto  Poncius  Pylate  the  debyte. 

Then  when  Judas  which  betrayed  hym/  sawe  that  he  was 
condempned/  he  repented  him  sylfe/  and  brought  ageyne  the 
XXX.  '  plattes  oif  sylver  to  the  chefe  prestes  and  senyoures 
saynge :  I  have  synned  betraynge  the  innocent  bloud.  And 
they  sayde  :  what  is  that  to  vs  ?  se  thou  to  that.  And  he  cast 
doune  the  sylver  plates  in  the  temple/  and  departed/  and  went 
and  hounge  hym  sylfe. 

The  chefe  prestes  toke  the  sylver  plattes  and  sayd :  it  is 
not  lawfuU  for  to  put  them  in  to  ^the  treasury/  because  it  is 
3  the  pryce  of  bloud.  And  they  toke  counsell/  and  bought 
with  them  a  potters  felde  to  bury  strangers  in.  wherfore  that 
felde  is  called/  "^thc  felde  of  bloud/  vntyll  this  daye.  Then 
was  fuUfyllcd  /  that  which  was  spoken  by  Jei'emi  the  prophet/ 
sayinge  :  and  they  toke  xxx.  sylver  plates/  the  ^  value  of  him 
that  was  prysed/  whom  ^  they  bought  of  the  chyldren  of  isra- 
hel/  and  they  gave  them  for  the  potters  felde/  as  the  lorde  ap- 
poynted  me. 

Jesus  stode  before  the  debite/  and  the  debite  axed  him/ 
saynge  :  Arte  thou  the  kynge  of  the  iewes  ?  Jesus  sayd  vnto 
hym  :  Thou  sayest.  when  he  was  accused  of  the  chefe  preestes 
and  senioures/  he  answered  nothinge.  Then  sayd  Pilate 
vnto  him  :  hearest  thou  not  howe  ^  many  thinges  they  laye 
agenste  the  ?  and  he  answered  him  to  never  a  worde.  in  so 
moche  that  the  debyte  marveylled  ^very  sore. 

^^  Then  thought  Peter  upon,  etc.    Cor.  '  Silver   pens,  Cor. 

Silver  pecccs,    Gen.   Bps.     [So,  vvs.  n,  (>.]  *  God's  chest,  Cov. 

••  Blood  money,  Cov.  *  Cr.  inserts — (Aceldama,  that  is.)  *  The 
price  of  him  that  was  valued,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  They  of  the  chil- 

dren of  Israel  valued,  Gen.  '  Sore  they  accuse  thee.  Cor.  Many 

witnesses  they  lay,  Cr.  Many  things  they  witnesse,  Bps.  *  Great- 
lye,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


St.  nt\-  2r!)c  CKospell  of  S.  ilttattetu. 

Att  that  feest/  the  debyte  was  wonte  to  deliver  vnto  the  pe- 
ple  a  presoner  whom  they  woldc  chose.  He  hade  then  a  no- 
table presoneiv  called  Barrabas.  And  when  they  were  gad- 
dered  together/  Pilate  sayde  vnto  them  :  whether  wyll  ye  that 
y  ^  geve  losse  vnto  you  barrabas/  or  Jesus  which  is  called 
Cryst  ?  For  he  knewe  well/  that  for  envy  they  had  delyver- 
ed  him. 

When  he  was  sett  doune  ^'^  to  geve  iudgcment/  his  wyfe  sent 
to  hym/  sayinge  :  have  thou  nothinge  to  do  with  that  iuste 
man/ I  have  suffered  many  thinges  thisdayein  ^^myslepe 
aboute  hym. 

The  chefe  preestes  and  the  seniours  had  parswaded  the 
people/  that  they  shulde  axe  barrabas/  and  shulde  destroye 
Jesus.  The  debite  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  whether  of 
the  twayne  will  ye  that  I  lett  losse  vnto  you  ?  And  they  sayde/ 
barrabas.  Pilate  sayde  vnto  them  :  what  shall  I  do  then  with 
Jesus/  which  is  called  Crist }  They  all  sayde  to  him  :  lett 
hym  be  crucified.  Then  sayde  the  debite  :  what  evyll  hath 
he  done  .''  And  they  cryed  i-the  more  saynge  :  lett  him  be 
crucified. 

When  Pilate  sawe  that  he  ^"^prevayled  nothinge/  butt  that 
moare  I'^busenes  was  made/  he  toke  water  and  wasshed  his 
hondes  before  the  people  sayinge  :  I  am  innocent  of  the  bloud 
of  this  iuste  person/  '°and  that  ye  shall  se.  Then  answered 
all  the  people/  and  sayde  :  his  bloud  fall  on  vs/  and  on  oure 
children.  Then  lett  he  Barrabas  loose  vnto  them/  and  scourg- 
ed Jesus  and  delyvered  him  to  be  crucified.  Then  the  soud- 
eours  of  the  debite  toke  Jesus  vnto  the  comen  hall/  and  gad- 
dered  i^  vnto  him  all  the  company.  And  stripped  hym/  and 
put  on  hym  a  ^~  purpyll  roobe/  and  platted  a  croune  off  thomes 
and  putt  vppon  his  heed/  and  a  rede  in  his  ryght  honde.  And 
bowed  theire  knees  before  him/  ^^  saying  :  ^^  hayle  kinge  of 
the  lews/  and  spitted  vppon  hym/  and  toke  the  rede  and  smoote 
liym  on  the  heed. 

And  when  they  had  mocked  him/  they  toke  the  robe  off 
hym  ageyne/  and  put  his  awne  reyment  on  him/  and  leed  hym 
awaye  to  crucify  hym.     And  as  they  cam  out/  they  founde  a 

•  Let  loose,  T.  M.  Gen.  "^  On  the  judgment  seate,  Cov.  Gen. 

Bps.  "  A  dreame  because  of  [by  reason  of,  G.]  him,  Grn.  Bps. 

•*  Exceedingly,  Bps.  '^  Availed,    Gen.  '■'  Tumult,  Gen. 

'*  On  your  parell  be  it,  Tav.  See  [Look,  Gen.]  ye  to  it.  Gen.  Bps. 
"'  The  whole  multitude  over  him,  Cov.  Unto  hym  all  the  bande.  Gen. 
Bps.  Bps.  adds — (of  soldiers.)  ''  Scarlet,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Jill  the 
Vers,  add — They  mocked  him.  '*  God  save  thee,  Gen. 


E^t  ffiospell  of  S.  ifHattcb).  (Ti).  vvbif. 

man  of  cyren/  named  Simon  :  him  they  compelled  to  beare 
his  crosse.  And  cam  vnto  the  place/  which  is  called  golgo- 
tha  (that  is  to  saye  a  place  of  20  deed  mens  seniles)  and  they 
gave  him  veneger  to  drynke  myxte  with  gall.  And  when  he 
had  tasted  there  of/  he  wolde  not  drinke. 

When  they  had  crucified  hym/  they  parted  his  garmentes/ 
and  did  cast  lottes.  To  fulfyll  that  was  spoken  by  the  proph- 
et :  They  ^i  have  parted  my  garments  amonge  them  :  and 
apon  my  vesture  have  cast  loottes/  and  they  sate  and  watched 
hym  there.  And  they  sett  vppe  over  his  heed  —  the  cause  of 
his  deeth  written.  This  is  Jesus  the  kinge  of  the  iewes.  And 
there  were  two  thcves  crucified  with  hym/  won  on  the  right 
honde/  and  another  on  the  lyfte  honde. 

They  that  passed  by/  revyled  hym  waggynge  ther  heeddes 
and  sayinge  :  Thou  that  destroyest  the  temple  off  God/  and 
byldest  it  in  thrc  dayes  save  thy  sylfe.  If  thou  be  the  sonne 
of  God/  come  douae  from  the  crosse.  Lykewyse  also  the 
^  prelates  mockinge  hym  with  the  scribes  and  seniours  sayde  : 
He  -^  saved  other/  hym  sylfe  -^  he  can  not  "^"^  save.  YfF  he  be 
the  kynge  off  Israhell :  let  hym  nowe  come  doune  from  the 
crosse/  and  we  woU  bcleve  hym.  He  trusted  in  God/  lett 
God  delyver  hym  nowe  yf  he  will  have  hym/  for  he  sayde/  I 
am  the  sonne  off  God.  That  same  also  the  theves/  which 
were  crucified  with  hym  cast  in  his  tethe. 

From  the  sixte  houre  was  ther  dercknesovcr  all  ^^  the  londe 
vnto  the  nynth  houre.  And  about  the  nynth  houre  Jesus  cry- 
ed  with  a  loude  voyce/  sayinge  :  Eli  Eli  lama  sabathani. 
That  is  to  save/  my  God/  my  God/  why  hast  thou  forsaken 
me  ?  Some  of  them  that  stode  there/  when  they  herde  that 
sayde  :  This  man  calleth  for  Helias.  And  streyhtway  won 
off  them  ranne  and  toke  a  sponge  and  filled  it  full  of  venegar/ 
and  put  it  on  a  rede/  and  gave  hym  to  drynke.  Other  sayde 
let  be/  let  vs  so  whyther  Helias  wyll  come  -"  and  delyver  hym. 
Jesus  cryed  agayne  with  a  lowde  voyce  and  yelded  vppe  the 
goost. 

And  beholde  the  vayle  of  the  temple  was  rent  in  -^  two  par- 
ties from  the  toppe  to  the  bottom/  and  the  erth  did  quake/  and 
the  stones  did  rent/  and  graves  did  open/  and  the  bodies  off 
many  sayntes  which  slept/  arose  :  and  cam  out  off  their  graves 


^  A  skulle.  Bj)S.         ^'  Divided.  Gcii.  —  fliscaiiso  [accusation, 

B.]  Gen.  Bps.  ^  High  Priestes.  Jll  the  Vers.  "'  Hath  helped 

others — helpe,  Cor.         ^  Can  he  not  save,  6V.  Bps.         '^''Thetarth, 
Coc.         "  And  [To,  B.]  save  him,  Gen.  Bps.         ''^  Twain,  Gen. 
F 


IFo.  fxi^i].  E^e  CSospdl  of  S.  iWatijeto. 

after  his  resun*eccion/  and  cam  in  to  the  holy  cite/  and  appe- 
red  vnto  many. 

When  the  ^  pety  captayne/  and  they  that  were  with  hym 
watchinge  Jesus/  sawe  the  erth  quake  and  those  thynges  which 
hapened/  they  feared  greatly  sayinge.  30  Off  a  surete  this 
A\"as  the  sonne  off  God. 

And  many  wemen  were  there/  beholdinge  hym  afarre  off/ 
which  folowed  Jesus  from  Galile/  ministringe  vnto  hym : 
amonge  the  Avhich  was  Mary  magdalen/  and  Mary  the  mother 
21  ofl'  James  and  the  mother  of  Joses/  and  the  mother  off  Ze- 
bedes  ^^chyldren. 

When  the  even  was  come/  there  cam  a  ryche  man  ^3  of 
Aramathia  named  Joseph/  which  same  also  was  Jesus  disciple. 
He  went  to  Pilate  and  begged  the  body  of  Jesus.  Then  Pi- 
late commaunded  the  body  to  be  delivered,  and  Joseph  toke 
the  body/  and  wrapped  it  in  a  clene  lynnyne  clooth/  and  put 
it  in  his  newe  tombe/  which  he  had  hewen  out  even  in  the 
roke/  and  rolled  a  greatc  stone  to  the  dore  of  the  sepulcre  and 
departed.  There  was  Maiy  magdalene/  and  the  other  Mary 
sittinge  over  agenste  the  sepulcre. 

The  nexte  daye  that  foloweth  34  good  frydaye/  the  hye 
prestes  and  pharises  got  them  selves  to  Pilate/  and  sayde  : 
Syr/  we  remember/  that  this  deceyver  sayde  whyll  he  was 
yet  alyve/  After  thre  dayes  y  wyll  aryse  agayne/  comaunde 
therefore  that  the  sepulcre  be  mayde  sure  vntyll  the  thyrd 
daye/  lest  pamventure  his  disciples  come/  ^5  and  steale  hym 
awaye/  and  saye  vnto  the  people/  he  ys  rysen  from  deeth : 
And  then  the  laste  erroure  shalbe  worsse  then  the  first  was. 
Pilate  sayde  vnto  them :  36  Take  watche  men  :  Go  and  make 
ytt  as  sure  as  ye  can.  They  went  and  made  the  sepulcre  sure 
with  watche  men/  and  sealed  the  stone. 

29  Centurion,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bj^'s.  3o  Truely,   Cr.   Gen.  Bps- 

•*'  Of  James  and   Joses.    T.  M.    Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Sonnes,  Gen- 

33  From  (the  citie  of)  Arimatiiea.  Bps.  ^  The  daye  of  preparing- 

Cr.  Bps.    The   preparation  of  the   Sahliath,  Gen.  ^s  Q{ji_  Bps, 

add^by  night.  *)  Ye  have  the  watche,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Zt>c  eSospcll  of  <S.  fttatDcto.  CJ).  jr^bCff. 


3i:|)c  pv^f'i-  ^Ijaptcr. 


1  nnHE  saboth  daye  att  even  which  dauneth  the  morowe  af- 

■^  ter  the  saboth/  Mary  magdalene  and  the  other  Mary 
cam  to  se  the  sepulcre. 

And  beholde  there  was  a  greate  erth  quake.  For  the  an- 
gell  of  the  lorde  descended  from  heven  :  and  cam  and  rowlled 
backe  the  stone  firom  the  dore/  and  sate  apon  it.  His  coun- 
tenaunce  was  lyke  lyghtnynge/  and  his  rayment  whyte  as 
snowe  For  fearc  of  hym  the  kepers  ~  were  astunnyed  and 
were  as  deed  men. 

The  angell  answered/  and  sayde  to  the  wemen/  Feare  ye 
not.  I  knowe  well  ye  seke  Jesus  which  was  crucified  :  he  is 
not  here  :  he  is  rysen  as  he  sayde.  Come/  and  se  the  place 
where  the  lorde  was  put.  And  goo  quickly  and  tell  his  dis- 
ciples that  he  is  rysen  from  deeth.  And  beholde/  he  wyll  go 
before  you  into  Galile/  there  ye  shall  se  hym.  Lo  I  have 
tolde  you. 

And  they  departed  quickly  from  the  sepulcre  with  feare 
and  great  ioye.  And  did  runne  to  bringe  his  disciples  worde. 
And  as  they  went  to  tell  his  disciples,  beholde/  Jesus  mett 
them  sayinge  :  ^  God  spede  you.  They  cam  and  held  hym 
by  the  fete  and  worshypped  hym.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto 
them  :  be  not  afrayde :  Go  and  tell  my  brethren/  that  they 
goo  into  galile/  and  there  shall  they  se  me.  When  they  were 
gone,  beholde/  some  of  "*  the  kepers  cam  in  to  the  cite/  and 
shewed  vnto  the  ^  prelattes/  all  thinges  whych  had  hapened. 
And  they  gaddered  them  togedder  with  the  senioures/  and 
toke  counsell/  and  gave  ^  large  money  vnto  the  souders/ 
saynge  :  Saye  that  his  disciples  cam  be  nyght/  and  stoole  hym 
awaye  whyll  ye  slept.  And  yf  '''  this  come  to  the  ^  rulers 
eares/  we  wyll  ^  pease  him/  and  ^^  make  you  safe.     And  they 

'  Upon  the  evening  of  the  sabbath  holy-day  which  dawneth  the  mor- 
row of  the  first  day  of  the  sabbaths,  etc.  C(n\  [So,  Cr.  omitting  '  holy- 
day'  and  •  the  morow  of'].  In  the  ende  of  the  sabbath  which  dawneth 
tlie  first  of  the  week,  Z?/>.f.      Gew.  similar.  ^  Were  troubled,  Cop. 

Did  shake.   Bps.  ^  All   hayle,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.     God   save   you, 

Gen.  *  The  watche,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Hj(e  Prestes,  Jill  the  Vers. 

*  Money  enough,  Cov.  "  The  governoure  heare  of  this.    Gen. 

^De\mt\e's,  Bps.  »  Still,  Cor.  Persuade,  C'/.  Gm.B/w.  '"Bringe 
it  to  passe  that  ye  shall  be  safe,  Cod.     Save  you  liarmlesse,  T.M. 

Cr. 


iFo.  vvv^h  5rt)c  ffiospcU  of  S.  if«att)cto. 

toke  the  money  and  did  as  they  were  taught.   And  this  saynge 

is  noysed  amonge  the  iewes  vnto  this  daye.     Then  the  xi. 

disciples  went  there  waye  into  gaUle/  in  to  a  mountayne 

where  Jesus  had  appoynted  them.     And  when  they 

sawe  hym/  they  Avorshypped  hym.  But  some  of  them 

douted.  Jesus  came  and  spake  vnto  them/  saynge : 

All  power  ys  geven  vnto  me  in  heven/  and  in 

erth.    Goo  therefore  and  teache  all  nacions/ 

baptisynge  them  in  the  name  of  the  father/ 

and  the  sonne/  and  the  holy  goost : 

Teachmge  them  to  observe  all 

thynges/  whatsoever  I  com- 

maunded  you. 

And  lo  I  am  with  you  ^^  all 

waye  even  vntyll  the 

ende  off  the 

worlde. 


Jjgere  mtjcti)  tt)e  ffiospell 
of  S.  iWatJeb). 

^1  Every  day.  Cov. 


^cmtn  of  ^.  i^aiitr. 
mn  ftrst  <*ri)nptet. 

f9f01L}1B  begynuyng  ofFthe  Gospcll  of  Jesu  Christ  the  soiine 
<S^  off  GodTas  "yt  ys  written  in  the  prophettes/  beholde  I 
sende  my  messenger  before  thy  face/  whych  shall  prepare  thy 
waye  before  the.  The  voyce  of  won  that  cryeth  in  the  wil- 
dernes  :  prepare  ye  the  waye  off  the  lorde/  make  his  pathes 
streyght. 

Jhon  did  baptise  in  the  wildernes/  and  preache  the  baptism 
1  of  repentaunce/  for  the  remission  of  synnes.  And  all  the 
londe  of  iewry/  and  they  of  Jerusalem  went  out  vnto  hym/ 
and  were  all  baptised  of  hym  in  the  ryver  Jordan/  ^knowled- 
gynge  theire  synnes. 

"' Jhon  Avas  clothed  with  cammylles  heer/  and  \vyth  a^gcr- 
dyll  off  a  ^  [beestes]  skyn  about  hys  loynes.  And  he  ate  lo- 
custes  and  \vylde  hony/  and  preached  saynge  :  a  stronger 
than  I  commeth  after  me/  whos  shue  latchett  I  am  not  worthy 
to  stoupe  doune  and  vnlose.  I  have  baptised  you  with  water : 
but  he  shall  baptise  you  with  the  holy  goost. 

And  yt  came  to  passe  in  those  dayes/  that  Jesus  cam  from 
nazareth/  a  cite  of  galile  :  and  was  baptised  of  Jhon  in  Jor- 
dan. And  5  immediately  he  cam  out  of  the  water/  and  sawe 
the  hevens  ^  open/  and  the  '''  holy  goost  descendinge  vppon  him 
lyke  a  dove.  And  there  cam  a  voyce  from  heven  :  Thou 
arte  my  dere  sonne/  in  whom  I  delite. 

And  immediatly  the  sprete  drave  hym  into  a  wildernes  : 

'  Of  amendment,  Cov.     Gen.  adds — oflife.  ^  Confessynge,  .ill 

the  Vers.  ^  Leatherne  gyrdle.  Cob.  *  .ill  the  J^ers.  omit.  *  As 
soone  as  he  was  come  up,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cloven  in 

twaine,  Gen.  '  Spirite,  Cr.  Bps. 

F* 


JFo.  rrpfto.  <ri)c  CSospcll  of  S.  iWarftc. 

and  he  was  there  in  the  wyldernes  xl.  dayes/  and  was  tempt- 
ed off  Satan/  and  was  with  wylde  beestes.  And  the  angels 
ministred  vnto  hym. 

After  that  Jhon  was  taken/  Jesus  cam  in  to  galile/  preach- 
ynge  the  gospell  off  the  kyngdom  of  god/  and  saynge  :  the 
tyme  ys  ^  ful  come/  and  the  kyngdom  of  god  is  even  att 
honde/  ^repent  and  beleve  the  gospell. 

As  he  walked  by  the  see  of  galile/  he  sawe  Simon  and  An- 
dre\\'e  his  brother  castinge  nettes  in  to  the  see/  for  they  were 
fysshers.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  folowe  me/  and  I 
wyll  make  you  to  be  fysshers  of  men.  And  they  strayght 
waye  forsoke  their  nettes/  and  folowed  him. 

And  when  he  had  gone  a  lytell  further  thens/  he  sawe  James 
the  Sonne  off  zebede/  and  Jhou  his  brother/  ^^  even  as  they 
were  in  the  shippe  ^^  dressynge  their  nettes.  And  anon  he 
called  them.  And  they  leeft  their  father  Zebede  in  the  shippe 
with  his  heyred  servauntes/  and  went  their  waye  after  hym. 

And  they  entrcd  in  to  capernaum/  and  streight  waye  on 
the  sabot  dayes  he  entred  in  to  the  sinagogge  and  taught. 
And  they  i-mei-velled  att  hys  ^^learninge.  for  he  taught 
them  as  won  whych  had  power  with  him/  and  not  as  the 
scrybes  did. 

And  there  was  in  the  sinagogge/  a  man  vexed  with  an  vn- 
clene  spirite/  and  he  ciyed  sayinge  :  ^'^  lett  me  a  lone  :  what 
have  we  to  do  with  the  Jesus  of  nazareth  ?  arte  thou  come  to 
destroie  vs  ?  I  laiowe  what  thou  arte/  thou  arte  ^^that  holy 
man  promysed  of  god.  And  Jesus  rebuked  him/  saynge  : 
hoolde  thy  pace  and  com  out  of  the  man.  And  the  vnclene 
spirite  tare  him/  cryed  out  with  a  lowde  voyce/  and  cam  out 
of  him.  And  they  were  all  amased/  in  so  moche  that  they 
demaunded  won  off  another  among  them  selves/  saying  : 
what  thinge  ys  thys  ?  what  newe  doctrine  is  thys  ?  for  he 
commaundeth  the  foule  spirites  with  power/  and  they  obeye 
him.  Anon  his  name  spreed  abroade  throughoute  all  the  re- 
gion borderynge  on  galile. 

And  immediatly  as  sonne  as  they  were  com  out  of  the 
sinagogge/  they  entrcd  in  to  the  housse  of  Symon  and  An- 
drew with  James  and  Jhon.     Symones  ^^  motherelawe  lay 

*  Fulfilled.  Gen.         *  Amende  yourselves,  Cov.  '•*  Which  also 

were.  etc.  Cr.  Bps.     As  they  wei-e,  etc.  Gen.  "  Mendyng,  T.  M. 

(Jr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Were  astonied,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Doctrine, 

Gen.  '-"Let  be,  T.  M.    Let  us  alone,  Bps.  Alas  !  [Ah  !  G.]  what 

have  we.  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  ^^  That  holye  one  of  God,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps-         '"  Wives  mother,  Gen.  Bps. 


mt  (iSospcU  of  S.  fWarftc.  ©1;.  ff. 

sicke  of  a  fiveiv  and  annon  they  told  hym  of  her.  And  he 
cam  and  toko  her  by  the  honde  and  Ufte  her  vppe/  and  the 
fiver  forsoke  her  by  and  by  :  And  she  ministred  vnto  them. 

And  at  even  when  the  sun  was  doune/  they  brought  vnto 
him  all  that  were  diseased/  and  them  that  were  i'^  possessed 
with  devyls  and  all  the  cite  gaddrcd  togedder  at  the  dore/  and 
he  healed  many  that  were  sycke  of  dyvers  diseases.  And  he 
cast  out  many  devyls  :  and  suffered  not  the  devyls  to  ^^  speaker 
because  they  knowe  him. 

And  in  i-'  the  moorninge  very  erly/  ^^  Jesus  arose  and  went 
out  in  to  a  solitary  place/  and  there  prayed.  And  Simon  and 
they  that  wore  with  hym  folowed  after  hym.  And  when  they 
had  founde  him/  they  sayde  vnto  him  :  all  men  seke  for  the. 
and  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  let  vs  go  in  to  the  nexte  tonnes/  that 
y  maye  preache  there  also  :  for  -^  truly  I  cam  out  for  that 
purpose,  and  he  preached  in  their  sinagogges/  throughout 
all  galile/  and  cast  devyls  out. 

And  there  cam  a  leper  to  him  besechinge  him/  and  kneled 
doune  vnto  him/  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  yf  thou  wylt/  thou  arte 
able  to  make  me  clone.  Jesus  had  compassion  on  him/  and 
put  forth  his  honde/  touched  him/  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  I 
will/  be  clene.  and  as  sone  as  he  had  spoken/  immediately 
the  leprosy  departed  from  him/  ^-  and  he  was  clensed.  And 
23  he  charged  hym/  and  sent  him  awaye  forthwith,  and  sayd 
vnto  him  :  Se  that  thou  tell  no  man/  but  gett  the  hence  and 
shewe  thy  sylfo  to  the  presto/  and  offer  for  thy  clensynge/ 
those  thinges  which  Moses  comniaunded/  for  a  testimonial! 
vnto  them.  But  he  (as  sone  as  he  was  departed)  began  to 
tell  many  thinges  and  to  publyshe  the  dede/  in  so  mociie  that 
Jesus  coulde  no  more  openly  entre  in  to  the  cite/  but  was 
with  out  in  desert  places/  and  they  came  to  him  from  eveiy 
quarter. 

E\)c  ff.  ffljaptcr. 

A  FTER  a  feawe  dayes  he  entred  into  Capernaum  againe/ 

and  it  was  noysed  that  he  was  in  a  housse  :  and  anon 

many  gaddered  togedder/  in  so  moche  that  ^  nowe  there  was  no 

"  Vexed,  Cr.  Bjis.  ^^  Say  that  they  knewe  him,  Ge?i.  ^^  One 
morning,  Tav.  ^  Gen.  Bps.  add — betbre  day.  ^'  Therefore  am 
I  come,  Cr.  Bps.  ^^  And  hee  sent  him  awaye,  etc.  Cr.  '^  After 
he  had  given  him  a  straight  commandment.  Gen.  Bps.  '  The 

places  aboute  the  doore  coulde  not  receyve  any  more,  Gen. 


JFo.  rn'o.  E^t  fflospcU  of  S.  IWarfee. 

roume  to  receave  them  :  no/  ^  nott  in  places  about  the  dore. 
And  he  preached  vnto  them.  And  there  cam  vnto  hym  that 
brought  wone  sicke  off  the  palsey/  borne  off  fower  men  :  and 
be  cause  they  coulde  not  com  nye  vnto  hym  for  ^preace  : 
They  ''opened  the  rofe  of  the  housse  where  he  was.  And 
when  they  had  broken  yt  open/  they  lett  doune  ^  the  beed 
where  in  the  sicke  of  the  palsey  ley/  When  Jesus  sawe  their 
fayth/  he  sayde  to  the  sicke  of  the  palsey/  sorme  thy  synnes 
are  forge ven  the. 

There  were  certeyne  of  the  scrybes  syttinge/  and  reason- 
inge  in  their  hertes :  ^  howe  doeth  thys  felowe  blaspheme  ? 
who  can  forgeve  synnes/  but  god  only  ?  And  immediatly 
when  Jesus  perceaved  in  his  sprete/  that  they  so  reasoned  in 
them  selves/  he  saye  vnto  them  :  why  thynke  ye  soche  thinges 
in  youre  hertes  }  whether  ys  it  easyer  to  saye  to  the  sicke  of 
tlie  palsey/  thy  synnes  ar  forgeven  the  :  or  to  saye/  aiyse/ 
take  vppe  thy  beed  and  walke  ?  That  ye  may  knowe  that 
the  Sonne  of  man  hath  power  in  erth  to  forgeve  sinnes/  he 
spake  vnto  the  sicke  of  the  palsey  :  I  saye  vnto  the/  aryse  and 
take  vp  thy  beed/  and  get  the  hens  in  to  thyne  awne  housse. 
And  by  and  by  he  arose/  toke  vp  hys  beed/  and  went  forth 
before  them  all.  in  so  moche  that  they  were  all  amased/ 
and  glorified  god/  sayinge  :  we  never  sawe  '''  it  on  thys 
fassion. 

And  he  went  out  agayne  vnto  the  see/  and  all  the  people 
resorted  vnto  hym/  and  he  taught  them.  And  as  Jesus  passed 
by/  he  sawe  levy  the  sonne  of  alphey/  sytt  att  the  receyte  of 
custome/  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  folowe  me.  And  he  arose  and 
folowed  hym.  And  yt  cam  to  passe/  as  Jesus  sate  att  meate 
in  his  housse/  many  pubplicans  and  synners  sate  att  meate 
also  with  Jesus  and  his  disciples.  For  there  were  many  that 
folowed  him.  And  when  the  scribs  and  phariscs  sawe  him 
eate  with  publicans  and  synners/  they  sayde  vnto  his  disciples  : 
howe  is  it/  that  he  eateth  and  drynketh  with  publicans  and 
synners  ?  when  Jesus  had  herde  that/  he  sayd  vnto  them. 
The  whole  have  no  nede  of  the  visicion  :  but  the  sicke.  I 
cam  8  to  cal  the  simiers  to  repentaunce/  and  not  the  iuste. 

And  the  disciples  of  Jhon  and  of  the  pharises  did  faste/  and 
they  cam  and  sayde  vnto  him.     Why  do  the  disciples  of  Jhon 

'  No,  not  so  much  as  about,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  •^  The  people, 

Cov.     The    multitude.   Gen.  "'  Uncovered.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gcji.  Bps. 

*  Cr.  adds — (with  cords.)  *  Why  doth  he  spcake,  Cr.  Grn.  Bps. 

'  Such  a  thing,  Gen.  *  Not  to  cal  tlie  righteous  but  sinners,  etc, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


2rf;c  (Sospcll  of  S.  fWarftc.  m.  fff. 

and  off  the  pharises  faste/  and  thy  disciples  fast  nott.  And 
Jesus  sayde  vnto  them:  can  the  chyldren  of  ^a  weddinge 
faste/  whils  the  brydgrome  is  with  them  ?  As  longe  as  they 
have  the  biydgrome  with  them/  they  cannot  faste.  Butt  the 
dayes  wyll  come  when  the  brydegrome  shalbe  taken  from 
tliem/  and  then  shall  they  faste  in  thoose  dayes. 

Also  no  man  soweth  a  pece  of  newe  cloth  vnto  an  olde 
garment/  for  ^''then  taketh  he  awaye  the  newe  pece  from  the 
olde/  and  so  is  the  rent  worsse. 

hi  lyke  wyse/  no  man  poureth  newe  wyne  in  to  olde  vess- 
elles/  for  yf  he  do  the  newe  wyne  breaketh  the  vesselles/  and 
the  wyne  runneth  out/  and  the  vessels  are  ^^  marde.  Butt 
newe  wyne  must  be  poured  in  to  new  vesselles. 

And  it  chaunsed  that  he  went  thorowe  the  come  feldes  on 
the  sabboth  daye/  and  his  disciples  ^^  [as  they  went  on  their 
waye/]  began  to  plucke  the  eares  of  corne/  And  the  pharises 
sayde  vnto  him  :  Take  hede  why  do  they  on  the  sabboth  daye 
that  which  is  vnlaufull  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  have  ye 
never  redde  what  David  did/  when  he  had  nede/  and  was  an- 
hongred  both  he  and  they  that  were  with  him  ?  howe  they 
went  into  the  housse  of  God  in  the  dayes  of  Abiathar  the  hye 
preste/  and  ate  the  halowed  loves/  which  is  not  laufull  but  for 
the  prestes  only  to  eate  :  and  gave  also  to  them  which  were 
with  him  ?  And  he  sayde  to  them  :  the  saboth  daye  was 
made  for  man/  and  nott  man  for  the  saboth  daye.  Wherfore 
is  the  Sonne  of  man  lorde  even  of  the  saboth  daye. 

E\)c  iff.  CEIjapter. 

A  ND  he  entrcd  agayne  into  the  synagog/  and  there  was  a 
-^  man  which  had  a  widdred  honde  :  and  they  watched  him/ 
to  se/  yf  he  wolde  heale  him  on  the  saboth  daye/  that  they 
myght  accuse  hym.  And  he  saide  vnto  the  man  whych  had 
the  widdred  honde  :  aiyse  and  stonde  in  the  middes.  And  he 
saide  to  them  :  whether  ys  it  laufull  ^  to  do  a  good  dede  on 
the  saboth  daye/  or  ^  an  evyll  ?  ^  to  save  a  mannes  life/  or  to 
kyll .'  Butt  they  helde  their  peace.  And  he  loked  rounde 
aboute  on  them  ^  angrely  mornynge  on  the  '^  blindnes  of  their 
herttes/  And  sayd  to  the  man  :  stretch  forth  thyne  honde  : 

*  The  marriage  chamber,  Gen.  '"  Els  the  newe  piece  taketh 

away  the  filling  up  from  the  old,  Gen.  Other  wayes  his  newe  peece 
taketh  awaye  {somewhat)  from  the  olde,  etc.  Bps.  "  Lost,  Gen. 

'*  Cr.  Bps.  omit.  '  To  do  good — to  do  evyll,  Cr.  Bps.  *  To 

save  [the,  G.]  life,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  With  anger,  mourning 

on,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.        *  Hardenesse,  Bps. 


jFo.  vrvbf.  EJje  ffiospcU  of  S.  i^arke. 

and  he  stretched  it  forth :  and  the  honde  was  restored/  even 
as  whole  as  the  other. 

The  pharises  departed/  and  streyght  waye  gaddred  a  coun- 
sell  with  ^  them  that  belonged  to  Herode  agaynst  hym/  that 
they  myght  destroye  him.  And  Jesus  avoyded  with  his  dis- 
ciples to  the  see  :  and  a  greate  multitude  folowed  him  from 
galile  and  from  Jewrjv  and  fi'om  Hierusalem/  and  from  Idu- 
mea/  and  from  beonde  Jordane  :  and  they  that  dwelled  about 
Tyre  and  Sidon/  a  great  multitude  :  which  when  they  hade 
herde  ^  what  thynges  he  did/  cam  vnto  him. 

And  he  comaunded  his  disciples/  that  a  shippe  shulde  wayte 
on  him/  because  oii'  the  people/  leste  they  shulde  throunge 
hym.  for  he  had  healed  many/  m  so  moche  that  they  preased 
apon  him/  for  to  touche  him/  as  many  as  had  plages  and  when 
the  vnclene  sprites  sawe  him/  they  fell  doune  before  him/  and 
cryed  sayinge  :  thou  arte  the  sonne  of  God  :  And  he  '''  streyght- 
ly  charged  them  that  they  shulde  not  ^  vtter  him. 

And  he  went  vppe  into  a  mountayne/  and  called  vnto  him 
whom  he  wolde/  and  they  cam  vnto  him.  And  he  ^  ordeined 
the  twelve  that  they  shulde  be  with  him/  and  that  he  myght 
sende  them  to  preache.  And  that  they  might  have  power  to 
heale  syknesses  and  to  cast  out  devylles.  And  ^^  he  gave  vn- 
to Simon/  to  name/  Peter.  And  he  called  James  the  sonne 
of  Zebede/  and  Jhon  James  brother/  and  gave  them  bonarges 
to  name/  which  is  to  saye  the  sonnes  of  thounder.  And  An- 
drewe  and  Philippe/  and  Bartlemewe  and  Mathewe/  and 
Thomas/  and  James  the  sonne  of  Alphey/  and  Taddeus/  and 
Symon  ii  of  cane/  and  Judas  iscarioth/  whiche  same  also  be- 
trayed hym. 

And  they  cam  vnto  housse/  and  the  people  assembled  to- 
gedder  agayne/  so  ^^  greattly  that  they  had  nott  leesar  so  moche 
as  to  eate  breed.  And  when  ^^  they  that  ^^  longed  vnto  hym 
herde  off  it/  they  went  out  to  i^  holde  hym.  For  they  ^^  sayde/ 
^~  he  ys  to  fervent.  And  the  scribes  which  came  from  Jeru- 
salem/ sayde  :  he  hath  Beelzebub/  and  by  the  ^^  power  off  the 

*  Hcrode's  officers,  Cov.     The  Herodians.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of  his 

noble  acts.  Coc.  '  Sharply  rebuked  them,  Gen.  *  Make  him 

known,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Appointed,  Gen.  *"  And  the  first  iras  Si- 

mon, and  he  named  Simon,  Peter,  Gen.  ^'  The    Cananite,  Gen. 

Bps.  '-  That  they  coulde  not  so  much  as,  etc.  Cm.  Bps.  '^  p^jg 
kinsfolk, Gen.  ^*  Belonged,  Cr.  Bps.  '*Lay  holde  [hands,  G.} 

upon  him,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^®  Thought  he   had  been  besyde  him- 

Belfe,  T.  M.  Gen.  "  He  taketh  too  much  upon  him.  Cop.  He  is 
mad,  Cr.  Bps.         '^  Chief  devyll,  Cr.  Prince  of  the  devils,  Gen.  Bps. 


ffljf  (Siospcll  of  .S.  iWnvfee.  fff).  fffj. 

chefe  dcvyll/  castoth  out  devylles.  And  he  called  them  vnto 
hym/  and  in  similitudes  sayde  vnto  them. 

Howe  can  Satan  drive  out  Satan  ?  And  yf  a  ^^  realme  bo 
devided  ageynst  it  silfe/  that  i'-*  realme  cannot  endure.  And 
if  a  housse  be  devided  agaynste  it  silfe/  that  housse  cannot 
continue  :  So  if  Satan  make  insurreccion  agaynst  him  silfe/ 
and  be  devided/  he  can  not  continue/  but  hath  an  ende.  No 
man  can  entre  into  a  stronge  mans  housse/  and  take  awaye 
hys  gooddes/  excepte  he  fyrste  bynde  that  stronge  man  and 
then  spoyle  hys  housse. 

Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  that  all  synnes  shalbe  forgeven  vn- 
to -"^  mens  chyldrcn :  and  blasphemy/  where  with  they  blas- 
pheme, but  he  that  blasphemeth  the  holy  goost/  shall  never 
have  forgeveness  :  but  is  -^  in  daunger  of  eternall  dampnacion. 
For  they  sayde/  he  had  an  vnclene  sprete. 

And  there  cam  his  mother  and  his  brithren/  and  stode  with 
cute/  and  sent  vnto  him  and  called  hym  :  and  the  people  sate 
aboute  hym/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  beholde  thy  mother  and 
thy  brethren  soke  for  the  with  out.  And  he  answered  them/ 
saynge  :  who  ys  my  mother/  and  my  brethren  .''  And  he  loked 
rounde  about  on  his  disciples/  which  ^~  sate  m  compasse  about 
hym/  and  sayde  :  beholde  my  mother/  and  my  brethren/  For 
who  soever  doeth  the  will  off  god/  he  is  my  brother/  my  sys- 
ter  and  mother. 

STljc  ifif.  ®l;aptcr. 

A  ND  he  began  agayne  to  teache  them  by  the  see  syde. 
-^^  And  there  gadered  to  gedder  vnto  hym  moche  people/ 
so  greatly  that  he  entred  in  to  a  shippe/  and  sate  in  the  see/ 
and  all  the  people  was  by  the  see  syde  on  the  shoore/  And  he 
^  taught  them  many  thynges  in  similitudes/  and  sayde  vnto 
them  in  his  doctrine  :  Hcrkcn  to.  Beholde/  The  sower  went 
forth  to  sowe/  and  it  fortuned  as  he  sowed/  that  some  fell  by 
the  waye  syde/  and  the  fowles  oif  the  ayre  cam  and  devoured 
it  vppe.  Some  fell  on  a  stony  grounde  :  where  it  had  not 
moche  erth  :  and  by  and  by  sprange  vppe/  because  it  had  not 
deepth  of  erth/  and  as  sone  as  the  sun  was  vppe  it  caught 
heet :  and  because  it  had  nott  rotynge  it  wyddred  awaye.  And 
some  fell  amonge  the  thorncs/  and  the  thornes  grewe  vppe 

'^Kingdome,  Gen.  *"  The  children  of  men,  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Guil- 
tie  of  the  everlasting  judorment,  Cov.  Culpable  of,  etc.  Gen.  **  Sat 
aboute  h\m,  Bps.  '  Preached  long,  Cov. 


jfo.  rFVWf.  me  eSosjidl  of  S.  iWarkr. 

and  choked  it/  so  that  it  gave  no  frute.  And  some  fell  apon 
good  grounde :  and  did  yelde  frute  that  spronge  and  grewe  : 
and  brought  forthe  some  thirty  folde/  some  '^  fourty  folde/  and 
some  an  hundred  folde.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  He  that 
hath  eares  to  heare/  lett  hym  heare. 

When  he  was  alone/  they  that  were/  aboute  hym  with  the 
twelve  axed  hym  of  the  similitude.  And  he  saide  vnto  them  : 
To  you  it  is  geven  to  knowe  the  mistery  of  the  kyngdom  of 
God/  But  vnto  them  that  are  with  out/  shall  all  thinges  be 
done  in  similitudes :  that  when  they  se/  they  shall  se/  and  not 
discerne :  and  when  they  heare  they  shall  heare/  and  not  vn- 
derstonde  :  leste  at  any  tyme  they  shulde  tourne/  and  their 
synnes  shulde  be  forgeven  them.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Perceave  ye  not  this  similitude.  And  howe  ^ye  shall  knowe 
all  similitudes  ? 

The  sower  soweth  the  worde.  ^  These  be  they  whiche  are 
by  the  wayes  syde/  where  the  worde  is  sowen/  to  whom  as 
sone  as  they  have  herde  itt/  commeth  ^the  devyll  and  takith 
awaye  the  woi'de  that  was  sowen  in  their  hertes.  And  these 
also  are  they  that  ^  are  sowen  on  the  stony  grounde  :  which 
when  they  have  herde  the  worde/  att  once  they  receave  it 
with  "^  ioye/  yett  have  no  rote  in  themselves/  and  so  endure  but 
for  a  season  :  afterwarde  as  sone  as  cny  trouble  or  porsecu- 
cion  ariseth  for  the  wordes  sake/  anon  they  fall.  And  these 
are  they  that  are  sowen  amonge  the  thornes/  which  heare  the 
worde  of  god/  and  the  care  of  this  worlde  and  the  disseytful- 
nes  of  ryches/  and  the  lustes  of  other  thynges  cntre  in/  and 
choocke  the  worde/  and  it  is  made  vnfrutfuU.  And  these  are 
they  that  are  sowen  in  good  grounde/  which  heare  the  worde 
and  receave  it/  ^  and  brynge  forth  frute  :  some  thirty  folde/ 
some  sixty  folde/  some  an  hundred  folde. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them/  is  the  candle  lighted/  to  be  put 
vnder  a  busshell/  or  vnder  ^the  horde  ?  ys  it  not  therfore 
lighted  that  it  shulde  be  put  on  a  candelsticke  ?  For  there  is 
no  thing  i**  so  prevy/ that  shall  nott  be  opened  :  nether  ^i  so 
secreet/  butt  that  it  shall  ^'^  come  abroade.     Yf  eny  man  have 

*  Syxtye,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Then  slioulde  ye  understande 

[will  ye  know,  C]  all  other,   Cr.  Gen.  *  And    (they   whereof 

some  be  rehearsed  to  be  by  the  wayside)  are  those  wiicre,  etc.  Cr. 
And  these  are  they  that  receive  the  seed  by  the  wayside,  etc.  Gen. 
*  Satan,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Recey  ved  the  seed  Cr.  Gen.  Bp.i. 

[So  post.]  ''  Gladnesse,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  So  that  one 

come   dothe   bring  forth,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  The  table,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^°  Hid,  «r«.  "  Is  there  a  secret,  Gen.         '^  Be 

known,  Cor.  Conie  to  light,  Gen. 


8rf)c  (SosfAl  of  S.  fWavfee.  «ri).  fffj. 

eares  to  heare/  lett  him  heare.  And  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  take 
hede  what  ye  heare.  With  what  measure  ye  mete/  with  the 
same  shall  ^^  it  be  measured  vnto  you  agayne.  And  vnto  you 
that  1^  have  shall  more  be  geven.  For  vnto  hym  that  hath/ 
shall  it  be  geven  :  And  from  hym  that  hath  nott/  shalbe  taken 
awaye/  even  that  he  hath. 

And  he  sayd  :  so  is  the  kingdom  of  God/  even  as  yf  a  man 
shulde  sowe  seede  in  the  grounde/  and  shuld  slepe  and  rise  vp 
night  and  daye  :  and  the  seede  shulde  springe/  and  growc  vppe 
^^  whyll  he  is  not  ware.  For  the  erth  bryngeth  forthe  frutc  off 
her  silfe/  first  the  blad/  then  the  eares/  after  that  full  corne  in 
the  eares.  As  sone  as  the  frute  ^^  is  brought  forth/  anon  he 
throusteth  in  the  sykell  be  cause  that  hervest  is  come. 

And  he  sayde  :  where  vnto  shall  we  lyken  the  kyngdom 
off  God  ?  or  with  what  compareson  shall  we  compare  it  ?  It 
is  lyke  a  grayne  off  mustardseed/  which  when  it  is  sowen  in 
the  erth/  is  i"  the  leest  of  all  seedes  that  be  in  the  erth  :  And 
after  that  it  is  sowen  it  groweth  vppe/  and  is  greatest  of  all 
yerbes  :  and  bereth  greate  braunches  so  that  the  fowles  off  the 
ayre  maye  ^"^  dwell  vnder  the  shadowc  of  it. 

And  with  many  soche  similitudes  he  preached  the  worde 
vnto  them/  ^^  after  as  they  myght  heare  it.  And  with  out 
similitude  spake  he  nothinge  vnto  them.  But  when  they  were 
■^  a  parte/  he  expounded  all  thinges  to  his  disciples.  And  the 
same  daye  when  even  was  come  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  lett  vs 
passe  over  into  the  other  syde.  And  they  -Mate  the  people 
departe  and  toke  hym  even  as  he  was  in  the  shippe.  There 
were  also  with  him  '^^  other  shippes. 

And  there  arose  a  great  storme  of  wynde/  and  dasshed  the 
waves  into  the  shippe/  so  that  it  was  full.  And  he  was  in  the 
Sterne  a  slepe  on  a  pelowe.  And  they  awoke  hym/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  Master/  carest  thou  nott  that  we  perisshe  ?  And 
he  rose  vppe  and  rebuked  die  wynde/  and  sayde  unto  the  see  : 
peace  and  be  still.  And  the  wynde  '^alayed/  and  there  fol- 
owed  a  greate  calme  :  and  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  why  are  ye 
fearful!  ?     Howe  is  it  that  ye  have  no  faythe  ?     And  they 


'3  Other  men  measure,  etc,  Cr.  '■•  Heare.  Gen.  '*  He  not 

knowing  how,  Gin.  Bps.  '*  Shev/eth  itsflie.  Gen.  *"  Lesse 

than  al  seedes  that  be,  etc.  Bps.  '®  Make  tlieir  nestes,  Cr.  Builde, 
Gen.  "  As  they  were  able  to  heare  it,  Gen.  B/'s.  *"  Alone,  Cr. 
Bps.  -'  Lefte  the    people    [multitude.  G.]    T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

^-  More  shippes,  Cor.  Other  little  shipps,  Bps.  ^  Ceased,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps. 

G 


jye.  vrv'oU].  Crte  ©lospell  of  S.  ifEarfec. 

feared  excedinglv/  and  sayde  won  to  another  :  24  what  felowe  is 
this  ?  for  booth  wynde  and  see  obey  hym. 

Srtc  b.  Chapter. 

A  ND  they  cam  over  to  the  other  syde  off  the  see  in  to  the 
"^  country  of  the  gaderens.  And  when  he  was  come  out  of 
the  shippe/  ^  anon  mett  hym  out  of  the  ^  graves  a  man  possess- 
yd  of  an  vnclene  sprete/  which  had  his  abydinge  amonge  the 
graves.  And  no  man  coulde  bynde  hym  ^  with  cheynes/  be 
cause  that  when  he  was  often  bounde  with  fetters  and  cheynes/ 
he  plucked  the  chaynes  asundre/  and  brake  the  fetters  in  pe- 
ces.  Nether  coulde  eny  man  tame  him.  And  alwayes  boothe 
nyght  and  daye  he  cryed  in  the  mountaynes  and  in  the  graves 
and  4  bet  hym  silfe  with  stones.  When  he  had  spied  Jesus 
afarre  of/  he  ranne/  and  ^worshipped  him/  and  ciyed  with  a 
lowde  voyce  and  sayde  :  what  have  I  to  do/  with  the  Jesus 
the  sonne  of  the  ^  moost  hyest  god  ?  I  ^  requyre  the  m  the 
name  of  god/  that  thou  torment  me  nott.  For  he  had  sayd 
vnto  hym/  Come  forthe  of  the  man  thou  fowle  sprete.  And  he 
axed  hym  :  what  is  thy  name  ?  and  he  anshwered  hym/  my 
name  is  Legion/  for  we  are  many.  And  he  prayed  hym 
instantly/  that  he  wold  nott  sende  them  awaye  out  of  that  re- 
gion. 

There  was  there  nye  vnto  the  mountayns  a  greate  heerd  of 
swyne  fedinge/  and  all  the  devyls  besought  hym  saynge  : 
s  send  vs  in  to  the  heerde  off  swyne/  that  we  maye  enter  in  to 
them.  And  anon  Jesus  gave  them  leave/  And  the  vnclene 
spretes  went  out  and  entred  in  to  the  swyne.  And  the  heerd 
^starteled/  and  ran  hedlyng  into  the  see.  They  were  ^'^  about 
ij  M.  swyne/  and  they  were  ^^  drouned  in  the  see.  And  the 
swyne  heerdes  fleed/  and  tolde  it  in  the  cite/  and  in  the  ^^coun- 
tre.  And  they  cam  out  for  to  see/  what  had  hapened/  And 
they  cam  out  to  Jesus/  and  they  sawe  hym  that  ^'-^  was  vexed 
whh  the  fende  and  had  the  legion  sytt/  both  clothed  and  in  his 
right  mynde  and  were  a  frayed.  And  they  that  sawe  it  tolde 
them/  howe  it  Imd  hapened  vnto  hym  that  was  possessed  off 

2<  Who  is  this.  Or.  Gen.  Bj/s.  '  Furthwith,  Tav.  Incontinent- 

ly. G«i.   [So.  6'.  vs.  13.]  ^TomXnys,  Bps.   {So  post.']  ^  ^o, 

not  with,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         *'  Strook,  Gen.  Al  to  cutting  him- 
sclfe,  Bps.  ^  Fell  downc  before  him,  Cov.  *  Most  High,  Gen. 

"  Charge  thee  by  God,  Gen.  "  Let  us  depart,  Cov.  ^  Ranne 

[Was  carried,  C]  headlong,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.     Gen.  adds — from  the  high 
anke.  '»  Almost,  Cr.  "  Choaked,  Bps.  "  Ficldes,  Cr. 

'*  Had  bene  possessed  with  the  devyll,  Gen.  [So  vs.  18.] 


m)e  e&ospell  of  S.  jWatftc,  <ir%  b. 

the  devyll/  and  also  of  the  swyne.  And  they  began  to  praye 
hym/  that  he  wolde  departe  from  their  coostes.  And  when 
he  was  come  in  to  the  shippe/  he  that  had  the  devyll  prayed 
hym  that  he  myght  be  with  hym  :  Jesus  wolde  not  soflfre  him 
but  sayde  vnto  him  :  goo  home  in  to  thyne  awne  housse  and 
to  thy'freudes/  and  shewe  them  i"*  what  thinges  the  lorde  hath 
done  vnto  the/  and  howe  he  had  compassion  on  the.  And  he 
departed/  and  began  to  publisshe  in  the  ten  cites/  what 
thinges  Jesus  had  done  vnto  hym/  and  all  men  did  merveyle. 

And  when  Jesus  was  coinc  over  agayne  in  the  shippe  vnto 
the  other  syde/  moche  people  gaddered  vnto  hym/  and  he  was 
nye  vnto  the  see.  And  beholde/  there  cam  vnto  hym  won  of 
the  rulers  of  the  sinagogge/  whose  name  was  Jairus  :  and 
when  he  sawe  hym/  he  felle  doune  att  his  fete/  and  besought 
hym  greatly/  saynge  :  my  ^^  doughter  lyith  att  poynt  of  deeth/ 
16 1  wolde  thou  woldest  come  and  ley  thy  honde  on  her/  that 
she  myght  be  safe  and  live.  And  he  went  with  hym/  and 
moche  people  folowed  hym/  and  thronge  hym. 

And  there  was  a  woman/  whiche  was  diseased  off  an  yssue 
off  bloude  twelve  yeres/  and  had  suffered  many  thinges  of 
many  fisicioas/  and  had  spent  all  that  she  had/  and  ^^  felte 
none  amendment  at  all/  But  ^^  wexed  worsse  and  worsse. 
When  she  had  herde  off  Jesus  :  she  cam  mto  the  preace  be- 
hynde  hym/  and  tewched  hys  garment.  For  she  sayde  :  Yf 
1  maye  butt  tewche  his  clothing/  I  shall  be  whole.  And 
streyght  waye  ^^  her  fountayne  of  bloude  was  dreyed  vppe/ 
and  she  felt  in  her  body  that  she  was  healed  off  the  plage. 

And  Jesus  immediatly  felt  in  him  silfe/  the  vertue  that  went 
out  off  hym/  and  tourned  hym  rounde  aboute  in  the  preace/ 
and  sayde  :  Who  ^^  tewched  my  clothes  ?  And  his  disciples 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  thou  seist  the  people  ^^  thrustbge  the  ^  [on 
every  syde/]  and  yet  sayest :  who  did  tewche  me  ?  And  he 
loked  round  about/  ffor  to  se  her  thatt  had  done  that  thinge. 
The  woman  feared  and  trembled/  for  she  knewe  what  was 
done  with  in  her.  And  she  cam  and  fell  doune  before  hym 
and  tolde  hym  ^  the  trueth  of  every  thinge.     And  he  sayde 

»*  How  great  things,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  20.]  >»  Gen. 

adds^ittle.  Bps. — young.         '®Let  it  be  thy  pleasure  to  come,  Cov. 
I  pray  thee    [that  thou  wouldst,  G.]  come,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  It 

availed  her  nothing.  Gen.  ^^  Rather  was  worse  and  worse,  [the 

worse,  B.]  Cr.  Bps.  She  became  much  worse,  Gen.         "  The  course 
of  her,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Did  touche  me,  Bps.  *'  Throng,  Gen. 

«*  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit,  ^  All  the  truth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  pvpfjc.  Sf)e  CEospcIl  of  S.  iWarftc. 

vnto  her  Doughter/  thy  fayth  hath  ^4  saved  the/  goo  in  peace/ 
and  be  whole  off  thy  plage. 

Whyll  he  yet  spake/  there  cam  from  the  raler  of  the  sina- 
gogis  "housse/  certayne  which  sayde  :  thy  doughter  is  deed  : 
why  deseasest  thou  the  master  eny  further  ?  As  sone  as  Je- 
sus herde  thatt  worde  spoken/  he  sayde  vnto  the  ruler  of  the 
synagoge  :  Be  not  afrayed/  only  beleve.  And  he  suffred  no 
man  to  folowe  hym  ^^  moo  then  Peter/  and  James/  and  Jhon 
James  brother.  And  he  cam  vnto  the  housse  of  the  ruler  off 
the  synagoge/  and  sawe  the  ^  wondrynge  and  them  that  wepte 
and  way  led  greatly/  And  he  went  in  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Why  make  ye  this  adoo  and  wepe  .^  The  ^"  majden  is  not 
deed/  but  slepith.  And  they  lawght  hym  to  scorne.  Then 
he  put  them  all  out/  and  toke  the  father  and  the  mother  off 
the  mayden/  and  them  that  were  with  hym/  and  entred  in 
where  the  mayden  laye/  And  toke  the  mayden  by  the  honde/ 
and  sayde  vnto  her :  Tabitha/  cumi  :  which  is  by  interpreta- 
cion  :  mayden  I  say  vnto  the/  an,'se.  And  streight  the  may- 
den arose/  and  "^  went  on  her  fete.  For  she  was  of  the  age 
of  twelve  yeres.  And  they  were  astonied  at  it  out  of  measure. 
And  he  charged  them  straytely/  that  no  man  shulde  knowe  off 
it.     And  commaunded  to  geve  her  meate. 


E\)c  bf.  <B'1)aptet. 

A  ND  he  departed  thens/  and  cam  in  to  his  awne  countre/ 
'^  and  his  disciples  folowed  hym.  And  when  the  saboth 
daye  was  come/  he  began  to  teache  in  the  synagoge.  And 
many  that  herde  hym  ^  were  astonyed/  and  sayde  :  From 
whens  hath  he  these  thinges  ?  and  what  wysdom  is  this  that  is 
geven  vnto  him  ?  and  suche  -  vertues  that  are  wrought  by  his 
hondcs  ?  Ys  not  this  that  carpenter  Marys  sonne/  the  brother 
off  James/  and  Joses  and  Juda  and  Simon  ?  and  are  not  his 
sisters  here  with  vs  ?  And  they  were  hurt  by  the  reason  of 
him.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  a  prophet  is  not  ^  despys- 
ed  but  in  his  awne  countre/  and  amonge  his  awne  kymie/  and 
amonge  them  that  are  of  the  same  houssholde.  And  he 
coulde  there  shewe  no  myracles  butt  leyd  his  hondes  apon  a 

•*  Made  thee  whole,  Ge7i.  ^  Save,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *«  Tu- 

mult, Gen.  Bps.  -^  Childe,  Gcii.  [So  post.]  «  Walked,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  '  Marvelled  at  his  learning.  Cov.  *  Miracles.  Ta. 

Great  [mightie,  B.]  workes,  Gen.  Bps.     [So  vs.  5.]  ^  Without 

honour,  Gcji.  Bps. 


2ri)e  ffiospell  of  S.  ifWarfte.  (Tl).  bf. 

feawe  sicke  foolke  and  healed  them.  And  lie  merveyled  at 
their  vnbelefe. 

And  he  went  aboute  by  the  ^  tounes  that  ^  lye  in  circuite/ 
teachynge.  And  he  called  the  twelve/  and  began  to  sende 
them/  two  and  two/  and  gave  them  power  over  vnclene  spretes. 
And  commaunded  them/  that  they  shulde  take  notthinge  vnto- 
their  Jorney/  save  a  rodde  only  :  Nether  scrippe/  nether 
breed/  nether  mon}-  in  their  ^  pourses  :  butt  shoulde  be  shood 
with  sandals.  And  that  they  shulde  not  put  on  two  coottes. 
And  sayd  vnto  them  :  whersoever  ye  entre  into  an  housse/ 
there  abyde  tyll  ye  departe  thens.  And  whosoever  shall  nott 
receave  you/  nor  heare  you/  when  ye  departe  thens/  shake  of 
the  duste  that  is  vnder  youre  fete  for  a  '''  remembraunce  vnto 
them.  I  say  vercly  vnto  you/  itt  shalbe  easyer  for  Zodom 
and  Gomor/  att  the  daye  off  iudgement/  then  for  that  cite. 

And  they  went  out  and  preached/  that  they  shulde  repent : 
and  they  caste  out  many  devylles.  And  they  annoynted/ 
many  that  were  sicke  with  oyle  and  healed  them. 

And  kynge  Herode  herde  of  him/  for  his  name  was  ^spreed 
abroade/  And  he  said  :  Jhon  baptiste  is  risen  agayne  from 
deeth/  and  therfore  ^myracles  ^^worke  in  hym.  Wother 
sayd/  it  is  Helyas  :  and  some  sayde  :  it  is  a  prophet/  or  as 
won  of  the  prophettes.  ii  But  when  Herode  herde  of  him  he 
sayd  :  it  is  Jhon  whom  I  beheded/  he  ys  risen  from  deeth 
agayne. 

For  Herode  him  silfe/  had  sent  forth/  ^^  and  had  taken  Jhon/ 
and  13  bounde  him  and  cast  him  into  preson  for  Herodyas  sake 
which  was  hys  brother  Philippes  wyfe.  For  he  had  maried 
her.  Jhon  sayde  vnto  Herode  :  It  is  not  laufuU  for  the  to 
have  thy  brothers  wyfe.  Herodias  I'^layd  waite  for  him/  and 
wolde  have  killed  him/  butt  she  coulde  nott.  For  Herode 
feared  Jhon/  knowynge  that  he  was  iuste  and  holy/  and  gave 
him  reverence/  And  when  he  herde  him  he  did  many  thinges/ 
and  herde  him  gladly. 

1^  And  when  a  convenyent  daye  was  come.  Herode  on  hys 
birth  daye  made  ^^a  supper  to  the  lordes/  captaynes/  and  chefe 

^  Villages,  Bps.  ^  Laye  on  every   side,    T.  M.   Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Girdles.  Cov.  Gen.  '  Witnesse,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Witnesse  against, 
Bps.  ^  Now  known,  Cov.  ®  Great  workes  are  wrought  by  him, 
Gen.  Miglitie  workes  do  shewe  forthe  themselves  in  him,  Bps. 
"^  Are  wrought  by,  T.  M.  Cr.  "  So  when,  etc.  Gen.  '*  Cr.  addfs 
— men  of  warre.  '^  Bound  him  in  preson,  Gen.  Bps.         ''•  Had  a 

quarrel  agaynst  him,  Gen.  '^  And   the  time  being  convenient, 

when  Herode,  etc.  Gen.        ^^  A  banquet  to  his  princes,  Gen. 


jFo.  0.  jrte  ffiosjcll  of  .S.  i^arfte. 

estates  of  galile.  And  the  doughter  of  the  same  Herodias  cam 
in  and  daunsed/  and  pleased  Herode  and  them  that  sate  att 
bourde  also/  Then  the  kinge  sayd  vnto  the  mayden  :  axe  of 
me  what  thou  wilt/  and  I  will  geve  it  the.  And  he  sware  vnto 
her  whatsoever  thou  shalt  axe  of  me/  I  will  geve  it  the/  even 
vnto  the  one  halfe  of  my  kyngdom.  And  she  went  forth  and 
sayde  to  her  mother  :  what  shall  I  axe  ?  And  she  sayde  : 
Jhon  baptistes  heed.  And  she  cam  in  streight  waye  with 
haste  vnto  the  kinge/  and  axed  sayinge  :  I  wyll  that  thou  geve 
me  ^~  by  and  by  in  a  charger  the  heed  of  Jhon  baptist.  And 
the  kinge  was  sory  :  yet  for  hys  othes  sake/  and  for  their  sakes 
which  sate  att  supper  also/  he  wolde  not  ^^  put  her  besyde  her 
purpost.  And  immediatly  the  kynge  sent  the  hangman  and 
commaunded  his  heed  to  be  brought  in.  And  he  went  and 
beheeded  him  in  the  preson/  and  brought  his  heedde  in  a 
charger  and  gave  hit  to  the  mayden/  and  the  mayden  gave  it 
to  her  mother.  When  his  disciples  herde  of  it/  they  cam  and 
toke  vppe  his  body/  and  ^^  put  it  in  a  toumbe. 

And  the  apostles  gaddered  them  selves  togeddre  to  Jesus/ 
and  tolde  him  all  thynges/  booth  what  they  had  done/  and 
what  they  had  taught.     And  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  come  ye 

20  aparte  into  the  wyldernes/  and  rest  a  whyle.  For  there 
were  many  commers  and   goers.     And  they  had  no  leasur 

21  wons  for  to  eate.  And  he  went  by  shippe  asyde  out  off  the 
waye  into  a  desertt  place.  And  the  people  spyed  them  when 
they  departed  :  and  many  knewe  him/  and  22  they  hasted  afote 
thether  out  of  eveiy  cite/  and  cam  thyther  before  them/  And 
cam  togedder  vnto  hym.  And  Jesus  went  out  and  sawe 
moche  people/  and  had  compassion  on  them/  be  cause  they 
were  lyke  shepe  whych  had  no  sheppherde.  And  he  began 
to  teache  them  many  thinges. 

And  when  the  daye  was  nowe  farre  spent/  his  disciples  cam 
vnto  him  sayinge  :  thys  ys  a  desert  place/  and  nowe  the  daye 
ys  farre  passed/  lett  them  departe/  that  they  maye  goo  in  to 
the  23countrey  rounde  about/  and  in  to  the  tounes/  and  bye 
them  breed  :  for  they  have  nothinge  to  eate.  He  answered 
and  sayde  vnto  them  :  geve  ye  them  to  eate.  And  they  sayde 
vnto  hym :  shall  we  goo  and  bye  ij.  C.  penyworth  of  breed/ 
and  geve  them  to  eate  .''     He  sayde  vnto  them  :  howe  many 

'■^  Even  now,  Gen.  >^  Cast  hir  off,  Cr.  Bps.    Refuse  her,  Gen. 

'^  Laid  it  in  a  grave,  Cr.  ^  Alone    out   of  the  way,  Cr.  Bps. 

«'  So  muche  as,  T.M.  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Ranne  a  foote,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.     Ranne  afore,  Tav.  ^  Villages  and  townes  about,  Gen. 


fffjc  fflfospcU  of  S.  iJWatfec.  €1).  bj. 

loves  have  ye  ?  Goo  and  loke.  And  when  they  24  had  serch- 
ed/  they  sayde :  v.  and  .ij.  fysshes.  And  he  commaunded 
them  to  make  them  all  sytt  doune/  by  companyes  apon  the 
grene  grasse.  And  they  sate  doune  ^^  here  arowe  and  there 
arowe/  by  houndrcdcs  and  by  fyfties.  And  he  toke  the  v. 
loves  and  the  .ij.  fysshes  and  loked  vppe  to  heven  and  ^  blest/ 
and  brake  the  loves/  and  gave  them  to  hys  disciples  to  put  be- 
fore them/  and  the  ij.  fysshes  he  devyded  amonge  them  alL 
And  they  all  ate/  and  were  satisfyed.  And  they  toke  vppe 
twelve  basketes  full  ^7  off  the  gobbettes  and  of  the  fysshes. 
And  they  that  ate  were  about  fyve  thousand  men. 

And  streyght  waye  he  caused  hys  disciples  to  goo  into  a 
shippc/  and  to  goo  over  the  water  before  vnto  Bethsaida/  whill 
he  sent  awaye  the  people.  And  as  sone  as  he  had  sent  them 
awey/  he  departed  into  a  mountaine  to  praye.  And  when 
even  was  come/  the  shippe  was  in  the  myddes  of  the  see/  and 
he  alone  on  the  londe/  and  he  sawe  them  ~*  troubled  in  row- 
inge/  for  the  wynde  was  contraiy  vnto  them.  And  aboute 
the  fourth  quartre  of  the  night/  he  cam  vnto  them/  walkinge 
apon  the  see/  and  wolde  have  passed  by  them.  When  they 
sawe  him  walkinge  apon  the  see/  they  supposed  yt  had  bene 
a  sprete/  and  cryed  oute  :  For  they  all  sawe  hym/  and  they 
were  ^  a  frayed.  And  a  non  he  talked  with  them/  and  sayde 
vnto  them  :  be  of  good  chere/  it  is  1/  be  not  afrayed.  And  he 
went  vnto  them  into  the  shippe/  and  the  ^vynde  ceased/  and 
they  were  ^o  sore  amased  in  them  selves  beyonde  measure/ 
and  marveyled.  For  they  3'  remembred  nott  off  the  loves/ 
be  cause  their  hertes  were  -^^  blynded. 

And  they  cam  over/^^  and  went  into  the  londe  off  genaza- 
reth/  and  34  drue  vp  into  the  haven.  And  as  sone  as  they 
were  come  out  off  the  shippe/  streyght  they  knewe  him/  and 
ran  forth  through  out  all  the  region  rounde  about/  and  began 
to  cary  aboute  in  beeddes  all  that  were  sicke/  when  they 
herde  tell  that  he  was  there.  And  whither  soever  he  entred 
into  the  ^^  tounes/  or  cites/  or  vyllages/  they  leyde  their  sicke 
in  the  stretes/  and  prayed  hyme/  thatt  they  myght  touche  and 

^  Knewe  it,  Gen.  **  By  rowes,  by  hundreths,  and  by  fifties,  Gen. 
^  Gave  thanks,  Cop.  Gen.  "Thereof,  Cr.  Of  the  fragments  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  In  peril,  Cov.  ^  Sore  afraid.  Gen.     Troubled,  Bps. 

20  Astonied  and  marvelled  exceedingly.  Gov.  ^*  Had  forgotten, 

Cot.  Had  not  considered,  Gen.  Understood  not  (what  icas  done) ,  Bps. 
3»  Hardened,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cr.  adds — the  water.  ^^  Arrived, 

Gen.  ^  Villages  or  cities  or  fields,  Bps. 


Sfo.  r^^  2rt)c  fflospcll  of  S.  iWarfee. 

hit  wer  but  the  ^^  edge  off  hys  vesture.     And  as  many  as 
touched  hym  were  ^7  safe. 


5rt)c  \)l].  <?tt)apter. 


A= 


ND  the  pharisees  cam  togedder  unto  hym/  and  dyvers  off 
the  scribes  which  cam  from  Jerusalem.  And  when  they 
sawe  certayne  of  hys  disciples  eate  breed  with  ^  commen 
hands  (that  is  to  saye/  with  vnwesshen  hondes)  they  ^com- 
playned.  For  the  pharises/  and  all  the  Jewes/  excepte  they 
washe  their  handes  ofte/  eate  not/  observinge  the  tradicions  of 
the  seniours.  And  when  they  come  from  the  markett/  except 
they  washe  them  selves  they  eate  not.  And  many  other 
thinges  there  be/  which  they  have  taken  apon  them  to  observe/ 
as  the  wasshinge  of  cuppes  and  ^  cruses/  and  of  brasen  ves- 
sels and  of  tables. 

Then  axed  hym  the  pharises  and  scribes  :  why  walke  not 
thy  disciples  accordinge  to  the  '*  tradicions  of  the  seniours/  butt 
eate  ^  breede  with  vnwesshen  hondes  ?  He  answered  and 
sayde  vnto  them  well  prophesied  hath  Esayas  of  you  ypo- 
crytes  as  it  is  written :  This  people  honoreth  me  with  their 
lyppes/  but  their  hert  is  farre  from  me  :  In  vayne  ^  they 
worshippe  me/  teachinge  '''  doctiyns  which  are  nothinge  but 
the  commandementes  off  men/  for  ye  laye  the  commande- 
ment  of  God  aparte/  and  ye  observe  the  tradicions  of  men  as 
the  wessinge  off  cruses  and  off  cuppes/  and  many  other  suche 
lyke  thinges  ye  do. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  well/  ye  ^  putt  awaye  the  com- 
mandement  of  God/  to  maynlayne  your  owne  ^  tradecions. 
For  Moses  sayde  :  Honoure  thy  father  and  thy  mother  :  and 
whosoever  ^^sayeth  evyll  to  his  father  or  mother/  let  hym 
11  dey  for  it.  But  ye  saye  :  a  man  shall  saye  to  his  father  or 
mother  Corban/  that  is/  12  ^yh^tgoever  thynge  I  offer/  that 
same  doeth  proffit  the.  And  ye  soffre  no  more  that  a  man  do 
eny  thynge  for  his  father  or  mother/  and  thus  have  ye  made 
the  commaundement  otf  God  off  none  ^^  effecte  through  youre 

^Remme,  T.M.  Cr.  Bps-  ^'' Ma.dc  whole,  Gen.  Bps.  'Defi- 
led, Bps.  '  Found  fault,  Bps.  ^  Pottes,  Gni.  Bps.  [So  vs.  8.] 
•*  Custome  ordeined  by  the  elders,  Cr.  ^  Meat,  Geii.  *  Doo 
they  serve  me,  Cr.  '  The  doctrines  and  coniniandments  of  men, 
Cr.  For  doctrines,  the  commandments,  etc.  Gen.  ISps.  *  Cast 
aside,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Reject.  Gen.  »  Constitution.  Cr.  [So  vs.  13.] 
"^  Curseth.  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Die  the  death,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'•'  [See  marginal  notes  to  Matt.  .xv.  11.]         '^  Authoritie,  Gtii. 


Cljc  ffiospcU  of  S.  ifHarfec.  m-  Wf. 

awne  tradicions  which  ye  have  ordeyncd.     And  many  soche 
thvnges  ye  do. 

And  he  called  all  the  people  vnto  hym/  and  sayde  vnto 
them  :  Herken  vnto  me  every  one  ofl'  you  and  vnderstonde  : 
there  is  no  thynge  with  outt  a  man  that  can  diffyle  hym  when 
hitt  entreth  in  to  hym/  but  thoo  thynges  which  precede  out  of 
a  man  are  those  Which  defyle  a  man.  Yf  eny  man  have 
eares  to  heare/  let  hym  heare.  And  when  he  cam  into  a 
housse  awaye  from  the  people/  his  disciples  axed  him  of  the 
similitude/  and  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  i"*  Do  ye  then  lacke  vn- 
dei-stondinge  :  Do  ye  not  yet  perceave/  that  whatsoever  things 
from  with  out  entreth  into  a  man/  hit  can  not  defyle  hym/  be 
cause  hit  cntrith  not  into  his  hcrt/  but  in  to  the  belly  :  and 
goeth  out  into  the  draught  that  porgeth  oute  all  meates. 

And  he  sayde  that  dcfileth  a  man  whiche  cometh  oute  of  a 
man.  For  from  with  in  even  oute  off  the  herte  off  men/  pro- 
ceade  evyll  thoughtes  :  advoutry/  fornicacion/  murder/  theeft/ 
coveteousnes/  i-'' wickednes/  diccyte/  ^^  ynclennes/ and  a  wick- 
ed eye/  ^'^  blasphemy/  pryde/  folisshnes  :  All  these  evyll 
thynges/  com  from  with  in/  and  defile  a  man. 

"And  from  thence  he  arose  and  went  into  the  borders  off 
Tire  and  Sidon/  and  entred  into  an  housse/  and  wolde  that  no 
man  shulde  have  knowen  off  hym  :  Butt  he  culde  nott  be  hid. 
For  a  certayne  woman  whose  doughter  had  a  foule  sprete 
when  she  herde  off  hym/  cam  and  fell  doune  att  hys  fete. 
The  woman  was  a  ^^  greke  out  off  ^9  sirophenicia/  and  she  be- 
sought hym  that  he  wolde  caste  out  the  devyll  out  off  her 
doughter.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her  :  lett  the  chyklren  fyrst  be 
feed.  It  ys  nott  "2°  mete/  to  take  the  chyldrens  breed/  and  to 
caste  itt  vnto  '^^  whelppes. 

She  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  22evensoo  master/ 
neverthelesse/  the  whelppes  also  eate  vnder  the  table  off  the 
chyldrens  cromes.  And  he  sayde  vnto  her  :  for  thys  sayinge 
goo  thy  waye/  the  devyll  ys  gon  out  off  thy  doughter.  And 
when  she  was  come  home  to  her  housse  she  founde  the  devyll 
departed/  and  her  doughter  lyingc  on  the  heed. 

And  he  departed  agayne  from  the  coostes  off  Tyre  and  Sy- 
don/  and  cam  vnto  the  see  of  Galile  throwe  the  myddes  off 
the  coostes  off  the  .x.  cites/  And  they  brought  vnto  him  won 

'■•  Are  ye  [also,  C.  B.]  so  [greatly,  C]  without  understanding,  T. 
.\f.  Cr.  Bps.     What !  are   ye  withoul,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Fraude,  Cr. 

'«  Wantonnesse.  Bps.  ^^  Backbiting,  Gen.         '®  A  heathen,  Cov. 

'9  Cr.  Gen.  £y>s.  add— the  nation  of.  ^  Good,  Gen.  *'  Little 

dogs,  Bps.         *2  Truth  [Yes,  B.]  Lorde.  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  rUf.  8ri)e  €Kospell  of  S.  i^avfet. 

that  was  defFe/  and  ^stambred  in  his  speche/  and  prayde  hym 
to  laye  hys  honde  apon  hym.  And  he  toke  hym  a  syde 
from  the  people/  and  putt  hys  fyngers  in  hys  eares/  and  did 
spet/  and  touched  his  tounge/  and  loked  vp  to  heven/  and 
syghed/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  ephatha  that  ys  to  saye/  be 
openned.  And  stfeyght  waye  hys  eares  were  openned/  and 
the  stringe  off  hys  tounge  was  loosed/  and  he  spake  playne. 
And  he  commaunded  them  that  they  shulde  tell  no  man. 
Butt  the  more  he  forbad  them/  soo  moche  the  more  a  greate 
deale  they  pubblessed  it.  ^4  [And  were  beyonde  measure 
astonyed/]  sayinge  :  He  hath  done  all  thinges  well/  and  hath 
made  booth  the  deffe  to  heare/  and  the  dom  to  speake. 

©1)0  bfff.  ffiijapter. 

TN  those  dayes  when  there  was  a  very  greate  companye/ 
and  had  nothinge  to  eate/  Jesus  called  hys  disciples  to  hym/ 
and  sayd  vnto  them  :  i  my  herte  melteth  on  this  people/  be- 
cause they  have  nowe  bene  wyth  me  iij.  dayes/  and  have 
nothinge  to  eate  :  And  yf  I  shulde  sende  them  a  waye  fast- 
inge  to  their  awne  housses/  they  shulde  faynt  by  the  waye. 
For  dyvers  of  them  cam  from  farre/  And  hys  disciples  an- 
swered hym  :  ^  from  whence  myght  a  man  suffyse  them 
with  breed  here  in  the  wyldernes  ^  And  he  axed  them  : 
howe  many  loves  have  ye  ?  They  sayde  :  seven.  And  he 
commaunded  the  people  to  sitt  doune  on  the  grounde.  And 
he  toke  the  .vii.  loves/  gave  thankes/  brake/  and  gave  to  hys 
disciples/  to  set  before  them.  And  they  sett  them  before  the 
people.  And  they  had  a  feawe  small  fysshcs/  and  •'he  bless- 
ed them  and  commaunded  them  also  to  be  sett  before  them/ 
They  ate  and  were  suffysed/  and  they  toke  vp  off  the  broken 
meate  that  was  lefte/  vij.  basketes  full.  They  that  ate  were 
in  nomber  aboute  fowre  thousandt.  And  he  sent  them  awaye. 
And  a  non  he  toke  shippe  with  his  disciples/  and  cam  in  to 
tlie  parties  of  dalmanutha.  And  the  pharises  cam  forth/  and 
began  to  dispute  whith  hym/  and  sought  of  hym  a  signe  from 
heven  temptinge  him/  and  he  syghed  in  his  sprete  and  sayde  : 
why  doth  thys  generacion  seke  a  signe  ^     Verely  I  saye  vnto 

^  Hadde  an  impediment.  Cr.  Bps-  ^  Or.  omits.  '  I  have 

compassion,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Where  might  [should,  T,  .W.]  a 

man  have  [should  we  get,  Co».]  bread  here  in  the  wildernesse  to  sat- 
isfy these,  Cov.  Cr.  T.M.  How  [From  whence,  B.]  can  a  man  satis- 
fy these,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '  When  he  had  given  thanks,  Cov.  Gen. 


mc  CSospcU  of  S.  ^atfte.  €1).  bfff. 

you/  there  shall  no  signe  be  geven  vnto  thys  generacion.  And 
he  lefte  them  and  went  into  the  shippe  agaync/  and  departed 
over  the  water. 

And  they  had  forgotten  to  take  breed  with  them/  nether 
had  they  in  the  shippe  with  them  more  then  one  loofe.  And 
he  charged  them  sayinge  :  take  hede/  be  ware  of  the  leven  of 
the  pharises/  and  the  leven  of  Herode.  And  "*  they  reasoned 
nmonge  them  selves  saynge  :  we  have  no  breed.  And  when 
Jesus  kncwe  that  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  why  ^  take  ye  thought 
be  cause  ye  have  no  bread  .'  pcrceave  ye  not  yet/  nether  vn- 
deretonde  ?  Have  ye  your  herttes  yett  ^blynded  .?  Have 
ye  eyes  and  so  nott  }  and  have  ye  eares  and  heare  not  .''  Do 
ye  nott  remember  ?  When  I  brake  v.  loves  a  monge  .v.  M. 
men/  Howe  many  baskettes  full  of  broken  meate  toke  ye  vp  .•* 
They  sayde  vnto  him  xij.  When  I  brake  vij  a  monge  iiij.  M. 
howe  many  baskettes  of  the  levinges  of  broken  meate  toke  ye 
vp  ?  They  sayde  vij.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  howe  is  it 
that  ye  vnderetonde  not  .'' 

And  he  cam  to  bcthsayda'  and  they  brought  a  blynde  man 
vnto  hym  and  dcsyred  hym/  to  touche  him.  And  he  caught 
the  blinde  by  the  honde/  and  Icdd  hym  out  off  the  toune/  and 
spat  in  hys  eyes  and  put  hys  hondes  apon  hym/  and  axed  him 
yf  he  sawe  '  eny  thinge/  and  he  loked  vp  and  sayde  :  I  see 
men/  For  I  se  them  walkc  as  they  were  trees.  After  that  he 
put  his  hondes  agayne  apon  his  eyes/  and  made  hym  ^  see. 
And  he  was  restored  to  his  sight/  and  sawe  every  man  ^  clerly. 
And  he  sent  hym  home  to  his  awne  housse  sayinge  :  nether 
go  in  to  the  toune/  nor  tell  it  to  eny  in  the  toune. 

And  Jesus  went  out  and  his  disciples  into  the  ^^  tounes  that 
longe  to  the  cite  called  Cesarea  Philippi/  and  by  the  waye  he 
axed  his  disciples  sayinge  :  whom  do  men  saye  that  y  am  .•' 
They  answered  :  some  saye  that  thou  arte  Jhon  Baptiste  : 
some  saye  Helyas/  and  some  one  off  the  prophetes.  And  he 
sayde  vnto  them  :  But  whom  saye  ye  that  I  am  ?  Peter  an- 
swered and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Thou  arte  i^  veiy  Christe.  And 
he  charged  them/  that  they  shulde  tell  no  man  off  it.  And  he 
began  to  declare  vnto  them/  howe  that  the  sonne  of  man 
muste  suffre  many  thynges/  and  shulde  be  reproved  off  the 
seniours  and  off  the  hye  prestes  and  scrybes/  and  shulde  be 

*  Their  niinda  wavered  here  and  there,  Cor.  ^  Trouble  ye  your- 
selves. Cor.  «  Hardened,  Bps.  ">  Ought,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
*  Look  again,  Gen.  '  A  farre  ofFclerely,  Gen.  "^  ViHages,  Bps. 
Townes  of  Cesarea  Philippi,  Gen.         "  The  Christ,  Gen. 


jTo.  rlfff.  2ri)e  CKospell  of  S.  ^arkc. 

kylled/  and  after  thre  dayes  aryse  agayne.  And  he  spake 
that  sayinge  openly.  And  Peter  toke  hym  a  syde/  and  began 
to  i^chyde  hym.  He  tourned  aboute/  and  loked  on  his  disci- 
ples/ and  rebuked  Peter  sayinge  :  ^^  Goo  after  me  Satan, 
For  thou  ^'^  saverest  not  the  thynges  off  God  :  But  the  thynges 
off  men. 

And  he  called  the  people  vnto  hym/  with  his  disciples  also/ 
and  sayd  vnto  them  :  Whosoever  wyll  folowe  me/  lett  hym 
forsake  hym  silfe/  and  take  vp  his  crosse/  and  folowe  me. 
For  whosoever  wyll  save  his  lyfe/  shall  lose  it.  But  who- 
soever shall  lose  his  lyfe  for  my  sake  and  the  gospels/ 
the  same  shall  save  it.  What  shal  it  profet  a  man  yf  he 
shulde  wyn  all  the  worlde/  and  loose  his  awne  soule  .''  or  els 
what  shall  a  man  geve/^^  to  redeme  his  soule  ageyne  ?  Who- 
soever therfore  shall  be  asshamed  off  me  and  off  my  wordes/ 
amonge  this  advoutrous  and  sinfuU  generacion  :  of  hym  shall 
the  Sonne  of  man  be  ashamed/  when  he  commeth  in  the  glory 
of  his  father  with  the  holy  angels.  ^^  And  he  sayde  vnto 
them  :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  There  be  some  off  them  that 
stonde  here/  which  shall  not  taste  of  deeth/  tyll  they  have  sene 
tlie  kyngdom  off  God  come  with  power. 

E\)e  IV.  ffljaptrr. 

A  ND  after  .vj.  dayes  Jesus  toke  Peter/  James/  and  Jhon  and 
"^  leede  them  vp  in  to  an  hye  mountayne  out  of  the  waye 
alone/  and  he  was  transfigured  before  them.  And  his  ray- 
ment  did  shyne/  and  was  made  very  whyte/  even  as  snowe  : 
so  whyte  as  no  fuller  can  make  apon  the  erth.  And  there 
apered  vnto  them  Hclyas  with  Moses  :  And  they  talked  with 
Jesu.  And  Peter  answered  and  sayde  to  Jesu  :  Master/  ^  here 
is  good  beinge  for  vs/  let  vs  make  .iij.  tabernacles/ one  for  the/ 
one  for  Moses/  and  one  for  Helyas.  And  wist  not  what  he 
sayde.  For  they  were  afrayde.  And  there  was  a  cloude 
that  shaddowed  them.  And  a  voyce  cam  out  of  the  cloude 
sayinge  :  This  ys  my  dere  sonnc/  here  hym.  And  sodenly/ 
they  loked  rounde  about  them/  and  sawe  no  man  more/  but 
Jesus  only. 

As  they  cam  doune  from  the  hill/  he  charged  them/  that 
they  shulde  tell  no  man  what  they  had  sene/  tyll  the  sonne  of 

'*  Rebuke,  Gen.  Bps.           '-^  Get  thee  behind,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Un- 

derstandest.  Gen.             '^  For  a  recompense  of,  Gen.     For  a  ransom 

of,  Bps.  '*  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  connect  this  verse  witli  Ch.  ix.  '  It  is 
good  for  us  to  be  here,  Gen. 


J!r!)c  OrospcU  of  S.  if^tavfec.  €1).  fjr. 

man  were  risen  from  deeth  agayne.  And  they  keptc  that 
saynge  with  in  them/  and  demaunded  won  of  another/  what 
that  rysinge  from  deeth  agayne  shuldc  meane  ?  And  they 
axed  hym  sayinge  :  why  then  saye  the  scribes/  that  Helyas 
muste  fyrste  come  ?  He  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  He- 
lyas 2  at  his  fyrste  commynge/  shall  brynge  all  thyngcs  agayne 
into  good  order  :  And  ^  even  so  ys  it  wrytten  off  the  sonne  off 
man/  that  he  shall  sufTre  many  thinges/  and  shall  be  set 
att  nought.  And  I  saye  vnto  you/  thatt  Helyas  ys  come/  and 
they  have  done  vnto  hym  whatsoever  pleased  them/  as  it  is 
wrytten  off  hym. 

And  he  cam  to  his  disciples/  and  sawe  moche  people  aboute 
them/  and  the  scribes  disputinge  with  them.  And  streyght 
waye  all  the  people  behelde  hym  and  were  amascd/  and  ran 
to  hym/  and  saluted  hym.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the  scribes  : 
What  dispute  ye  ^  with  them  ?  And  won  of  the  companye  an- 
swered and  sayde  :  Master/ 1  have  brought  my  sonne  vnto  the/ 
which  hath  a  dom  spirite/  And  whensoever  he  taketh  hym/  he 
teareth  hym/  and  he  fometh/  and  gnessheth  with  his  tethe/ 
and  pynelh  awaye.  And  I  spake  to  thy  disciples  that  they 
shulde  caste  hym  out/  and  they  coulde  nott. 

He  answei-ed  him  and  sayd  :  0/  ^  generacion  without  faight/ 
how  longe  shall  y  be  with  you.  Howe  longe  shall  y  suffre 
you  ?  bringe  him  vnto  mc.  And  they  brought  him  vnto  him. 
And  as  sone  as  the  sprete  sawe  him/  he  tare  him.  And  he 
fell  doune  on  the  grounde  walowinge  :  And  fomynge.  And 
he  axed  his  father :  how  longe  is  it  a  goo/  sens  this  hath  hap- 
pened hym  ?  And  he  sayde/  of  a  chylde.  And  ofte  tymes 
casteth  hym  in  to  the  fyre/  and  also  in  to  the  water/  to  des- 
troye  hym.  Butt  yff  thou  canste  do  eny  thynge/  have  mercy 
on  us/  and  helppe  vs.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  ^  ye  yf  thou 
couldest  beleve/  all  thynges  are  possyble  to  hym  that  belevith. 
And  streyght  waye  the  father  off  the  chylde  cryed  with  teares 
sayinge  :  Lorde  I  beleve/  ^  sucker  myne  unbelefe. 

When  Jesus  sawe  that  the  people  cam  runnynge  togedder 
vnto  hym/  he  rebuked  the  foule  sprete/  sayinge  vnto  hym : 
Thou  dom  and  deffe  sprete/  I  charge  the  come  out  of  hym/ 
and  entro  no  more  in  to  hym.*^     And  the  sprete  cryed/  and 

^  Verely  shall  fyrste  come  and  restore  all  thynges,  T.  .M.  Omi. 
Veryly  when  he  cometh  first,  restoreth,  etc.  Cr.  Bj^s.  •'  The  sonne 
of  man  (as  it  is  written  of  him),  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  *  Among  them,  Cr. 
Among  yourselves,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Faithlesse  generation  [nation,  C], 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '' This  thing,  if  thou  canst  beleeve,  all  things  are 
possible,  etc.  Bps.  7  Helpe,  T.  M,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cov.  adds— 
from  henceforth. 

H 


So.  ^Uii].  Cijc  ffiospcU  of  S.  i^arttc. 

rent  him  sore/  and  cam  out :  And  he  was  as  won  that  had 
bene  deed/  in  so  moche  that  many  sayde/  he  is  deed.  Butt 
Jesus  caught  hys  honde/  and  lyfte  hym  vppe/  and  he  roose. 
And  when  he  was  come  in  to  the  housse/  his  disciples  axed 
him  secretly  :  why  coulde  nott  we  caste  hym  out  ?  And  he 
sayd  vnto  them  :  thys  kynde  can  ^  by  non  other  meanes  come 
forth/  but  by  prayer  and  fastynge. 

And  they  departed  thens/  and  toke  there  iorney  thorowe 
galile/  and  wolde  not/  that  eny  man  shulde  have  loiowen  itt. 
For  he  taught  hys  disciples/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  The  sonne 
off  man  shalbe  delyvercd  into  the  hondes  off  men/  and  they 
shall  kyll  hym/  and  after  that  he  ys  kylled  he  shall  aryse 
agayne  the  thry-d  daye.  Butt  they  ^°  wiste  nott  what  that  say- 
inge  meant/  and  were  affrayed  to  axe  hym. 

And  he  cam  to  Capernaum/  and  when  he  was  come  to 
housse/  he  sayde  to  them  :  what  was  that  ye  disputed  betvvene 
you  by  the  waye  .''  And  they  helde  their  peace  (for  by  the 
waye  they  reasoned  amonge  them  selves/  who  shulde  be  the 
chefest)  And  he  sate  doune/  and  called  the  twelve  vnto  hym/ 
and  sayd  to  them  :  yf  eny  man  desyre  to  be  f}Tst/  the  same 
shalbe  last  off  all/  and  servaunt  vnto  all.  And  he  toke  a 
^1  chylde  and  sett  hym  in  the  myddes  of  them/  and  toke  hym 
in  hys  armes  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Whosoever  receave  eny 
soche  a  ^^  chylde  in  my  name/  he  receaveth  me  :  And  who- 
soever receaveth  me/  receaveth  not  me/  but  him  that  sent  me. 

Jhon  answered  him/  sayinge  :  master/  we  sawe  won  cast- 
inge  out  devyls  in  thy  name/  which  foloweth  not  vs/  and  we 
forbade  hym/  be  cause  he  foloweth  vs  nott.  But  Jesus  sayde  : 
forbid  hym  nott.  For  there  is  no  man  that  shall  do  a  myracle 
in  my  name/  and  can  speake  lightly  evyll  of  me.  Whosoever 
is  not  agaynste  ^^you/  is  on  ^^youre  parte.  And  v/hosoever 
shall  geve  you  a  cuppe  off  water  to  drinke  ^^for  my  nams 
sake  be  cause  ye  are  belongj'nge  to  christe/  verely  I  saye  vn- 
to you/  he  shall  nott  loose  his  rewarde. 

And  whosoever  shall  hourte  won  of  this  litell  wons/  that  be- 
leve  in  me/  it  were  better  for  him/  that  a  myll  stone  were 
hanged  aboute  his  necke/  and  that  he  were  caste  in  to  the  see. 
And  yf  thy  hande  ^^  offende  the/  cut  hym  of  Itt  ys  better 
for  the/  to  entre  into  lyffe  maymed/  then  to  goo/  with  two 

9  Come  forth  by  nothing,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  >°  Wist  not  what   he 

said,  Cr.  Understood  not  that  saying,  Ge7i.  Bps.         i'  Little  [young, 
B.]  childe.  Grn.  Bps.  ^^  Us— Our,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  In  my 

name,  Cr.  Bps.  >^  Hinder,  Cr.  Cause  thee  to  offende,  Gen.  [So 

Gen.  vs.  45.] 


Ctic  CSospcU  of  S.  i^arfec.  (Tt).  p 

hondes  in  to  hell/  in  to  fire  ^^  that  never  shalbc  quc;nched/ 
where  there  worme  dycth  nott/  and  the  fyre  ^'^  never  goeth 
oute.  And  yf  thy  fote  ^"  offende  the  cut  hym  of.  It  is  belter 
for  the  to  goo  halt  in  to  lyfe/  then  with  ij.  fete  to  be  cast  into 
hell/  into  fyre  that  never  shalbc  quenched  :  where  there 
worme  dyeth  not/  and  the  fyre  never  goeth  oute.  And  yf 
thyne  eye  ofiende  the  plucke  hym  oute.  Itt  ys  better  for  the 
to  goo  into  the  kyngdom  of  god  with  one  eye/  then  havyngo 
two  eyes  to  be  caste  into  hell  fyre  :  where  their  worme  dyeth 
nott/  and  the  fyre  never  goeth  oute. 

Every  man  therfore  shalbc  salted  with  fyre  :  And  every 
sacryfyse  shalbe  seasoned  with  saltt.  Salt  ys  good.  But  yf 
the  salt  be  vnsavery  :  ^'^  what  shall  ye  ^^  sake  there  with  ?  So 
that  ye  have  saltt  in  youre  selves.  And  have  peace  amonge 
youre  selves/  one  with  another. 


A 


(TIjc  p.   Cljaptcr. 

ND  he  rose  from  thens  :  and  went  in  to  the  coostes  of 
Jewry  ^  through  the  regyon  that  ys  bcyonde  iordan.  And 
the  people  resorted  vnto  hym  afresshe  :  And  as  he  was  wont 
he  taught  them  agayne.  And  the  pharyses  cam  and  axed 
hym  a  question  :  whether  it  were  laufull  for  a  man  to  putt 
awaye  hys  ^vyfe.  ^  To  prove  hym.  He  answered  and  said 
vnto  them  :  what  did  Moses  bid  you  do  ?  And  they  sayde  : 
Moses  sufTred  to  wryte  ^  a  testimoniall  of  her  divorement/  and 
to  putt  her  awaye.  And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayd  vnto  them  : 
For  because  of  youre  harde  herttes  he  wrote  thys  precepte  vn- 
to you.  But  '^  at  the  fyrst  creacion/  god  made  them  ^  man  and 
woman/  sayinge  :  for  thys  thinges  sake  shall  a  man  leve  fatli- 
cr  and  mother/  and  "^byde  by  his  wyfe/  and  ij.  shalbe  made 
won  flesshe.  So  then  are  they  nowe  nott  twayne/  but  won 
flesshe/  therfore  that  whych  god  hath  cuppled/  lett  nott  man 
separate. 

And  m  the  housse  his  disciples  axed  him  agayne  of  that 
mater.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Whosoever  putteth  awaye 
his  wyfe/  and  maryeth  another/  breaketh  wedlocke  to  her 

'=  Everlasting,  Cov.  i^  Is  not  quenched,  Bjjs.  [So  vs.  48.]  i'  Be 
a  hinderance  to,  etc.  Cr.  "  Wherewith  [\\  ith  what  things,  B.] 

shall  [you  season  it,  B.]  it  be  seasoned.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Season  there- 
with, Cr.  '  By  the  farre  side  of  Jordan,  Gai.  ^  Tempting  him 
Gtn.  Bps.  ^  A.  bill.  Gen.  A  book.  Bps.  "•  From  tlie  begin- 

ning of  the  creation,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Male  and  female.  Gen.  Bps. 

''  Cleave  to,  Gen. 


iFo.  fWt.  8rt)c  fflospcU  of  S.  IHarfee. 

warde.  And  yf  a  woman  foi*sake  her  husband/  and  be  mar- 
yed  to  another/  she  committeth  advoutry. 

And  they  brought  chyldren  to  hym  that  he  slioulde  touche 
them.  And  hys  disciples  chid  thoose  that  brought  them. 
When  Jesus  sawe  that/  he  was  displeased/  and  sayd  vnto 
them  :  SufTre  the  chyldren  to  come  vnto  me  and  forbid  them 
not.  For  vnto  suche  belongeth  the  kingdom  of  god.  Verely 
I  saye  to  you/  whosoever  shall  not  receave  the  kyngdom  of 
god  as  a  chylde/  he  shall  not  entre  therein.  And  he  toke 
them  vppe  in  his  armes/  and  putt  his  hondes  apon  them/  and 
blessed  them. 

And  when  he  was  come  out  into  the  waye/  there  cam  won 
runninge  and  kneled  to  him/  and  axed  him  :  Goode  master/ 
what  shall  I  do/  that  I  maye  '''  enheret  eternall  lyfe  ?  Jesus 
said  vnto  him  :  why  callest  thou  me  goode  ?  there  is  ^  no  man 
goode  but  won/  whych  ys  god.  Thou  knowest  the  com- 
maundments.  breake  not  matrimony/  kyll  not/  steale  nott/ 
bere  no  falce  ^vytnes/  ^  defraude  no  man/  honore  thy  father 
and  thy  mother/  He  answered  and  said  to  him  :  master/  all 
theese  I  have  observed  from  my  youth.  Jesus  behelde  him/ 
and  ^^  had  a  favour  to  him/  and  said  vnto  him  :  Won  thinge 
1^  is  lacking  vnto  the  Goo/  and  sell  all  that  thou  hast/  and  geve 
itt  to  the  povre/  and  thou  shalt  have  treasure  in  heven/  and 
come  and  folowe  me/  ^^  and  take  thy  crosse  ^^  on  the.  But 
he  was  i"*  discumforted  with  that  sayinge/  and  went  awaye 
mornynge/  for  he  had  greate  possessions. 

And  Jesus  loked  rounde  aboute/  and  sayd  vnto  hys  disci- 
ples :  ^^  with  what  difficulte  shall  they  that  have  ryches  entrc 
into  the  kingdom  of  god.  Hys  disciples  were  astonnyed  att 
hys  wordes.  Jesus  answered  agayne/  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
chyldren/  howe  harde  is  it  for  them/  that  truste  in  their  ryches/ 
to  entre  in  to  the  kyngdom  off  god.  Hit  ys  easyer  for  a  cam- 
ell  to  go  thorowe  the  eye  of  an  nedle/  then  for  a  ryche  man 
to  entre  into  the  kyngdom  of  god.  And  they  were  ^^  astonn- 
yed out  of  measure/  sayinge  betwene  them  selves  :  who  then 
can  be  saved  ?     Jesus  loked  apon  them/  and  sayd  :  with  men 

7  Possesse,  Gen.  ^  None  good,  T.  M.  Gen.  sThou  shalt  hurt, 
Gen.  '**  Favoured,  Cr.  Loved,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Thou  lackest,  Cr. 
Bps.  '*  When  thou  hast  taken  up  the  crosse,  Bps.  '^  Upon  thy 
ehoulders,  Cr.  "  Sad  at  tliat  saying,  Gen.  '^  What  an  hard 

thing  is  it  for  them  that,  etc.  T.  M.  How  uneasye  shall  they  that  have 
money,  etc.  Cr.  Howe  hardly  do  they  that,  etc.  G^n.  Bp?.  i*  M".ch 
more  [The  more,  C]  astonipd,  Cov-  Ccif, 


5rt)c  «SosprlI  of  S.  ilWaifee.  <t\).  i. 

it  is  vnpossible/  but  not  with  god  :  for  with  god  all  thingcs  are 
possible. 

And  Peter  began  to  saye  vnto  hym :  Loo/  we  have  forsa- 
ken all/  and  luive  folowed  the.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  : 
Verely  I  save  vnto  you/  there  ys  no  n»an  that  hath  forsaken 
houssc/  or  brethren/  or  sisters/  or  father/  or  moder/  or  wyfe/ 
other  chvldren/  or  londes/  for  my  sake  and  the  gospelles/ 
I'^'whych'shall  not  receave  anhoundrcd  foolde  nowe  ^^  in  thys 
lyfe/ "houses/  and  brethren/  and  sisters/ and  mothers  and  child- 
-  ren/  and  londes  whith  persecucions/  and  in  the  worlde  to  come 
eternall  lyfe.  Many  that  are  fyrst/  shalbe  last.  And  the  last 
fyi-st.  They  were  in  the  waye  goinge  vppe  to  Jerusalem. 
And  Jesus  went  before  them/  and  they  were  amased/  and  as 
they  folowed/  wei-e  affraydc. 

And  Jesus  toke  the  xij.  agayne/  and  began  to  tell  them  what 
thingcs  shulde  happen  vnto  him.  Beholde  we  goo  vppe  to  Je- 
rusalem/ and  the  sonne  off  man  shalbe  dely  vered  vnto  the  hye 
preestes  and  vnto  the  scribbes/  and  they  shall  condempne  hym 
to  deeth/  and  shall  delyvre  hym  to  the  gentyls/  and  they  shall 
mocke  hym/  and  scourge  him/  and  spit  apon  hym/  and  kill 
him/  and  the  thirdc  daye  he  shall  ryse  agane. 

And  James  and  Jhon  the  sons  olF  Zebede/  cam  vnto  hym/ 
sayinge  :  master/  we  wolde  that  thou  shuldest  do  for  vs  ^^  what 
soever  we  dcsyre.  He  sayde  vnto  them  :  what  wolde  ye  I 
shulde  do  vnto  you  ?  They  sayd  vnto  hym  :  graunt  vnto  vs 
thatt  we  maye  sitt  won  on  thy  right  hondc/  and  the  other  on 
ihy  lyfte  hondc/  in  thy  gloiy.  Butt  Jesus  sayd  vnto  them  : 
Ye  w'ot  not  what  ye  axe.  Can  ye  drynckc  of  the  cuppc/  that 
1  shall  drynke  of  ?  And  be  baptised  in  the  baptism  that  I 
shalbe  baptised  in  ?  And  they  sayd  vnto  him  ;  -"  that  we  can. 
Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  ye  shall  drynke  off  the  cuppe  that  1 
shall  drynke  of/  and  be  baptised  with  the  bai)tism  that  I  shalbe 
baptised  in  :  But  to  sitt  on  my  right  honde  and  on  my  liftc 
honde/  ys  not  inyiie  to  geve/  but  -i  to  them  for  whom  it  ys 
prepared. 

And  when  the  .x.  herde  that/  they  began  to  disdayne  at 
James  and  Jhon.  Butt  Jesus  called  them  vnto  him/  and 
sayd  to  them  :   Ye  knowe  well  that  ^^they  whych  seme  to 

"  But  he  shall  receive,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  At  this  present, 

Gen.  Bps.  '9  That  we  desire.  Gen.  ^^Wc  c:m,  Gcii.  ^i  jt 

shall  happen,  Cr.     It  shall  be  irircn,  Gen.  Bps.  •'•  The  princes  of 

the  world,  Coc.  They  whicli  are  seene  to  beare  rule  anionge  the  peo- 
ple, Cr.  Tliey  wliich  delite  to  bear  rule  among  t'lc  GcutilcSj  Gfii. 


ifo.  jrlbf.  ffifje  eSospell  of  ^.  fiSfarfec. 

beare  rule  amonge  the  gentyls/  ^^  raygne  as  lordes  over  thein. 
And  they  that  be  greate  men  amonge  them  exercyse  auctorite 
over  them.  So  shall  it  not  be  a  monge  you  but  wosoever  of 
you  wilbe  greate  amonge  you  shalbe  youre  minister.  And 
wosoever  wilbe  chefe/  shalbe  servaunt  vnto  all.  For  ^4  even 
the  Sonne  of  man  came/  nott  that  other  shulde  minister  vnto 
hym  :  but  to  minister/  and  to  geve  his  lyfe  for  the  ^^  redemp- 
cion  of  many. 

And  they  cam  to  hierico/  and  as  he  went  oute  off  hierico/ 
with  his  disciples  and  a  greate  nombre  of  people  :  Barthimeus 
the  Sonne  of  Thimeus  which  was  blynde/  sat  by  the  hye 
wayes  syde  beggynge.  And  when  he  herde  that  it  was  Jesus 
oft'  nazareth/  he  began  to  crye/  and  to  saye  :  Jesus  the  sonne 
oft"  David/  have  mercy  on  me.  And  many  rebuked  hyme/ 
be  cause  he  shulde  hoolde  is  peace,  Birt  he  cryed  '^'^  the 
moore  a  greate  deale/  thou  sonne  off"  David  have  mercy  on 
me.  And  Jesus  stode  still/  and  commaundcd  hym  to  be 
called/  and  they  called  the  blynde/  saynge  vnto  hym  :  be  oif 
good  comfort  ryse  he  calleth  the.  He  threwe  awaye  his 
clooke/  and  roose  and  cam  to  Jesus/  And  Jesus  answered 
and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  what  wilt  thou  that  I  do  vnto  the  ?  The 
blynde  sayde  vnto  hym  :  master/  that  y  -"^  myght  see.  Jesus 
sayd  vnto  hym  :  goo  thy  Avaye/  thy  fayght  hath  saved  the/ 
And  by  and  by  he  reccaved  his  sight/  and  folowed  Jesais  in 
the  waye. 

Crije  y:].  (Ztijaptcr. 

A  ND  when  they  cam  nye  to  hierusalem/  vnto  bethphage/ 
"^  and  bcthani/  be  sydes  mount  olivte/  he  sent  forth  .ij.  of 
his  disciples/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Goo  youre  wayes  into  the 
toune  that  is  over  agaynste  you/  And  as  sone  as  ye  entre  into 
it  ye  shall  fynde  a  coolte  bounde/  where  on  never  man  sate  : 
loose  hym  and  brynge  hym  bidder,  and  if  eny  man  saye  vnto 
you  :  why  do  ye  soo  ?  saye  that  the  lorde  hath  neade  of  him/ 
and  streight  waye  he  wyll  sonde  hym  bidder.  They  went 
their  waye/  and  found  a  coolte  tyed  by  the  dore  with  out  in  a 
place  where  two  wayes  mett/  and  they  losed  hym.  And 
divers  of  them  that  stode  there/  sayd  vnto  them  :  what  do  ye 
loosynge  the  coolte  ?    and  they  sayde  vnto  them  :  even  as 

^  Have  domination  over  them,  Gen.  ^  Also,  Or.  Bps.  ^  Ran- 
som of,  Gai.  Dps.  ^  Much  more.  Gen.  *''  May  receive  sight, 
Gen. 


Etie  (ffiojspcU  of  S.  ptavftc.  €\).  vi- 

Jesus  had  commaunded  them.  And  they  let  them  goo.  And 
they  brought  the  cooUe  to  Jesus/  and  caste  their  garments  on 
hym/  and  he  sate  apon  hym.  And  many  sprcede  there  gar- 
mentes  in  the  waye.  other  cutt  doune  braunches  of  the  trees/ 
and  strawed  them  in  the  waye.  And  they  that  went  before 
and  they  that  folowed/  cryed/  saynge  :  Hosianna  :  blessed 
be  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  off  the  lorde.  Blessed  be  the 
kyngdom  that  commeth  in  the  name  off  hym  that  is  lorde  off 
cure  father  David.     Hosianna  ^  in  the  hyest. 

2  And  the  lorde  entred  into  hierusalem/  and  into  the  temple. 
And  when  he  had  lokcd  round  about  apon  all  thinges/  and 
nowe  the  even  tyde  was  come  he  went  out  vnto  bethany  with 
the  twelve.  And  on  the  morowe  when  they  were  come  out 
from  bethany/  he  hungred/  and  he  spyed  a  fygge  tree  a  farre 
off/  havinge  leves/  and  went  to  se  whether  he  myght  fynde 
eny  thinge  there  on  :  but  when  he  came  there  to/  he  founde 
nothinge  butt  leves.  For  the  tyme  off  fygges  was  nott  yet. 
And  Jesus  answered  and  sayd  to  it  :  never  man  eate  frute 
of  the  here  after  whill  the  worlde  stondith.  And  his  disciples 
herde  it. 

And  they  cam  to  hierusalem/  and  Jesus  went  into  the  tem- 
ple/ and  began  to  cast  out  them  which  soolde  and  bought  in 
the  temple.  And  overthrewe  the  tabels  of  the  money  chaung- 
ei"s/  and  the  ^  stoles  of  them  that  soolde  doves,  and  wolde  not 
suffre  that  eny  man  caried  a  vessell  thorowe  the  temple.  And 
he  taught  saynge  vnto  them/  ys  it  not  written/  howe  that  myne 
housse  shalbe  called  the  housse  of  prayer  '^  vnto  all  nacions  ? 
Butt  ye  have  made  it  a  deen  of  theves. 

And  the  scribes  and  bye  prestes  herde  yt  and  sought  howe 
to  distroye  him.  For  they  feared  hym  be  cause  all  the  peple 
marveld  at  his  doctrine.  And  wlien  even  was  come/  he  went 
out  of  the  cite.  And  in  the  mornynge  as  they  passed  by/ 
they  sawe  the  fygge  tree  ciryed  uppe  by  the  rotes.  And  Pe- 
ter remembred/  and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  master/  beholde/  the 
fygge  tree  which  thou  cursedes/  ys  widdred  awaye.  And 
Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Have  ^  confidens  in 
god.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  that  whosoever  shall  saye  vn- 
to this  mountayne  :  ^  take  awaye  thy  silfe/  and  cast  thy  silfc 
in  to  the  sec/  and  shall  not  waver  in  his  herte/  butt  shall  be- 
leve  that  those  thinges  which  he  sayeth  shall  come  to  passe/ 

'  0  thou  ichich  art  in  the  hiest  heavens,  Gen.  ^  So  Jesus  enter- 

ed, etc.  Gen.  Bps.  •^  Seats,  Gr.n.  Bps.  *  For  all  people,  Cov. 

*  Faith,  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Remove,  Cr.  Be  thou  removed,  Bps. 


Sfo.  ):lbff.  8r|)c  eSospcU  of  S.  f«arfec. 

what  soever  he  sayeth  "^  shalbe  done  vnto  him.  Therforc  I 
saye  vnto  you/  what  soever  ye  desyre  when  ye  praye/  belcve 
that  8  ye  shall  have  it  and  it  shalbe  done  vnto  you.  And 
when  ye  stond  and  praye/  forgeve  yf  ye  have  eny  thingc 
agaynste  eny  man  that  youre  father  also  which  is  in  heven/ 
may  forgeve  you  youre  trespases.  ^ 

And  they  cam  againe  to  hierusalem/  and  as  he  walked  in 
the  temple/  there  cam  to  him  the  hye  prestos/  and  the  scribes/ 
and  the  seniours/  and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  by  what  auctorite  doest 
thou  these  thinges  ?  and  who  gave  the  this  auctorite/  to  do 
these  thinges  ?  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  I 
wyll  also  axe  of  you  a  certeyne  thynge/  and  answere  ye  me/ 
and  I  wyll  tell  you  by  what  auctorite  I  do  these  thinges. 
Whether  was  the  baptism  of  Jhon  from  heven/  or  of  men  ? 
Answer  me.  And  they  thought  in  them  selves/  saynge  :  Yf 
we  shall  saye/  from  heven.  he  will  saye  :  why  then  did  ye 
not  beleve  hym  ?  but  yf  we  shall  saye/  of  men/  then  feare  we 
the  people.  For  all  men  counted  Jhon/  that  he  was  a  veri 
prophett.  And  they  answered/  and  sayd  vnto  Jesu  :  we  can- 
not tell.  And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  ne- 
ther wyll  I  tell  you/  by  what  auctorite  I  do  these  thynges. 

A  ND  he  began  to  speake  vnto  them  in  similitudes.  A  cer- 
tayne  man  planted  a  vync  yarde/  and  ^  compased  it  with 
an  hedge/  and  '-^  ordeyned  a  wyne  presse/  and  bilt  a  toure  in 
hytt/  and  lett  it  oute  to  hyre  vnto  husbandemen/  and  went  into 
a  straunge  countre.  And  when  tymc  was  come  he  scntt  to 
the  3  tennauntes  a  sei'vaunt  that  he  myght  of  tlie  tenauntes  re- 
ceave  of  the  frute  of  the  vyneyarde.  And  they  caught  hym 
and  bett  hym  and  sentt  hym  agayne  empty.  And  mooreovcr 
he  sentt  vnto  them  another  servaunt/  and  at  hym  they  cast 
stones  and  brake  hys  heed/  and  sent  him  agayne  "^all  to  revyl- 
ed.  And  agayne  he  sentt  another/  and  hym  they  kyll- 
ed  :  and  many  other/  beetynge  some/  and  kyllinge  some. 

Yet  had  he  one  sonne  whom  he  loved  tenderly/  him  also 
sent  he  att  the  last  vnto  them/  sayinge  :  they  wyll  ^  feare  my 

''  He  shal  have,  CV.  *  Ye  receive  thoin  and  ye  shall  have  them, 
Cr.  ^  [Tyndale  witli  Cor.  T.  M.  Cr.  omits  verse '-2u.  See  K.  James' 
Translation.]  '  Set  an  Jiedge  about  it.  Bps.  "  Digged  a  [pit 

for  the,  G.]  wine  press,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Husbandmen,  Cr.  Gcti.  Bps. 

So  post.]  *  Shamefully  handled,  Gen.  '  Reverence,  Gen. 

Stand  in  awe  of,  Cov.  Bps. 


^ 


CJic  ©ospcll  of  5b.  fHarftc.  <S\).  jrff. 

soniie.  But  the  tenauntes  sayde  with  in  them  selves  :  Thys 
vs  the  heyre/  come  lett  vs  kill  him/  and  the  inheritaunce 
shalbc  oures.  And  they  toke  him  and  killed  him/  and  cast  hym 
out  of  the  vineyarde.  What  shall  then  the  lorde  of  the  vyne- 
yarde  do  ?  He  will  come  and  distroye  the  tenauntes/  and 
^  let  out  the  \'yneyardc  to  other.  Have  ye  nott  redde  '''  thys 
scripture  ?  the  stone  which  the  bylders  did  refuse/  ys  made 
the  8  chefe  stoone  in  the  corner  :  Thys  was  ^  done  off  the 
lorde/  and  ys  marveyllous  in  oure  eyes.  And  they  went 
about  to  take  hym/  butt  they  feared  the  people.  For  they 
perceaved  that  he  spake  that  similitude  agaynst  them.  And 
they  left  hym  and  went  their  waye. 

And  they  sent  vnto  hym  certayne  off  the  pharises  with 
i^Herodes  servauntes/  to  take  hym  in  hys  ^^wordes.  And  as 
sone  as  they  were  come/  they  sayd  unto  hym  :  master/  we 
knowe  that  thou  arte  true/  and  careste  for  no  man  :  For  thou 
consydereste  nott  the  ^^  degree  of  men/  butt  teacheste  the 
waye  off  god  ^^  truly  :  Ys  yt  laufull  to  paye  tribute  to  Cesar/ 
or  nott  ?  ought  we  to  geve/  or  ought  we  nott  to  geve  ?  He 
i'*knewe  their  dissimulacion/  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  Why 
tempte  ye  me  ?  Brynge  me  a  peny/  that  I  maye  se  yt.  And 
they  brought  hym  one.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Whose  ys 
thys  ymage  and  superscripcion  ^  And  they  sayde  vnto  hym/ 
Cesars.  And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Then 
geve  to  Cesar  ^^  that  which  belongeth  to  Cesar  :  and  geve  God 
15  that  which  pcrteyneth  to  God.    And  they  mervelled  att  hym. 

And  the  saduces  cam  vnto  hym/  which  saye/  there  is  no 
resurrection.  And  they  axed  hym/  sayinge  :  Master/  Moses 
wroote  vnto  vs/  yff  eny  mans  brother  dye/  and  leve  hys  wyf/ 
behjnide  him/  and  leve  no  chyldren :  that  then  hys  brother 
shulde  take  hys  wyfe/  and  reyse  vppe  seed  vnto  his  brother. 
There  were  seven  brethren  and  the  fyrst  toke  a  wyfe/  and 
when  he  dyed  leeft  ^"^  no  seede  behinde  hym.  And  the  se- 
conde  toke  her/  and  dyed  :  nether  leeft  he  eny  seede/  and  the 
thyrde  lyke  wyse.  And  seven  had  her/  and  leeft  no  seed  be- 
hynde  them.  Last  of  all  the  wyfe  dyed  also.  In  the  resur- 
recion  then/  when  they  shall  lyse  agayne  :  whose  wyfe  shall 
she  be  of  them  ?     For  seven  had  her  to  wyfe.   Jesus  ansvver- 

®  Give,  Gen.  Bps.  ">  Gen.  adds — so  much  as.  *  Head,  Gen. 

^  The    Lorde's   doing,    Cr.   Bps.  '"  The  Herodians,    Gen.  Bps. 

*'  Talke,  Gen.  '*  Outward    appearance,  Cot.  Cr.    Person,  Gtn. 

Bps.  '3  In  truth,  Bps.  '<  Understood  their  simulation.  T.  Af. 

Cr.    Knowing  their  hypocrisie,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  The  things  that  are 

Cesar's — those  that  a^e  God's,  Gen.  "  No  issue,  Gen.  [So  post.} 


jFo.  ):lbff).  STIjc  CSosprU  of  S.  iJKavfec. 

ed/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  ^®  Are  ye  not  ther  fore  deceaved 
be  cause  ye  ^^  knowe  not  the  sci7ptures  ?  Nether  the  power 
of  God  ?  For  when  they  shall  ryse  agayne  from  deeth/  ^^they 
nether  mai-y/  nor  are  maryed  :  butt  are  as  the  angels  which 
are  in  heven.  As  touchynge  the  deed/  that  they  shall  ryse 
agayne  :  have  ye  nott  redde  in  the  boke  off  Moses/  howe  in 
the  busshe  God  spake  vnto  him  sayinge  :  I  am  the  God 
of  Abraham/  and  the  God  of  Ysaac/  and  the  God  of  Jacob  ? 
2^  He  is  not  the  god  of  the  deed/  butt  the  god  of  the  livynge/ 
ye  ^-are  therfore  greatly  deceaved. 

And  ther  cam  won  off  the  scrybes  and  when  he  had  herde 
them  disputynge  to  gedder/  and  perceaved  that  he  had  an- 
swered them  well/  he  axed  hym  :  which  is  the  ^  fyrste  of  all 
the  commaundementes  ?  Jesus  answered  hym  :  The  fyrste 
of  all  the  commaundementes  is.  Heare  Israhel/  oure  lorde 
God/  is  -'^  wone  lorde.  And  thou  shaltt  love  thy  lorde  God 
with  all  thy  hert/  and  with  all  thy  soule/  and  with  all  thy 
mynde/  and  with  all  thy  strengthe.  This  is  the  fyrste  com- 
maundement.  And  the  seconde  ^  is  lyke  vnto  this.  Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neghbour/  as  thy  silfe.  There  is  none  other 
commaundement  greater  then  these. 

And  the  scribe  sayde  vnto  hym :  well  master/  thou  hast 
sayde  the  truthe/  ^6  thatt  there  ys  one  God/  and  that  there  is 
none  ^7  but  he.  And  to  love  hym  with  all  the  herte/  and  with 
all  the  mynde/  and  with  all  the  soule/  and  with  all  the 
strengthe.  And  to  love  a  mans  nehbour  as  hym  silfe/  ys  a 
greater  thynge  then  all  28  holocaustes  and  sacrifises.  And 
when  Jesus  sawe  howe  that  he  answered  discretly/  he  sayd 
vnto  hym :  Thou  arte  nott  farre  from  the  kyngdome  of  god. 
And  no  man  after  that  durst  axe  hym  eny  question. 

And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayd  teachynge  in  the  temple : 
howe  saye  the  scribes/  that  christ  is  the  sonne  off  David  ?  for 
David  hym  silfe  ^9  inspyred  with  the  holy  goost  sayd :  The 
lorde  sayde  to  my  lorde/  sytt  on  my  right  honde  tyll  I  make 
thyne  enemys  thy  fote  stole.  Then  David  hym  silfe  calleth 
hym  lorde/  and  ^o  by  what  meanes  ys  he  then  his  sonne  .?  And 
moche  people  herde  hym  gladly. 

1^  Do  ye  not  therefore  crre,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Understand,  T.  .¥.  Cr. 

*'  Neither  men  mary  nor  wives  are  married,  Gen.  ^'  Yet  is  not 

God  a  God  of  the  dead,  etc.  Cor.  ^^  Therefore  do  greatly  erre,  Bps. 
"  Cliiefest,  Car.  ^4  The  only  Lorde,  Cr.  Gen.  "^  Is  like,  tliat 

is.  Gen.  ^  For  there  is,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  "  Without  him,  Cov. 

"  Burnt  ofFeringes,    T.  M.  Cr.    Gen.  Bps.  ^  By  the,  etc,  Gpn. 

^^  Howe,  Cr.    Whence,  Bps, 


Et)e  ffiospcll  of  ^.  ittnvfee.  <t]).  jrfff. 

And  he  sayd  vnto  them  in  his  doctrine :  be  ware  off  the 
scribes  which  love  to  goo  in  longc/  ^i  clothynge  :  and  love 
salutacions  in  the  market  places/  and  the  chefe  scales  in  the 
3*2  sinagoges/  and  •^'^  to  sit  in  the  vppermost  roumes  att  feastes/ 
and  devoure  widowes  houses/  ^^  and  vnder  a  colour  praye 
longe  prayers.     These  shall  have  greater  damnacion. 

And  Jesus  sat  over  agaynst  the  treasury/  and  behelde  howe 
the  people  putt  money  into  the  treasury.  And  many  that 
were  ryche/  cast  in  moch.  And  there  cam  a  certayne  povre 
widowe/  and  she  thrcwe  in  two  mytes/  whiche  make  a  ^^  far- 
thynge.  And  he  ciiUed  vnto  hym  his  disciples/  and  sayd  vnto 
them  :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  that  thys  povre  widowe  hath 
cast  moare  in/  then  all  they  which  have  cast  into  the  treasury. 
For  they  all  putt  in  off  their  superfluite  :  But  she  off  her  ^'^  pov- 
erte/  cast  in  all  that  she  had/  even  all  her  livynge. 

2r|)c  vfff.  (Kijajptcr, 

A  ND  as  he  went  out  of  the  temple/  won  of  his  disciples 
"^  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Master/  se  what  stones/  and  what  bild- 
ynges  are  here.  And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
Seist  thou  these  greate  byldynges.  There  shall  not  be 
leefte  one  stone  apon  another/  that  shall  not  be  throwen 
doune. 

And  as  he  sate  on  mounte  olivete  over  agenst  the  temple/ 
Peter  and  James  and  Jhon  and  Andrewe  axed  hym  secretly/ 
tell  vs  when  these  thinges  shalbe  ?  And  what  is  the  signe/ 
when  all  these  thinges  shalbe  fulfilled  ?  And  Jesus  answer- 
ed them/  and  began  to  saye  :  Take  hede  lest  eny  man  deceave 
you.  For  many  shall  come  in  my  name  sayinge  :  I  am 
Christ/  And  shall  deceave  many. 

J  When  ye  shall  heare  otTwarre/  and  tydinges  off  warrc/  be 
ye  not  troubled.  For  they  muste  nedes  be.  Butt  the  ende  is 
nott  yett.  For  there  shall  nacion  aryse  agaynste  nacion/  and 
^realme  agaynste  -realmc.  And  there  shalbe  erthquakes/ 
2  in  all  quarters/  and  famysshment/  and  troubles.  ^  [These  are 
the  begynnynge  off  sorowes.] 

Butt  take  ye  hede  to  your  selves.  For  they  shall  brynge 
you  vppe  to  the  counsels  and  into  the  synagogges/  and  ye 

■"  Robes,  Gew.  ^' Congregations,  CV.  ^  The  first  rooms,  Gctj. 
•'■'  And  that  under  a  colour  of  long  praying,  T.  M.  And  under  a  pre- 
tence, etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Even  under  a  colour  of,  Gen.  ^^  Quadrin, 
Gen.  ^  'Wa.nt,  Bps.  '  Furthermore,  when,  etc.  Gen.  *  King- 
dom, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         "  Plere  and  there,  Cor.         ■•  Cor.  omits. 


Sfa.  vlfV-  Crte  eSospcU  of  S.  IBtarhc. 

shalbe  ^  beeten/  and  ye  shalbe  brought  before  rulei"s  and 
kynges/  for  my  sake/  for  a  ^  testimonial!  vnto  them.  And  the 
gospell  muste  fyrste  be  publysshed  amonge  all  nacions. 

Butt  when  they  leade  you  '''and  presentt  you  take  noo 
thought/  afore  honde  what  ye  shall  saye/  nether  ^  ymagion  : 
butt  whatsoever  is  geven  you  att  the  same  tyme/  that  speake. 
For  it  shall  nott  be  ye  that  shall  speake/  butt  the  holy  goost. 
Ye  and  the  brother  shall  delyvre  the  brother  to  deeth.  And 
the  father  the  sonne/  And  the  chyldren  shall  ryse  agaynste 
their  fathers  and  mothers/  and  shall  ^putt  them  to  deeth. 
And  ye  shalbe  hated  off  all  men  for  my  names  sake.  Butt 
whosoever  shall  endure  vnto  the  ende  shalbe  safe. 

Moreover  when  ye  se  the  "^abominable  desolacion/  where 
off  is  spoken  by  Daniel  the  prophete/  stonde  were  itt  ought 
nott/  lett  hym  that  redeth  it  ^Wnderstonde  itt.  Then  let  them 
which  be  in  iewiy/  fle  to  the  mountaynes.  And  let  hym  that 
is  on  the  housse  toppe/  nott  descende  doune  into  the  housse/ 
nether  entre  there  in/  to  fetche  eny  thinge  oute  off  his  housse. 
And  lett  hym  thatt  is  in  the  felde/  not  tourne  backe  agayne 
vnto  tho  thynges  which  he  leefte  behynde  hym/  for  to  take  his 
1^  cloothes  with  hym.  Butt  woo  is  then  to  them  that  are  with 
chylde/  and  to  them  that  geve  soucke  in  thoose  dayes.  But 
praye/  that  youre  flyght  be  not  in  the  wynter.  For  there  shal 
be  in  those  dayes  suche  ^3  tribulacion/  as  was  not  from  the 
begynnynge  off  ^^  creatures/  which  God  created/  vnto  this 
tyme/  nether  shalbe.  And  excepte  that  the  lord  ^^  had  short- 
ened those  dayes/  no  man  shulde  be  saved/  But  for  the 
electes  sake/  which  he  hath  choseiv  he  hath  shortened  thoose 
dayes. 

And  then/  yff  eny  man  saye  vnto  you  :  loo/  here  is  Christ/ 
loo  he  is  there/  beleve  nott.  For  falce  christes  shall  aryse/ 
and  falce  prophetes/  And  shall  shewe  myracles  and  won- 
ders/ to  deceave  yf  it  were  possible/  evyn  the  electe.  But 
take  ye  hede/  beholde  I  have  shewed  you  all  thinges  before. 

Moreover  in  thoose  dayes  after  that  tribulacion/  't*  the  sunne 
shall  wexe  darke/  and  the  mone  shall  not  geve  her  light/  and 
the  starres  off  heven  shall  fall/    And  the  powers  which  are  in 

^  Whipped,  Bps.         *  Witnesse  atrainst,  Bps.  '  Delivering  you 

up,  be  not  careful  aforehand,  neither  take  thought  what  ye  shall 
speak,  Bps.  ^  Premeditate,  Gni.  '  Cause  them  to  die,  Gen. 

''^  Abomination  of  desolation,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Mark  it  well.  Cor. 

Consider  it,  GVrt.  '* Garment.  i?p5.         "Trouble,  Cor.         '''The 

creation.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Shoulde  shorten,  Cr.         "'  The  sunne  and 

mone  shall  lose  their  light,  Cot. 


Ete  CKosjpcU  of  S.  ifH.ivfec.  CTi).  vffi'j. 

hevcn/  shall  move.  And  then  shall  they  se  the  sonnc  of  man 
commynge  in  the  cloudes/  with  grcate  power  and  glory.  And 
then  shall  he  sendc  his  angels/  and  shall  gaddre  to  geddcr  liis 
electe  from  the  fouare  wyndes/  and  i"  from  the  one  ende  off 
the  1^  worlde  to  the  other. 

Learne  a  similitude  of  the  fygge  tree.  When  ^"^  his  braunch- 
es  are  yett  tender/  and  hath  brought  forthe  leves/  ye  knowe/ 
that  sommer  ys  neare.  So  in  lyke  maner  when  ye  se  these 
thinges  come  to  passe/  -"^  vndcrstonde/  that  it  is  nye  even  att  the 
dorcs.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  that  thys  generacion  shall  not 
passe  tyll  all  these  thynges  be  done.  Heven  and  erth  shall 
21  passe/  butt  my  wordcs  shall  nott  passe.  Butt  of  the  dayc 
and  the  houre/  knoweth  no  man  :  no  nott  the  angels  which 
are  in  heven :  nether  the  sonne  hym  silfe/  save  the  father 
only. 

Take  hede/  watch/  and  praye/  for  ye  knowe  nott  when  the 
tyme  ys.  ^As  a  man  which  ys  gone  into  a  straunge  coun- 
trey  and  hath  Icfte  hys  housse/  and  geven  -^  auctorite  to  hys 
servauntes/  and  to  every  man  hys  worke/  and  commaunded 
the  porter  to  watche.  Watche  therfore/  for  ye  knowe  not/ 
when  the  master  of  the  liousse  wyll  come/  whether  att  even/ 
or  at  myd  nyght/  whether  att  the  cocke  crowynge/  or  in  the 
daunynge :  lest  yff  he  come  sodenly/  he  shulde  fynde  you 
slepynge.  And  that  I  saye  vnto  you/  I  saye  vnto  all  men/ 
watche. 

A  FTER  two  dayes  folowcd  ester/  and  the  dayes  of  swete 

breed.     And  the  bye  prestes  and  sciybes  sought  meanes/ 

howe  they  myght  take  hym  by  crafte  and  putt  hym  to  deeth. 

Butt  they  sayde  :  nott  on  the  feaste  daye/  leest  eny  busynes 

aryse  amonge  the  people. 

When  he  was  in  bethania/  in  the  housse  off  Simon  the  le- 
per/ even  as  he  sate  att  meate/  there  cam  a  woman  '  with  an 
alablaster  boxe  of  oyntement/  2  called  narde/  that  was  pure 
and  costly/  and  she  brake  the  boxe  and  powred  it  on  his  heed. 

"  From  the  ende  [the  utmost  part,  G.]  of  the  earth  to  the  utter- 
most part  of  heaven,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Earth,  Cov.  '^Herbougli 
is,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Be  ye  sure,  Cov.  Knowe  that  the  kingdom  of  God 
is  nere,  etc.  Gen.  2\  Perish,  Cov.         ^2  Gen.  adds— For  the  Son  of 

man  is.  etc.  23  fjyg  pybstance.  Cr,  '  Having  a  box,  etc.  Gen. 

"  Of  pure  nard,  Cov.  Of  spikenard,  Gen.  (Called)  narde  pistike,  Bps. 

I 


iF^.  I.  E^e  ffiospell  of  S.  ittarfec. 

There  were  some  that  ^  disdayned  in  themselves/  and  sayde  : 
^  what  neded  this  waste  of  oyntment  ?  For  it  myght  have 
bene  soolde  for  more  then  ^  two  houndred  pens/  and  bene 
geven  vnto  the  povre.     And  they  grudged  agaynst  her. 

And  Jesus  sayd  :  lett  her  ^  be  in  reest/  why  '''  greve  ye  her  ? 
She  hath  done  a  goode  worke  on  me.  ^  Ye/  and  ye  shall 
have  povre  with  you  all  wayes  :  and  when  soever  ye  will/  ye 
maye  do  them  goode :  butt  me  ye  shal  not  have  alwayes. 
She  hath  done  that  she  coulde  :  she  cam  a  fore  honde  to 
anoynt  my  boddy  to  his  buryinge  warde.  Vcrely  I  saye  vnto 
you  :  wheresover  thys  gospell  shalbe  preached  thorow  out  the 
whole  worlde  :  thys  also  that  she  hath  done/  shalbe  ^  rehears- 
ed in  remcmbraunce  of  her. 

And  Judas  Iscarioth/  won  off  the  twelve/  went  awaye  vnto 
the  hye  prestes/  to  betraye  him  vnto  them.  When  they  herde 
that/  they  were  gladde/  and  promised  that  they  wolde  gevc 
hym  money.  And  he  sought/  howe  he  myght  convenycntly 
betraye  hym. 

And  the  first  daye  of  swete  breed/  when  they  ^'^  offered  the 
pascal  lambe/  his  disciples  sayd  vnto  hym  :  where  wylt  thou 
that  we  goo  and  prepare  that  thou  mayste  eate  the  ester  lambe  .'' 
And  he  sent  fourth  two  of  his  disciples/  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Goo  ye  into  tlie  cite/  and  there  shall  a  man  mete  you  beringe 
a  pitcher  of  water/  folowe  hym  :  And  whidthersoever  he  go- 
eth  in/  saye  ye  to  the  good  man  off  the  housse  :  The  master 
axeth  where  is  the  ^^  geest  chambre/  where  I  shall  eate  the 
ester  lambe  with  my  disciples.  And  he  wyll  she  we  you  ^-a 
greate  parlour/  ^"^  paved/  and  prepared  :  there  make  reddy  for 
vs.  And  his  disciples  went  forth/  and  cam  in  to  the  cite/  and 
founde  as  he  had  sayd  vnto  them/  and  made  reddy  the  ester 
lambe. 

And  att  even/  he  cam  with  the  twelve.  And  as  they  sate 
att  horde  and  ate/  Jesus  sayde :  Verly  I  saye  vnto  you  :  that 
won  off  you  shall  betraye  me/  which  eateth  with  me.  And 
they  began  i"*  to  morne/  and  to  saye  to  hym  won  by  won  :  ys  it 
I  ?     And  another  sayde  :  Ys  it  I  ?  he  answered/  and  sayd  vn- 

3  Were  not  content,  etc.  Cr.  Had  indignation,  Bj/s.  *  Towliat 

ende    is,  Gen.    Why   was   this,  Bps.  *  Three  liundred,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Alone,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  7  Trouble,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  8  For  ye  have   [shall   have,    T.M.]  Cr.  T.M.   Gen.  Bps. 

8  Spoken,  Gen.  '"  Sacrificed,  Gen.  Did  kill,  Bps.         "  Lodcring, 

Gen.         '-  An  upper  chamber  which  is  large,  Gen.  Bps.  '•'  Trim- 

njed.  Gen.  '''  To  be  sorye,   Cr.   Bps.     To  be  sorovvful.  Gen. 


ffljc  fflfospell  of  S.  i«arfec.  (ZTlj.  v"f)- 

to  them  :  It  is  won  of  the  .xij.  '^•'  and  the  same  dcpcth  with  me 
in  the  platter.  The  sonne  of  man  ^^  goeth/  as  it  is  written 
of  liym  :  but  woo  be  to  that  man/  by  whomc  the  sonne  of  man 
is  betrayed.  Goode  were  hitt  ^"^  for  hym/  if  that  man  had 
never  bene  borne. 

And  as  they  ate/  Jesus  toke  breede/  gave  thankes/  brake  it 
and  gave  it  to  them  and  sayd  :  Take/  eate/  Thys  ys  my  body. 
And  he  toke  the  coppe/  gave  thankes/  and  gave  it  to  them/ 
and  they  dronke  all  off  it/  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Thys 
ys  my  bloude  of  the  newe  testament/  which  shalbe  sheed  for 
many.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  I  wyll  drynke  no  moore  off 
thys  frutc  off  the  vyne/  vntyll  that  daye/  that  I  shall  drynke  it 
newe  in  the  kyngdom  of  god.  And  when  they  had  ^^  sayd 
gi'ace/  they  went  out  in  to  the  mount  olivetc. 

And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  All  ye  shalbe  hurtt  thorowe 
me  thys  nyght/  For  it  is  written  :  I  wyll  smyte  the  shephcerd/ 
and  the  sheepe  shalbe  scattered.  Butt  after  that  I  am  rysen 
agayne  I  wyll  goo  into  galile  before  you.  Peter  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  And  though  all  men  shulde  be  hurte/  yett  wolde  nott 
I.  And  Jesus  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  the  thys 
daye  even  in  thys  nyght/  before  the  cocke  crowe  twyse/  thou 
shalt  deney  me  thryse.  And  he  spake  ^^  boldlyer  :  no/  if  I 
shulde  dey  with  the/ 1  woll  not  deny  the  Lyke  wyse  also  sayd 
they  all. 

And  they  cam  in  to  a  place  named  gethsemani/  And  he 
sayde  to  his  disciples  :  Sitt  ye  here/  -^  whyll  I  goo  aparte  and 
praye.  And  he  toke  with  hym  Peter/  James/  and  Jhon/  and 
he  began  to  ^^  waxe  abasshede  and  -^  to  be  in  an  agony.  And 
sayde  vnto  them  :  My  soule  is  very  hevy  even  vnto  the  deeth/ 
tary-  here  and  watche.  And  he  went  forthe  a  lytle  and  fell 
dounne  on  the  grounde  and  prayede/  That  yf  it  were  possible/ 
the  houre  myght  passe  from  hym/  And  he  sayde  :  Abba  fa- 
ther/ all  thinges  are  possible  vnto  the/  take  awaye  this  cuppe 
from  me.  neverthelesse  nott  that  I  wyll/  butt  that  thowe  wilt 
be  done. 

Aiid  he  cam/  and  founde  them  slepinge/  and  sayd  to  Peter : 
Simon  slepest  thou  ?  Coudest  not  thou  watche  with  me  one 
liourc  ?  watche  ye/  and  praye/  leest  ye  entre  into  temptacion/ 

''  Even  he  that  dippeth,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  '*'  Goeth  his  way,  Gtn. 

"  For  that  man,  if  he,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Sung  a  psahiie.  Gen. 

Fmyed  (God),  Bps.         '^  Yet  more,  Cob.  More  earnestly,  GV/t.  More 
vehemently,  C'r.  Bps.  ^  Till   I   goe  yonder,  etc.  Cov.  Til  I  have 

prayed.  Gen.         2'  Waxe  fearful,  Cov.  Be  afraid,  Gen.  Be  sore  ama- 
zed, Bps.         ^^  In  great  heavinesse,  Gen. 


JFo.  Ij.  Ctije  ©fosjiell  of  S.  lUavfec. 

the  sprete  is  ^3  redy/  but  the  flesshe  is  weeke.  And  agayne 
he  went  awaye  and  prayde/  and  spake  the  same  wordes.  And 
he  returned  and  founde  them  aslepc  agayne/  for  their  eyes 
were  hevy :  nether  24  coulde  they  tell  what  they  myght  an- 
swere  to  hym.  And  he  cam  the  thyrde  tyme/  and  sayd  vnto 
them  :  slepe  hens  forth  and  take  your  ^  ease.  It  ys  ynough- 
The  houre  is  come/  Beholde  the  sonne  of  man  shalbe  delyv* 
red  into  the  hondes  of  synners.  Ryse  vppe/  let  vs  goo/  Loo 
he  that  betrayeth  me/  is  ^"^  come  nye. 

And  immediatly  whill  he  yctt  spake  cam  Judas/  won  off 
the  twelve/  and  with  hyme  a  greate  nomber  off  people  with 
sweardes  and  staves  from  the  hye  prestes  and  scribes  and  se- 
niours.  He  that  betrayed  hym/  gave  them  a  generall  token/ 
sayinge  :  whosoever  I  do  kisse/  he  it  is/  take  hym/  and  leade 
hym  awaye  '^''  warely.  And  as  sone  as  he  was  come/  he  went 
streight  waye  to  him/  And  sayd  vnto  hym  :  master/  master/ 
and  kissed  him.  And  they  leyde  their  hondes  on  him. 
and  toke  him.  Won  off  them  that  stode  by  drue  out  a  swearde/ 
and  smote  a  servaunt  off  the  hye  preste/  and  cutt  off  hys  eare. 

And  Jesus  answered  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  ye  cam  out  as 
vnto  a  thefe  with  sweardes  and  with  staves  ffor  to  take  me/  I 
was  dayly  with  you  in  the  temple  teachinge/  and  ye  toke  me 
not/  but  ^  that  the  scriptures  shulde  be  fulfilled  :  and  they  all 
forsoke  hym  and  ^  ranne  awaye.  And  there  was  a  certeyne 
yonge  man  thatt  folowed  hym  cloothed  in  linnen  ^o  apon  the 
bare/  and  the  yonge  men  caught  hym/  and  he  lefte  his  3i  lynn- 
en  and  fleed  from  them  nakeed. 

And  they  leedde  Jesus  awaye  to  the  hyest  preste  off  all^ 
and  to  hj^m  came  all  the  hye  prestes/  and  the  seniours/ 
and  the  scribes.  And  Peter  folowed  ^^a  great  waye  of  even 
into  the  "^  pallys  of  the  hye  preste/  and  he  was  there  and  sat 
with  the  servauntes/  and  warmed  hymsilfe  att  the  fyre. 

And  the  hye  prestes  and  all  the  counsell  sought  for  witnes 
agaynste  Jesu/  to  putt  hym  to  deeth/  And  they  founde  noone. 
34  Yett  many  bare  falce  witnes  agaynste  hym/  butt  their  wit- 
nes agreed  not  to  gedder.  And  there  aroose  certayne  and 
brought  falce  witnes  againste  hym/  sayinge  :  We  herde  hym 
saye :  I  wyll  destroye  this  temple  made  with  hondes/  and 

23  Willing,  Cov.  *^  Wyst   [Knewe,   G.]   they,  Cr.  Gen,  Bps. 

25  Rest,  Gen.  ^  At  hand,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Safely,  Gen. 

^  Cr.  Bps.  add — (these  things  come  to  passe).  Gen. — this  is  done, 
^  Fled,  Gen.  ^o  Upon  the  very  skin,  Cov.    Upon  his  bare  body, 

Gen.  ^'  Lynnen  garment,  Cr.  Bps.    Linen  cloth,  Gen.  ^*  A 

farre  off,  Gen.        ^  Hall,  Gen.  [So  vs.  G6.]        ^4  Yor  ma,ny,etc.  Gen, 


?ri)e  <5;osi)fU  of  S.  i^aavfec.  (Tl).  viif). 

with  in  thre  dayes  I  wyll  biklc  anotlicr  made  with  out  liondes. 
35  And  there  witnes  aggreed  not  to  geddcr. 

And  the  hyestc  preste  stode  vppc  before  them  all/  and  ax- 
ed Jesus  sayinge  :  answerest  thou  ^'^nothinge  ?  3"  Howe  is  it 
that  these  "beare  witnes  agaynst  the  ?  And  he  helde  his 
peace/  and  answered  noothynge.  Agayne  the  hyeste  presto 
axed  hynv  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Arte  thou  Christ  the  sonne 
off  the  blessed?  "And  Jesus  sayde  :  38 1  am.  And  ye  shall 
se  the  sonne  ofTman  sitt  on  the  ryght  honde  of  33  power/  and 
come  in  the  cloudes  off  heven.  Then  the  hyest  preste  rent 
his  clooothcs  and  sayd  :  what  node  we  cny  further  of  witnes  ? 
ye  have  herde  the  blasphemy/  what  thinke  ye  ?  And  they 
all  '^^  gave  sentence  that  he  was  worthy  of  deeth.  And  some 
began  to  spit  at  hym/  and  to  cover  his  face/  and  to  bet  hym 
with  their  fistes/  and  to  sayc  vnto  him  '^^  arcde  vnto  vs.  And 
the  4-servauntes  '^3boffeted  him  on  the  face. 

And  Peter  w-as  beneeth  in  the  pallys/  and  there  cam  won 
off  the  ^"^  wenches  off  the  hyest  preste/  And  when  she  saw-e 
Petrc  warmynge  hym  silfe/  she  loked  on  hym/  and  sayd  : 
■^5  wast  not  thou  also  with  Jesus  of  Nazareth  ?  And  he  deny- 
ed  it  sayinge  :  I  knowe  hym  not/  nether  wott  I  what  thou  say- 
est :  And  he  went  out  in  to  the  '^^  j^oorclie/  and  the  cock  crewe. 
And  a  damsell  sawe  hym/  and  agayne  began  to  saye  to  them 
that  stode  by/  thys  ys  won  of  them.  And  he  denyed  yt 
agayne.  And  anon  after/  agayne  they  that  stode  by/  sayde 
to  Peter  :  suerly  thou  arte  won  otT  them/  for  thou  arte  of  gab- 
le/ and  thy  speache  '*''  agreth  therto.  And  he  began  to  coursse 
and  to  sweare/  sayinge/  I  knowe  nott  thys  man  off  whom  ye 
speake.  "^^And  agayne  the  cocke  crewe.  And  Peter  re- 
membred  the  worde  that  Jesus  sayd  vnto  him  :  before  the 
cocke  crowe  twyse  thou  shalt  deny  me  thryse/  and  ^^  began 
to  wepe. 

^*  But  yet  their,  etc.  Cr.  Grn.  Bps.  ^®  Nothing  unto  it  that 

these,  etc.  Cop.  •''  What  is  tlie  matter  that  these,  etc.  Gcii.  -"^  1 
am  lie,  Gen.  ^^  The  pou'er  of  Goil,  Gen.  ''°  Condemned  him  to 
be,  Cr.  Gcii.  B/>.t.  •"  Prophesie.  Gen.   Ep.'?.  ••- Sergeants, 

Gen.  ^^  Smote    [did  beate,    B.]    him  with   rods,    Gen.    Bps. 

^■'  Maydes,  Geii.    [So  vs.  6'.*.]  ''^  Thou  wast  also  with,  etc.  Gen. 

^^  Fore  court,  Cov.  ■*''  Soundeth  even  alike,  Cov.    Is  like.  Gen. 

■**  Then  the  second  time,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '"'  Waying  that  witli  hini- 

selle,  he  wept,  Gen. 


J?o.  li[.  JTjDc  GSfospcIl  of  S.  flTavfec. 


A  ND  anon  in  the  dawnynge  heelde  the  hye  prestes  a  coun- 
sell  with  the  seniours  and  the  scribes/  And  also  ^the 
whoole  congrcgacion/  and  bounde  Jesus  and  ledde  hym  awaye/ 
and  delyvered  hym  to  Pilate.  And  Pilate  axed  hym  :  Arte 
thou  the  kynge  off  the  Jewes  ?  And  he  answered/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym :  thou  sayest  yt.  And  the  hye  prestes  accused  hym 
off  many  thynges.  ~  Pylatc  axed  hym  agayne  sayinge  :  An- 
swerest  thou  nothynge  :  Behoolde  ■^  hovve  many  thinges  they 
lay  vnto  thy  charge  ?  Jesus  yett  answered  ^  never  a  worde/ 
so  that  Pilate  mcrveled. 

Att  tiie  feast  ^Pilate  ''was  wont  to  delyvre  "^  [att  their  plea- 
sure] a  presoner  :  whomsoever  they  wolde  desyre.  And  there 
was  one  named  Barrabas/  whiche  lay  bounde  ^whh  them/ 
that  caused  in  surrection/  and  ^  in  the  in  surrection  committed 
murther.  And  the  people  ^^  called  vnto  hym/  and  began  to 
desyre  off  hym/  aecordingc  as  he  had  ever  done  vnto  them. 
Pylatc  answered  them/  and  sayd  :  Wyll  ye  that  I  loose  vnto 
you  the  kynge  off  the  Jewes  ?  For  he  knewe  that  the  hye 
prestes  had  delyvered  liym  off  envy.  Butt  the  hye  prestes 
had  moved  the  people  that  he  shulde  rather  delyvre  Barrabas 
vnto  them. 

Pylatc  answered  agayne/  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  What  w)'!! 
ye  then  that  I  do  with  hym/  whom  ye  call  the  kynge  of  the 
Jewes  ?  And  they  crycd  agayne  :  crucify  hym.  Pilate 
sayde  vnto  them  :  What  harme  hath  he  done  }  And  they 
cryed  the  moore  fervently  :  crucifi  hym.  Pylate  willinge  to 
content  the  people/  loused  Barrabas/  And  delyvered  Jesus 
scourged  for  to  be  crucifyed. 

And  the  souddeers  ledde  hym  awaye  in  to  ^^  the  commen 
hall/  and  called  togedder  all  the  whoole  ^^  multitude/  and  they 
clothed  hym  with  purple/  and  they  plated  a  croune  off  thornes 
and  i-^crouned  hym  with  all/  And  began  to  salute  hym  :  hayl 
kynge  off  the  Jewes.     And  they  smoote  hym  on  the  heed 

'  The  whole  Counsel,  Gen.  *  Bps.  adds— but  he  answered  no- 

thing. ^  Howe  sore  they  lay,  etc.  Cov.  *  Nothing  [No  more, 

G.]  at  all,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cov.  adds — of  Ester.         *  Did  deliver, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.         *  With  his  fellowcs,  Gen. 

*  Had  done  manslaughter  and  sedition,  Cov.         '"  Crying  aloude,be- 
o-an  to  desire  that  he  wouhl  do  as.  Gen.  Bps.  "  The  hall  called 

Prtctoriuiv,  Bps.         '^  Bande,  Gen.  Bps.         '-Tut  it  ahoute  his  head , 
Gen.  Bps. 


grt)e  (ffiospcll  of  S.  iWatftc.  CTf).  pb, 

with  a  rede/  and  spatt  apon  hym/ and  i**kneled  doune  and 
1^  worsheped  hym. 

And  when  they  had  moocked  him/  they  tokc  the  purpcl  off 
him/  and  put  his  awnc  cloothes  on  him/  and  leddc  liim  oute/ 
to  crucify  him.  And  they  compelled  won  that  passed  by 
called  Simon  of  ccrene  (which  cam  oute  of  i^'the  fclde/  and 
was  father  off  Alexander  and  Rufus)  to  beare  hys  crosse. 
And  they  brought  him  to*a  place  named  Golgotha  (which  is 
by  interpretacion/  the  place  ^'''of  deed  mens  scoulles)  and  they 
gave  him  to  diynke  wync  myngled  with  mirre/  butt  he  receav- 
ed  it  not. 

And  when  they  had  crucified  hym/  they  parted  hys  gar- 
mentes/  castinge  loottes  for  them/  what  eveiy  man  shulde 
have.  And  it  was  aboute  the  thyrde  houre/  and  they  cru- 
cifyed  hym.  And  the  title  of  ^^  the  cause  of  hys  deeth 
was  wrytten/  The  kynge  of  the  iewis.  And  they  crucified 
with  him  two  theves  :  the  one  on  his  ryght  honde/  and 
the  other  on  hys  lifte  honde.  And  the  scripture  was  fulfilled/ 
^vhich  sayeth  :  and  he  was  counted  amonge  the  wicked. 

And  they  that  went  by/  rayled  on  hym  :  Avaggynge  their 
heedes/  and  sayinge  :  ^^  A  wretche/  that  destroyest  the  tem- 
ple and  byldest  yt  in  thre  dayes.  Save  thy  silfe/  and  come 
doune  from  the  crosse.  Lyke  wyse  also  mocked  him  the  bye 
preestes  amonge  themselves  whyth  the  scribes/  and  sayde  : 
He  saved  other  men/  hym  silfe  he  cannot  save.  Lett  Christ 
tlie  kynge  of  Israel  nowe  descende  from  the  crosse/  that  we 
maye  se  and  beleve.  And  they  that  were  crucified  with  him/ 
'^'^  checked  hym  also. 

And  when  the  sLxte  houre  was  come/  darknes  aroose  over 
all  the  -1  erth/  vntyll  the  nynthe  houre.  And  att  the  nynthe 
•  houre  Jesus  cryed  with  a  loude  voyce/  sayinge  :  Eloi/  Eloi/ 
la  ma  sabaththani/  which  is  yf  it  be  mterpreted :  my  god/  my 
god/  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ?  And  some  off  them  that 
stode  by  when  they  herde  that  sayde  :  behoolde  he  calleth  for 
Helias.  And  won  ran/  and  filled  a  sponge  full  off  veneger/ 
and  putt  yt  on  a  rede/  and  gave  it  hym  to  drynke/  sayinge  : 
lett  hym  alone/  let  vs  se  whither  Helias  wyll  come  and  take 
hym  doune. 

'^  Bowed  tlie  knees,  Cr.  Grn.  Bps.  '*  Did  him  reverence,  Geii. 

'^  The  country,  Gc7i.         ''  Of  a  skullc,  Bps.  '*  His  cause.  Cot. 

Cr.  T.  M.  Grn.    His  accusation,  Bps.  '^  Fie    upon  thee,  how 

croodly  breakest  thou  down  the  temple,  etc.  Cov.     Hey,  thou  that 
destroyest,  etc.  Gen.         ^^  Reviled,  Gen.         *'  Lande,  Gen. 


^0.  lfff[.  mt  eSospell  of  S.  ittari^c. 

So  tlien  when  the  lorde  had  spoken  vnto  them  he  was  receav- 
ed  in  to   heven/  and  sate  on  the  right  honde  of  god. 
And  they  went  forth/  and  preached  every  where/ 
And  the  lorde  wroght  with  them/   And  con- 
firmed ^"^  their  preachynge  with  myra- 
clcs  that  folowed. 


5ri)e  tnlic  of  tfte  CKosjpcU 
of  S.  ittavkc. 

"  Tlie  worde  with  signs  [miracles,  C]  that  followed,  Cr.  Gen.  Bjis. 


JfWfd^^  as  moche  as  many  have  taken  in  honde  ^  to  com- 
SmF  py^G  a  treatcs  off  ^  thoo  thynges/  ^  which,  are  '*  surely 
knowen  amonge  vs/  even  as  they  ^  declared  them  vnto  vs/ 
whicli  from  the  begynnynge  sawe  them  ^  with  their  eyes/  and 
were  ministers  "^  at  the  doyng  :  ^  I  determined  also/  ^  as  sonc 
as  I  had  searched  out  ^^  diligently  all  thinges  from  the  begyn- 
ynge/  that  then  I  wolde  wryte  vnto  thee  ^i  ^-  good  Theophilus/ 
that  thou  myghtest  knowe  the  certente  off  thoo  thinges/  where- 
of thou  ^^  arte  informed. 

ST^e  fijrst  (fftapter. 

TN  the  tyme  of  Herode  kynge  of  iewrjv  there  was  a  certayne 
-*-  prest  named  Zacarias/  off  the  course  of  Abie.  And  his 
wyfe  was  of  the  dough ters  of  Aaron  :  And  her  name  was 
Elizabeth.  Booth  were  perfect  before  God/  and  walked  in 
all  the  i"*  lawes  and  ^^  ordinacions  of  the  lorde  ^'^  that  no  man 
coulde  fynde  fawte  with  them.  And  they  had  no  childe/  be- 
cause that  Elisabeth  was  barren/  And  booth  were  well 
stricken  in  age. 

Hit  cam  to  passe/  as  he  executed  the  prestes  office/  before 

'  To  set  forthe  the  declaration  [the  wordes,   Cor.  the  stoiie,  G.], 
Cot.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Of  the   acts  that  arc  come  to  passe,  Cov. 

'  Whereof  we  are  fully  persuaded.  Gen.  *  Moost  surelye  [to  be, 

C]  beleeved,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Delivered,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Their 

selves,  T.M.  Gen.  '  Of  the  things  they  declared.  Cr.  Of  the  worde, 
Gen.  Bps.  *  It  seemed  good  dlso  to  me,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Having 
perfect  understanding  of, />^>5.  '"  Perfectly,  Gere.  "  Gen.  adds — 
Thereof  from  poynt  to  poynt.  '^  Most  noble.  Gen.  Most  excellent, 
Bps.  "  Hast  bene   instructed  [taught  by  mouth,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 

'■•  Commaundements,  Gc7i.  Bps.  '*  Ordinaunces,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         '®  Withoute  reproofe.  Gen.  Blamelesse,  Bps. 


JFo.  l\).  E\)c  eSospcU  of  S.  Huiic. 

god  as  his  course  cam  (accordinge  to  the  custome  of  the 
prestos  office)  his  lott  was  to  bren  i"  odoures/  And  went  into 
tlie  temple  of  the  lorde/  and  all  the  multitude  of  people  were 
with  out  in  their  prayers  whill  the  odoures  were  abrennynge. 
There  appered  vnto  him  the  lordcs  angell/  stondinge  on  the 
right  syde  off  the  aultre  off  odours.  And  when  Zacharias 
sawc  hym/  he  was  ^^  abasshed  and  fearc  cam  on  hym. 

The  angell  sayde  vnto  hym :  feare  not  Zacary  :  ffor  thy 
prayer  is  herde :  And  thy  wyfe  Hclyzabeth  shall  beare  the  a 
Sonne/  and  thou  shalt  call  his  name  Jhon/  And  thou  shaltt  have 
ioye  and  gladnes/  And  many  shall  reioyce  att  his  birth.  For 
he  shalbe  greate  m  the  sight  off  god/  and  shall  nether  drynke 
wyne  ner  stronge  drynke.  And  he  shalbe  filled  with  the 
holy  goost  even  in  his  mothers  woombe  :  And  many  off  the 
chyldren  off  Israhel  shall  he  tourne  to  their  lorde  God.  And 
he  shall  goo  before  hym  in  the  sprcte  and  power  off  Helyas 
to  tourne  the  herttes  off  the  fathers  to  their  chyldren/  and  the 
^9  vnbeleveres  to  the  wisdom  off  the  iuste  men :  to  make 
20  the  people  redy  ffor  the  lorde. 

And  Zacary  sayde  vnto  the  angell :  ^^  Wherby  shall  I  know 
this  ?  seinge  that  I  am  olde/  and  my  wyfe  ^~  well  stricken  in 
yeares.  And  the  angell  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  I  am 
Gabriell  that  stonde  in  the  presens  off  God/  and  am  sentt  to 
speake  vnto  the  :  and  to  shewe  the  this  glad  tydinges.  And 
take  hede  thou  shalt  be  dommc/  and  not  able  to  speake  vntyll 
the  tyme  that  these  thinges  be  performed/  because  thou  be- 
levedst  not  my  wordes/  which  shalbe  fulfilled  in  there  season. 

And  the  people  wayted  for  Zacareas/  and  mervelled  that  he 
taryed  ^  in  the  temple.  When  he  cam  oute  he  coulde  not 
speake  vnto  them.  And  they  perceaved/  that  he  had  sene 
some  vision  in  the  temple.  -^  And  he  beckened  vnto  them/ 
and  remayned  speachlesse. 

And  it  fortuned/  as  sone  as  the  tyme  off  his  office  was  oute/ 
he  departed  home  into  his  awne  housse.  Affler  thoose  dayes/ 
his  wife  Elizabeth  conceaved/  and  hid  her  silfe  .v.  monethes/ 
saynge  :  -^  This  wysc  hath  god  dealte  with  me  in  the  dayes 
when  he  loked  on  me/  to  take  from  me  ^o  the  rebuke  that  I 
sufiered  amonge  men. 

"  Incense,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  post.]  '»  Troubled,  Gen. 

Bps.  [So  vs.  2!*.]  "*  Disobedient,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ready,  a  perfect 
people  [a  people  prepared,  G.]  for  the  Lorde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  By 
what  token,  (Jr.  ^*  Is  of  a  great  age,  Gen.  ^  Gen.  adds — so 

long.  ^  For  he  made  signs,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Thus  hath  the  Lorde, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.         ^^  My  rebuke  anrongc  men,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Z\te  CSospcU  of  S.  2Lufef.  Ct).  f. 

And  in  the  .vi.  moneth  tlie  angell  Gabn-el  was  sent  from 
god  vnto  a  cite  off  galile/  named  nazareth/  to  a  virgin  "^  spous- 
ed to  a  man/  whose  name  was  Joseph/  of  the  housse  of  David/ 
and  the  virgins  name  was  Man,'.  And  the  angell  went  m  vn- 
to her/  and  sayde :  Hayle  ^efuU  of  grace  the  lorde  is  with 
the :  blessed  arte  thou  amonge  wemen.  When  she  sawe  hym/ 
she  was  abasshed  att  his  saynge  :  and  cast  in  her  mynde  what 
maner  of  salutacion  that  shulde  be.  And  the  angell  sayde 
vnto  her  :  feare  not  Mary/  thou  hast  founde  '^  grace  with  god. 
Loo  :  thou  shalt  conceave  in  thy  wombe/  and  shalt  bcare  a 
childe/  and  shalt  call  his  name  Jesus.  He  shalbe  greate/  and 
shalbe  called  the  sonne  off  the  hyest.  And  the  lorde  god 
shall  geve  vnto  hym  the  seate  off  his  father  David/  And  he 
shall  raygne  over  the  house  off  Jacob  for  ever/  and  of  his 
k^Tigdom  shalbe  none  ende. 

Then  sayd  INIary  vnto  the  ansell :  Howe  shall  this  be/  se- 
inge  tliat  I  knowe  ^^  no  man  f  And  the  angell  answered/  and 
sayd  vnto  her  :  the  holy  goost  shall  come  apon  the/  and  the 
power  off  the  hyest  shall  over  shaddowe  the.  Therfore  also 
that  holy  thynge  which  shall  be  borne/  shalbe  called  the  sonne 
of  god.  And  31  marke/  thy  cosen  Elizabeth/  hath  also  con- 
ceaved  a  sonne  in  her  olde  age.  And  this  is  the  .^'j.  moneth 
to  her/  which  was  called  barren/  for  with  god  shall  nothinge 
be  vnpossible.  Mary  sa^'d  :  beholde  the  ^~  honde  mayden  off 
the  lorde/  be  it  vnto  me  ^^  even  as  thou  hast  sayde.  And  the 
angell  departed  from  her. 

Alary  arose  in  thoose  dayes/  and  went  in  to  the  ^  moun- 
tayns  with  hast  into  a  cite  off  levriy  and  entred  in  to  the  house 
off  Zacary/  and  saluted  Elizabeth.  And  it  fortuned/  as  EUz- 
abeth  herde  the  salutacion  of  Man,-/  the  babe  spronge  in  her 
•^  belly.  And  Elizabeth  was  filled  with  the  holy  goost/  and 
ciyed  with  a  loude  voyce/  and  sayde  :  Blessed  arte  thou 
among  wemen/  -^and  blessed  is  the  frute  off  thy  wombe. 
And  whens  hapeneth  this  to  mc  that  the  mother  off  my  lorde 
shulde  come  to  me  .'  Loo/  ^  as  sone  as  the  voyce  of  thy  salu- 
tacion sowTided  in  myne  eares/  the  babe  ^  lepte  in  my  belly 

^  Affianced.   Gen.  ^*  Thou    tluit   art   freely    beloved,    Gen. 

*•  Favour,  Gen.  Bps.         *>  ^q^  ^ man,  Cr.  Gen.  Bjts.  '     ^i  BeholdeJCr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^2  Servant,  Gen.  [So  vs.  46.]  ^  According  to  thy 

word.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^'  Hill  countrcij.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Womb,  Cr. 
Bps.  [So  vs.  44.]  ^  Because  the  fruite  of  thy  wombe  is  blessed, 

Gen.  ^  When  I  heard  the  voice.  Cor.  ^  Spranore,  Or.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^       =  ' 

E 


jfo.  Ibj.  E\je  ffiospcU  of  S.  2.ufee. 

for  ioye.  And  blessed  39  arte  thou  that  belevedst/  For  thoose 
thinges  shalbe  performed  which  were  tolde  ^9  the  from  the 
lorde. 

^ntr  iftJarn  sajtic. 

My  soule  magnifieth  the  lorde. 

And  my  sprete  reioyseth  in  god  my  savioure/ 

For  he  hath  loked  on  the  povre  degre  off  his  honde  may- 
den.  Beholde  nowe  from  hens  forth  shall  all  ^*^  generacions 
call  me  blessed. 

For  he  that  is  myghty  hath  done  to  me  greate  thinges/  and 
blessed  ys  his  name  : 

And  hys  mercy  is  always  on  them  that  feare  him  "^^  thorow 
cute  all  generacions. 

He  hath  shewed  strengthe  with  his  arme/  he  hath  scattered 
them  that  are  proude  in  the  ymaginacion  of  their  hertes. 

He  hath  putt  doune  the  myghty  from  their  seates/  and  hath 
exalted  them  of  lowe  degre. 

He  hath  filled  the  hongry  with  good  thinges  :  And  hath  sent 
away  the  ryche  empty. 

He  hath  '^^  remembred  mercy :  and  hath  holpen  his  servaunt 
Israhel. 

"^3  Even  as  he  promised  to  oure  fathers/  Abraham  and  to 
his  sevcle  for  ever. 

And  mary  aboode  with  her  iij,  monethes/  And  retourned 
home  agayne. 

Elizabethes  tyme  was  come  that  she  shulde  be  dely\'ered/ 
And  she  brought  forth  a  sonne.  And  her  neighbours  and  her 
cosins  herde  tell  howe/  the  lorde  had  '*"*  magnified  his  mercy 
vppon  her/  and  they  reioysed  with  her. 

And  hit  fortuned  the  eyght  daye  :  they  cam  to  circumcise 
the  childe :  and  called  his  name  Zacari  after  the  name  of  his 
father/  and  his  mother  answered/  and  sayd :  not  soo/  but  he 
shalbe  called  Jhon.  ^^  [And  they  sayd  vnto  her :  There  ys 
none  of  thy  kynne/  that  is  named  with  thj's  name.]  And  they 
made  signes  to  hys  father/  howe  he  woMe  have  hym  called. 
And  he  axed  for  wrytynge  tables  and  wroote  saying:  hys 
name  is  Jhon.     And  they  mervelled  all.     And  hys  mought 

39  Is  she  that — her,  Gen.  Bjjs.  '"'  Ages,  Gen.  *^  From  genera- 
tion to  generation,  Cr.  Bps.  ■»'  Helped  [Upholdcn,  G.]  his  ser- 
vant Israeli  in  remerj;brance  [being  mindful,  G.]  of  his  mercie,  Cr. 
den.  Bjis.  *^  As  he  hath  spoken  to  oi'.r  fathers,  tou-it,  to  Abraham, 
Gen.        "  Shewed  greate  mercie,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Cr.  omits. 


Srijc  ffiosprU  of  <S.  Huftc.  €1).  f. 

was  opened  immediatly/  and  hys  tongc/  and  he  spake  lawd- 
ynge  god.  And  feare  cam  on  all  them  that  dwelt  '*''  nyc/  And 
all  these  sayingcs  were  noised  abroade  throughoutt  all  the 
hylly  countre  of  Jewiy  :  and  all  they  that  herde  them  layde 
them  vppe  in  their  hertes/  saying  :  What  manor  chylde  shall 
thys  be  ?     And  the  honde  of  god  was  with  hym. 

And  his  father  Zacherias  was  fylled  with  the  holy  goost/ 
and  prophisyed  sayinge  : 

Blessed  be  the  lorde  god  of  israhel/  for  he  hath  visited  and 
redcmed  his  people. 

And  hath  reysed  vppe  the  home  off  health  vnto  vs/  in  the 
housse  of  his  sei^vaunt  David. 

Even  as  he  promised  by  the  moughth  of  his  holy  prophetes 
which  were  sens  the  worlde  began. 

That  ^''  we  shulde  be  saved  from  oure  enimys/  and  from  the 
hondes  of  all  that  hate  vs  : 

^  To  shewe  mercy  towardes  oure  fathers/  And  to  remember 
hys  holy  ^^  promes. 

^0  That  is  to  saye  the  oothe/  which  he  sware  to  oure  father 
Abraham/  ^^  for  to  geve  us. 

That  we  delivered  oute  of  the  hondes  of  oure  enemis/ 
myght  serve  hym  with  oute  feare  :  all  the  dayes  of  oure 
lyfe/  in  ^'^  [suche]  holynes  and  ryghtewesnes  ^^  [that  are  ac- 
cept] before  him. 

And  thou  ^^  chylde/  shalt  be  called  the  prophet  off  the  hy- 
est/  for  thou  shalt  goo  before  the  face  off  the  lorde/  to  prepare 
his  wayes : 

And  to  geve  knowlege  off  health  vnto  hys  people/  ^  for  the 
remission  of  sinnes : 

Through  the  tender  mercy  off  oure  lorde/  wher  with  hath 
visited  vs  the  daye  springe  from  an  hye  : 

To  geve  light  to  them  that  sate  in  darcknes/  and  in  shadowe 
of  deth/  and  to  g>'de  oure  fete  in  to  the  waye  of  peace. 

And  the  chylde  encreased  and  wexed  stronge  in  sprete/  and 
was  in  wildernes/  tyll  the  daye  cam/  when  he  shulde  shewe 
hym  silfe  vnto  the  israhelites. 

*^  Rounde  aboute  them,  Bps.  •*'  He  woulde  send  its  deliverance 

[deliver  us,  C]  from,  Cor.  Gen.  ■•*  To  fulfyl  the  mercye  promised, 
etc.  T.  M.  That  he  woulde  deale  mercifully  with,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 
*9  Covenant,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  =°  And  that  he  woulde  [And 

to,  T.  M.]  performe  the  uthe,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  ^^  Which  icas  that 

he  woulde  graunt  unto  us,  that  we,  etc.  Gen.  °^  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 

*3  Babe,  Gen.  s'  g^^  q^^   jj^^^ 


iTo.  Ifafj.  E^e  ffiospell  of  S.  Huftc. 


ffiTre  seconlTf  (JTijapter. 

TJ  IT  folowed  in  thoose  dayes  :  that  there  went  oute  a  com- 
•*-■*•  maundment  from  Auguste  Uhe  Emperour/ that  all  the 
woorlde  shulde  be  -valued.  This  taxynge  ^was  fyrst  execu- 
ted when  Syrenus  was  '^  leftenaunt  in  Siria.  ^  And  every  man 
went  in  to  his  awne  ^shyre  tounc/  there  to  he  taxed.  And 
Joseph  also  ascended  from  Galile/  oute  of  a  cite  called  Naza- 
reth/ vnto  iewry  :  in  to  a  cite  of  David/  which  is  called  beth- 
leem/  because  he  was  of  the  housse  and  linage  of  David 
to  be  taxed  with  Mary  "^  his  wedded  wife/  ^  which  was  with 
childe. 

And  it  fortuned  whill  they  there  were/  ^  her  tyme  was  come 
that  she  shulde  be  delyvered.  And  she  brought  forth  her 
fyrst  begotten  sonne.  And  ^"^  wrapped  hym  in  swadlynge 
cloothes/  and  layed  hym  in  ^^  a  manger/  be  cause  there  was 
no  roume  for  them  with  in/  in  ^^  the  hostrey. 

And  there  were  in  the  same  region  shepherdes  ^^  abydinge 
in  the  felde/  and  !•*  watching  their  flocke  by  night.  And  loo : 
the  angell  of  the  lorde  stode  harde  by  them/  and  the  ^^  bright- 
nes  of  the  lorde  shone  rounde  aboute  them/  and  they  were 
soore  afrayed.  And  the  angell  sayd  vnto  them  :  Be  not 
afrayed  Beholde  I  biynge  you  tydinges  off  greate  ioye/  that 
shall  come  to  all  the  people  :  ^'^  for  vnto  you  is  borne  this  daye 
in  the  cite  of  David  a  saveoure/  wliich  is  Christ  the  lorde. 
And  take  this  for  a  signe :  ye  shall  fynde  the  childe  ^^  swadled/ 
and  layed  in  a  manger.  And  streight  waye  there  was  with 
the  angell  a  multitude  of  hevenly  sowdiers/  laudynge  Godr 
and  sayinge  :  Glory  to  God  ^^  an  hye/  and  peace  on  the  erth : 
and  vnto  men  ^^  reioysynge. 

And  itt  fortuned/  as  sone  as  the  angels  were  gone  awaye  m 

>  CfEsar,  Gen.,  Bps.  [So  Ch.  iii.  1.]  »  Taxed,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Was  the  first  and  executed  [that  was  executed,  etc.  Cov.J  when,  etc., 
Cov.  Cr.  T.  M.  Was  first  made  when,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Govern^ 
our,  Gen.   [So  Ch.  iii.  1,]  ^  Therefore  went  all  to  be  taxed,  etc. 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Citie,  T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ">  His  spoused,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Bps.  That  was  given  him  to,  etc.  Gen.  *  Being  great  with 

childe,  i?ps.  *The  dales  were  accomplished.  Gen.  Bps.  "'Swad- 
led, Bps..  "  A  cratch.  Gen.  [So  ;jos<.]  >«  The  inne,  T.  M.  Cr, 
Gen.  Bps.  '*  In  the  field  by  the  folds  and  watching  tlieir  flocks 
by  night,  Cov.  **  Keeping  watch  by  night,  because  of  their  flocke 
[over  their  flocke  by  night,  £.],  Gen.  Bps.  **  Glorie,  Ge7i.  Bps, 
•*  That  is  that  unto  you,  etc.  Gen.  "  Wrapped  in  swadling  clothes, 
Cr.  Bps.  '*  In  the  high  heavens,  Gen.  In  the  highest,  Bjjs, 
19  Good  will,  Cr.  Gen.  B/JS, 


CJ)e  eSfospcU  of  S.  3lufee.  (Tf).  fj. 

to  heven/  the  shcpherdcs  sayd  won  to  another  :  let  vs  goo  ev- 
en vnto  Bethlecm/  and  se  tliis  thynge  thatt  '^'^  is  hapened/  which 
the  lorde  hath  shewed  vnto  vs.  And  they  cam  with  haste/ 
and  founde  Mary  and  Joseph/  and  the  babe  layde  in  a  man- 
ger. When  they  had  sene  it/  they  publisshed  abrode  the 
saynge/  which  was  tolde  them  off  that  chylde.  And  all  that 
herde  itt  wondred/  att  thoose  thynges  which  were  tolde  them 
off  the  shepherdes.  But  Mary  kept  all  thoose  saymges/  and 
pondered  them  in  hyr  hert.  And  the  shepherdes  retourned/ 
praysynge  and  laudynge  God  ffor  all  that  they  had  herde  and 
sene/  evyn  as  itt  was  told  vnto  them. 

And  when  the  eyght  daye  was  ^i  come  that  the  chylde  shuld 
be  circumcised/  his  name  was  called  Jesus/  which  was  named 
off  the  angell  before  he  was  conceaved  ~~  in  his  mothers 
wombe. 

And  when  the  tyme  of  their  purificacion  (after  the  lawe  of 
Moyses)  was  come  they  brought  hym  to  hierusalem/  to  pre- 
sent hym  to  the  lorde  (As  yt  is  written  in  the  lawe  off  the 
lorde  :  every  man  chylde  that  fyrst  openeth  --^  the  matrix/ 
shalbe  called  holy  to  the  lorde)  and  -*  to  offer  (as  yt  ys  sayde 
in  the  lawe  of  the  lorde)  a  payre  off  turtle  doves/  or  ij.  yonge 
pigions. 

And  beholde  there  was  a  man  in  hierusalem/  whose  name 
was  Simeon.  And  the  same  man  was  iuste  and  feared  god/ 
and  ^^  longed  for  the  consolacion  off  israhel/  and  the  holy 
goost  was  in  hym.  And  ^6  an  answer  was  geven  hym  of  the 
holy  goost/  that  he  shulde  not  se  deethe/  before  he  had  sene 
the  lordes  Christ.  And  he  cam  ^v  by  inspiracion  in  to  the 
temple. 

And  as  the  father  and  mother  broght  in  the  chylde  Jesus/ 
to  do  for  hym  after  the  custome  of  the  lawe/  Then  toke  he 
hym  vppe  in  his  armes  -^  and  sayde. 

Lorde  Now  lettest  thou  thy  servaunt  departe  in  peace  ac- 
cordinge  to  thy  ^  promes. 

For  myne  eyes  have  sene  ^o  the  saveour  sent  from  the 

Which  thou  hast  prepared  before  the  face  of  all  people. 


*^  Cr.  adds — we  heare   saye.  *'  Accomplished,  Gen.  [So  vs. 

22.]  22  In  the  womb,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  The   wombe, 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  give  an  oblation,  Gen.  ^  Looking  for,  Or.  Bps. 
Waited  for,  Gen.  ^''  A  revelation,  Gen.  ^^  By  the  motion  of  the 
the  spirit,  Gen.  ^  Cot.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — And  praysed    God. 

^  Word,  Gen.        ^  Thy  salvation,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


7* 


iFo.  Ibfif.  5r!)e  ffios^jell  of  S.  Hufte. 

A  light  3'  to  lighten  the  gentyls/  and  the  glory  off  thy  peo- 
ple israhel. 

And  3^  his  father  and  mother  mervelled  at  thoose  thinges/ 
Av  hich  were  spoken  off  hym  :  And  Simeon  blessed  them/  and 
sayd  vnto  Mary  his  mother  :  behold/  this  childe  ^^  shalbe  the 
fall/  and  resurreccion  off  many  in  israhel/  And  a  signe  which 
shalbe  spokyn  agaynste.  And  moreover  the  swearde  shall 
pearce  '•^'^  the  very  hert  off  the/  that  the  thoughtes  of  many 
hertes  maye  be  opened. 

And  there  was  Anna/  a  prophetes/  the  doughter  of  Phanuel 
of  tribe  of  Aser.  And  she  was  off  a  greate  age/  and  had  lived 
with  an  husbande  .vij.  yere  from  her  virginite.  And  35  this 
wedowe  was  aboute  .iiij.  scoore  and  .iiij.  yere  off  age/  which 
went  never  oute  of  the  temple/  but  served  there  with  fastinge 
and  prayer  nyght  and  daye.  And  she  ^6  cam  forth  that  same 
houre/  and  37  praysed  god/  and  spake  of  hym  to  all  that  loked 
for  redempcion  in  hierusalem. 

And  as  son  as  they  had  performed  all  thinges  accordinge 
to  the  lawe  off  the  lorde/  they  returned  into  galile  into  their 
awne  cite  nazareth.  And  the  childe  grewe  and  wexed  stronge 
in  sprete/  and  was  full  off  wysdom/  and  the  favour  of  god  was 
with  hym. 

And  his  38  father  and  mother  went  to  hierusalem  every 
yeare  att  the  feeste  of  ester.  And  when  he  was  xij.  yere  olde/ 
they  went  vppe  to  hierusalem  after  the  custome  of  the  feeste/ 
And  when  they  had  39  fulfilled  the  dayes/  as  they  returned 
home/  the  chylde  Jesus  boode  styll  in  hierusalem/  '^^  vnknow- 
ynge  to  his  father  and  mother.  For  they  supposed  he  had 
bene  in  the  company.  They  cam  a  days  iorney/  and  sought 
hym  amonge  their  kynsfolke  and  acquayntaunce/  and  founde 
hym  not.  They  went  backe  agayne  to  hierusalem/  and  sought 
hym.  And  hit  fortuned  that  after  .iij.  dayes/  they  founde 
hym  in  the  temple  sittinge  in  the  middes  of  the  doctoui's/  both 
hearynge  them/  and  "^^  posinge  them.  And  all  that  herde 
hym  '^^  mervelled  at  his  witt  and  answers. 

^'  To  be  reveiled  to,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Joseph  and  his  mother,  Gen. 

^  Is  appointed  for,  Gen.  Is  set  to  be,  Bps.  **  Through  thy  soule, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  She   had  bene  [was,  G.]  a  widowe  about,  etc. 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Comming  at  the  same  instant  upon  them. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  Confessed  likewise  the  Lorde,  Gen.    Gave  thanks 

likewise  unto,  etc.  Bps.        ^  Elders,  Gov.  [So  vs.  43.]  Parents,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^3  Finished,  Gen.  *°  And  Joseph  and  his  mother  knew 

not  of  it.  Gen.  Bps.         '"  Asking  them  questions,  Gen.  **  Were 

astonyed  at  his  understanding,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Cije  ffiospcll  of  ,S.  Hufec.  Cj^.  ffj. 

And  when  they  sawe  hym/  they  were  astonyed.  And  his 
mother  sayde  vnto  hym  :  sone  why  haste  thou  thus  dcalte  with 
vs  ?  Beholde  thy  fatlier  and  I  have  ^^  sorowed  and  sought  the. 
And  he  sayd  vnto  them :  howe  is  it  that  ye  sought  me  ?  wist 
ye  not  that  I  muste  goo  aboute  my  father's  business  ?  And 
they  vnderstod  nott  the  saynge  that  he  spake  to  them.  And 
he  went  with  them  and  cam  to  nazareth/  and  was  ^'^  obedient 
to  them.  His  mother  kept  all  these  thynges  in  her  hert.  And 
Jesus  increased  in  wisdom  and  ^^  age/  and  in  favoure  with  god 
and  man, 

E\)e  ffj.  <Ei)aptCT. 

"I  N  the  fiftenthe  yeare  of  the  raigne  off  Tiberius  the  Empe- 
roure/  Pontius  Pilate  beinge  leftenaunt  of  Jewry/  and  he- 
rode  beinge  ^  Tetrarch  of  galile/  and  his  brother  Philip  Te- 
trarch  in  Iturea/  and  in  the  region  of  traconitis/  and  lysanias 
the  Tetrarch  of  abylene  :  When  Anna  and  Cayphas  were  the 
hye  prcstes  :  The  commaundment  of  god  ^  was  publisshed 
vnto  John  the  sonne  off  Zacarias  in  the  wildernes.  And  he 
cam  into  all  the  coostes  aboute  Jordan/  preachynge  the  bap- 
tism of  repentaunce  for  the  remission  of  synnes/  as  it  is  writ- 
ten in  the  boke  of  the  sayinges  of  Esayas  the  prophet/  which 
saeth  :  The  voyce  off  a  cryar  in  Avyldernes/  prepare  the  waye 
off  the  lorde/  make  hys  pathes  straight.  Every  valley  shalbe 
fylled/  and  every  mountayne  and  hyll  shalbe  broght  lowe  : 
And  crocked  thynges  shalbe  made  streight :  and  the  rought 
wayes  shalbe  made  smoth.  And  all  flesshe  shall  se  the  ^  sa- 
veour  sent  off  god. 

Then  sayde  he  to  the  people/  that  Avere  come  to  be  baptised 
of  hym.  O  generacion  of  vipers  :  who  hath  "*  shewed  you  the 
crafte  to  flye  from  wrath  to  come  ?  Bryngc  forth  due  frutes 
of  repentaunce/  And  begj^n  nott  to  saye  in  youre  selves/  we 
have  Abraham  to  oure  father.  For  I  saye  vnto  you  :  god  is 
able  of  these  stones  to  reyse  vppe  children  vnto  Abraham. 
Nowe  also  ys  the  axe  leyd  vnto  the  rote  off  the  trees.  Every 
tree  therfore/  which  bringeth  not  forth  good  frute/  shalbe 
hewen  doune/  and  caste  in  to  the  fyre. 

And  the  people  axed  him/  sayinge  :  What  shall  we  do  then. 

*^  Sought  thee  with  heavie  hearts,  Gen.  Sought  thee  sorowing, 
T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  «  Subject,   Gen.  «  Stature,    Gen.   Bps. 

'  One    of  the   foure    princes,  etc.    Gov.  *  Came,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps 

3  Salvation  of  God,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Certified  [Taught,  T.  M.  Cr.] 

you  to  flee,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Forewarned  you  to  flye.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  li'v.  E:f)e  CSospcll  of  S.  Hufte. 

He  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  He  that  hath  ij.  cootes/ 
lett  hym  parte  with  hym  that  hath  none  :  And  he  that  hath 
meate/  let  him  do  lyke  wyse. 

Then  cam  there  pupUcans  to  I  i!  baptised/  and  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  Master/  what  shall  we  do  ?  He  answered  vnto  them  : 
requyre  no  more  then  that/  which  ys  appoynted  vnto  you. 

The  soudiers  lyke  wyse  demaunded  off  hym/  sayinge  :  And 
what  shall  we  do  ?  And  he  sayde  to  them  :  ^  Do  violence  to 
noo  man  :  nether  ^  trouble  eny  man  wrongfully :  And  be  con- 
lent  wyth  youre  wages. 

As  the  people  "^  were  in  a  doute/  and  all  men  ^  disputed  in 
there  hertes  of  Jhon  :  Whether  he  were  very  Christ/  Jhon 
answered/  and  sayd  to  them  all.  I  baptyse  you  \vyth  water/ 
butt  9  a  stronger  then  commeth/  whose  shue  latchet  I  am  nott 
worthy  to  vnloose  :  he  will  baptise  you  with  the  holy  goost/ 
and  with  fyre/  which  hath  his  fan  in  his  bond/  and  wil  ^^  pourge 
his  floore/  and  will  gader  ^^  his  corne  in  to  hys  barne/  And 
the  chaffe  wyll  he  bourne  with  fyre  that  never  shalbe  quench- 
ed. And  many  other  thynges  in  hys  exhortacion  preached 
he  vnto  the  people. 

Then  Hcrode  the  Tetrarch  (when  he  was  rebuked  of  hym 
for  Herodias  his  brother  Philippes  wyfe/  and  for  all  the  evyls 
which  herod  had  done)  added  this  above  all/  ^'^and  leyd  Jhon 
in  preson. 

And  yt  fortuned  as  all  the  people  receaved  baptim  (And 
when  Jesus  was  baptised  and  did  praye)  that  heven  was  open- 
ed/ and  the  holy  goost  cam  doune  in  a  bodely  shape  lyke  a 
dove  apon  him.  And  a  voyce  cam  from  heven/  sayinge : 
thou  arte  my  dere  sonne/  In  the  do  I  delyte. 

And  Jesus  him  silfe  ^"^  was  about  thirty  yere  of  age  when 
he  began/  beinge  as  men  supposed  the  sonne  of  Joseph, 
which  Joseph  was  the  sonne  of  Heli : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Mathat : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Levi : 
which  was  the  somie  of  Melchi : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Janna ; 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Joseph  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Matatthias  : 

*  Hiirte  no  man,  Cr.  *  Accuse  any  falsely,  Gen.  Dps.  '  Wait- 
ed, Gen.  Bps.  ^  Thought,  Cov.  Mused,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  One 
stronger  than  I,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Make  cleane,  Geit.  '•  The 
wheate  into  his  [barne,  B.]  garner.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  That  he  shut  up. 
Gen.         '^  Began  to  be,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


fftjc  eSospcU  nf  <S.  Hufec.  CTi).  fij. 


which  was  the  sonnc  of  Amos  : 
which  was  tlic  Sonne  of  Nahum  : 
wliich  was  the  sonne  of  EsU  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Nagge  : 
which  was  tlie  sonne  of  Maath  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Matathias : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Semei : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Joseph  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Juda  : 
wliich  was  tlie  sonne  of  Johanna : 
which  \\as  the  sonne  of  Rhesya  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Zorobabel : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Salathiel : 
which  was  tlie  sonne  of  Neri : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Melchi : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Addi : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Cosam  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Helmadam  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Her  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Jeso  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Helieser  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Joram  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Mattha  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Levi : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Simeon  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Juda : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Joseph  : 
which  ^^■as  the  sonne  of  Jonam  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Heliacim  ; 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Melea  : 
•which  was  the  sonne  of  Menam  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Mathathan ; 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Nathan  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  David  : 
which  was  the  somie  of  Jesse  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Obed  ;■ 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Boos : 
w^hich  was  the  sonne  of  Salmon  : 
which  was  the  sornie  of  Naason  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Aminadab  j 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Aram : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Esrom  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Phares  ; 


jTo.  Ir.  2r!)c  eSospcll  of  S.  aulte. 

which  was  the  sonne  of  Juda  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Jacob  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Ysaac  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Abraham  : 
which  was  tlic  sonne  of  Tharra  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Nachor  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Saruch  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Ragau  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Phalec  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Heber  : 
which  was  tlie  sonne  of  Sala  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Cainan  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Arphaxat . 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Sem  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Noe  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Lameth  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Mathusala : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Enoch: 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Jareth : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Malalehel : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Cainan : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Enos : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Seth  ; 
which  was  the  sonne  of  Adam  : 
which  was  the  sonne  of  God, 


STijc  [fff.  ®l)aptcr. 

TESUS  then  full  off  the  holy  goost/  returnyd  from  iordan/ 
and  was  caryed  off  the  sprete  into  a  wildernes/  and  was  xl. 
dayes  tempted  of  the  devyl.  And  in  thoose  dayes  ate  he  no 
thinge  :  And  when  they  were  ended/  he  after  ward  hongrcd. 
And  the  devyll  sayd  vnto  him :  yf  thou  be  the  sonne  of  god/ 
commaunde  this  stone  that  he  be  breed.  And  Jesus  answer- 
ed hym/  sayinge  :  It  ys  written  :  man  shall  nott  live  by  breed 
only/  but  by  every  worde  of  God. 

And  the  devyll  toke  him  vppe  into  an  hye  mountayne/  and 
shewed  hym  all  the  kyngdoms  of  the  erth  even  in  the  twinck- 
lynge  of  an  eye.  And  the  devyl  said  vnto  him  :  all  this  pow- 
er will  I  geve  the  every  whit/  and  the  glori  of  them  (for  that  is 
delyvered  to  me/  and  to  whomsoever  I  wyll  I  geve  it)  Yf  thou 
therfore  wilt  worshippe  me/  they  shalbe  all  thyne.    Jesus  an- 


ffiiie  ©fospcll  of  S.  Hufer.  <tt).  ffff. 

swercd  and  saytl  vnto  hym  :  ^  hcnco  from  mc  Satan.  For 
liit  is  written.  Thou  shall  -  honour  tliy  lordc  god/  and  hym 
only  serve. 

And  he  caryed  hym  to  hierusalem/  and  set  him  on  a  pyna- 
cle  of  the  temple/  and  sayd  vnto  him  :  Yf  thou  be  the  sonne 
of  god/  cast  thy  silfe  doune  from  hens.  For  it  ys  written/  ho 
shall  geve  hys  angelles  charge  over  the/  to  kepe  the/  and  with 
their  hondis  they  shall  ^  stey  the  vppe/  that  thou  '^  hurt  nott  thy 
fote  agaynst  a  stone.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym/  it 
is  sayd/  thou  shalt  nott  tempte  thy  lorde  god.  And  as  sone 
as  the  devyll  had  ended  all  his  temptacions/  he  departed  from 
liim  for  a  season. 

And  Jesus  retourned  by  the  power  of  the  sprete  in  to  gali- 
lee/  and  the  fame  off  hym  went  throwe  oute  all  the  region 
rounde  aboute.  And  he  taught  in  there  sinagogges/  and  was 
^  commended  off  all  men. 

And  he  cam  to  nazareth  where  he  ^  was  noursed/  and  as 
hys  custume  was/  went  into  the  sinagog  on  the  saboth  daye/ 
and  stode  vppe  for  to  rede.  And  there  was  delyvered  vnto 
hym  the  boke  off  the  prophet  Esaias.  And  when  he  had  ^  op- 
ened the  boke/  he  founde  the  place/  where  hit  was  wrytten  : 
The  sprete  off  the  lorde  apon  me/  be  cause  he  hath  annoynted 
me/  ^  To  preache  the  gospell  to  the  povre  he  hath  sent  me/ 
And  to  heale  ^  them  which  are  troubled  in  there  hertes  :  To 
preach  deliveraunce  to  the  captive/  And  ^^  sight  to  the  blynde/ 
And  frely  to  sett  att  liberte  them  that  are  brused/  And  to 
preache  the  aceptable  yeare  off  the  lorde. 

And  he  cloosed  the  booke/  and  gave  it  agayne  to  the  min- 
ister/ and  sate  doune.  And  the  eyes  off  all  thatt  were  in  the 
synagog/  were  fastened  on  hym.  And  he  began  to  saye  vnto 
them.  This  daye  ys  thys  scripture  fulfilled  in  youre  eares. 
And  all  they  bare  hym  witnes/  and  wondred  att  the  gracious 
wordes/  which  proceded  oute  off  hys  mouth/  and  sayde  :  Is 
not  this  Josephs  sonne  ? 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  ^^  maye  very  wele  saye  vnto 
me  this  proverbe.  Visicion/  heale  thy  silfe.  Wliatsoever 
we  have  herde  done  in  Capernaum/  do  the  [same  here  lyk 

'  Avoide  from  me,  Cov.  Get  thee  hence  behinde,  etc.  Bps.  ^  Wor- 
ship, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Beare,  Or.  Bps.  Lift,  Gen.  *Dash,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Honoured,  Gen.  ®  Was  nourished,  Tav.  Had 
bene  brought  up,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Turned  over,  Cov.  *  [The  Gen. 
divides  these  clauses  as  in  K.  James'  version.]  *  The  broken 
hearted,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Recovering  of  sight.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Wil 
utterly  [surely,  G.]  saye,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


$0.  If].  rijc  ffiospcll  of  S.  2lukc. 

wysc  in  thyne  awne  countre.  And  he  sayde  :  Verely  I  sayc 
vnto  you :  no  prophett  is  accepted  in  his  awne  countre. 

But  I  tell  you  off  a  trueth/  Many  wyddowcs  were  in  Israhell 
in  the  dayes  off  Helyas/  when  hevyn  was  shet  thre  yercs  and 
syxe  monethcs/  when  greate  fammisshment  was  troughoute 
all  the  londe/  And  vnto  none  off  them  was  Helyas  sent/  save 
in  to  sarepta/  i^^esydcs  sydon  vnto  ^^  a  woman  that  was  a 
widow.  And  many  leppers  were  in  israhel  in  the  tyme  off 
Heliseus  the  prophet/  and  yet  none  off  them  was  healed/  sav- 
ynge  Naaman  off  siria. 

And  as  many  as  were  in  the  sinagog  when  they  herde  that/ 
were  filled  with  wrath  and  roose  vppe/  and  thrust  hym  oute  of 
the  cite/  and  ledde  hym  even  vnto  the  edge  of  the  hill/  wher- 
on  their  cite  was  bihe/  to  cast  hym  doune  hedlynge.  But  he 
went  his  waye  even  thorowe  tlie  myddcs  of  them :  and  cam  in 
to  Capernaum/  a  cite  of  galile/  and  there  taught  them  on  the 
sabboth  dayes.  And  they  were  astonied  at  his  doctrine  :  for 
hys  ^^  preachinge  was  with  powci'. 

And  in  the  sinagoge  there  was  a  man/  which  had  ^'^a  foule 
sprete  whith  in  him/  and  cryed  with  a  loude  voyce/  saymge  : 
16  let  me  alone/  what  haste  thou  to  do  wyth  vs/  thou  Jesus  off 
nazareth  ?  Arte  thou  come  to  destroye  vs  ?  I  knowe  the 
what  thou  arte/  thou  arte  ^"^  the  holy  man  of  god  }  And  Jesus 
rebuked  hym/  sayinge :  hoolde  thy  peace/  and  come  oute  of 
hym.  And  the  devyle  threwe  him  in  the  myddes  of  them  and 
cam  oute  of  hym/  and  hurt  hym  not.  And  feare  cam  on  them 
all/  And  they  spake  amonge  them  selves/  sayinge  :  ^^  what 
manner  a  thinge  is  this  ?  For  with  auctorite  and  power  he 
commaundeth  the  foule  spretes  and  they  come  oute  ?  And 
the  fame  of  hym  spreed  abroode  throwoute  all  places  of  the 
countre  rounde  aboute. 

And  he  roose  vppe  and  cam  oute  of  the  synagoge/  and  en- 
tred  in  to  Simons  housse.  And  Simons  i'-*  motherelawe  was 
taken  wyth  a  greate  fever/  And  they  made  intercession  to 
him  for  her.  And  he  stode  over  her/  and  rebuked  the  fever : 
and  hit  leeft  her.  And  immedially  she  roose  and  ministred 
vnto  them. 

''  j3  citi.c  of  Sidon  [of  the  Sidonians,  C] ,  Cor.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  A  cer- 
taine  widowe,  Gin.  '''  Worde  was  with  authoritie,  Geii.  '*  A 

spirite  of  an  unclcane    [a  foule,!?.]  devyll,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Oh 

what  have  we  to  do  with  thee,  etc.  Gcii.  '''  The  holy  of  God,  Cr. 

The  holy  one,  Ge7i.  Bps.  '^  What  thing.  Gen.  What  manner  of 

saying,  Bps.  '*  Wives  mother,  Gen.  Bps. 


Eie  fflosjjfU  of  S.  Hiikc.  (Ti).  to. 

Wlicn  the  sun  was  dounc/  all  they  that  had  sicke/  taken 
with  divers  descascs/  brought  thorn  vnto  him  :  and  he  lavde 
his  hondes  on  every  won  of  them  and  healed  them.  And 
devils  also  cam  out  of  many  of  them/  cryinge  and  saying : 
Thou  arte  Christ  the  sonne  of  God.  And  he  rebuked  them/ 
and  suffered  them  nott  ^  to  speake/  for  they  knewe  that  he 
was  Christ. 

As  sone  as  it  was  daye/  he  departed  and  went  awaye  into  a 
desert  place/  and  the  people  sought  hym  and  cam  to  hym/ 
and  kept  hym  that  he  shulde  not  departe  from  them.  And  he 
sayde  vnto  them  :  I  muste  to  other  cities  also  prcace  ^^  the 
worde  of  God/  for  therfore  am  I  sent.  And  he  preached  in 
the  synagoges  off  Galile. 

STibc  b.  ffi:j)aptcr. 

XJIT  cam  to  passe  as  the  people  preased  apon  hym/  to 
■^  heare  the  worde  off  God/  that  he  stode  by  the  lake  of 
Genazareth  :  and  sawe  two  shippes  stonde  by  the  lake  syde/ 
for  the  fisshermen  were  gone  out  of  them/  and  were  wassh- 
ynge  their  nettes.  Jesus  entred  in  to  one  of  the  shippes/  which 
'  perteyned  to  Simon/  and  Sprayed  hym/  that  he  wolde  ^caiy 
hym  a  litcU  from  the  londe.  And  he  sate  doune  and  taught 
the  people  out  of  the  shippe. 

When  he  had  leeft  speakynge/  he  sayde  vnto  Simon  : 
"*  Cary  vs  in  to  the  depe/  and  lett  slippc  thy  nctt  ^  to  make  a 
draught.  And  Simon  answerid/  and  sayde  to  hym :  Master 
we  have  ^  labored  all  nyght/  and  have  taken  nothynge.  Yet 
nowe  at  thy  worde  I  wil  loose  forthe  the  net.  And  when 
they  had  so  done/  they  inclosed  a  greate  multitude  of  fisshes. 
And  the  net  brake/  and  they  ^  made  signes  to  their  ^  felowes 
which  were  in  the  other  shippe/  that  they  shulde  come  and 
helpe  them.  And  they  cam/  and  they  filled  bothe  the  shippes/ 
that  they  soncke  agayne. 

When  Simon  Peter  sawe  that/  he  fell  doune  at  Jesus  knees 
sayinge  :  lorde  goo  from  me/  for  I  am  a  sinfull  man.  For  he 
he  was  vtterly  astonyed/  and  all  that  were  with  hym  att  the 
draught  off  fisshe  which  they  toke.    and  so  was  also  James 

**  To  saye  that  they  knewe,  etc.  Gen.  ^^  The  kingdom,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  *  Was  Simons,  Gen.         *  Required,  Bps.         '  Thrust 

out,  Cr.  Gen-  Bps.  *  L,annche  out,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  To 

catch,  Bps.  *  Travailed,  Gen,  ''  Beckened,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Partners,  Gen.  Bps. 

h 


Sfo.  U-fj.  2rj)c  ©os?cU  of  S.  Slufec. 

and  Jhon  the  sonnes  of  Zebedei/  which  were  9  partetakers 
with  Simon.  And  Jesus  sayd  vnto  Simon  :  feare  not/  from 
hence  forthe  thou  shalt  catche  men.  And  they  broughtt  their 
1'^  shippes  to  londe/  and  forsoke  all/  and  folowed  hym. 

And  itt  fortuned  that  he  was  in  a  certayne  cite/  and  be- 
holde  there  was  a  man  full  of  leprosy  :  and  when  he  had 
spied  Jesus/  he  fell  on  his  face  and  besought  him  saying : 
Lorde  yfF  thou  wilt/  thou  canst  make  me  cleane.  And  he 
strethed  forth  his  bond  and  touched  hym  sayinge  :  I  will/  be 
thou  cleane.  And  immediatly  the  leprosy  departed  from  hym. 
And  he  ^^  warned  hym/  that  he  shulde  tell  no  man  :  but  that 
he  shulde  goo  and  shewe  hym  silfe  to  the  preste/  and  offer 
for  his  clcnsynge/  accordynge  as  Moses  commaundment  was/ 
for  a  witnes  vnto  them. 

But  his  i-name  spreed  the  moare  abroade/  and  the  people 
cam  togedder  to  heare/  and  to  be  healed  of  hym/  of  infirmities. 
And  he  ^^j^epte  hy^i  silfe  aparte  in  the  wildernes/  and  gave 
hym  silfe  to  prayer. 

And  itt  hapened  on  a  certayne  daye/  that  he  taught/  and 
there  sate  the  pharises/  and  doctours  of  lawe/  which  were 
come  out  off  all  the  tounes  of  Galile/  Jewry/  and  Jerusalem/ 
and  the  power  off  the  lorde  ^^  was  to  hcale  them.  And  be- 
holde/  men  brougt  a  man  lyingc  ha  his  heed/  which  was  taken 
with  the  palsey.  and  they  sought  meanes  to  brynge  hym  in/ 
and  to  laye  hym  before  hym.  And  when  they  coulde  not 
fynde  ^^  by  what  waye  they  myght  brynge  hym  m/  be  cause 
off  the  preace/  they  went  vp  on  the  toppe  of  the  housse/  and 
lett  hym  doune  thorowe  the  tylynge/  ^^  heed  and  all  in  th.e 
myddes  before  Jesus.  When  he  sawe  their  fayth  he  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  man  thy  synnes  are  forgeven  the.  And  the 
scribes,  and  the  pharises/  began  to  thynke  saynge  :  What 
felow  is  this  :  which  speaketh  blasphemy  ?  Who  can  forgeve 
synnes/  butt  God  only  ? 

When  Jesus  perceaved  their  thoughtes/  he  answered  and 
sayde  vnto  them  :  W^hat  thinlvc  ye  in  youre  hertes  ?  AMieth- 
er  is  easyra"  to  saye/  thy  synnes  are  forgeven  the/  or  to  saye/ 
Rise  and  walke  ?  That  ye  maye  knowe  that  the  sonne  off  man 
hath  power  to  forgeve  synnes  on  erth/  he  sayde  vnto  the  sicke 


9  Companions,  Cov.   Gen.  Partners,  Cr.  T.  M.  Bps.  '"  Boates 

to   the   shore,   Bps.  ^^  Charged,   Or.   Bps.    Commanded,   Gen. 

»2Fame,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Departed,  Cov.        "  Went  from 

him  and  healed  every  man,  Cov.    Was  present  to,  Cr.  Bps.    Was  in 
him  to,  Gen.         '*  On  what  side,  Cr.  Bps.         '®  With  his  couch,  Bps. 


CIjc  aHoH^dl  of  S.  aubc.  CD.  bf. 

of  the  palscy  :  I  saye  to  the/  arysc/  take  vp  thy  becd/  and  goo 
home  to  thy  housse.  And  immediatly  he  rose  vp  before  them 
all/  and  toko  vp  his  beed  where  on  he  laye/  and  departed  to 
his  awne  housse  praysynge  god.  And  they  were  all  amased/ 
and  they  lauded  God/  and  were  filled  with  feare/  sayinge  : 
'"  We  have  sene  straunge  thynges  to  daye. 

And  after  that  he  went  forthe/  and  sawe  a  publican/  named 
Levi/  syttinge  at  the  receyte  off  custome/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
folowe  me.  And  he  leeft  all/  roose  vppe/  and  folowed  hym. 
And  that  same  levi  made  him  a  greate  feaste  at  homo  in  his 
awne  housse.  And  there  was  a  greate  company  of  publicans/ 
and  off  other  that  sate  at  meate  with  hym.  And  the  scribes 
and  pharisees  grudged  agaynst  his  disciples/  sayinge  :  Why 
eate  ye  and  diynke  ye/  with  publicans/  and  syrmers  ?  Jesus 
answered  and  sayde  vnto  them :  They  that  are  whole/  nede 
not  of  the  phisicion :  but  they  that  are  sicke.  I  cam  not  to 
call  the  rightewes  to  repentaunce :  but  the  synners. 

They  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Why  do  the  disciples  off  Jhon  fast 
often  and  praye  :  and  the  disciples  of  the  pharises  also  :  and 
thyne  eate  and  drynke  ?  To  whome  he  sayde  :  Can  ye  make 
the  Children  of  the  weddynge  faste/  as  longe  as  the  bryde 
grome  is  present  with  them  ?  The  daycs  will  come/  when  the 
biyd  grome  shalbe  taken  awaye  from  them/  then  shall  they 
fast  in  thoose  dayes. 

He  spake  vnto  them  in  a  similitude :  No  man  puttheth  a 
pece  of  an  newe  garment/  into  an  olde  vesture  :  for  yf  he  do/ 
then  IS  breaketh  he  the  newe  and  the  pece  that  was  taken  out 
of  the  newe/  agreeth  nott  with  the  olde.  Also  no  man  pour- 
eth  newe  wyne  into  olde  vessels/  yf  he  do/  the  newe  wyne 
breaketh  the  vessels/  and  ruinieth  out  it  silfe/  and  the  vessels 
perisshe :  But  newe  wyne  must  be  poured  into  newe  vessels/ 
and  boothe  ai'e  preserved.  Also  no  man  that  di'yiiketh  olde 
wyne/  strayght  waye  ^^  can  awayc  with  newe/  for  he  sayeth  : 
the  olde  is  ^'^  pleasanter. 

Zlic  lif.  ffynptcv. 

XT  IT  happened  on  ^  an  aftersaboth/  they  went  thorowe  the 

come  felde/  and  his  disciples  plucked  the  cares  of  corne/ 

and  ate  them/  and  rubbed  them  in  their  hondes.     Certayne  of 

''  Doubtlesse.  we  have,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  **  The  newe  renteth  it, 

Gen.  Bps.  19  Desireth,  Gen.  Will  have,  Bps.  20  jjetter,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  1  An   after  principal  sabbath,  Cov.  Cr.  The  seconde 

gabbalh  after  the  first,  Gen.  Bps. 


JTo.  Ifilh  Srtc  ffiosjjeU  of  S.  Hufec. 

the  pharises  sayde  vnto  them  :  Why  do  ye  that  which  is  not 
laufull  to  be  done  on  the  saboth  dayes  ?  Jesus  answered 
them  and  sayde  :  Have  ye  nott  redde  what  David  did/  when 
he  hymsilfe  was  anhungred/  and  they  which  were  with  hym  : 
howe  he  went  into  the  housse  off  god/  and  toke  and  ate  the 
loves  ofT  halowed  breed/  and  gave  also  to  them  which  were 
with  hym  :  whych  was  not  laufull  to  eate/  but  for  the  prestes 
only.  And  he  sayd  vnto  them :  The  sonne  of  man  is  lorde 
even  of  the  saboth  daye. 

And  it  fortuned  in  a  nother  saboth  also/  that  he  entred  into 
the  sinagoge  and  taught.  And  there  was  a  man/  whose  right 
honde  was  dryed  vp.  The  scribes/  and  the  pharises  watched 
hym/  to  se  whether  he  wolde  heale  on  the  saboth  daye  or  not/ 
that  they  myght  fynde  ^  an  accusacion  agaynst  hym.  Butt 
he  knewe  their  thoughtes/  and  sayde  to  the  man  which  had 
the  widdred  honde  :  Ryse  vp/  and  stonde  forthe  in  the  middes. 
He  arose/  and  stepped  forthe.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  them  : 
I  will  axe  you  a  question :  Whether  is  it  laufull  on  the  saboth 
dayes  to  do  goode/  or  to  do  evill  ?  to  save  life  ^  oder  for  to 
destroye  hyt.  And  he  behelde  them  all  in  compasse/  and 
sayd  vnto  the  man  :  Stretche  forth  thy  honde.  He  did  soo/ 
and  his  honde  was  restored/  and  made  as  whoole  as  the  other. 
And  they  were  filled  full  of  madenes/  and  **  counselled  won 
with  another/  what  they  myght  do  to  Jesu. 

Hit  fortuned  in  thoose  dayes/  he  went  out  into  a  mountayne 
for  to  praye/  and  continued  all  nyght  in  prayer  to  god.  And 
as  sone  as  it  was  daye/  he  called  his  disciples/  and  of  them  he 
chose  twelve/  which  also  he  called  his  aposteles.  Simon/ 
whom  also  he  named  Peter  :  and  Andrew  his  brother/  James 
and  John/  Philip  and  Bartlemeaw/  Mathew  and  Thomas/ 
James  the  sonne  of  Alpheus  and  Simon  called  Zelotes/  and 
Judas  James  ^  sonne/  and  Judas  Iscariot/  which  same  was  the 
traytour. 

And  he  cam  doune  with  them  and  stode  in  the  pla)me  felde 
with  the  company  of  his  disciples/  and  a  greate  multitude  of 
people  out  off  all  parties  off  Jewry  and  Jerusalem/  and  from 
the  see  cooste  off  Tire  and  Sidon/  which  cam  to  heare  hym/ 
and  to  be  healed  of  their  diseases/  and  they  also  that  were 
vexed  with  foule  spretes/  and  they  were  healed.  And  all  the 
people  preased  to  touche  hym  :  for  there  went  vertue  out  off 
hym/  and  healed  them  all, 

*  An  occasion,  Co??.  How  to  accuse,  Cr.  Z?p5.  ^  [i.e.  or.]  ^  Coni» 
rovwed,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps,         '  Brother,  Gen,  Bps, 


E\)c  ffiospcll  of  S.  aulic.  mj.  l-f. 

And  he  left  vp  his  eyes  apon  his  disciples/  and  saydc : 
Blessed  are  ye  povre  :  for  youers  is  the  kyngdom  off  God. 
Blessed  are  ye  that  honger :  for  ye  shalbe  satisfied.  Blessed 
are  ye  that  wepe  :  for  ye  shall  laugh.  Blessed  are  ye  -w  hen 
men  hate  you/  and  ^  thrust  you  out  off  their  compauye/  and 
'  rayle  on  yon/  and  ^  abhorre  youre  name/  as  an  evill  thynge/ 
for  the  sonne  off  mannes  sake.  Rcioysc  ye  then/  and  be 
gladde  :  for  beholde  youre  rewarde  is  grcate  in  heven.  Af- 
ter this  manner  their  fathers  ^  entreated  the  prophetes. 

But  wo  be  to  you  that  are  ryche  :  for  ye  ^^  have  ther  in 
youre  consolacion.  Wo  be  to  you  that  are  full :  for  ye  shall 
honger.  Wo  be  to  you  that  nowe  laugh  :  for  ye  shall  wayle/ 
and  wepe.  Wo  be  to  you  when  all  men  ^^  pi'ayse  you  :  for 
so  did  their  fathers  to  the  falce  prophetes. 

But  I  saye  vnto  you  which  heare  :  Love  youre  encmys. 
Do  goode  to  them  whych  hate  you.  Blesse  them  that  coursse 
you.  And  pray  for  them/  whych  ^^  wrongfully  trouble  you. 
And  vnto  hym  that  smyteth  the  on  the  one  cheke/  offer  also 
the  other.  And  hym  that  taketh  awaye  thy  ^^  goune/  forbid 
nott  to  take  thy  coote  also.  Geve  to  eveiy  man  that  axeth  of 
the.  And  yf  eny  man  take  awaye  ^'^  thy  goodes/  axe  them 
nott  agayne.  And  as  ye  wold  that  men  shulde  doo  to  you  : 
soo  do  ye  to  them  lyke  wyse. 

Yf  ye  love  them  which  love  you:  what  thanke  ^^are  ye 
worthy  of  ?  ^^  seinge  that  the  very  synners  love  ^"^  their  level's. 
And  yf  ye  do  ^^  for  them  which  do  ^^  for  you  :  what  thanke 
are  ye  worthy  of  }  For  the  very  synnei-s  doo  even  the  same. 
Yff  ye  lende  to  them  off  whome  ye  hoope  to  receave  :  what 
thanke  shal  ye  have  :  for  the  very  synners/  lende  to  synners/ 
to  receave  ^^  as  moche  agayne.  Love  ye  youre  enemys/  do 
goode/  and  lende/  lokynge  for  nothynge  agayne  :  and  your 
rewarde  shalbe  greate/  and  ye  shalbe  the  chyldren  off  the 
hyest :  for  he  is  kynde  vnto  the  vnkynde/  and  to  the  evyll. 

Be  ye  therfore  mercifuU/  as  youre  father  ys  mercifull. 
Judge  nott  and  ye  shall  nott  be  2"  Judged.  Condemne  nott : 
and  ye  shall  not  be  condemned.     Forgeve/  and  ye  shalbe  for- 

*  Shall  separate  you,  Gen.  Bps.  Bjjs.  adds — {from  their  com  panic.) 
'  Revile,  Gen.  *  Put  out  your  name  as  evyll,  Gen.Bps.  "Did  to, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Have  [C  adds — already]  received,  Cor.  Gen.  Have 
your  consolation,  Cr.  Bps.  "  Speake  well  of  you.  Gen.  "^  Hurt, 
Gen.  '•*  Cloake,  Gen.  Bps.         '■*  That  thyne  is,  Cov.  '^  Have 

ye,    Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  For    synners    also,   etc.    Cr.   Gen.   Bps. 

"  Those  that  love  them,  Gen.         '»  Do  good,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '^  Such 
like,  Cr.  Bps.  The  like,  Gen.         ""  Judged  at  all,  Bps. 
h* 


So.  Ipffff.  fftc  CKosjjcll  of  S.  Hufec. 

geven.  Geve/  and  yt  shalbe  geven  vnto  you.  good  measure/ 
pressed  doune/  shaken  to  gedder/  and  runnynge  over/  shall 
men  geve  into  youre  besomes.  For  with  what  measure  ye 
mete/  with  the  same  shall  men  mete  to  you  agayne. 

And  he  put  forthe  a  similitude  vnto  them  :  Can  the  blynde 
~i  ledde  the  blynde  ?  Do  they  nott  both  then  fall  into  the 
dyche  ?  The  disciple  is  not  above  his  master.  ^-  Every  man 
shalbe  perfecte/  even  as  hys  master  ys.  Why  seist  thou  a 
moote  in  thy  brothers  eye/  and  considerest  not  the  beamc  that 
is  in  thyne  awne  eye  ?  Other  howe  cannest  thou  saye  to  thy 
brother  :  ^^  Brother  Ictt  me  pull  out  the  moote  that  is  in  thyne 
eye  :  when  thou  perceavest  nott  the  beame  that  is  in  thyne 
awne  eye  ?  Ypocrite/  cast  out  the  beame  out  ofl'  thyne  awne 
eye  first/  and  then  shalt  thou  se  perfectly/  to  pull  out  the  moote 
out  of  ihy  brothers  eye. 

Hit  is  nott  a  goode  tree  that  bryngeth  forthe  evyll  frute  : 
Nether  is  that  an  evyll  tree/  whych  biyngeth  forthe  goode 
frute.  For  every  tree  ys  knowen  by  his  frute.  Nelher  off 
thornes  gader  men  fyggcs/  nor  of  busshes  gadre  they  grapes. 
A  good  man  off  the  goode  treasure  off  hys  hert  bryngeth  forth 
that  which  ys  goode.  And  the  evyll  man  of  the  evyll  trea- 
sure off  hys  hert/  biyngeth  forthe  that  which  ys  evyll.  For 
off  the  aboundaunce  off  the  hert/  the  mought  speaketh. 

Why  call  ye  me  Master/  Master :  and  do  not  -"*  as  I  bid 
you  ?  whosoever  commelh  to  me/  and  heareth  my  sayinges/ 
and  doeth  the  same/  I  wyll  shewe  yovi  to  whome  he  ys  lyke. 
He  is  lyke  a  man  which  bilt  an  housse :  which  digged  depe/ 
and  layde  the  foundacion  on  a  rocke  :  When  the  waters 
arose/  the  fludde  bett  -■§  apon  that  housse/  and  coulde  nott 
move  hyt.  For  it  was  grounded  apon  a  rocke.  But  he  that 
heareth  and  doth  not/  is  lyke  a  man/  that  with  out  foundacion 
bylt  an  house  apon  the  erth/  agaynst  which/  the  fludde  bet : 
and  it  fell  by  and  by.     And  the  fall  of  that  housse  was  greate. 

Eiic  bfj.  Cljapter. 

'V\/"HEN  he  had  ended  all  his  sayinges  in  the  audience  of 

the    people/   he  entred    into  Capernaum.      And  the 

servaunt  of  a  certayne  i  Centurion  was  sicke/  and  ~  redy  to 

^^  Shew  the  way  to,  Cov.  *^  Whosoever  (icil  be)  a  perfect  (dis- 

ciple) shall  be  as,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Holde   still,  brother,  I    wil 

plucke,  Cov.         ^  The  things  I  speake.  Gen.  ^^  Bps.  adds — ve- 

hemently. '  Captain,  Cov.  ^  In  peril  of  death,  Cr.  Bps. 


5ri)c  esospcii  of  s.  auixc.  rt).  bfj. 

flyc/  3  whom  he  made  moche  of.  And  when  he  hcrde  of 
Jcsu/  lie  sent  vuto  hym  the  seniours  of  the  iewes/  bcsechyngc 
him  tliat  lie  wolde  come  and  ''save  his  servaunt.  And  they 
cam  to  Jesus  and  besought  him  instantly/  sayinge  :  He  is 
worthy  that  thou  shuldest  do  this  for  hym.  For  he  lovcth  our 
nacion/  and  hath  bilt  vs  a  sinagoge.  And  Jesus  went  with 
them. 

And  when  he  was  nott  farre  from  fac  housse/  the  ^  Cen- 
turion sent  to  hym  hys  frendcs/  sayuige  vnto  hym  :  Lorde 
trouble  not  thy  silfe/  for  I  am  nott  worthy  that  thou  shuldest 
enter  into  my  housse.  Wherfore  I  thought  nott  my  silfe 
worthy  to  come  vnto  the  :  but  saye  the  worde  and  my  ser- 
vaunt shalbc  whoole.  For  I  lyke  wyso  am  a  man  ^  vnder 
power/  and  have  vnder  me  soudiers/  and  I  saye  vnto  won/ 
goo  :  and  he  goeth.  And  to  another/  come  :  and  he  cometh. 
And  to  my  sei-vaunt/  do  this  :  and  he  doeth  it.  When  Jesus 
herde  this  he  merveyled  at  him/  and  turned  hym  about  and 
sayd  to  the  people  that  folowed  hym  :  I  saye  vnto  you/  I  have 
not  founde  soo  greatc  fayth/  noo  nott  in  Israhel/  certaynly. 
And  they  that  wer  sent/  turned  backe  home  agayne/  and 
founde  the  servaunt  that  was  sicke  whoole. 

And  it  fortuned  after  that/  he  went  into  a  cite  called  Naym/ 
and  hys  disciples  went  with  him/  and  a  greate  nomber  off 
people.  When  he  cam  nye  to  the  gate  off  the  cite/  beholde/ 
there  was  a  deed  man  caried  out/  which  was  the  only  sonne 
of  his  mother/  and  she  was  a  widowe/  and  moche  people  off 
the  cite  was  with  her.  And  the  lorde  sawe  her/  and  had 
compassion  on  her/  and  sayde  vnto  her :  wepe  not.  And 
went  and  touched  the  coffyn/  and  they  that  bare  hym  stode 
still.  And  he  sayde  :  Yonge  man/  I  saye  vnto  the/  aryse. 
And  the  deed  sat  vp/  and  began  to  speake.  And  he  deliver- 
ed hym  to  his  mother.  And  there  cam  a  feare  on  them  all. 
And  they  glorified  god  sayinge  :  a  greate  prophet  ys  rysen 
amonge  vs/  and  God  hath  visited  hys  people.  And  thys 
rumor  off  hym  went  forthe  throughout  all  Jewry/  and  thoro- 
wout  all  the  regions  which  lye  rounde  about. 

And  ^  vnto  Jhon  shewed  hys  disciples  off  all  these  thynges. 
And  Jhon  called  vnto  hym  two  "^  otY  hys  disciples/  and  sent 
them  to  Jesus  sayinge  :  Arte  thou  he  that  shall  come  :  or  shall 

^  Which  was  deare  unto  him.  Or.  Bps.  *  Heale,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  Subject  to  the  higher  authoritie,  Cov.    Set  under  authori- 

tie  [power,  C.  B.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  disciples  of  John  shewed 

him,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '  Gen.  adds — certaine  men. 


^0.  Ir:b.  Ctie  ffiosijell  of  S.  3lufee. 

we  ^  loke  for  another  ?  When  the  men  wer  come  vnto  hym/ 
they  sayde  :  Jhon  baptiste  sent  vs  vnto  the  saynne  :  Arte 
thou  he  that  shall  come  :  or  shall  we  wayte  for  another  ?  Att 
that  same  time/  he  cured  many  off  their  ^  infirmities/  and 
plages/  And  off  evyll  spretes/  and  vnto  many  thatt  were 
blynde/  he  gave  syghtt/  And  he  answered/  and  sayd  vnto 
them  :  Goo  youre  wayes  and  shewe  Jhon/  what  thinges  ye 
have  herde  and  sene  :  howe  that  the  blynde  se/  the  halt  goo/ 
the  lepers  are  clensed/  the  deafe  heare/  the  deed  aryse  :  ^^  To 
the  povre  is  the  ^^  gospell  preached/  and  happi  is  he  that 
falleth  not/  ^^  by  the  reason  of  me. 

When  the  messengers  of  Jhon  wer  departed/  he  began  to 
speake  vnto  the  people  of  Jhon :  What  went  ye  out  for  to  se 
in  to  the  desert  ?  went  ye  to  se  a  rede  shaken  with  the  wynde  ? 
But  what  went  ye  out  for  to  se  ?  a  man  clothed  in  saufte  ray- 
ment  ?  Beholde  they  which  are  gorgeously  apparelled/  and 
lyve  delicatly/  are  in  kynges  courtes.  Butt  what  went  ye  forth 
to  se  ?  ^^  A  prophet  ?  Ye  I  saye  to  you/  and  moare  then  a 
prophet.  This  is  he  of  whom  hit  is  wrytten  :  Beholde  I  sende 
my  ^'^  messenger  before  thy  face/  to  prepare  thy  waye  before 
the.  I  saye  vnto  you  :  A  greater  prophett  then  Jhon  amonge 
^^  wemens  children/  is  there  none.  Neverthelesse  won  that 
is  lesse  in  the  kyngdom  of  God/  is  greater  then  he. 

And  all  the  people  that  herde/  and  the  publicans  iustified 
God/  which  wer  baptised  in  the  baptism  of  Jhon.  But  the 
pharyses  and  ^^  scribes  despised  the  counsell  oif  God/  agaynst 
them  selves/  and  wer  not  baptised  of  hym. 

And  the  lorde  sayd  :  Where  vnto  shall  I  lyken  the  men  of 
this  generacion/  and  whatt  thynge  are  they  lyke  ?  They  are 
lyke  vnto  chyldren  sittynge  in  the  market  place/  and  crjinge 
one  to  another/  and  sayinge  :  We  have  pyped  vnto  you/  and 
ye  have  not  daunsed  :  We  have  mourned  to  you/  and  ye  have 
not  wept.  For  Jhon  baptist  cam  vnto  you  nether  eatynge 
breed/  ner  drynkynge  wyne/  and  ye  saye  :  he  hath  the  devyll. 
The  Sonne  off  man  is  come  and  eateth  and  drynketh/  and  ye 
saye.  beholde  a  man  which  is  a  glotton/  and  ^^  a  drv  nker  of 
wyne/  the  frende  of  publicans  and  sinners.  And  wisdom  is 
iustified  of  all  her  chyldren. 

^  Waite,  Gen.  *  Sicknesses,  Cov.  Gen.         "^  The  poore  receive 

the  Gospel,  GV».  '•  Glad  tydinges,  Cr.  "  At  me,  Cr.  Bps. 

By  me,  T.  M.   In  me.  Gen.  '•*  Woulde  ye  see  a  prophet?   Cor. 

^*  Aungell,  Cr.  *^  Them    that  are    begotten  of  woman,    Gc7i. 

'*  Expounders  of  the  law,  Gen.    Lawyers,  Bps.  '"An  uunieas- 

urable  drinker,  etc.  Cr.  A  wine  bibber,  i?/)5. 


c:t)c  (SfospcU  of  s.  auttf.  crt).  bfff. 

And  one  off  the  pharyses  desired  hym  that  he  Avolde  eate 
with  hym.  And  he  cam  in  to  the  pharises  liousse/  and  sate 
doune  to  meate.  And  beholde  a  woman  in  that  cite/  which 
was  a  synneiv  as  sone  as  she  knewe  that  Jesus  sate  at  meate 
in  the  pharises  housse/  she  brought  ^^  an  alablaster  boxe  of 
oyntment/  and  she  stode  at  his  fete  behynde  hym  wepynge/ 
and  began  to  wcsshe  his  fete/  with  teares/  and  did  ^^  wipe  them 
with  the  heares  off  her  heed/  and  kyssed  his  fete/  and  anoynt- 
ed  them  with  oyntment. 

When  the  pharise  which  bade  hym  to  his  housse/  sawe  that/ 
he  spake  with  in  hym  sylfe :  sayinge :  Yf  this  man  wer  a 
prophet/  he  wolde  surely  have  knowen  who  and  what  maner 
woman  this  is  which  toucheth  him/  for  she  is  a  synner.  And 
Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Simon  I  have  somwhat 
to  say  vnto  the.  And  lie  sayd  :  Master  saye  on.  There  was 
a  certayne  lender/  which  had  two  detters/  the  one  ought  five 
hondred  pence/  and  the  other  fifty.  When  they  had  nothinge 
to  paye/  he  forgave  them  boothe.  Which  of  them  tell  me/ 
will  love  hym  moost  ?  Simon  answered/  and  sayde  :  I  sup- 
pose that  he  to  whom  he  forgave  moost.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
him  :  Thou  hast  truely  iudged. 

And  he  turned  to  the  woman/  and  sayde  vnto  Simon  :  Seist 
thou  thys  woman  ?  I  entred  into  thy  housse/  and  thou  gavest 
me  noo  water  to  my  fete  :  butt  she  hath  wesshte  my  fete  with 
teares/  and  wiped  them  with  the  heeres  of  her  heed.  Thou 
gavest  me  no  kysse  :  but  she/  sence  the  tyme  I  cam  in/  liath 
not  ceased  to  kisse  my  fete.  Myne  heed  with  oyle  thou  didest 
nott  anojTite  :  and  she  hath  annoynted  my  -°  fete  with  oynt- 
ment. Wherfore  I  saye  vnto  the  :  many  synnes  are  forgeven 
her/  because  she  loved  moche.  To  whom  ^^  lesse  is  forgeven/ 
the  same  doeth  ^i  lesse  love. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  her  thy  synnes  are  forgeven  the.  And 
they  that  sate  at  meate  wyth  hym/  began  to  saye  with  in  them 
selves :  who  is  this  whych  forgeveth  synnes  also.  And  he 
sayde  to  the  woman :  Thy  fayth  hath  saved  the/  Goo  in 
peace, 

Ciie  bfff.  €i)aptcr. 

A  ND  it  fortuned  after  that/  he  hym  silfe  went  troughout 
1  cities  and  tounes/  preachynge/  and  shewinge  the  kyng- 

'«A  box,  Gen.  i' Wipe   them  cleane,  Bps.  ^  Head,  Cov. 

*"  A   little — love  a  little,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Evcrie  citie   and  village 

[toune,  G.],  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  Ipbf.  E\)c  ffiospcU  of  ^.  Huke. 

dom  of  God/  and  the  twelve  with  hym.  And  also  certayne 
wemen/  whych  wer  healed  of  ^  vnclene  spretes/  and  infirmi- 
ties :  Mary  called  Magdalen/  out  of  whom  went  seven  devyls/ 
and  Joanna  the  wyfe  of  Chusa/  Herodes  stewarde/  And  Su- 
sanna/ And  many  other  :  which  ministred  vnto  hym  of  their 
substaunce.  M'hen  moch  people  wer  gadred  to  gether/  and 
were  come  to  him  out  of  the  cities/  he  spake  by  a  similitude  : 
A  sower  went  out  to  sowe  his  seede/  and  as  he  sowed/  some 
fell  by  the  wayc  syde/  and  hit  was  troden  vnder  fete/  and  the 
foules  of  the  ayre  devoured  it  vp.  And  some  fell  on  ston/ 
and  as  sone  as  yt  was  spronge  vp/  yt  widdred  awaye/  because 
yt  lacked  moystnes.  And  some  fell  amonge  thornes/  and  the 
thornes  spronge  vp  with  it/  and  choked  it.  And  some  fell  on 
goode  grounde/  and  spronge  vp  and  bare  frute/  an  hondred 
foolde.  And  as  he  sayde  these  thynges/  he  cryed  :  He  that 
hath  eares  to  heare/  lett  hym  heare. 

Hys  disciples  axed  hym/  sayinge  :  w'hat  ^  maner  similitude 
this  shulde  be.  And  he  sayde  :  vnto  you  is  it  geven  to  knowe 
the  secretes  of  the  kyngdom  of  god  :  butt  to  other  in  simili- 
tudes/ that  when  they  se/  they  shulde  nott  se  :  and  when  they 
heare  they  shulde  not  vnderstonde. 

The  similitude  is  this.  The  seede  ys  the  worde  of  God. 
Thoose  that  are  besyde  the  wayc/  arc  they  that  heare/  and 
afterwarde  commeth  the  devyll/  and  taketh  awaye  the  worde 
out  of  their  hertes/  lest  they  shulde  beleve  and  be  saved. 
They  on  the  stonnes/  are  they  Avhich  when  they  heare  the 
worde  receave  yt  with  ioye.  And  these  have  noo  rotes/ 
which  for  a  whyle  beleve/  and  in  tyme  of  temtacion  goo 
awaye.  That  which  fell  amonge  thornes/  are  they  which 
heare/  and  goo  forth/  and  are  choked  with  care  and  riches/ 
and  ■*  voluptrous  livynge/  and  brynge  forth  noo  frute.  That  in 
the  good  grounde/  ar  they  which  with  ^  a  goode  and  pure  hert/ 
heare  the  worde/  and  kepe  it/  and  biynge  forth  frute  with  pa- 
cience. 

No  man  lyghteth  a  candell/  and  coverit  hyt  vnder  a  vessel!/ 
nether  putteth  hit  vnder  the  table/  but  setteth  it  on  a  candel- 
sticke/  that  they  that  enter  in  maye  se  lyght.  No  thinge  is  in 
secret/  that  shall  not  *'  come  abroode :  Nether  eny  thing  hyd 
that  shall  not  be  knowen/  and  come  to  light.  Take  hede  ther- 
fore  how  ye  heare.     For  whosoever  hath/  to  him  shalbe  ge- 

2  Evyll,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Parable  that  was,  Gen.  *  Vo- 
hiptuousnoss  of  this  life,  Coc.  *  An  honest  and  good,  Gen.  *  Be 
evident,  Gen.  Be  made  manifest,  Bps, 


S!)c  ffiosprll  of  ,S.  ILufer.  (t\).  biff. 

ven  :  And  whosoever  hath  not/  from  him  shalbe  taken/  even 
that  same  which  '''  he  supposcth  that  he  hath. 

Then  cam  to  hym  hys  mother  and  his  brethren/  and  couldc 
nott  come  at  hym  for  preace.  And  they  toldc  hym  sayinge  : 
Thy  motlier  and  thy  brethren/  stonde  wyth  out/  and  wolde  se 
the.  He  answered/  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  my  mother  and  my 
brethren  are  these/  which  heare  the  worde  of  God/  and  do  it. 

Hit  chaunsed  on  a  certayne  daye  that  he  went  into  a  shippe/ 
and  his  disciples  alsoo/  and  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Lett  vs  goo 
over  vnto  the  other  syde  of  the  lake.  And  they  launched 
forthe.  And  as  they  sayled  he  fell  a  slepe/  and  there  ^  arose 
a  storme  of  wynde  in  the  lake/  and  ^  tliey  wer  fylled  with  wa- 
ter/ and  wer  in  ieopardy.  And  they  Ment  to  hym  and  awoke 
hym/  sayinge  :  Master/  Master/  we  are  loost.  He  arose  and 
rebuked  the  wynde/  and  the  i"  tempest  off  water/  and  they 
ceased/  and  it  wexed  calme.  And  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  where 
is  youre  fayth  .''  They  feared  and  wondrcd/  sayinge  one  to 
another  :  ^^  Avho  is  this  ?  for  he  commaundeth  windes  and  wa- 
ter/ and  they  obey  him  ?  And  they  sayled  vnto  the  region  of 
the  gadei'ens/  which  is  over  agaynst  galile. 

As  he  went  out  off  the  shippe  to  londe/  there  met  hym  a 
certayne  man  oute  off  the  cite/  whych  had  a  devyll  longe 
tyme/  and  ware  noo  cloothes/  nether  aboode  in  any  housse  : 
but  amonge  graves.  When  he  sawe  Jesus/  he  cryed/  and 
fell  doune  before  hym/  and  with  a  loude  voyce  sayde  :  What 
have  I  to  do  wyth  the  Jesus  the  sonne  ^~  off  the  moost  hyest .'' 
I  beseche  the  torment  me  noot.  For  he  commaunded  the 
foule  sprete  to  come  out  of  the  man.  For  ofte  tymes  he 
caught  hym/  and  he  was  bounde  with  chaynes/  and  kepte  with 
fetters :  and  he  brake  the  bondes/  and  was  caryed  of  the 
fende/  into  wildernes. 

Jesus  axed  hym  sayinge  :  what  is  thy  name  ?  And  he 
sayde  :  Legion,  be  cause  many  devyls  wer  entred  into  hym. 
And  they  besought  hym/  that  he  wolde  nott  commaunde  them 
to  goo  into  the  depe.  There  was  therby  an  heerde  of  many 
swyne/  feadynge  on  an  hill/  and  they  prayed  hym/  that  he 
wolde  sotTre  them  to  enter  into  them.  And  he  soffered  them. 
Then  went  the  devyls  out  off  the  man/  and  entred  into  the 

"  Hethinkethtohave,  Cov.  Itseemeth  that  hehath,  Geii.  ®Came 
down,  Gen.  i>y;i\         ^  The  waves  fell  upon  them,  Cov.  '"  Waves 

of  water,  Gen.  "  What  (think  ye),  is  this:  for,  etc.  Cr.  Who  is 

this  that  conunandeth,  etc.  Gen.         '*  Of  the  God  most  highest,  T.  M. 
Cr.  Bps.  Of  God  the  most  high,  Gtn. 


^0.  Ijrbff.  E\)e  (Kospcll  of  S.  iufec. 

swyne  :  And  the  heerd  ^3  toke  their  course/  and  ran  heedlynge 
into  the  lake/  and  wer  choked,  when  the  herdmen  sawe  what 
1^  had  chaunsed/  they  fleed/  and  tolde  it  in  the  cite  and  in  the 
^^  villages. 

And  they  cam  out  to  se  what  was  done.  And  cam  to  Je- 
sus/ and  founde  the  man/  out  of  whom  the  devyls  wer  depart- 
ed/ sittynge  att  the  fete  of  Jesus  clothed/  and  in  hys  right 
mynde/  and  they  wer  afrayde.  They  also  which  sawe  it 
tolde  them  by  what  meanes  he  that  was  possessed  of  the  dev- 
yll/  was  healed.  And  all  the  whole  multitude  of  ^^  the  Gada- 
rens/  besought  hym/  that  he  wolde  departe  from  them  :  for 
they  wer  taken  with  greate  feare.  And  he  gate  hym  into  the 
shyppe/  and  returned  backe  agayne.  The  man  out  off  whom 
tlie  devyls  were  departed/  besought  hym/  that  he  myght  be 
with  hym  :  But  Jesus  sent  hym  awaye/  sayinge  :  ^'^  Goo  home 
agayne  into  thyne  awne  housse/  and  shewe  what  ^^  thyngea 
God  hath  done  to  the.  And  he  went  his  waye/  and  preach- 
ed thorowe  out  all  the  cite  what  thynges  Jesus  had  done  vnto 
hym. 

Hit  fortuned  that  when  Jesus  was  come  agayne/  the  people 
receaved  hym.  For  they  all  ^^  longed  for  hym.  And  be- 
holde  there  cam  a  man  named  Jairus  (and  he  was  a  ruler  off 
the  sinagoge)  and  he  fell  doune  at  Jesus  fete/  and  besought 
hym  that  he  wolde  come  into  his  housse/  ffor  he  had  but  a 
doughter  only/  20  of  twelve  yere  of  age/  and  she  laye  a  dyinge. 
As  he  went  the  people  thronge  hym. 

And  a  woman  havynge  an  issue  of  bloud  twelve  yeres 
(whiche  had  spent  all  her  substaunce  amonge  phisicions/  ne- 
ther coulde  be  ^^  holpen  of  eny)  cam  behinde  hym/  and  touch- 
ed the  hem  of  his  garment/  and  immediatly  her  issue  off  bloud 
staunched.  And  Jesus  sayde/  Who  is  it  that  touched  me  .'' 
when  every  man  denyed/  Peter  and  they  that  were  with  hym/ 
sayde  :  Master  the  people  thrust  the/  and  22  yexe  the  :  and 
23  thou  sayest/  who  touched  me .''  And  Jesus  sayd :  Some 
boddy  touched  me.  For  I  perceave  that  vertue  is  gone  out  of 
me.     When  the  woman  sawe  that  she  was  not  hid  from  hym/ 

"  Rushed  headlongs  with  a  storm,  Can.  Ran  headlong  with  vio- 
lence into,  etc.  Or.  Bps.  Was  caricd  with  violence  from  a  stecpe 
down  place,  etc.  Gni.  '■•  Was  doune,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Countrey, 

Gc7t.  '*  Gcji.  Bps.  add — The  countrey  about.         "  R<^turne,  Gen. 

'*  Thynores  soever,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  Great  thynges,  Gen.  [So  next 
clause.]''  '9  Waited,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Upon  a,  Cr.  T.  M. 
Bps.  About,  Gen.  ^'  Healed,  Gen.  "'  Trcadc  on  thee,  Gen. 

^  Sayest  thou,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Srijc  eSospcU  of  S.  Hufee.  CTi).  i):. 

she  cam  trimblyngc/  and  24  fell  at  his  fete/  and  toldc  hym  be- 
fore all  the  people/  for  what  cause  she  had  touched  hym/  and 
howe  she  was  healed  immediatly.  And  he  sayde  vnto  her  : 
Doughtcr  be  of  goode  comforte/  Thy  fayth  hath  made  the 
safe/  goo  in  peace. 

Whyll  he  yett  speake/  there  cam  won  from  the  rulers  off 
the  synagogis  housse/  which  sayde  to  hym  :  Thy  doughter  is 
deed/  disease  not  the  master.  When  Jesus  herde  that/  He 
answered  ^  to  the  maydens  father  sayinge  :  Feare  nott/  be- 
leve  only/  and  she  shalbe  made  whoole.  And  when  he  cam 
to  the  housse/  he  suffred  no  man  to  goo  in  with  hym/  save 
Peter/  James/  and  Jhon/  and  the  father  and  the  mother  of  the 
maydcn.  Every  body  weept  and  sorowed  for  her.  And  he 
sayde  Wepe  nott :  for  she  is  nott  deed  butt  slepeth.  And 
they  lewgh  hym  to  scorne.  For  they  knew  thatt  she  was 
deed.  And  he  thrust  them  all  out  alt  the  dores/  and  caught 
her  by  the  honde/  and  cryed/  sayinge  :  Mayde  aryse.  And 
her  sprete  cam  agayne/  and  she  roose  strayght  waye.  And 
he  commaunded  to  geve  her  meate.  And  the  father  and 
the  mother  of  her  were  astonyed.  But  he  warned  thatt  they 
shulde  tell  noo  man/  whatt  was  done. 


^"^HEN  called  he  the  .xij.  ^  to  gether/  and  gave  them  power/ 
and  auctorite/  over  all  devyls.  And  that  they  myght 
heale  diseases.  And  he  sent  them  to  preache  the  kyngdom 
of  god/  and  to  cure  the  sick.  And  he  sayd  to  them  :  Take 
noo  thinge  ^  to  sucker  you  by  the  waye :  nether  staffe/  nor 
scripe/  nether  breed/  nether  ^  money/  nether  have  two  cootes. 
And  watsoever  housse  ye  enter  into  there  abyde/  and  thence 
departe.  And  whosoever  will  not  receave  you/  when  ye  de- 
parte  from  that  citie/  shake  of  the  very  dust  from  youre  fete/ 
for  a  testimony  agaynst  them.  They  went  forthe/  and  went 
thorowe  "*  the  tounes/  preachynge  the  gospell/  and  healynge 
every  wheare. 

Herod  the  tetrarch  herde  off  all  thatt  by  hym  was  done/ 
and  5  douted  because  it  \\'as  sayd  of  some/  that  Jhon  was  rysen 
agayne  from  deeth.  And  off  some  that  Helias  had  apered. 
And  off  other  that  won  off  the  olde  prophettes  was  rysen 

^  Fell    downe    before    him,  Gen.  ^'  Him,  sayinT,  Gin.  Bps. 

^  Gen.  adds — disciples.         ^  To  your  journey,  Cr.  Grn.  B^ts.         ^  Sil- 
ver, Gen.        *  Every  towne,  Gen.        *  Took  care,  Cov. 
M 


Jfo.  IjrbifJ.  Ef)e  CKospcU  of  <S.  Hukc. 

agayne.  And  Herod  saydc  :  Jhon  have  y  behedded  :  who  is 
this  of  whom  I  here  suche  thynges  ?  And  he  desired  to  se 
hym. 

And  the  Apostles  retourncd/  and  tolde  hym  ^  all  that  they 
had  done.  And  he  toko  them  and  went  a  syde  into  a  solitary 
place/  neye  to  a  citie  called  Bethsaida.  The  people  knewe 
off  it/  and  folowed  hym.  And  he  receaved  them/  and  spake 
vnto  them  of  the  kyngdom  off  God.  And  healed  them  that 
had  nede  to  be  healed.  The  daye  began  to  weare  awaye. 
Then  cam  the  twelve/  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  sende  the  peo- 
ple awaye/  that  they  may  goo  into  the  tonnes/  and  '^  villages 
round  about/  and  lodge/  and  get  meate/  for  we  are  here  in  a 
^  place  of  wildernes.  Then  sayd  he  vnto  them :  Geve  ye 
them  meate.  And  they  sayde  :  We  have  no  moo  but  five 
loves  and  two  fisshes/  except  we  shulde  goo  and  bye  meate 
for  all  this  people.  And  they  wer  about  a  five  thousandde 
men.  He  sayde  vnto  his  disciples  :  Cause  them  to  sit  doune 
by  fyftie  in  a  company.  And  they  did  soo/  and  made  them 
all  sit  doune.  He  toke  the  five  loves/  and  the  two  fisshes/ 
and  loked  vp  to  heven/  and  ^  blessed  them/  and  brake/  and 
gave  to  his  disciples/  to  sett  before  the  people.  And  they  all 
ate/  and  wer  satisfied.  And  there  was  taken  vp  off  thatt  re- 
mayned  to  them/  twelve  baskettes  full  off  broken  meate. 

Hit  fortuned  as  he  was  alone  prayinge/  hys  disciples  were 
witli  hym/  and  lie  axed  them  sayinge  Who  saye  the  people 
that  I  am  .•'  They  answered  and  sayd  :  Jhon  baptist.  Some 
say  Helias.  And  some  saye/  won  of  the  olde  prophetes  is 
risen  agayne.  He  sayde  vnto  them  :  Who  saye  ye  that  I  am  ? 
Peter  answered  and  saydc :  thou  arte  the  Christ  off  God. 
He  warned  and  commaunded  them/  that  they  shulde  tell  no 
man  that  thinge/  sayinge  :  That  the  sonne  ofi*  man  must  suf- 
fre  many  thynges/  and  be  reproved  of  the  seniours/  and  of 
the  hy  prestes  and  scribes/  and  be  slayne/  and  the  thirde  daye 
rise  agayne. 

And  he  sayde  to  them  all/  yf  eny  man  will  come  after  me/ 
let  hym  denye  hym  silfe/  and  ^"take  his  crosse  on  hym  day- 
ly/  and  folowe  me.  Whosoever  will  save  his  life/  shall  lose 
it.  And  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life/  for  my  sake/  the  same 
shall  save  it.  For  what  shall  itt  avauntagc  a  man/  to  wyn  the 
whole  worlde/  ^^  yff  he  loose  hym  silfe  ?  or  runne  in  domagc 

®  What  great  things,  Geii.  '  Next  villages,  Or.  Fieldes,  Bjts. 

'  Desert  place,  Gc?i.  ^  Sayd  grace  over  them,  Coi\  '°  Take  up 
his  crosse  daily,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps,  "  And  destroy  himselfe  or  lose 

himselfe,  Gen. 


2ri)c  CKospcll  of  S.  Hufec.  (flj.  fj:. 

oft'  hym  silfc  ?  For  whosoever  is  ashamed  of  me/  and  oft'  my 
sayingcs  :  oft"  hym  shall  the  sonnc  of  man  be  ashamed/  when 
he  connncth  in  his  awne  maicste/  and  in  the  maieste  of  his 
father/  and  of  the  holy  angels.  I  tell  you  of  a  surety  :  Some 
there  arc  of  them  thatt  here  stonde/  which  shall  not  tast  of 
deeth  till  they  se  the  kyngdom  of  God. 

And  it  folowed  about  an  viij.  dayes  after  thoosc  sayinges/ 
he  toke  Peter/  James/  and  Jhon/  and  went  vp  into  a  moun- 
taync  to  praye.  And  as  he  prayed/  the  fassion  of  his  coun- 
tenaunce  was  changed/  and  his  garment  ^^  was  whyte/  and 
shoone.  And  beholdc/  two  men  talked  with  him/  and  they 
were  Moses  and  Helias/  which  ajicred  ^^  gloriously/  and  spake 
of  his  departinge/  whych  he  shulde  ende  att  Jerusalem.  Pe- 
ter and  they  that  wer  with  hym/  wer  bevy  a"  slepe.  And  when 
they  ^\•oke/  they  sawe  his  maiestie/  and  two  men  stondinge 
with  him. 

And  it  chaunsed  as  they  departed  from  hym/  Peter  sayde 
vnto  Jesus  :  Master/  it  is  goodc  being  here  for  us.  Let  us  ^^ 
make  thre  tabernacles/  won  for  the/  and  won  for  Moses/  and 
won  for  Helias.  And  wist  nott  what  he  sayde.  Whyll  he 
thus  spake  there  cam  a  cloude  and  shadowed  them  and  they 
feared  when  they  entred  into  the  cloude.  And  there  cam  a 
voyce  out  of  the  cloude  sayinge  :  This  is  my  deare  sonne/ 
heare  hym.  And  as  sone  as  the  voice  was  past/  Jesus  was 
founde  alone.  And  they  kept  it  cloosse/  and  tolde  noo  man  in 
thoose  dayes  eny  of  those  thynges/  which  they  had  sene. 

Hyt  chaunsed  on  the  nexte  daye  as  they  cam  doune  from 
the  hyll/  moche  people  cam  and  met  hym.  And  beholde  a 
man  oft'  the  company  cryed  out  saying  :  Master  I  bcseche 
the  beholde  my  sonne/  for  he  is  all  that  I  have  :  and  se/  a 
sprcte  taketh  hym/  and  sodenly  he  cryeth/  ^^  and  he  tcareth 
hym  that  he  fometh  agayne/  and  ^^  vneth  departeth  he  from 
him/  when  he  hath  rent  him  :  And  I  have  besought  thy  dis- 
ciples to  cast  hym  out/  and  they  coulde  nott.  Jesus  answered/ 
and  sayde  :  O  ^~  generacion  with  oute  fayth/  and  croked  : 
howe  longe  shall  I  be  with  you  ?  And  shall  suft"re  you  ? 
Biynge  thy  sonne  bidder.  As  he  yette  was  a  commynge/ 
the  fende  rent  hym/  and  tare  hym.  Jesus  rebuked  the  vn- 
clene  sprete/  and  healed  the  chylde/  and  delivered  hym  to 

'2  Was  white  and  glistered,  Gen.  Shining  very  white,  Bps.  '^  In 
the  majestic,  Cr.    In  glory,  Geii.  Bps.  '■»  Gen.  adds — therefore. 

'*  Cr.  adds — (and  he  knocketli.)  "^  With   muche  paine,  Jill  the 

Vers.  "  Faithless  and  perverse  [crooked,  C]  nation,  Cr.  Bps. 


JFo.  Ipfv.  Effe  ffiospcU  of  S.  Hukc. 

hys  father.  Aiid  they  wer  all  amased  att  the  myghty  powder 
of  God. 

Whyll  they  wondred  every  one  att  all  thynges  whych  he 
did  :  He  sayde  vnto  hys  disciples  :  ^^  Lett  these  sayinges 
synke  doune  into  youre  eares.  The  tyme  wyll  come/  when 
the  Sonne  off  man  shalbe  delivered  into  the  hondes  off  men. 
Butt  they  ^^'ist  nott  what  that  worde  meant/  and  }^t  was  hyd 
from  them  thatt  they  ^^  vnderstod  hytt  not.  And  they  feared 
to  axe  hyra  off  that  sayinge. 

There  ^^  arose  a  disputacion  amonge  them  who  shulde  be 
the  greatest.  When  Jesus  perceaved  the  thoughtes  off  their 
hertes/  he  toke  a  chylde/  and  sett  hym  hard  by  hym/  and 
sayde  vnto  them  :  Whosoever  receave  thys  chylde  in  my 
name,  receaveth  me.  And  whosoever  receaveth  me/  receav- 
eth  hym  that  sent  me.  For  he  that  amongest  you/  ys  the 
least/  the  same  shalbe  greate. 

Jhon  answered  and  sayde  :  Master  we  sawe  won  castynge 
out  devyls  in  thy  name/  and  we  forbade  hym/  be  cause  he 
foloweth  not  with  vs.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  forbid  ye 
hym  not.     For  he  that  is  nott  agaynst  -^  you/  is  with  -'  you. 

And  it  folowed  when  the  ^-  time  was  come  that  he  shulde 
be  receaved  vp  that  he  ^3  determined  hym  silfe  to  goo  to  Je- 
rusalem :  and  sent  messengers  before  hym.  And  they  went/ 
and  entred  into  a  citie  of  the  Samaritans  to  ^-i  make  redy  for 
hym.  And  they  wolde  nott  receave  hym/  because  his  face 
was  as  though  he  wolde  goo  to  Jerusalem.  When  hys  disci- 
ples/ James/  and  Jhon/  sawe  that/  they  sayde  :  Lorde/  wilt 
thou  that  we  commaunde/  that  fyre  come  doune  from  heven/ 
and  consume  them/  even  as  Helias  did  }  Jesus  turned  about/ 
and  rebuked  them  sayinge  :  ye  wote  nott  what  manor  sprete 
ye  are  off.  The  sonne  of  man  ys  not  come  to  destroye 
mennes  ^5  lives/  but  to  save  them.  And  they  went  to  another 
toune. 

Hit  chaunsed  as  they  '^  went  on  their  iorney/  a  certayne 
man  sayd  vnto  hym  :  I  wyll  folowe  the  whither  soever  thou 
goo.     Jesus  sayd  vnto  hym  :  foxes  have  holes/  and  bryddes 

'*  Comprehende  tliese  sayings  in  your  ears,  Cov.  Marke  these 
wordes  diligently,  Gen.  '^  Coulde  not  perceive  it,  Gen.         ^  En- 

tered a  thought,  Cov.  Cr.         «»  Us,  T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Pps.  22  Days 

were  accomplished,  Gen.  ^  Set  his  face  [B.  adds — steadfastly] 

to  go,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.     Settled  himselfe  fully,  Gen.  ^4  Tq  pre- 

pare him  lodging,  Cov.  Gen.  ^  Souls,  Cov.  ^  Were  [Went,  6.] 
walking  in  the  way,  Cr.  Bps.  Went  in  the  way,  Gen. 


me  (Gospril  of  ,S.  aufec.  ffl).  jr. 

2^  of  the  aver  have  ncstes :  but  the  sonne  of  man  hath  nott 
whci'O  on  to  laye  his  heed. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  a  nother  :  folowc  me.  And  the  same 
sayde  :  lorde  suffre  me  fyrsl  to  goo  and  burye  my  father.  Je- 
sus sayd  vnto  hym  :  liCtt  the  deed/  bury  the  deed  :  but  goo 
thou  and  preache  the  kyngdome  off  God. 

And  another  sayde  :  I  wyll  folowe  the  lorde  :  But  lett  me 
fyrst  goo  bid  them  fare  welc/  which  are  at  home  at  my  housse. 
Jesus  sayd  vnto  him  :  No  man  that  puttoth  hys  honde  to  the 
plowe/  and  loketh  backe/  is  aptc  2*^  to  the  kyngdom  of  god. 

E\)c  V.  Ctljnptcv. 

A  FTER  that/  the  lorde  apoynted  other  seventie  ^  also/  and 
"^  sent  them/  two  and  two/  before  his  face/  into  every  citie/ 
and  place/  whither  he  him  silfe  wolde  come.  And  sayde  vnto 
them  :  the  harvest  is  greate  :  but  the  laborers  are  feawe. 
Praye  therfore  the  lorde  of  the  harvest/  to  send  forth  hys  la- 
borers into  hys  hcrvest.  Goo  youre  wayes.  Beholde  I  sende 
you  forthe  as  lambes  amonge  wolves.  Beare  noo  ~  wallet 
nether  scryppe/  nor  shues/  and  salute  noo  man  by  the  waye. 
In  whatsoever  housse  ye  enter  in/  fyrst  saye  :  Peace  be  to 
this  housse :  And  yf  the  ^  sonne  of  peace  be  theare/  youre 
peace  shall  rest  apon  hym/  yff  nott/  yt  shall  returne  to  you 
agayne.  And  in  the  same  housse  tary  still  eatynge  and 
diynkynge/  suche  as  •*  they  have.  For  the  laborer  is  worthy 
off  hys  rewarde. 

Go  not  from  housse  to  housse :  and  in  to  whatsoever  citie 
ye  enter/  yf  they  reseave  you/  eate  ^  whatsoever  is  set  before 
you/  and  heale  the  sicke  that  are  theare/  and  saye  vnto  them  : 
the  kyngdom  of  god  is  come  neye  apon  you.  But  into  what- 
soever citie  ye  shall  enter/  yf  they  receave  you  not/  goo  youre 
wayes  out  into  the  stretcs  of  the  same/  and  saye  :  even  the 
veiy  dust/  which  cleaveth  on  vs  of  youre  citie/  we  wype  of 
agaynst  you  :  Nott  with  stondynge/  ^  marke  this/  that  the 
kyngdom  of  God  was  come  neye  apon  you.  Ye  I  saye  vnto 
you :  that  it  shalbe  easier  in  that  daye/  for  Sodom  then  for 
that  citie. 

Wo  be  to  the  Chorozin  :  wo  be  to  the  bethsaida.     For  if 

*7  Under  the  heaven,  Cov.  '^  Cr.  adds — and  mete.  '  Cor. 

Cr.  add— (and  two.)  ^  Bagge,  Gen.         ^  Childe,  Cov.         "  They 

geve,  Cr.  By  them  shall  he  set  before  ijou,  Gen.  ^  Such  thinfr(>s  as 

are,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Be  ye  sure  of  this,  Cr.  Bps.  Know 
this,  Gen. 


M 


■* 


jfo.  1%]:.  STj^e  eeosjell  of  S.  flulte. 

the  miracles  had  bene  done  in  Tyre  and  Sidon/  which  have 
bene  done  in  you/  they  had  a  greate  whyle  agone  repented/ 
sittyng  in  '''  heere  and  asshcs.  ^  Neverthelesse  it  shalbe  easier 
for  Tyre  and  Sidon/  at  the  iudgment/  then  for  you.  And 
thou  Capernaum  which  art  exaUed  to  heven/  shalt  be  thrust 
doune  to  hell,  whosoever  heareth  you/  heareth  me  :  And  who- 
soever despiselh  you/  despiseth  me.  And  he  that  despiseth 
me/  despiseth  hym  that  sent  me. 

The  seventie  returned  agayne  with  ioye/  sayinge/  Lords 
even  the  very  devyls  are  subdued  to  vs  thorowe  thy  name. 
And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  sawe  sathan/  as  it  hade  bene 
lightenyng/  faule  doune  from  heven.  Beholde  I  geve  vnto 
you  power  to  treade  on  serpentcs/  and  scorpions/  and  apon  all 
maner  power  of  the  enemy/  and  nothynge  shall  hurte  you. 
Neverthelesse  in  thys  reioyse  nott/  that  the  spretes  are  ^  vnder 
youre  power  :  Butt  reioyse/  be  cause  youre  names  are  writ- 
ten in  heven. 

That  same  time  reioysed  Jesus  in  the  sprete/  and  sayde  :  ^°  I 
prayse  the  father  lordc  of  heven  and  erth/  because  thou  hast 
hyd  these  thynges  from  the  wyse  and  imprudent/  and  hast 
opened  them  to  ^~  the  folisshe.  Even  soo  father  for  soo  pleased 
it  the/  All  thynges  arc  geven  me  off  my  father.  And  noo 
man  knoweth  who  the  sonne  is/  butt  the  father  :  nether  who 
the  father  is/  save  the  sonne/  and  he  to  whom  the  sonne  wyll 
shew^e  hym. 

And  he  turned  to  his  disciples/  and  sayde  ^^  secretly/ 
Happy  are  the  eyes/  which  se  that  ye  se.  For  I  tell  you  that 
many  prophetes  and  kynges  have  desired  to  se  thoose  thynges 
which  ye  se/  and  have  nott  scne  them :  And  to  heare  those 
thynges  whych  ye  heare/  and  have  nott  herde  them  : 

And  1*^  marke/  A  Certayne  Lawere  stode  vp/  and  tempted 
hym  sayinge  :  Master  what  shall  I  do/  to  inheret  eternall  lyfe  ? 
He  sayd  vnto  him  :  What  ys  written  in  the  lawc  ?  Howe 
redest  thou  .''  And  he  answered  and  sayde  :  Thou  shalt  love 
thy  lordc  god/  wyth  all  thy  hert/  and  wyth  all  thy  soule/  and 
with  all  thy  strengthe/  and  with  all  thy  ^^  mynde  :  and  thy 
neghbour  as  thy  sylfe.  And  he  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Thou  hast 
answered  right.     This  do  and  thou  shalt  live.     He  willynge 


''  Heare  clothe,  Cr.    Sackcloth,  Gc7i.  Bps.  ^  Therefore  it  shall, 

etc.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Subdued  unto  you,   Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  i''  I  thank 

thee,  Cr.  I  confesse  unto  thee,  Father,  etc.  that  thou  hast,  T.  M.  Gen. 
Bps.         11  Learned,  Gen.  '^  Babes,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '^  In 

especial,  Cov.         "  Beholde,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen-  Bps.         '^  Thought,  Gen, 


STfje  eSospell  of  S.  Hufec.  dftf.  y:]. 

to  iustifie  hym  sllfc/  saydc  vnto  Jesus :  Who  ys  then  my 
neghbour. 

Jesus  answered  and  sayde :  A  certayne  man  descended 
from  Jerusalem  into  Jericho/  And  fell  ^*^  into  the  hondes  off 
theves/  whych  robbed  hym  off  his  rayment  and  wondcd  hym/ 
and  departed  levyngc  hym  halfe  deed.  And  yt  chaunsed 
that  there  cam  a  certayne  prcste  that  same  waye/  and  sawe 
hym/  and  passed  by.^'''  And  lyke  wyse  a  levite/  when  he  was 
come  ncyc  to  the  place/  went  and  loked  on  hym/  and  passed 
by.  Then  a  certayne  Samaritane/  as  he  iornyed/  cam  neyo 
vnto  hym/  and  belielde  hym/  and  liad  compassion  on  hym/  and 
cam  to  hym/  and  boundc  vppe  hys  wondes/  and  poured  in 
wyne/  and  oylc/  and  layed  him  on  his  beaste/  and  brought  hym 
to  a  common  ^'^  hostiy/  and  ^^  drest  him.  And  on  the  morowe 
when  he  departed/  he  toke  out  two  pence/  and  gave  them  to 
the  host  and  said  vnto  him.  Take  care  of  him/  and  whatso- 
ver  thou  spendcst  ^^  above  this/  when  I  come  agayne  I  will 
recompence  the.  Which  nowe  off  these  thre/  thynkest  thou 
was  neighbour  vnto  him  that  fell  into  the  theves  hondes  ?  And 
he  answered  :  he  that  shewed  mercy  on  hym.  Then  sayd 
Jesus  vnto  hym.     Goo  and  do  thou  lyke  wyse. 

Hyt  fortuned  as  he  went/  that  he  entered  into  a  certayne 
toune.  And  a  certayne  woman  named  Martha/  receaved  hym 
into  her  housse.  And  this  woman  had  a  sister  called  Mari/ 
which  sate  at  Jesus  fete/  and  herde  Jesus  preachyng  :  Martha 
w'as  -^  combred  about  moche  servynge/  and  ~-  stode  and 
sayde  :  Master/  doest  thou  not  care/  that  my  sister  hath  leeft 
me  to  minister  alone  .''  Bid  her  therfore/  that  she  help  me. 
And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  her  :  Martha/  Martha/ 
thou  23arte  busied/  and  troublestthy  silfe/  about  many  thynges  : 
verely  one  ys  nedfuU/  Mary  hath  chosen  her  a  good  parte/ 
which  shall  not  be  taken  awaye  from  her. 


STljc  vf-  <S:Ajnptcv. 

A  ND  it  fortuned  as  he  was  prayinge  in  a  certayne  place  : 
■^  when  he  ceased/  w-on  of  his  disciples  sayd  vnto  him  : 

'^  Among  thieves,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         "  Gen.  Bps.  add — on  the  other 
side.   [So  vs.  •^2.]  ''^  Inne,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps  ^^  Made  provi- 

sion for  him,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  20  jyiore,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

-'  Made  herselfe  mucii   to  do  for  to  serve  liiin,  Cor.  "'^  Came  to 

him,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Takest  thought  and  cumhrest  thysolfe.  Cor. 

Carest  [Art  careful,  ('.  B.]  and  art  troubled,  T.  .M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JJo.  Iff).  Srijc  CEospcU  of  S.  Hufee. 

Master  teache  vs  to  prayc/  As  Jhon  taught  his  disciples.  And 
he  sayd  vnto  them :  When  ye  praye/  saye  :  Oure  father 
which  arte  in  heven/  halowed  be  thy  name.  Lett  thy  kyng- 
dome  come.  Thy  will/  be  fulfillet/  even  in  erth  as  it  is  in 
heven.  Oure  dayly  breed  geve  vs  ^  this  daye.  And  forgeve 
vs  oure  synnes  :  For  even  we  forgeve  every  man  that  ^  tras- 
paseth  vs/  and  ledde  vs  not  into  temptacion/  Butt  deliver  vs 
from  evyll  Amen. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  which  of  you  shall  have  a  frende 
and  shall  goo  to  hym  att  mydnyght/  and  saye  vnto  hym  : 
frende  lende  ine  ^  foure  loves  for  a  frende  of  myne  is  come 
out  off  the  wayc  to  me/  and  I  have  nothynge  to  sett  before 
him/  And  he  with  in  shall  andswer  and  saye  :  Trouble  me 
nott/  nowe  is  the  dore  shett/  and  my  ^  servaunttes  are  with 
me  in  ^  the  chamber/  I  cannot  ryse  and  geve  them  to  the.  I 
saye  vnto  you :  though  he  woll  not  aryse  and  geve  hym/  be 
cause  he  is  his  frende  :  Yet  because  of  hys  '^  importunite  he 
woll  ryse  and  geve  hym  as  many  as  he  nedeth. 

And  I  saye  vnto  you  :  axe/  and  yt  shalbe  geven  you.  Seke/ 
and  ye  shall  fynde.  Knocke/  and  it  shalbe  opened  vnto  you. 
For  every  one  that  axeth/  receaveth  :  and  he  that  seketh/ 
fyndeth  :  and  to  him  that  knockcth  shall  it  be  openned.  Yf 
the  Sonne  axe  breed  off  eny  oft'  you  which  ys  hys  fatlier  : 
wyll  he  '''  proffer  hym  a  stone  ?  Or  yff  he  axe  fisshe/  wyll  he 
geve  hym  a  serpent :  Or  yf  he  axe  an  egge  :  wyll  he  ^  proffer 
him  a  scorpion  ?  Yf  ye  then  which  are  evyll/  *"  knowe  howe 
to  geve  good  giftes  vnto  youre  chyldren  .'  Howe  moche  more 
shall  ^  youre  lather  celestiall/  geve  ^^  a  good  sprete  to  them/ 
that  desire  it  of  hym. 

And  he  was  a  castynge  out  a  devyll/  whyche  was  dom. 
And  it  folowed  when  the  devyll  was  gone  out/  the  dom  spake/ 
and  the  people  wondred.  Some  off  them  sayde  :  he  casteth 
out  devyls  by  the  power  of  Belzebub/  the  chefe  of  the  devyls. 
And  other  tempted  hym  ^  ^  sekynge  of  hym  a  signe  from  hev- 
en. He  knewe  their  thoughtes  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Every 
kyngdom/  ^"^  at  debate  with  in  it  silfe  shalbe  desolate :  and 
13  won  housse  shall  fall  apon  another.     Soo  if  Satan  be  ^'^  at 

'  Evermore,  T.  M.    For  the  day,  Grn.  ^  Is  indebted    to,  Gen. 

3  Three,  T.  M.  Cr.  Grn.  Bps.  ^  Children.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Bed, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Unshaincf'aced  begging.  Cor.  ''  Give,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.   [C.  B.  vs.  12— offer.]  »  Can   give,   T.  M.  Cr.   Gen. 

Have  knowledge  to  give,  Bps.  ^  Your  [The.'T.  M.]  Father  of  hea- 
ven, T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"The  [An,  T.  M.]  holy  spirite,  T.  M. 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  And  required,  Cr.  "*  Devided,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'^  An  house  derided  against  an  house  falleth,  Gt7i.  Bps. 


Cfjc  (SosjcU  of  S.  Hufec.  (fi).  ri. 

variauncc  ^vith  in  hym  silvc  :  howc  shall  his  kingdom  endure  ? 
Be  cause  ye  say  that  I  cast  out  flevyls  i'^  by  the  power  off  Bel- 
zebub  ?  Yf  I  by  the  ^^  power  of  Belzebub  caste  oute  devyles  : 
by  whose  ^^  power/  do  youie  chyldren  cast  them  out  ?  Ther- 
forc  shall  they  be  youre  iudges.  Butt  if  I  with  the  finger  off 
God  cast  out  devyls/  noo  doute/  the  kyngdom  of  God  is  come 
apon  you. 

When  a  stronge  man  i'"'  armed  ^"  watcheth  his  housse  : 
^^  That  he  posscsseth/  is  in  peace.  But  when  a  stronger  then 
he  cometli  apon  hym/  and  overcometh  hym  :  he  taketh  from 
him/  1^  his  harness^  wherin  he  trusted/  and  devideth  his 
20  gooddcs.  He  that  is  not  with  me  is  agaynst  me.  And  he 
tliat  gadercth  nott  with  me  scatterch. 

When  the  vnclene  sprete  is  gone  out  of  a  man/  he  walketh 
through  -1  w'aterlesse  j)laccs  sekynge  reest.  And  when  he 
fyndeth  none/  he  saycth  :  I  will  returne  agayne  vnto  my 
housse  whence  I  cam  out.  And  when  he  commeth/he  fynd- 
eth it  swept  and  garnisshed.  Then  goeth  he  and  taketh  seven 
other  spretcs  with  hym  worsse  then  hym  silfe/  and  they  enter 
in/  and  dwell  there.  -^  And  the  ende  off  that  man/  is  worsse 
then  the  ~^  begynnynge. 

Hit  fortuned  as  he  thus  spake/  a  certayne  woman  of  the 
company  lyfte  vp  her  voyce/  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Happy  is 
the  wombe  that  bare  the  and  the  pappes/  which  gave  the 
sucke.  Butt  he  sayde  :  Happy  are  they  that  heare  the  worde 
off  God/  and  kepe  it. 

When  the  people  wer  gadered  thicke  to  geder  :  He  began  to 
saye  :  This  is  an  evyll  nacion.  They  seke  a  signe/  and  there 
shall  noo  signe  be  geven  them/  but  the  signe  off  Jonas  the 
prophet.  For  as  Jonas  was  a  signe  to  the  Ninivites/  so  shall 
the  Sonne  off  man  be  to  this  nacion.  The  queue  off  the  southe 
shall  ryse  at  the  iudgement/  with  the  men  of  this  ^"^  genera- 
cion/  and  condempne  them  :  for  she  cam  from  the  '^  ende  of 
the  worlde/  to  heare  the  wisdom  of  Solomon  :  and  beholde  a 
gi'eater  then  Solomon  is  here.  The  men  off  Ninivite  shall 
ryse  at  the  iudgement/  with  this  generacion/  and  shall  con- 
dempne them  :  for  they  ^^  repented  at  the  preachynge  of  Jo- 
nas :  and  beholde/  a  greater  than  Jonas  is  here. 

'■«  Through    Beelzebub,   Or.  Gen.  Bps.    [So   G.  B.  vvs.  15,  19.] 
'*  Helpe,  Cr.  '*  Harnessed,  Cov.  ''  Keepeth    his   palace, 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  The  thynges  that,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.    His  goods,  BfS. 

'^Armour,  Gen.  ^o  gpoylcs,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Drie,  Or.  Gen.  Bps. 
2«  So  the  last  state,  Gen.  Bps.  "^  First,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Nation, 

Cr.  Bps.  [So  vs.  32.]  ^  Utmost  parts  of  the  earth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

^  Were  brought  to  repentance  by,  etc.  Cr. 


jFo.  ivpff.  2ri)c  CSospdl  of  <S.  aufec. 

Noo  man  lightcth  a  candell/  and  piUteth  it  in  a  preve  place/ 
nether  vnder  a  busshel :  Butt  on  a  candelsticke/  that  they  that 
come  m/  maye  se  hght.  The  hght  off  thy  body  is  thyne  eye. 
Thcrfore/  when  thyne  eye  is  single :  then  is  all  thy  bocldy 
^"^  full  off  light.  Butt  if  thyne  eye  be  evyll :  then  shall  all  thy 
body  28  be  lull  of  darknes  ?  Take  hede  therfore  thatt  the 
light  whiche  is  in  the/  be  nott  darknes.  For  if  all  thy  body 
shalbe  -^  light/  havynge  noo  parte  darke  :  then  shall  all  be 
^  full  off  light/  30  even  as  when  a  candell  doeth  light  the  with 
his  brightnes. 

And  as  he  spake/  a  certayne  pharise  besought  hym  to  dyne 
with  him  :  and  Jesus  went  in/  and  sate  doune  to  meate.  When 
the  pharise  sawe  that  he  marveylled  that  he  had  nott  wessehed 
before  dynner.  And  the  lorde  sayde  to  hym  :  Nowe  do  ye/ 
O  pharises/  make  clene  the  out  syde  of  the  cuppe/  and  of  the 
platter  :  but  youre  inwarde  parties  are  full  of  ravcninge  and 
wickednes.  Ye  foles  ^i  did  not  he  that  made  that  which  is 
with  out :  make  that  which  is  within  alsoo  ?  ^~  Neverthelesse 
ye  geve  of  that  ye  have/  and  beholde  all  is  clene  to  you. 

But  wo  be  to  you  pharises/  for  ye  tythe  the  mynt/  and 
rewe/  and  all  manner  erbes/  and  passe  over  iudgment/  and 
the  love  of  God.  These  ought  ye  to  have  done/  and  nott  to 
have  left  the  other  ondone. 

Wo  be  to  you  pharises  :  for  ye  love  the  vppormost  seates 
in  the  sinagoges/  and  gretynges  in  the  markettes. 

Wo  be  to  you  scribes  and  pharises  ypocrites/  for  ye  are  as 
graves  which  apere  not/  and  men  that  walke  over  them/  33  are 
nott  ware  of  them. 

Then  answered  one  of  the  lawears/  and  sayd  vnto  hym : 
Master/  thus  sayinge/  thou  puttest  vs  to  rebuke  also.  Then 
he  sayde :  Wo  be  to  you  also  ye  34  laweais  :  for  ye  lade  men 
with  burthens  35  greveous  to  be  borne/  and  ye  youreselves 
touche  nott  the  packes  with  one  of  youre  fingers. 

Wo  be  to  you  3*^  that  bilde  the  sepulcres  otY  the  prophetes  : 
3'''  for  youre  fathers  killed  them  :  Truely  ye  beare  witnes/ 
38  that  ye  alowe  the  dedes  of  youre  fathers  :  for  they  killed 
them/  and  ye  bilde  their  sepulcres. 

"''  Light,  Gen.        ^  Be  darke,  Gen.        »  cieare,  Or.  Bps.         3"  And 
shall  light  thee  even  as  a  cieare  lightening,  Gov.  •"  Is  a  thinge 

made  cleane  within,  because  the  outside  is  cleane  ?   Gov.  ^-  Nev- 

erthelesse give  alms  of  that  ye  have,  Gr.  T.  M.  Therefore  [But  rath- 
er, B.]  give  alms  of  those  things  that  are  within,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'■^  Per- 
ceive not,  Grn.  ^*  Scribes.  Gor.  Interpreters  of  the  law.  Gen.  [So  vs. 
52.]         3^  Which  they  be  not  able  to  beare,  Gr.  ^^  For  ye  buylde, 

Gen.  Bps.       ^'  And  you,  etc.  T..M.  Gr.  Gen.  Bps.      ^^  And  alowe,  Gen. 


2r!)c  ffiospcll  of  S.  Hxibf.  CI),  vfj'. 

Therforc  sayde  the  wisdom  off  God  :  I  will  send  them  pro- 
phetes  and  Apostles/  and  off  them  they  shall  sice  and  perse- 
cute. That  the  bloud  otFall  the  prophettes/  which  was  sliced 
from  the  begj^nnynge  olF  the  worlde/  maye  be  requyrcd  off 
tliis  gencracion/  from  the  bloud  of  Abel  vnto  the  bloud  off 
Zacary/  whiche  ^9  perisshed  bitwcne  the  aulter  and  the  tem- 
ple. Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  it  shalbe  requyrcd  of  this  na- 
cion. 

Wo  be  to  you  lawcars  :  for  ye  have  "^^  taken  awaye  the 
Ivayc  of  knowledge/  ye  cntrcd  not  in  youreselvcs/  and  them 
that  came  in  ye  forbade. 

When  he  thus  spake  vnto  them/  the  ^^  lawcars/  and  the 
pharises/  began  to  '*-  wexe  busy  about  hym  and  ''^  to  stoop  his 
mougth  with  many  questions/  Layinge  wayte  for  hym/  and 
seckynge  to  catche  some  thyng  of  his  mought/  wherby  they 
my  gilt  accuse  hym. 

STfjc  pf.  ffiljaptcr. 

1  A  S  there  gadered  to  gedther  an  innumerable  multitude  off 
"^  people  (in  so  moche  that  they  trood  won  another)  he  be- 
gan to  saye  vnto  his  disciples  :  Fyrst  of  all  beware  of  the 
leven  off  the  pharises/  which  is  ypocrysy.  For  there  is  no- 
thinge  covered/  that  shall  not  be  uncovered  :  nether  hid/  that 
shall  not  be  knowen.  Whcrfore  whatsoever  ye  have  spoken 
hi  darknes  :  that  same  shalbe  hearde  in  light.  And  that  which 
ye  have  spoken  in  the  care/  even  in  secret  places/  shalbe 
preached  even  ^  on  the  toppe  of  the  housses. 

I  saye  vnto  you  my  frendes  :  feare  ye  not  them  that  kyll 
the  body/  and  after  that  ^  have  nothynge  that  he  can  moare 
do.  I  will  "^  shewe  you/  whom  ye  shall  feare.  Feare  hym 
which  after  he  hath  kylled/  hath  power  to  cast  in  to  hell.  Ye 
I  saye  vnto  you/  hym  feare.  Are  nott  five  sparowes  bought 
for  two  farthynges .-'  and  none  off  them  is  forgotten  of  God. 
Ye  the  very  heers  of  your  heed  are  nombred.  Feare  nott 
therfore  :  Ye  are  ^  moare  off  value  then  many  sparowes. 

I  saye  vnto  you  :  Whosoever  confesseth  me  before  men/ 
even  hym  shall  the  sonne  off  man  ^  confesse  also  before  the 

^3  Was  slaine,  Gen.  ■"'  Received,  Cov.  ■"  Scribes,  Gen. 

*-  Press  upon  him,  Cor-  Urge  him  sore  [vehemently,  2?.],  Gc-w.  Bps. 
^  Captiously  to  aske  him  [Provoke  him  to  spetake  of,  G.  B.]  many 
things,  Cr.  Gcji.  Bps.  '  In  the  meane  time  there  gathered,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  On  the  houses.  Gen.  ■*  Are  not  able  to  doe  any  more, 

Grn.         *  Foiewarne,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Better,  t'oc.  ^Knowledge, 

Cr.  Bps. 


JFo.  Ivpfff.  E\)t  ffifospcll  of  S.  aiifet. 

angels  of  God.  And  he  that  denyeth  me  before  men  :  shalbe 
denyed  before  the  angels  ofi'  God.  And  whosoever  speaketh 
a  worde  agaynste  the  sonne  of  man  itt  shalbe  forgeven  hym. 
Butt  vnto  hym  that  blasphemeth  the  holy  goost/  it  shall  not  bo 
forgeven. 

When  they  brynge  you  into  their  sinagogcs/  and  vnto  their 
rulers/  and  '''  officiers/  take  noo  thought  how  or  what  thynge 
ye  shall  answerc/  or  what  ye  shall  speake.  For  the  holy 
goost  shall  teache  you  in  the  same  houre/  what  ye  ought  to 
saye. 

Won  off  the  company  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Master/  ^  bid  my 
brother  devide  the  enherytaunce  with  me.  And  he  sayde  vn- 
to him  :  Man/  who  made  me  a  iudge/  or  ^  a  devider  over  you  ? 
And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  take  hede/  and  beware  of  covete- 
ousness.  For  ^^  no  mannes  life  stondeth  in  the  haboundaunce 
of  the  thynges  which  he  possesseth.  And  he  put  forth  a 
similitude  vnto  them  sayinge  : 

The  1^  londes  of  a  certayne  ^^  man  brought  forth  frulcs  plcn- 
teously/  and  he  thought  in  hym  silfe  sayinge  :  whatt  shall  I 
do/  because  I  have  noo  roume  where  to  bestowe  my  frutes  .'' 
And  he  sayde  :  This  will  I  do.  I  will  destroye  my  barnes/ 
and  bilde  greater/  and  ther  in  will  I  gadder  all  my  ^^  fruetes/ 
and  all  my  goodes  :  and  I  will  saye  to  my  soule  :  Soule  thou 
hast  moche  goodes  layde  vp  in  stoore  for  many  years/  take 
thyne  ease  :  eate/  drynke  and  be  mery.  But  God  sayde  vn- 
to hym  :  Thou  fole/  this  nyght  ^'^  will  they  fetche  away  thy 
soul  agayne  from  the.  Then  whose  shall  those  thynges  be 
which  thou  hast  provided  ?  So  is  ilt  with  hym  thatt  gaddreth 
ryches/ 1^  and  is  not  ryche  in  God. 

And  he  spake  vnto  his  disciples  :  Therefore  I  saye  vnto 
you  :  Take  no  thought  for  youre  lyfe/  what  ye  shall  eate/ 
Nether  for  youre  body/  what  ye  shall  putt  on.  The  lyfe  is 
moore  then  meate/  and  the  body  is  moore  then  rayment. 
^^Marcke  wele  the  ravens/  for  they  nether  sowe/  nor  repe/ 
which  nether  have  stoore  housse  ner  barne/  and  yet  God 
fedeth  them.     Howe  moche  are  ye  better  then  ^~  the  foules. 

'  Princes,  Gen.  ®  Speake  to  my  brother,  that  he,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 

'Heritage  parter,  Cov.  '"i\o   man   liveth    tliereof  that  he  hath 

abundance  of  goods,  Cov.  Though  a  man  have  abundance,  yet  his 
life  standeth  not  in  his  riches,  Gin.  "  Ground,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  '-  Kyche  man,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Goodes  that  are 

growcn   unto   me,  Cr.  '^  Doe  they  [They  shall,  C]  require  thy 

soule  agayne,  etc.  Cov.  Bps.  '■'  Cr.  Gen.  Bos.  add — To  himselfe, 

"•  Consider,  7'.  J\!.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '"  Fethered  fou'es,  Cr. 


2rt)c  ffiospcU  of  Sb.  Untie.  ®|).  jrff. 

Wliich  of  you  with  takynge  tought  can  add  to  his  stature 
won  ciibytt  ?  Yf  ye  then  be  nott  able  to  do  that  thynge  which 
is  least :  why  take  ye  thought  for  the  rcinnaunt  ?  Consyd- 
erc  the  lylies  howe  they  growe  :  they  laboure  nott :  They 
spyn  not :  and  I  saye  vnto  you/  Solomon  in  all  his  royalte 
was  nott  clothed  lyke  vnto  one  of  these. 

Yf  God  then  soo  clothe  the  grasse  which  is  to  daye  in  the 
feldes/  and  to  niorowe  shalbe  cast  into  the  ^^  fornace  :  howe 
mochc  nioore  wyll  he  clothe  you/  o  ye  endued  with  litell 
faith  .''  And  a.xe  nott  what  ye  shall  eate/  or  what  ye  shall 
drynkc/  nether  i'-*  clyme  ye  vp  an  hye/  for  all  suche  thynges 
the  -^  [hethen]  people  of  the  worlde  seke  for.  Youre  father 
knoweth  that  ye  have  nede  off  suche  thynges.  '^^  Wherfore 
seke  ye  after  the  kyngdome  off  heven/  and  all  these  thynges 
shalbe  ministred  vnto  you. 

Feare  not  litell  flooke/  for  it  is  youre  fathers  pleasure/  to 
geve  you  a  kyngdom.  Sell  that  ye  have/  and  geve  almes. 
And  make  you  bagges/  which  wexe  noot  olde/  and  treasure 
that  '^^  fayleth  nott  in  heven/  where  noo  thefe  commeth/  neth- 
er moth  corrupteth.  For  where  youre  treasure  ys/  There 
will  youre  hertcs  be  also. 

Lett  youre  loynes  be  gerdde  about/  and  youre  lightes  bren- 
nynge/'-"  and  ye  youre  selves/  lyke  vnto  men/ that  watche 
for  their  master  when  he  woU  returne  from  a  weddynge  :  that 
24  as  sone  as  he  commeth  and  knocketh/  they  maye  open  vn- 
to hym.  ~4  Happy  are  thoose  servauntes/  which  their  lorde/ 
when  he  commeth/  shall  fynde  wakynge/  verely  I  saye  vnto 
you/  he  will  gerdde  hym  silfe  about/  and  make  them  sitt 
doune  to  meate/  and  '-^  walke  by  them/  and  minister  vnto 
them.  And  yf  he  come  in  the  seconde  watche/  ye  yf  he 
come  in  the  thyrd  watche/  and  shall  fynde  them  soo/  happy 
are  thoose  servaunt;es. 

This  shall  ye  vnderstonde/  that  yff  the  good  man  of  the 
housse/  had  knowen  what  houre  the  thefe  wolde  have  commen/ 
he  wolde  suerly  have  watched  :  and  not  have  suffered  his 
housse  to  '-^  have  bene  broken  vppe.  Be  ye  ^^  prepared  ther- 
fore  for  the  sonne  of  man  will  come  att  an  houre  when  ye 
thynke/  not. 

'*  Oven,  Gen.  '*  Be  ye  of  doubtful  mind,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Gen. 

Bps.  omit.         ^'  But  rather  seek  ye,  Gen.  Bps.         *' Can  never  faile, 
Gen.  ^  Cr.  adds — in  your  hands.  ^  When  he  commeth,  etc. 

— open  unto  him  immediately,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Will  come  forthe, 
Gen.  Bps.        ^  Be  digged  through,  Gen.  ^  Readie,  Cr.  Bps. 

N 


iFo.  Ijrvfb.  Effc  CSospell  of  S.  Sufec. 

Then  Peter  sayde  vnto  him  :  Master  tellest  thou  this  simili- 
tude vnto  vs/  or  to  all  men  ?  And  the  lorde  saide  :  -^  who  is 
a  faithfull  '^^  stewarde/  and  a  discrete/  whom  his  lorde  ^^  shall 
make  ruler  over  his  housholde/  to  gave  them  their  ^^  dueti  of 
meate/  at  due  season.  Happy  is  that  servaunt/  whom  his 
master  when  he  cometh  shall  finde  soo  doinge.  Of  a  trueth 
I  save  vnto  you  :  that  he  will  make  him  rueler  over  all  ^-  that 
he  hathe.  But  and  if  the  ^^  [evyll]  servaunt  shall  saye  in  his 
hert :  My  master  wyll  differre  his  commynge/  and  shall  be- 
gyn  to  smyte  the  servauntes/  and  maydens/  and  to  eate  and 
drynke/  and  to  be  dronkcn  :  the  lorde  off  that  servaunt  wyll 
come  in  a  daye/  when  he  thynketh  nott/  and  att  an  houre 
when  he  is  not  ware/  and  wyll  ^'^  devyde  hym/  and  will  gave 
him  his  rcAvarde/  with  the  onbelevers. 

The  servaunt  that  knewe  his  masters  wyll/  and  prepared 
nott  himselfe/  nether  did  accordynge  to  his  will/  shalbe  beten 
with  many  strypes.  Butt  he  that  knewe  nott/  and  haih  com- 
mitted thynges  worthy  of  strypes/  shalbe  beaten  with  feawe 
strypes.  For  vnto  whom  moche  ys  geven  :  otF  him  shalbe 
mochc  requyred.  And  to  whom/  men  moche  commytt/  the 
moare  of  hym  will  they  axe. 

I  cam  to  sonde  fyre  on  erth :  and  ^^  what  ys  my  desyre 
36  but  that  yt  were  all  redy  kyndled  ?  Nott  with  stondinge  I 
muste  be  baptised  with  a  baptism.  And  how  am  I  ^~  payned 
till  it  be  ended  ?  Suppose  ye  that  I  am  come  to  sonde  peace 
on  erth  .''  I  tell  you/  naye  :  but  rather  ^8  debate.  For  hence 
forthe  there  shalbe  five  in  won  housse  devided/  thre  agaynst 
two/  and  two  agaynst  thi'e.  The  father  shalbe  devided  agaynst 
the  sonne/  and  the  sonne  agaynst  the  father.  The  mother 
agaynst  the  doughter/  and  the  doughter  agaynst  the  mother. 
The  motherelawe  agaynst  the  doughterelawe/  and  the  dough- 
terelawe  agaynst  the  motherelawe. 

Then  sayde  he  to  the  pec  pie  :  when  ye  se  a  cloude  ryse 
out  off  the  west  strayght  waye  ye  saye  :  ^^  we  shall  have  a 
shewer/  and  soo  it  is.  And  when  ye  se  the  south  wynde 
blowe/  ye  saye  :  we  shall  have  heet/  and  it  commeth  to  passe. 


**  How  great  a  thyngo  is  a  faithful  and  wise,  etc.  Coii.  ^  And 

wise  steward,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^°  Setteth,  Cor.  ^'  Portion,  Gai. 

Bps.  ^'^  His  suhsUincc,  Bps.  ^'^  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  oimt.  -^^  Hewo 
him  in  peeces,  Cr.  Bps.  Cut  him  off.  Gen.  ^'^  Woulde  I  rather  than 
that  it  were,  etc.  Cov.  ^^  If  it  be  already,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Griev- 
ed, Gen.  ^*  Division,  Cr.  Gen.  ^^  A  shower  cometh,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps. 


srije  dosjjtu  of  s.  auUc.  m.  %u\, 

Ypocrites/  ye  can  "*"  skyll  of  the  fassion  of  the  erth/  and  of 
the  skye  :  but  what  is  the  cause/  that  ye  cannot  '^^  skyll  of  tliis 
tyme  ?  Ye  and  why  iudgc  ye  not  off  yourc  selves/  that  wliich 
is  '*-  rightewes. 

Whill  thou  goest  with  thyne  adversaiy  to  the  '^^  rueler :  as 
thou  ai'te  in  the  wayc/  geve  diligence  that  thou  mayst  be  de- 
livered from  hym/  least  he  brynge  the  to  the  iudge/  and  the 
iudge  deliver  to  the  '^  ioylar/  and  the  "^■*  ioylar  cast  the  in  to 
preson.  I  tell  the  thou  departcst  not  thence/  tyll  thou  have 
"'^  made  goode  the  vtmose  ^^  farthynge. 

STljc  irfff.  (Tljnptcr. 

'"r^HEE.E  were  present  at  the  same  season/  ^  that  showed 
hym  of  the  galileans/  whose  bloude  Pilate  mengled  with 
their  awne  sacrifice.  And  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto 
them  :  Suppose  ye  that  these  galileans/  were  greater  synners 
then  all  other  galileans  be  cause  they  suffred  suche  punyssh- 
ment  ?  I  tell  you  naye  :  but  except  ye  ~  repent/  ye  shall  all 
in  lyke  wyse  perysshe.  Or  thynke  ye  that  those  xviij.  apon 
whom  the  toure  in  siloe  fell  and  slewe  them/  were  synners 
above  all  men  that  dwell  in  Jerusalem  ?  I  telle  you  naye  : 
Butt  excepte  ye  repent/  ye  all  shall  lyke  wyse  perisshe. 

He  ^  put  forthe  this  similitude/  A  ccrtayne  man  had  a 
fygge  tree  '^  in  his  vyneyarde/  and  he  cam  and  sought  frute 
thereon/  and  founde  none.  Then  sayde  he  to  the  dresser  of 
his  vyneyarde :  Beholde/  this  thre  yeare  have  I  come  and 
sought  frute  in  this  fygge  tree/  and  fynde  none/  cut  it  doune/ 
why  ^  cumbreth  hit  the  grounde  .''  And  he  answered  and 
sayde  vnto  him :  lorde  lett  it  alone  this  yeare  also/  till  I  digge 
rounde  aboute  it/  and  donge  it/  to  se  whether  it  will  beare 
frute.     yf  not/  then  after  that/  cut  hym  doune. 

He  taught  in  won  of  their  sinagogges  on  the  saboth  dayes/ 
And  beholde  there  was  a  woman  which  had  a  sprete  off  in- 
firmitie  .xviij.  yeares  :  and  was  ^  bowed  to  gether/  and  '^  coulde 
nott  well  lifte  vp  her  silfe.     When  Jesus  sawe  her/  he  called 

*"  Discerne  the  face  [outward  aperance.  Cr.]  Cot.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
<'  Discerne,   Cov.  Cr.   Gen.  Bps.  ■*«  Right.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

«  Prince,  Cov.  «  Officer,  Cov.  «  Payed,  Gen.  ^^  Mite, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Cr.  Bps.  add — certaine  men.         ^  Amende 

your  lives,  Gen.  [So  vs.  5.]  ^  Tolde  [Spake,  G.]  also,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ■•  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — planted.  *  Hindereth,  Cov. 

Kepeth  it  also  the  ground  baren,  Gen.  "  Crooked.  Cov.  '  Coulde 
not  well  look  up,  Cov.  Coulde  not  lifte  up  iierselfe  at  all,  T.  M. 
Coulde  in  no  wise  lifte  up  herselfe  [her  iiead,  C]  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jfo.  I|:i:b.  Ei)t  eSospcU  of  S.  Sufee. 

her  to  hym/  and  sayde  to  her  :  wo  man  thou  arte  delivered 
from  thy  disease.  And  he  layde  his  hondes  on  her/  and  im- 
mediatly  she  was  made  strayght/  and  glorified  God.  The 
ruler  off  the  sinagoge  answered  with  indignacion  (be  cause 
that  Jesus  had  healed  on  the  saboth  daye)  And  sayde  vnto  the 
people  :  there  are  sixe  days  in  the  weke/  in  which  men  ought 
to  worke/  in  them  come  and  be  healed/  and  nott  on  the  saboth 
daye. 

Then  answered  hym  the  lorde  and  sayd  :  Ypocrite/  doth 
not  cache  one  of  you  on  the  saboth  daye.  loose  his  oxe/  or 
his  asse/  from  the  ^  stall/  and  leade  hym  to  the  water  ?  And 
shulde  not  this  doughter  of  Abraham/  be  loosed  from  this 
bonde  on  the  saboth  daye/  whom  Sathan  hath  bounde  loo/ 
xviij.  yeares  ?  And  when  he  thus  sayde/  all  his  adversaris 
were  ashamed/  and  all  the  people  reioysed  on  all  the  excel- 
lent ^  dedes/  that  were  done  by  him. 

Then  sayde  he :  What  is  the  kyngdom  of  God  like  ?  or 
where  to  shall  I  compare  it .?  It  is  lyke  a  grayne  of  mustard 
seede/  which  a  man  toke  and  sowed  in  his  garden  :  and  it 
grewe/  and  wexed  a  greate  tree/  and  the  foules  off  the  ayer 
10  bilt  in  the  braunches  of  it. 

And  agayne  he  sayde  :  where  vnto  shall  I  lyken  the  kyng- 
dom of  God  ?  it  is  lyke  leven/  which  a  woman  toke/  and 
1^  hidde  in  thre  ^^  busshels  of  floure/  till  all  was  thorow  leven- 
ded.  And  he  went  thorowe  cities  and  tounes  teachynge/  sind 
toke  his  iorney  towardes  Jerusalem. 

Then  sayde  won  vnto  hym  :  Lorde/  are  there  feawe  that 
shalbe  saved  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  them/  stryve  ^^  [with 
youreselves]  to  enter  in  at  the  strayte  gate  :  For  many  I  saye 
vnto  you/  will  seke  to  enter  in/  and  shall  nott  be  able.  When 
the  good  man  of  the  housse  is  risen  vp/  and  hathe  i"*  shett  fast 
the  dore/  and  ye  begyn  to  stonde  with  out/  and  to  knocke  at 
tlie  dore  saynge  :  Lorde/  lorde/  open  vnto  vs  :  and  he  shall 
answer  and  saye  vnto  you :  I  knowe  nott  whence  ye  are. 
Then  shall  ye  begyn  to  saye.  We  have  eaten/  and  dronken 
in  thy  presence/  and  thou  hast  taught  in  oure  stretes.  And 
he  shall  saye  :  I  tell  you/  I  wott  nott  whence  ye  are :  departe 
from  me  all  ye  workers  off  iniquytie.  There  shalbe  wepynge/ 
and  gnasshynge  of  teth :  when  ye  shall  se  Abraham/  and 

8  Cribb,  Cov.  »  Thynges,  Gen,  '"  Made  nestes,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Mixed,  Cov.  "  Pecks  of  meal  [floure,  G.]  Cov. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^*  Shut  to,  Cr.  Gen . 

Bps. 


371)0  CSospcll  of  S.  Hiifte.  (tf).  %m]. 

Ysaac/  and  Jacob/  and  all  the  prophctes  in  the  kyngdom  of 
God/  and  youre  selves  thrust  oute  a  dores.  And  they  shall 
come  from  the  eest/  and  from  the  weest/  and  from  the  northe/ 
and  from  the  southe/  and  shall  ^^  reest  in  the  kyngdom  of  god. 
And  beholde/  there  are  last/  which  shalbe  fyrst :  And  there 
are  fyrst  which  shalbe  last. 

The  same  dayc  there  cam  certaine  of  the  pharises/  and 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  Gett  the  out  of  the  waye/  and  departe  hence  : 
for  Herode  will  kyll  the.  And  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  Goo  ye 
and  tell  that  foxe/  beholde  I  cast  oute  devils/  and  heale  the 
people  to  daye  and  to  morowe/  and  the  thyrd  daye  I  ^^  make 
an  ende.  Neverthelesse/  I  muste  walke  to  daye  and  to  mor- 
owe/ and  the  daye  folowinge  :  For  it  cannott  be/  that  a  pro- 
phet perisshe  eny  other  where/  save  att  Jerusalem. 

O  Jerusalem/  Jerusalem/  which  killest  prophetes/  and  sto- 
nest  them  that  are  sent  to  the :  howe  often  wolde  I  have  gad- 
ered  thy  children  to  gedder/  as  ^'^  the  hen  her  nest  vnder  her 
wynges/  and  thou  woldest  nott.  Beholde  youre  habitacion 
shalbe  left  vnto  you  desolate.  For  I  tell  you/  ye  shall  not  se 
me  vntill  the  time  come  that  ye  shall  saye/  blessed  ys  he  that 
commeth  in  the  name  off  the  lorde. 

5r|)c  j:fffj.  <!tl)ai)ter. 

A  ND  it  chaunsed  that  he  went  into  the  housse  of  won  off 
■^  the  chefe  pharises  to  eate  breed/  on  a  saboth  daye  :  and 
they  watched  hym.  And  beholde  there  was  a  man  before 
hym/  which  had  the  dropsy.  And  Jesus  answered  and  spake 
vnto  the  lawears  and  pharises/  sayinge  :  is  it  lawful!  to  heal  on 
the  saboth  daye  .''  And  they  helde  their  peace.  He  toke  the 
man  and  healed  him/  and  let  hym  goo.  And  answered  them 
sayinge  :  whiche  of  you  shall  have  an  asse/  or  an  oxe/  fallen 
into  a  pitt/  and  will  nott  straight  waye  pull  him  out  on  the 
saboth  daye  .''  And  they  coulde  not  answer  hym  agayue 
to  1  that. 

He  putt  forthe  a  similitude  to  the  gestes/  when  he  marked 
howe  they  ^  preased  to  the  hyest  roumes/  and  sayd  vnto  them  : 
When  thou  arte  bidden  to  a  weddynge  of  eny  man/  sitt  nott 
doune  in  the  hyest  roume/  lest  a  more  honorable  man  then 

'*  Sit  downe,  T.  M.  Or.  Bps.  Sit  at  table,  Gen.  '«  Shall  be  per- 

fected, Gen.  Bps.  '^  The  henne  [A  byrd,  C]  doth  gather  her 

young  [brood,  C]  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  These  things,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Chose  out,  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  IrjrbJ.  2rf)e  fflospfll  of  S.  Hufee. 

thou  be  bidden  of  hym/  and  he  that  badde  both  hym  and  the/ 
come  and  saye  to  the  :  geve  this  man  roume.  And  thou  then 
begyn  with  shame  to  take  the  lowest  roume.  But  rather 
when  thou  arte  bidden/  goo  and  sit  in  the  lowest  roume/  that 
when  he  that  bade  the  commeth/  he  maye  saye  vnto  the  : 
frende  sitt  vp  hyer.  Then  shalt  thou  have  ^  preyase  in  the 
presence  of  them  that  sitt  at  meate  with  the.  For  whosoever 
exalteth  hym  silfe/  shalbe  brought  lowe  :  And  he  that  hum- 
bleth  him  silfe  shalbe  exalted. 

Then  sayde  he  also  to  him  that  ^  bade  him  to  diner  :  When 
thou  makest  a  diner/  or  a  supper  :  call  not  thy  frendes/  nor 
thy  brethren/  nether  thy  kinsmen/  nor  yet  riche  neghbours  : 
lest  they  bidde  the  agyne/  and  make  the  recompence.  Butt 
when  thou  makest  a  feast/  call  the  povre/  ^  the  maymed/  the 
lame/  and  the  blinde/  and  thou  shalt  be  happy  :  For  they 
cannot  recompence  the.  '^  gy^t  thou  shalt  be  recompensed  at 
the  resurreccion  of  the  iuste  men. 

When  won  of  them  that  sate  at  meate  also  herde  that/  he 
sayde  vnto  hym :  happy  is  he  that  eateth  breed  in  the  kyng- 
dome  of  god.  Then  sayd  he  to  hym  :  A  certayne  man  "^  or- 
dened  a  greate  supper/  and  bade  many/  and  sent  his  servaunt 
att  supper  time/  to  saye  to  them  that  were  bidden/  come  :  for 
all  thynges  are  redy.  And  they  all  ^  atonce  began  to  make 
excuse.  The  fyrst  sayd  vnto  hym  :  I  have  bought  ^  a  ferme/ 
and  I  must  nedes  goo  and  se  it/  I  praye  the  have  me  excused. 
And  another  sayd  :  I  have  bought  fyve  yooke  of  oxen/  and  1 
must  goo  to  prove  them/  I  praye  the  have  me  excused.  The 
thyrde  sayd  :  I  have  maried  a  wyfe/  and  therfore  I  cannot 
come.  And  the  servaunt  went  agayne/  and  ^'^  brought  his 
master  worde  there  of. 

Then  was  the  good  man  of  the  housse  displeased/  and  sayd 
to  his  servaunt:  Goo  out  quickly  into  the  ^^stretes  and  quar- 
ters of  the  citie/  and  brynge  in  bidder  the  ])ovre/  and  the 
12  maymed/  and  the  halt/  and  the  blinde.  And  the  servaunt 
sayd  :  lorde  it  is  done  as  thou  commaundest/  and  yet  there  is 
roume.  And  ^3  the  lorde  sayd  to  the  servaunt :  Go  out  into 
the  hie  wayes  and  hedges/  and  compell  them  to  come  in/  that 

^  Worshippe,  T.  M,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Had  desired  him,  etc.  Cr. 

*  The  cripple,  Cov.  *  For  tliou  shalt,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Made, 

Gen.  ^  With   one  mind.  Gen.  ^  A  piece  of  ground,  Bps. 

'"  Shewed  his  master  these  things.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Places  and  streets. 
Gen.  Broad  streets  and  lanes,  Bps.  ^'^  Feeble,  Cr.  '^  The  mas- 
ter, Gere. 


©|)c  eSospcU  of  S.  auftc.  <tf).  r:\). 

my  housse  mayc  be  filled.  For  I  sayc  vnto  you/  that  none 
of  those  men  which  wore  bidden/  shall  tast  of  my  supper. 

There  went  a  greate  !•*  company  with  him/  and  he  turned 
and  saide  vnto  them  :  Yf  a  man  come  to  me/  and  hate  not  his 
father  and  mother/  and  wyfe/  and  children/  and  brethren/  and 
sisters/  ^^more  over  and  hys  awnc  life/  he  cannot  be  my  dis- 
ciple. And  whosoever  bcarc  nott  hys  crosse  and  come  after 
me  cannot  be  my  disciple. 

Which  of  you  ^'^  is  he  that  is  desposed  to  bilde  a  toure/  and 
sitteth  not  doune  before  and  counteth  the  cost.  Whether  he 
have  sufficient  to  performe  it .''  lest  after  he  hath  layde  the 
foundacion/  and  is  nott  able  to  performe  it/  all  that  bcholde  it/ 
beg}'n  to  moocke  hym  sayinge  :  This  man  began  to  bilde/ 
and  was  not  able  to  make  an  ende.  What  kynge  goeth  to 
make  ^'^  batayle  agaynst  another  kynge/  and  sitteth  not  doune 
fyrst/  and  I'^casteth  in  his  mynde/  wether  he  be  able  with  ten 
thousande  to  mete  him  that  cometh  agaynst  hym  with  twenty 
thousand/  or  els  ^^  whill  the  other  is  yett  a  greate  waye  off/ 
he  will  sonde  cmbasseatours/  and  desyre  -"  peace.  Soo  lyke 
wj'se/  ~i  none  of  you  that  forsaketh  nott  all  that  he  hathe/  can 
be  my  disciple. 

Salt  is  good/  but  if  salto  ^  be  corupte/  ^  what  shalbe  sea- 
soned there  with  ?  It  is  nether  good  for  the  londe/  nor  yet  for 
the  donge  hill/  men  cast  it  out  at  the  dores.  He  that  hath 
eares  to  heare/  let  him  heare. 


STfjc  vi)-  CfTIjajptcv. 


rpi 


'HEN  resorted  vnto  him  all  the  publicans  and  synners/ 
for  to  heare  him.  And  the  pharises/  and  scribes  grudged 
sainge  :  He  receaveth  ^  [to  his  company]  synners/  and  eateth 
with  them.  Then  put  he  forthe  this  similitude  to  them  say- 
inge :  What  man  of  you  havynge  an  hundred  shepe/  if  he 
loose  one  of  them  doth  not  leave  nynty  and  nyne  in  the  wild- 
ernes/  and  goo  after  hym  which  is  loost/  vntill  he  fynde  hym  ? 
And  when  he  hath  founde  hym/  he  putteth  hym  on  his  shuld- 
ers  with  ioye  :    And  as  sone  as  he  commeth  home  he  calleth 

"  Multitude,  Gen.  '»  Yea  and  his,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Mind- 
ing to  builde,  etc.  Gen.  '^  War,  Gen.  '*  Taketh  counsel.  Gen. 
'9  VVhile  he,  etc.  Gen.  ^°  Conditions  of  peace.  Gen.  2'  Who- 
soever he  be  of  you,  that,  etc.  -^  Have  lost  his  saltness 
[savour,  G.]  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Wherewith  [wherein,  -B.] 
shall  it  be  salted  [seasoned,  B.\  Gen.  Bps.            '  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 


Sfo.  l):r:bfj.  C:!)c  CSospell  of  S.  Hufec. 

to  gedder  his  ^  lovers/  and  neghbours  sayinge  vnto  them  :  re- 
ioyse  with  me/  for  I  have  founde  my  shepe  which  was  loost. 
I  say  vnto  you/  that  lyke  wyse  ioye  shalbe  in  heven  over  one 
synner  that  ^  rei>enteth/  moore  then  over  nynety  and  nyne  iuste 
persons/  whiche  nede  noo  repentaunce.  Other  what  woman 
havynge  .x.  ^  grotes/  if  she  loose  won/  doth  not  light  a  candell/ 
and  swepe  the  housse/  and  seke  diligently/  till  she  finde  it  ? 
And  when  she  hath  founde  it  she  calleth  her  lovers  and  her 
neghbours  saynge  :  Reioyse  v/ith  me/  for  I  have  founde  the 
groate  which  I  had  loost.  Lykwyse  I  saye  vnto  you/  ioye 
shalbe  in  the  presence  off  the  angels  off  God  over  one  synner 
that  repentheth. 

And  he  sayde  :  a  certayne  man  had  two  sonnes/  and  the 
yonger  of  them  sayde  to  his  father  :  father  geve  me  ^  my  parte 
off  the  6  goodes  that  to  me  belongeth.  Arid  he  devided  vnto 
them  his  substaunce.  And  not  longe  after/  the  yonger  sonne 
gaddered  all  that  he  had  to  gedder/  and  toke  his  iorney  into  a 
farre  countre/  and  there  he  wasted  his  goodes  with  royetous 
livinge.  And  when  he  had  spent  all "  [that  he  had/]  there  rose 
a  greate  derth  thorow  out  all  that  same  londe.  And  he  began 
to  s  lacke.  And  he  went/  and  ^  clave  to  a  citesyn  of  that 
same  countre  :  which  sent  hym  to  ^^  the  felde/  ^^  to  kepe  his 
swyne.  And  he  wold  fayne  have  filled  his  bely  with  the 
i^coddes/  that  the  swyne  ate:  and  noo  man  gave  hym. 

Then  he  ^^  remembred  hym  silfe  and  sayde  :  howe  many 
hyi'ed  servauntes  at  my  fathers  have  breed  ynough/  and  I 
^■^  dye  for  honger.  I  will  a  ryse/  and  goo  to  my  father/  and 
will  saye  vnto  hym  :  father/  I  have  synned  agaynst  heven/ 
and  before  the :  ^^  nowe  am  I  not  worthy  to  be  called  thy 
Sonne/  make  me  as  one  of  thy  heyred  servauntes.  And  he 
arose/  and  cam  to  his  father.  When  he  was  yett  a  greate 
waye  of/  his  father  sawe  hym/  and  had  compassion  on  hym/ 
and  ran  vnto  hym/  and  fell  on  his  necke/  and  kyssed  hym. 
And  the  sonne  sayd  vnto  hym :  father  I  have  synned  agaynst 
heven/  and  ^^  in  thy  sight/  nether  am  I  worthy  hence  forthe 
to  be  called  thy  sonne.     Then  sayde  the  father  to  his  ser- 

*  Friends  and  neiglibours.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  9.]  ^  Convert- 

eth,  Gen.  [So  vs.  10.]  "  Pieces  of  silver,  Gen.  Bps.  [Piece,  vs.  9.] 

^The  portion,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Substance,  Bps.  '  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

omit.  *  Be  in  necessitie.  Gen.  ®  And  cam,  Cr.    Joyned  him- 

selfe,  Bps.  »"  His  farme,  Cr.  Gen.  '»  To  feede,  Gen.  Bps. 

>«  Huskes,  Gen.  "  Came   to   himselfe,   T.  M.  Cr.   Gen.  Bps. 

'■•  Perishe  with,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  '*  And  am  no  more  worthy,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '^  Before  thee,  Gen. 


fft)c  CSoBprll  of  jS.  Hultf.  CI),  vbj- 

vauntes  :  bringe  forthc  that  best  garment/  and  put  it  on  him/ 
and  put  a  rynge  on  his  hondc/  and  sliewes  on  his  fete.  And 
brynge  bidder  that  fatted  caulfe/  and  kyll  hym/  and  let  vs 
eate  and  be  nieiy  :  for  this  my  sonne  was  deed/  and  is  ahvc 
agayne.  He  was  loste/  and  ys  nowe  founde.  And  they  be- 
gan  ^^to  make  good  chcare. 

The  elder  brother  was  in  the  felde/  and  when  he  cam  and 
drewe  nye  to  the  housse/  he  herde  ^^  minstrelcy/  and  dauns- 
ynge/  and  called  one  of  his  servauntes/  and  axed  what  thoosc 
thynges  meante.  He  said  vnto  him :  thy  brother  is  come/ 
and  thy  father  hath  killed  '^  the  fatted  caulfe/  be  cause  he  hath 
receaved  him  safe  and  sounde.  And  he  was  angry/  and 
wolde  not  goo  in.  Then  cam  his  father  out/  and  entreated 
him/  he  answered  and  sayde  to  hys  father  :  Loo  these  many 
yeares  have  I  done  the  service/  nether  brake  at  eny  time  thy 
commaundment/  and  yet  gavest  thou  me  never  soo  moche  as 
a  kyd  to  make  mery  with  my  ^^  lovers  :  but  as  sone  as  this 
thy  sonne  was  come/  which  hath  devoured  ^i  thy  goodes  wyth 
harloottes/  thou  haste  for  ^  his  pleasure  killed  ^^  tlie  fatted 
caulfe.  And  he  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Sorme/  thou  wast  ever  with 
me/  and  all  that  I  have  is  thine  :  it  was  m.ete  that  we  shulde 
make  mery  and  be  glad  :  for  this  thy  brother  was  deed/  and 
is  alive  agayne  :  and  was  loste/  and  is  founde. 

CTJc  v^J.  ffiljaptcr. 

XTE  sayd  also  vnto  his  disciples  :  There  was  a  certayne 
riche  man/  which  had  a  stewarde/  that  was  acused  vnto 
him  that  he  had  wasted  his  goodes.  And  he  called  him/  and 
said  vnto  him  :  Howe  is  it/  that  I  heare  this  of  the  .''  Geve  a 
comptes  off  thy  steward  shippe.  For  thou  mayste  be  no 
longer  my  stewarde.  The  stewarde  said  with  in  him  silfe  :  what 
shall  I  do .''  for  my  master  will  take  awaye  from  me  my 
stewardeshippe.  I  cannot  digge/  and  to  begge/  I  am  asham- 
ed. I  woote  what  to  do/  that  when  I  am  put  out  of  my  stew- 
ardshippe/  they  maye  receave  me  in  to  there  houses. 

Then  called  he  all  his  masters  detters/  and  sayd  vnto  the 
fyrst :  howe  moche  owest  thou  vnto  my  master  ?  And  he 
sayd  :  a  hondred  ^  tonnes  of  oyle/  and  he  sayd  to  him  :  take 
thy  2  bill/  and  sitt  doune  quickly/  and  write  fiftie.     Then  said 

"To be  merie,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '»  Melodie,  Gen.  "  A  fed 

calfe,  Cov.  The  fat  calfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *"  Frendes,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"  His  goods,  Cov.  Thy  living,  Bps.  ^  His  sake,  Gen.         *  Mea- 

sures, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^Writing,  Gen. 


iFo.  Ijrjrbfff.  JTJe  CKospdl  of  S.  Hukc. 

he  to  another :  what  owest  thou  ?  And  he  sayde  :  an  hond- 
red  quarters  of  wheate.  He  sayd  to  him  :  Take  thy  bill/  and 
writte  foure  scoore.  And  the  lorde  commended  the  uniust 
stewarde/  be  cause  he  had  done  wysly.  ^  Por  the  chyldren 
of  this  worlde/  are  in  their  "^  kynde/  wyser  then  the  chyldren 
off  light.  And  I  saye  also  vnto  you  :  make  you  frendes  ^  of 
tlie  wicked  mammon/  that  when  ye  shall  ^  have  nede  they 
may  receave  you  into  evei'lastinge  habitacions. 

He  that  is  faitful  in  that  wiche  is  leste  :  the  same  is  fahhful 
in  moche  : '''  So  then  if  ye  have  not  byn  faithful  in  the  ^  wick- 
ed ^  mammon/  who  will  ^^  beleve  you  in  that  which  is  true  ? 
and  if  ye  have  not  bene  faithfullin  another  mannes  i^busines: 
whoo  shall  geve  you  youre  awne  ?  No  servaunt  can  serve 
two  masters,  for  other  he  shall  hate  the  one  and  love  the  oth- 
er or  els  he  shall  lene  to  the  one/  and  despyse  the  other.  Ye 
cannot  serve  God  and  mammon. 

All  these  thinges  herde  the  pharises  also  which  were  cov- 
eteous.  And  they  mocked  him/  and  he  sayd  vnto  them  :  Ye 
are  they/  which  justitie  youre  selves  before  men  :  but  God 
knoweth  youre  hertcs.  For  that  which  ^^  men  magnifie/  is 
abhomiualDle  in  the  sight  of  god. 

The  lawe/  and  the  prophettes  ^3  raygned  vntyll  the  tyme  of 
Jhon  :  Sence  that  tyme/  ^^  the  kyngdom  of  god  is  preached. 
And  every  man  i^stryveth  to  goo  in. 

16  Soner  shall  heven  and  erth  i"  perisshe/  then  won  title  of 
the  lawe  shall  ^^  perisshe.  Whosoever  ^^  forsaketh  his  wyfe/ 
and  marieth  another/  breaketh  matrimony.  And  eveiy  man 
which  marieth  her  that  is  ^^  divorsed  from  her  husbande  com- 
mitteth  advoutiy  also. 

There  was  a  certayne  riche  man/  which  was  clothed  in 
purple/  and  ^^  fyne  raynes/  and  fared  ^i  deliciously  every 
daye.     And  there  was  ^^  a  certayne  begger/  named  Lazarus/ 

^  Wherefore,  Gen.  *  Nation,  Cr.  B/>s.  Generation,  Gc?i.  ^  Of 
the  unrighteous  mammon.  Or.  Bps.  With  the  ricliesof  iniquifie,  Gen. 
^  Want,  Gen.  '^  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — And  hec  that  is  unriglit- 
cous  [unfaitliful,  T.  M.  unjust,  G.  So  the  next  clauses]  intheleaste, 
is  unrighteous  also  in  much.  **  Unrighteous,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Riches, 
Gen.   [So  vs.  13]  "'  Trust  you  in  the  true  treasure,   Gen.  Bps 

"  Goods,  Gen.  '-Is  high,  Cov.  Is  highly  esteemed  among,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Endured.  Gen.  '■»  Bjis.  adds — the  glad  tydings 
of.  '^  Preasseth  into  it,  Gen.  '^  Easier  is  it  for,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 

Nowe   it  is  more  easy  that,  etc.  Ge?i.  '^  Passe  away,  Gen.  Bps. 

'*  Faile,  Cr.  Bps.  Fall,  Gen.  '^  Putteth  away — is  put  away,  Gen. 

*°  Costly  linen,  Cov.  Fine  bysse,  T.  M.  Fine  while,  Cr.  Bps.  Fine 
linen.  Gen.  2'  Well  and  delicately,  Gen.    Very  dehciously,  Bps. 

*^  A  poor  man,  Cov. 


Efie  ffifospcll  of  S.  aufte.  ®lj,  irbff. 

whichc  laye  at  hys  gate  full  of  scores  desyrynge  to  be  refrcssh- 
cd  with  the  cromes  whiche  fell  from  the  rychc  manncs  horde.  ^ 
Neverthelesse/  the  dogges  cam/  and  licked  his  soores.  And 
ji:  fortuned  that  the  begger  dyed/  and  was  canyed  by  the  an- 
gelles  into  Abrahams  bosome.  The  riche  man  also  died/  and 
^'^was  buried  in  hell. 

When  he  liftc  vppe  his  eyes/  as  he  was  in  tourmentes/  ho 
sawe  Abraham  a  farrc  off/  and  Lazarus  in  his  bosome/  And 
cryed  and  sayd :  father  Abraham/  have  mercy  on  me/  and 
sende  Lazarus  that  he  maye  depe  the  tippe  off  his  fynger  in 
water/  and  cole  my  tonge/  for  I  am  tourmented  in  this  flame. 
Abraham  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Sonne/  remembre/  that  thou  in  thy 
lyfc  tyme  receavedst  thy  pleasure/  and  -^  contrary  wyse  Laz- 
arus payne.  Nowe  therfore  is  he  comforted/  and  thowe  art 
^Gpunysshed.  ^vgeyQi^dg  all  this  bitwene  you  and  vs  there 
is  a  greate  '■^  space  sett/  so  that  they  which  wolde  goo  from 
hence  to  you/  cannot :  nether  from  thence  come  bidder. 

And  he  sayd  :  I  praye  the  therfore  father/  send  him  to  my 
fathers  housse.  For  I  have  fyve  brethren  :  -^  for  to  warne 
them/  lest  they  also  come  into  this  place  ofT  tourment.  Abra- 
liam  sayd  vnto  hym/  they  have  Moses  and  the  prophettes/ 
lett  them  heare  them.  And  he  sayd  :  naye  father  Abraham/ 
but  yf  won  from  the  ded  cam  vnto  them  they  wolde  repent. 
He  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Yf  they  heare  not  Moses  and  the  proph- 
ettes nether  woll  they  30  beleve/  though  won  roose  from  deeth 
agayne. 

€i)(;  ):bff.  <S:f)apter. 

'f  i  ^HEN  sayde  he  to  his  disciples/  it  can  not  be  ^  [avoyded/] 
but  that  occasions  of  evyll  come  Neverthelesse  wo  be  to 
hym  throw  whom  they  come.  It  were  better  for  hym  if  a^ 
mylstone  wer  hanged  aboute  his  necke/  and  that  he  were  cast 
into  the  see/  rather  then  he  shulde  offende  won  otT  this  litle 
wons.  Take  hede  to  youre  selves/  if  thy  brother  trespas 
agaynst  the/  rebuke  hym/  and  if  he  repent/  forgeve  hym. 
And  though  he  syn  agenst  the  seven  tymes  in  won  daye/  and 

^  Cr.  adds — And  no  man  gave  unto  him.  [So  Bps.  in  smaller  tj^pe.] 
**  Was  buried.  And  being  in  hell  in  torments,  he  lift  uo  his  eyes  and 
saw,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Likewise.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Tormented, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Besides,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Gulfe  [5  adds— stedfastly] 
set,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  That  he  may  witnesse  [testifie,  G.].  Grn.  Bps. 

^"  Be  persuaded,  Gcji.  >  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  (J^.f^  adds — 

great. 


Sfo.  Ipjrfj:.  2ri)c  CSospdl  of  S.  Hufee. 

seven  tymes  in  a  daye  tourne  agayne  to  the  sayinge  :  it  re- 
penteth  me/  forgeve  hym. 

And  the  apostles  sayde  vnto  the  loi-de :  in  crease  oure  fayth. 
The  lorde  sayde  :  yf  ye  had  fayth  ^  lyke  a  grayne  off  mus- 
tard sede/  and  shulde  saye  vnto  thys  "*  sycamyne  tree/  plucke 
thy  silfe  vppe  by  the  rotes/  and  plant  thy  silfe  in  the  see  :  lie 
shoulde  obey  you. 

Which  of  you  havynge  a  serv'aunte  a  plowynge/  or  fedynge 
catell/  wolde  saye  vnto  hym  ^  when  he  were  come  from  the 
felde  :  Goo  quickly  and  sitt  doune  to  meate/  ^  And  rather 
sayeth  not  to  hym/  dresse  wherwith  I  maye  suppe/  and 
'  apoynt  thy  silfe  and  serve  me/  tyll  I  have  eaten  and  dronk- 
en  :  and  afterwarde/  eate  thou/  and  drynke  thou/  Doeth  he 
tlianke  that  servaunt  be  cause  he  did  that  which  was  com- 
maunded  vnto  hym  ?  I  trowe  not.  Soo  lykewyse  ye/  when 
ye  have  done  all  thoose  thynges  which  are  commaunded  vnto 
you  :  Saye/  we  are  vnprofitable  servauntes.  We  have  done 
that  ^  which  was  oure  duety  to  do. 

And  it  chaunsed  as  he  went  to  Jerusalem/  that  he  passed 
thorowe  ^  Samaria  and  Galile.  And  as  he  entered  into  a  cer- 
tayne  toune/  there  met  hym  ten  men/  that  were  lepers/  which 
stode  a  farre  of/  and  put  forth  their  voices/  and  sayde  :  Jesu 
master/  have  mercy  on  vs.  When  he  sawe  them/  he  sayde 
vnto  them  :  Goo  and  shewe  youreselvcs  to  the  prestes.  And 
hit  chaunsed  as  they  went/  they  were  clensed.  And  won  of 
them/  when  he  sawe  that  he  was  clensed/  turned  backs 
agayne/  and  with  a  loude  voice  praysed  God/  and  fell  doune 
on  his  face  at  his  fete/  and  gave  hym  thankes.  And  the 
same  was  a  Samaritan.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  :  Are  there 
not  ten  clensed  ?  But  were  are  those  nyne  ?  There  are  not 
founde  that  returned  agane/  to  geve  God  prayse/  save  only 
this  straunger/  And  he  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Aiyse/  and  goo  thy 
waye/  thy  fayth  hath  ^^  saved  the. 

When  he  was  demaunded  off  the  pharises/  when  the  kyng- 
dom  off  God  should  come  :  he  answered  them  and  sayde  : 
The  kyngdom  of  God  cometh  not  with  ^^  way  tinge  fore. 
Nether  shall  man  saye  :  Loo  here/  loo  there.  For  beholde/ 
the  kyngdom  of  God  is  with  in  you. 

^  .4*-  much  as,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Mulberic,  Cov.  Gen.  *  By  and  by, 
when  he  etc.  Goe  and  sit  downe,  G(7i.  Bps.  ^  Is  it  not  thus?  thnt 
he  saith  unto  him,  etc.  Cov.  '  Gyrd,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  We 
were  bound  to  do,  Cov.  '  Gen.  Bps  add — the  middes  of.  '"  Made 
thee  wliole,  T.jM.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Outward  appearance,  Cov.  Ob- 
servation, Gen.  Bps. 


Eiie  fflfospcU  of  S.  Hufec.  ®J).  r^uj. 

And  he  saye  vnto  hys  disciples  :  The  dayse  will  come/ 
when  ye  shall  desire  to  se  won  daye  of  the  sonne  of  man/  and 
ye  shall  not  se  it.  And  they  shall  saye  to  you.  Sc  here/ 
Se  there/  Goo  not  after  them/  nor  folowe  them/  for  as  the 
lightenyngc  that  ^^  apereth  out  of  the  one  parte  ^^  of  the  heven 
and  shyneth  vnto  the  other  parte  ^^  of  the  heven  :  Soo  shall  the 
Sonne  of  man  be  in  his  dayes.  But  fyrst  must  he  suffre  many 
thinges/  and  be  ^'*  reproved  of  this  nacion. 

As  it  happened  in  the  tyme  of  Noe  :  Soo  shall  it  be  in  the 
tyme  of  the  sonne  of  man.  They  ate/  they  dranke/  they 
maiyed  wyves/  and  '•''were  maryed  even  vnto  that  same  daye 
that  Noe  went  into  the  arke/  and  the  floud  cam/  and  destroy- 
ed them  all.  Likewise  also/  as  it  chaunsed  in  the  dayes  of 
Lot.  They  ate/  thei  dranke/  thai  bought/  thei  solde/  thei  plant- 
ed/ they  bilte.  And  even  the  same  daye  that  Lot  went  out 
of  Zodom/  hit  rayned  fyre  and  brymstone  from  heven/  and 
destroyed  them  all.  1*5  After  these  ensamples/  shall  the  daye 
be/  when  the  sonne  of  man  '^  shall  apere. 

Att  that  daye  he  that  is  ^"^  on  the  housse  toppe/  and  his 
stuffe  in  the  housse  :  lett  hym  nott  come  doune  to  take  hit  out. 
And  lyke  wyse  lett  not  him  that  is  in  the  feldes/  turne  backe 
agayne  to  that  he  lefte  behynde  hym.  Remember  Lottes 
wyfe.  Whosoever  will  goo  about  to  save  ^^  his  ly fe/  shall  loose 
it :  And  whosoever  shall  -^  loose  his  life/  shall  ^^  quycken  it. 

I  tell  you :  In  that  night/  there  shalbe  two  in  one  heed/  the 
one  shalbe  receaved/  and  the  other  shalbe  forsaken.  Two 
shalbe  also  a  gryndynge  to  gedder :  the  one  shalbe  receaved/ 
and  the  other  forsaken.  22  And  they  answered/  and  sayde  to 
him  :  wheare  lorde  ?  And  he  said  vnto  them  :  whersover  the 
body  shalbe/  thidther  will  the  egles  23  resoorte. 

Eije  r^nj-  ®l)aptcr. 

XJ  E  put  forth  a  similitude  vnto  them/  1  signifyinge  that  men 
•*■      ought  alwayes  to  praye/  and  not  to  ^  be  wery/  sayinge  : 

'^  Shincth  above  from  the  heaven  and  lighteth  over  all  that  is  un- 
der the  heaven,  Cov.  Lighteneth,  Gen.  Bps.  '■' Under  heaven, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^*  Refused,  Or.  Disallowed,  Bps.  '^  Gave  in  mar- 
riage, Grn.  '6  Even  thus  shall  it  be  in  the  day,  when,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 
"  Is  reveiled,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Upon  the  house.  Gin.  '^  His  soule, 
Gen.              20  L„gg  ■^^^  gj^g^H  gg^  jj^-g^  q^^^                21  g^yg  ■^^^  y  j^f   q,. 

^  Gen.  Bps.  add,  as  does  Cr.  in  crotchets  —  Two  [B.  adds  —  (men)] 
shall  be  in  the  fielde ;  the  one  shall  be  received  and   the  other  forsa- 
ken [shall  be  left,  G.]  ^  Be  gathered  together,  Cr.  Bps.  '  To 
this  end,  Gen.  Bps.           ^  Leave  off,  Cov.    Waxe  faint.  Gen. 
O 


So.  Ivn-  2rj)c  eSospell  of  <S.  Hufec. 

There  was  a  Judge  in  a  certaine  cite/  which  feared  not  god 
nether  3  regarded  man.  And  there  was  a  certayne  widdowe 
in  the  same  cite/  whych  cam  vnto  hym  sayinge  :  ^  A  venge 
me  of  myne  adversary.  And  ^  a  greate  whyle  he  wolde  noott. 
Afterwarde  he  sayd  vnto  hym  silfe  :  Though  I  feare  nott  god/ 
nor  ^  care  for  man/  yett  be  cause  this  widdowe  '''  troubleth  me/ 
I  woll  a  venge  her/  lest  at  the  last  she  come/  and  ^  rayle  on 
me. 

And  the  lorde  sayd  :  heare  what  the  vnrightewes  iudge 
sayeth.  And  shall  not  god  avenge  his  electe/  which  ciye 
nyght  and  daye  vnto  him  ?  Ye  though  he  ^  differre  them  :  I 
tell  you/  he  will  avenge  them/  and  that  quicly.  Neverthe- 
lesse/  when  the  sonne  of  man  commeth/  suppose  ye/  that  he 
shall  fynde  faithe  on  ei'the. 

And  he  put  forthe  this  similitude/  vnto  certaine  which  trust- 
ed in  them  selves/  that  they  wer  perfect/  and  despysed  other. 
Two  men  went  vp  into  the  temple  to  praye :  the  one  a  phari- 
se  stode  and  prayed  thus  with  hym  silfe.  God  I  tanke  the 
that  I  am  nott  as  other  are/  ^^  extorsioners/ vniuste/  advoutres/ 
and  even  as  this  publican  is.  I  faste  twyse  in  the  weke.  I 
geve  tythe  of  all  that  I  possesse.  And  the  publican  stode 
afarre  of/  and  wolde  not  lifte  vp  ^^  his  eyes  to  heven/  but  smote 
hys  brest/  sayinge  :  God  be  mercyfull  to  me  a  sinner.  I  tell 
you  :  this  man  departed  home  to  his  housse  iustified  moore 
then  the  other.  For  every  man  that  exalteth  hym  silfe/  shalbe 
brought  lowe  :  And  he  that  humbleth  hym  silfe/  shalbe  exalted. 

They  brought  vnto  hym  also  ^~  babes/  that  he  shoulde 
touche  them.  When  his  disciples  sawe  that/  they  rebuked 
them.  But  Jesus  called  them  vnto  him/  and  sayde/  SufTre 
children  to  come  vnto  me/  and  forbidde  them  not.  For  i3  vn- 
to souche  belongeth  the  kyngdom  of  god.  Verely  I  say  vnto 
you  :  whosoever  receaveth  not  the  kyngdom  of  god/  as  a 
chylde  :  he  shall  not  enter  there  in. 

And  a  certayne  ruler  axed  him :  sayinge  :  Goode  Master  : 
what  ought  I  to  do/  to  obtaine  etemall  lyfe  .''  Jesus  sayd  vnto 
hym :  Why  callest  thou  me  goode/  ^^  No  man  is  goode/  save 
god  only.     Thou  knowest  the  commaundmentes  :  Thou  shall 

3  Stood  in  awe  of,  Cov.   Reverenced,  Gen.  ■»  Deliver  me  from, 

Cov.  Do  me  justice  against,  Gen.  [vs.  5,  Do  her  right,  G.]         *  For 
a  whyle  [a  time,  G.],  Cr-  Gen.  Bps.  ^Reverence,  Gen.  '  Is 

importune  upon,  Cr.  ^  Make  me  wearie.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Suffer 

lontr  for,  Gen.  '"  Robbers,  Cov.  "  Gen.  adds — So  muche  as. 

12 Infants,  Bps.  [Babes— babe  (vvs.  16,  17),  Gen.]  '^  Of  suche  is, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.        "  None,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Clje  ©osprll  of  S.  2lufec.  CTi).  v^i'I. 

nott  commit  advoutry/ thou  shall  nolt  kill/  thou  shaltnott  stcale/ 
thou  shall  not  beare  false  witnes  Honoure  thy  father/  and  thy 
mother.  And  he  sayde  :  All  these  have  I  kept  from  my 
youthe.  When  Jesus  herde  that/  he  sayde  vntohym:  Yett 
lackest  thou  one  thynge.  Sell  all  that  thou  hast/  and  distri- 
bute it  vnto  te  povre/  and  thou  shall  have  treasure  in  heven/ 
and  come/  and  folowe  me.  When  he  heerd  that/  he  was 
^^hevy/  for  he  was  '^j-yche. 

When  Jesus  sawe  ^''  hym  morne/  he  sayde  :  with  whath 
difficulte  shall  they  that  have  ryches/  enter  into  the  kyngdom 
off  God  :  1*^  Esyer  it  is  for  a  cammell  to  passe  thorowe  a  ne- 
dles  eye/  then  for  a  ryche  man  to  enter  into  the  kyngdom  off 
God.  Then  sayde  they  that  herde  that :  And  who  '^  shall 
then  be  saved  ?  He  sayde  :  Thynges  which  are  vnpossible 
with  men  :  are  possible  with  God. 

Then  Peter  sayde  :  Loo  we  have  ^o  forsaken  all/  and  have 
folowed  the.  He  sayde  vnto  them  :  Verily  I  say  unto  you/ 
there  is  noo  man  that  2*^  forsaketh  housse/  ^^  other  father  and 
mother/  other  brethren/  or  wyfe/  or  children/  for  the  kyng- 
dom of  goddes  sake/  which  same  shall  nott  receave  moche 
moore  in  this  worlde  :  and  in  the  worlde  to  come/  lyfe  ever- 
lastynge. 

He  toke  vnto  hym  the  twelve/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Loo 
we  go  vp  to  Jerusalem/  and  all  shalbe  fulfilled  ^'^  that  are  writ- 
ten be  the  prophettes  off  the  sonne  off  man.  He  shalbe  de- 
livered vnto  the  gentyls/  and  shalbe  mocked/  and  shalbe  des- 
pyitfuUy  entreated/  and  shalbe  spetten  on :  and  when  they 
have  scourged  hym/  they  will  putt  hym  to  deeth/  and  the 
thyrde  daye  shall  he  aryse  agayne.  They  vnderstode  none 
of  these  th;ynges.  And  this  sayinge  was  hid  from  them.  And 
they  perceaved  nolt  the  thynges  which  were  spoken. 

Hit  cam  to  passe/  as  they  were  come  neye  vnto  Jerico/  a 
cerlayne  blynde  man  sate  by  the  waye  syde  beggynge.  And 
when  he  herde  the  people  passe  by/  he  axed  what  it  meant. 
They  sayd  vnto  hym  that  Jesus  off  Nazareth/  went  by.  And 
he  ciyed/  saynge  :  Jesus  the  sonne  of  David/  have  mercy  on 
me.  And  ihey  which  went  before  rebucked  hym/  be  cause 
he  shulde  holde  his  peace.     And  he  moche  the  moare  cryed/ 

'^  Sorye,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Verye  ryche,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Marvellous 

ryche,  Gen.  '^  That  he  was  [B.  adds — verye]  sorye,  Or.  Bps.  Him 
sorrowful.  Gen.  "^  Surely  it  is,  etc.  Gen.  ^^  Can  be,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  2»  Left— Hath  left,  Gen.  ^i  Elders,  Cov.  2*  To  the 

son  of  man,  that  are  written,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 


J?o.  Ivvn-  2ri)E  CSospell  of  ,S.  3lufee. 

The  Sonne  of  David  have  mercy  on  me.  Jesus  stode  styll/ 
and  commaunded  him/  to  be  brought  vnto  hym.  And  when 
he  was  come  neare/  he  axed  hym  sayinge  :  What  wih  thou/ 
that  I  do  vnto  the  ?  And  he  sayde :  Lorde/  that  I  maye  re- 
ceave  my  sight.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Receave  thy  sight. 
Thy  faith  hath  saved  the.  And  immediately  he  ^3  sawe/  and 
folowed  hym/  praysinge  God.  And  all  the  people/  when 
they  sawe  it/  gave  laude  to  God. 


A  ND  he  entered  in/  and  went  thorow  Jerico.  And  beholde/ 
-'^  there  was  a  man  named  Zacheus/  and  he  was  ^  a  rueler 
amonge  the  publicans/  and  lyche  alsoo.  And  he  ^  made 
meanes  to  se  Jesus/  what  he  shulde  be :  and  he  coulde  nott 
for  the  preace/  be  cause  he  was  off  a  lowe  stature.  And  he 
ran  before/  and  ascended  vppe/  into  ^  a  sicomore  tree/  to  se 
hym.  For  he  wolde  come  that  same  waye.  And  when 
Jesus  cam  to  the  place/  he  loked  vp/  and  sawe  him/  and  sayd 
vnto  hym  :  Zache/  attonce  come  doune/  for  to  daye  I  muste 
^  abyde  at  thy  housse.  And  hastely  he  cam  dounc/  and  re- 
ceaved  hym  ioyfuUy.  And  when  they  sawe  that/  they  all 
groudged  sayinge :  He  is  gone/  ^  into  tary  with  a  man  that  is 
a  synner. 

Zache  stode  forthe  and  sayde  vnto  the  lorde/ :  Beholde  lorde/ 
the  haulfe  of  my  gooddes  I  give  to  the  povre/  and  if  I  have 
^  done  eny  man  wronge/  I  wyll  restoore  hym  fewer  folde. 
Jesus  sayd  vnto  hym  :  This  daye  is  heal  the  come  vnto  this 
housse  :  for  asmoche  as  '''  it  also  is  become  the  childe  off  Abra- 
ham. For  the  sonne  off  man  is  come  to  seke/  and  to  save 
that  which  was  looste. 

As  they  herde  these  thynges/  he  ^  added  therto  a  similitude/ 
be  cause  he  was  neye  to  Jerusalem/  And  be  cause  also/  they 
thought  that  the  kyngdom  of  God  shulde  shortely  apere.  He 
sayde  therfore :  A  certayne  noble  man/  went  into  a  farre 
countiy/  to  receave  ^  a  kyngdom/  and  then  to  come  agayne. 

^  Received  sight,  Cr.  Gai.  Bps.  '  The  chiefe  receiver  of  the 

tribute,  Gtn.   The  chiefe  among  the  publicans,  Bps.  *  Sought 

means  [Sought,  G.]  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  A  wilde  figge  tree,  Ml  the 

Vers.         ''  Turn  into,  Cov.  *  In  to  lodge  with  a  sinful  man,  Gen. 

*  Defrauded  any  man,  Cov.  Taken  from  any  man  by  forged  cavilla- 
tion,  Gc7i.  Bps.  '  He,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Continued  and  spake.  Gen. 
3  T.  M.  Cr.  add — him.  Gen.  Bps. — for  himselfe. 


C:i)e  eSfospcIl  of  S.  Hulte.  Clj.  yiy. 

He  called  his  ten  sei*vauntcs/  and  delivered  them  ten  ^^  poundc 
saying  vnto  them  :  ^'  By  and  sell  till  I  come  :  But  his  citesens 
hated  hym/  and  sent  ^~  messengers  after  hym/  saynge  :  Wo 
will  not  have  this  man  to  raigne  over  vs. 

And  it  cam  to  passe/  when  he  was  come  agayno  and  had 
receaved  his  kyngdom/  he  commaunded  his  servauntes  to  be 
called  to  hym  (to  whom  he  gave  his  money)  ^^  to  witt  what 
every  man  had  i"*  done.  Tlien  cam  the  fyrst  sayinge  :  Lorde/ 
thy  15  pounde  hath  encreased  ten  ^^  pounde.  And  he  saydc 
vnto  hym  :  Well  good  servaunte/  because  thou  wast  faithfull 
in  a  veiy  litcll  thynge/  Take  thou  auctorite  over  ten  cities. 
And  the  other  cam  sayinge/  Lorde  thy  pounde/  hath  encreas- 
ed fyve  pounde.  And  to  the  same  he  sayde  :  And  be  thou 
alsoo  rueler  over  fyve  cities.  And  the  thirde  cam/  and  sayde  : 
Lorde/  beholde  here  thy  pounde/  which  I  have  kepte  in  a 
napkyn/  for  I  feared  the/  be  cause  thou  arte  a  strayte  man  : 
thou  takest  vp  that  thou  laydest  nott  doune/  And  repest  that 
thou  diddest  nott  sowe.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him  :  Of  thyne 
awne  mougthe  iudge  I  the  thou  evyll  servaunt.  i*^  Knewest 
thou  that  I  am  a  strayte  man/  takynge  vppe  that  I  layde  not 
doune/  And  repinge  that  I  did  not  sowe .''  Wherfore  then 
gavest  not  thou  my  money  into  the  ^^  banke  ?  And  then  at 
my  commyng  shulde  I  have  required  myne  awne/  with  vaun- 
tage.  And  he  sayde  to  them  that  stode  by  :  Take  from  hym 
that  pounde/  and  geve  it  hym  that  hathe  ten  pounde.  And 
they  sayd  to  hym  :  Lorde  he  hath  ten  pounde.  I  saye  vnto 
you/  that  vnto  all  them  that  have/  it  shalbe  geven :  ^^  and 
from  hyme  that  hath  not/  even  that  he  hath  shalbe  taken 
awayc.  Morover  thoose  myne  enemys  which  wolde  not/ 
that  I  shulde  raigne  over  them/  brynge  bidder/  and  slee  them 
before  me.  And  when  he  hadd  thous  spoken/  he  preceded 
forthe  before  them/  and  went  vppe  to  Jerusalem. 

And  it  fortuned/  when  he  was  come  noye  to  bethfage/  and 
bethany/  besydes  mounte  olivcte/  he  sent  two  of  his  disciples 
sayinge  :  Goo  ye  into  the  toune  which  is  i^  over  against  you. 
In  the  which  as  sonne  as  ye  are  come/  ye  shall  fynde  a  coolte 
tyed/  wher  on/  yett  never  man  sate,  loose  hym  and  brynge 

'"  Pecces  of  money,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Occupie,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '-  A 
message,  Cr.  Bps.  An  ambassagc,  Gen.  '^  That  he  might  know 

how  mucli  [what,  G.],  Gen.  Bps.  "  Gained,  Gen.  Gained  in  oc- 

cupying,!?/**. '*  Peece — Feeces,  Gen.  Bps.  \So post.'\  "'Thou 
knewest.  Gen.  '^  Exchange  bank,  Cov.  '^  Cr.  adds — And  he 

shall  have  aboundaunce.         '^  Before  you,  Gen. 


Sfo.  Ijrrpf-  Clje  ffiosjjcll  of  S.  3lufef. 

hym  bidder.     And  if  eny  man  axe  you/  why  that  ye  loose 
hym  :  thus  saye  vnto  hym/  The  lorde  hath  nede  of  hym. 

They  that  wer  sent  went  their  waye/  and  founde/  even  as 
he  had  sayde  vnto  them.  And  as  they  were  aloosynge  the 
coolte/  the  owners  sayde  vnto  them  :  why  loose  ye  the  coolte  ? 
And  they  sayde  :  For  the  lorde  hath  nede  of  hym.  And  they 
brought  hym  to  Jesus.  And  they  cast  their  ^o  rayment  on  the 
coolte  and  sett  Jesus  theron.  As  he  went  they  spredde  their 
cloothes  in  the  waye. 

When  he  was  come  ^i  wheare  he  shulde  goo  doune  from 
the  mount  olivetc/  the  whole  multitude  of  his  disciples/  began 
to  reioyce/  and  to  lawde  God  with  a  loude  voyce/  for  all  the 
miracles  that  they  had  sene/  sayinge :  Blessed  be  the  kynge 
that  commeth  in  the  name  off  the  lorde/  Peace  in  heven/  and 
glory  in  the  hyest.  And  some  off  the  pharises  off  the  com- 
pany/ sayde  vnto  hym  :  Master  rebuke  thy  disciples.  He 
answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  tell  you/  yff  these  holde 
their  peace/  the  stones  will  crye. 

And  when  he  was  come  neare/  he  behelde  the  citie/  and 
wept  on  hit  sayinge  :  22  Yff  thou  haddest  knowen  "^  thoose 
thynges  whych  belonge  vnto  thy  peace/  even  att  thys  daye  : 
Butt  nowe  are  they  hidde  from  thyne  eyes.  For  the  dayes 
shall  come  apon  the/  ^4  and  thyne  enemys  shall  ^  compas  the 
about  with  a  banke.  And  shall  besege  the  rounde  aboute/ 
and  kepe  the  in  on  every  syde/  And  make  the  even  wyth  the 
grounde/  wyth  thy  chyldren  whych  are  in  the.  And  they 
shall  nott  leve  in  the  ^^  one  stone  apon  another/  because  thou 
knewest  nott  the  tyme  of  thy  visitacion. 

And  he  went  into  the  temple/  and  began  to  cast  out  them 
that  solde  therin/  and  them  that  bought  sayinge  vnto  them/ 
Hyt  is  written/  my  housse  is  the  housse  off  prayer :  Butt  ye 
have  made  it  a  den  off  theves.  And  he  taught  dayly  in  the 
temple.  The  bye  prestes  and  the  scribes  and  the  chefe  off 
the  people/  went  about  to  destroye  hym  :  Butt  coulde  nott 
fynde  what  to  do.  for  all  the  people  ^"^  stocke  by  hym.  And 
gave  him  audience. 


^  Garments,  Gen.  Bps.  "'  Neere  to  the  going  downe  of  the 

Mount,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  If  thou  knewest  what  were  for  thy 

peace,  thou  shouldst  remember  even  in  this  present  day  of  thine,  Cov. 
2»  Ge7i.  adds— at  the  least.  *»  That,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cast 
a  bank  [a  trench,  G.]  about  thee,  and  compasse  thee  round,  Jill  the 
Vers.  *®  A  stone  upon  a  stone,  Gen.        ^^  Hanged  upon  [Stucke 

by,  C.]  hym  when  they  hearde  him,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Cf)c  ffiospeU  of  5b.  aufec.  €1).  n- 


Bf)t  VV-  ©"Ijaptcr. 


A  ND  yt  fortuned  in  one  off  those  dayes/  As  he  taught  the 
■^^  people  in  the  temple/  And  preached  the  gospell.  The 
hye  prestes  and  the  sciybes  cam  vnto  hym  \vyth  the  seniours/ 
And  spake  vnto  hym/  sayinge  :  Tell  vs  by  what  auctoritie 
thou  doest  these  thynges  ?  Other  who  is  he  that  gave  the 
thys  auctorite  ?  He  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  also 
will  axe  you  ^  a  question/  And  answer  me  :  was  the  baptem 
of  Jhon/'from  heven/  or  of  men  ?  They  ^  thought  wyth  in 
them  selves  sayinge  :  Yff  we  shall  saye  from  heven  :  he  will 
saye  :  Why  then  beleved  ye  hym  not  ?  But  and  yfF  we  shall 
saye  of  men/  all  the  people  will  stone  vs.  For  they  ^  suerly 
beleved  that  Jhon  was  a  prophett.  And  they  answered  that 
they  coulde  nott  tell  whence  it  was.  And  Jesus  sayde 
vnto  them :  Nether  tell  I  you  by  what  auctorite  I  do  these 
thynges. 

Then  began  he  to  put  forthe  to  the  people/  this  similitude  : 
A  certayne  man  planted  a  vineyarde/  and  lett  it  forthe  to 
^  fermers/  and  Avent  hym  silfe  into  a  straunge  countre  for  a 
greate  season.  And  when  the  time  cam/  he  sent  a  servaunt 
to  his  tennauntes  that  they  shulde  geve  hym  of  the  frutes/  of 
the  vyneyard.  The  tennauntes  bett  hym/  and  sent  him  awaye 
empty.  ^  And  he  ceased  nott  thereby  but  sent  yett  another 
servaunt.  And  they  bett  hym/  and  ^foule  entreated  hym 
alsoo/  and  sent  hym  awaye  empty.  Morover/  he  sent  the 
thyrde  alsoo/  And  hym  they  wounded/  and  cast  hym  out. 
Then  sayde  the  lorde  off  the  vyneyarde  :  what  shall  I  do  ?  I 
wyll  sende  my  deare  sonne/  hym  '''  peradventure  they  wyll 
^  reverence/  when  they  se  hym. 

When  the  fermers  sawe  hym/  they  thought  in  them  selves/ 
sayinge  :  this  is  the  heyre/  come  lett  vs  kyll  hym/  that  the  in- 
herytaunce  maye  be  oures.  And  they  cast  hym  out  of  the 
vyneyarde/  and  kylled  hym.  Nowe  what  shall  the  lorde  off 
the  vyneyarde  do  vnto  them  ?  He  wyll  come  and  destroye 
those  fermers/  and  will  lett  out  his  vyneyarde  to  other.  When 
they  herde  that/  they  sayde  :  God  forbid. 

'  One  thinge,  Cr.  Gen.  One  word,  Bps.  -  Reasoned,  Gen.  Bps. 
[So  vs.  14.]  3  jjg  persuaded,  Grn.  Bps.  ^  Husbandmen,  Or. 

Gen.  Bps.  [So  post.]  ^  Againe  he  sent,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Entreated   him  shamefully,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  It  may  be,  Gen.  Bps. 

®  Stande  in  awe  of  him,  Cr. 


iFo.  In0l  Cte  CSospcU  of  S.  Huke. 

He  behelde  them  and  sayd :  what  meaneth  thys  then  that 
is  written :  The  stone  that  the  bylders  ^  refused/  is  made  the 
heed  corner  stone  ?  whosoever  i"  stomble  at  that  stone/  shalbe 
^^  brused :  but  on  whomsoever  it  faul/  it  wyll  ^^  alto  breake 
hym.  And  the  hyc  prestes  and  the  scrybes/  the  same  howre 
went  about  to  lave  hondes  on  him/  but  they  feared  the  peo- 
ple. For  they  perceaved  that  he  had  spoken  this  similitude 
agaynst  them. 

And  they  watched  him/  and  sent  forth  spies/  whych  shulde 
fayne  them  selves  perfecte/  to  take  hym  in  hys  wordes/  and 
to  delyvre  hym  vnto  the  power/  and  auctorite  ofl'the  ^^presy- 
dent.  And  they  axed  hym  sayinge  :  Master/  we  knowe  that 
thou  sayest/  and  teachest  ryght/  nether  i'*  considerest  thou 
^^  eny  mannes  degre/  but  teachest  the  waye  of  god  truely. 
Ys  it  laufuU  for  vs  to  geve  Cesar  tribute/  or  noo  ?  He  per- 
ceaved their  craftynes/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Why  tempt  ye 
me .''  Shewe  me  a  peny.  Whoose  ymage  and  superscrip- 
cion  hath  it  ?  They  answered  and  sayd  :  Cesars.  And  he 
sayde  vnto  them  :  Geve  then  vnto  Cesar/  '^^  that  which  be- 
londeth  vnto  Cesar  :  And  to  God/  ^^  that  which  pcrtayneth  to 
God.  And  they  coulde  nott  reprove  his  sayinge  before  the 
people.  And  they  mervayled  at  his  answer/  and  helde  their 
peace. 

Then  cam  to  hym  certayne  off  the  Saduces  which  denye 
that  there  is  eny  resurreccion.  And  they  axed  hym  sayinge : 
Master  Moses  wrote  vnto  vs/  if  eny  mannes  brother  dye  hav- 
inge  a  wyfe/  And  the  same  dye  wyth  out  ^'^  issue  :  that  then 
hys  brother  shulde  take  his  wyfe/  and  rayse  vp  seede  vnto 
hys  brother.  There  were  ^^  seven  brethren/  and  the  fyrst  toke 
awyfe/  and  died  with  out  children.  And  the  seconde  toke  the 
wyfe/  and  he  dyed  chyldlcssc.  And  the  thyrde  toke  her/  and 
in  lyke  wyse  ^^  the  resydue  off  the  seven/  and  leeft  noo  chyl- 
dren  be  hynde  them/  and  dyed.  Last  of  all  the  woman  dyed 
also.  Nowe  at  the  resurreccion  whose  wyfe  of  them  shall 
she  be  ?  for  vij.  had  her  to  wyfe. 

Jesus  answered  and  sayd  vnto  them  :    The  chyldren  off 

9  Disallowed,  Bps.  >«  Shall  fall  upon,  Gen.         "  Broken,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Grind   him    to  powder,   T.  M.  Ct.  Gen.  Bps. 

'3  Debitye,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Governour,  Gen.  *''  Regardest, 

Cov.  Dost  thou  accept  any  man's  person,  Gen.  '^  The  outward 

appearance  of  any  man,  Cov.  Cr.  lips.  '®  The  things  which  are 

Ctesar's — those  which  are  God's,  Gen.  "^  Children,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  '*  Cr.  Bps.  add — therefore.  '"  The  seven  died  and  left  no 
children,  Gen. 


srije  ffiospcu  of  s.  auftc.  m).  vvi. 

this  worlde  mary  wyvcs/  and  are  maryed/  but  they  which 
shalbc  2^  worthy  of  that  worlde/  and  of  the  resurreccion  from 
deeth/  nether  niaiy  wyves/  nether  are  maryed/  nor  yet  can 
dye  eny  moare.  For  they  are  equall  vnto  the  angels :  and 
are  the  sonnes  of  god/  in  as  moche  as  tliey  are  the  chyldren 
off'  the  resurreccion.  And  that  tlie  deed  shall  ryse  agayne/ 
even  Moses  signified  besydes  ^^  busshe/  when  he  --  sayde  : 
the  lorde  god  of  Abraham/  and  the  god  off  Isaac/  and  the  god 
of  Jacob.  For  he  is  not  the  god  off*  the  deed/  but  off  them 
whych  live.  For  all  live  in  hym.  Certayne  off  the  pharises 
answered  and  sayd :  Master/  thou  hast  wele  sayde.  And 
after  that  durst  they  not  axe  hym  eny  question  at  all. 

Then  sayd  he  vnto  them  :  howe  sayc  they  that  Christ  ys 
Davides  sonne  ?  And  David  hym  silfe  sayth  in  the  boke  off 
the  psalmes :  The  lorde  sayde  vnto  my  lorde/  Sytt  on  my 
r^-ght  honde/  tyll  I  make  thyne  enemys  thy  fote  stole.  ^  Da- 
vid then  called  hym  lorde  :  Howe  ys  he  also  hys  sonne  ? 

Then  in  the  audience  off  all  the  people/  he  sayd  vnto 
his  disciples/  beware  off  the  scrybes/  whych  desyre  to  goo 
in  longe  -^  clothynge  :  and  love  ^  gretynges  in  the  marketcs/ 
and  the  hyest  seates  in  the  sinagoges/  and  chafe  roumes 
at  feastes/  whych  devoure  widdowes  houses/  ^^a^d  praye 
longe  vnder  a  coloure :  The  same  shall  receave  greater  dam- 
nacion. 

Efit  TO-  ffil)a})tcr. 

A  S  he  behelde/  he  sawe  the  ryche  men/  howo  they  cast 
"^  in  their  ^  offeringes  into  the  tresury.  He  sawe  also  a 
certayne  povre  widowe/  which  cast  in  thydre  two  mytes. 
And  he  said  :  of  a  trueth  I  saye  vnto  you/  this  povre  widdowe 
hath  putt  in  moare  then  they  all.  For  they  all  have  of  their 
-  superfluyte  3  added  vnto  the  offei-ynge  off  God  :  But  she/ 
of  her  penury/  hath  cast  in  all  the  '^  substance  that  she 
hadde. 

As  some  spake  of  the  temple/  howe  it  was  garnesshed  with 

^  Counted  [Made,  T.  M.]  worthy  to  enjoy  that  worlde,  etc.  T.  M. 
Gen.  Bps.  21  Tiie  bramble  bush,  Bps.         =2  Called  the  Lorde,  the 

God,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Said,  The  Lord  is  the  God,  etc.  Gen.  ^  See- 

ing David  calleth,  etc.  T.  M.  Gen.  ^  Robes,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Salu- 
tations, Ge7i.  2^  And  that  [Even,  G'.]  under  a  colour  of  long  pray- 
ing. Cor.  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  Fayning  long  prayers,  Cr.  '  Gifts, 
Gen.  Bps.  *  Excess,  Gov.  ^  Cast  into,  Gen.  Bps.  •»  Living, 
Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  Ijrppb.  Efit  eSospcU  of  S.  3lufec. 

goodly  stones/  and  ^  iewels/  he  sayde.  The  dayes  wyll  confie/ 
when  off  these  thynges  whych  ye  se/  shall  nott  be  lefte  ^  stone 
apon  stone/  that  shall  nott  be  throwen  doune.  And  they  ax- 
ed him  sayinge  :  Master  when  shall  these  thynges  be.  And 
what  signes  will  there  be/  when  suche  thynges  shall  come  to 
passe. 

And  he  sayd  :  Take  hede/  that  ye  be  not  deceaved.  For 
many  will  come  in  my  name/  saying  '''  of  them  selves/  I  am 
he.  And  the  tyme  draweth  neare.  Folowe  ye  nott  them 
therfore.  Butt  when  ye  heare  of  warre/  and  ^  dissencion :  be 
not  afrayd/  for  these  thynges  must  fyrst  come  :  butt  the  ende 
foloweth  not  by  and  by.  Then  sayd  he  vnto  them  :  Nacion 
shall  ryse  agaynst  nacion/  and  kyngdom  agaynst  kingdom. 
And  greate  erthquakes  shalbe  in  9  all  quarters/  and  honger : 
and  pestilence/  and  fearfuU  thinges.  And  greate  signes  shall 
there  be  from  heven. 

But  before  all  these/  they  shall  laye  their  hondes  on  you/ 
and  persecute  you/  delyverynge  you  vppe/  to  the  synagoges/ 
and  into  preson/  and  brynge  you  before  kynges/  And  rulers 
for  my  names  sake.  And  this  shall  ^^  chaunche  you  ffor  a 
testimoniall.  ^^  Lett  it  sticke  therfore  faste  in  youre  hertes/ 
nott  once  to  stody  before/  whatt  ye  shall  answere  for  youre 
selves :  For  I  will  geve  you  a  mouth  and  wysdom/  were 
agaynste/  all  youre  adversarys  shall  not  be  able  to  speake 
nor  resist.  Ye  and  ye  shalbe  betrayed  of  youre  ^^  fathers  and 
mothers/  and  of  youre  brethren/  and  kynsmen/  and  ^^  lovers. 
And  some  of  you  shall  they  put  to  deeth.  And  hated  shall 
ye  be  off  all  men  for  my  names  sake.  Yet  there  shall  ^"^  not 
one  heer  of  your  heedes  perissh.  ^^  with  your  pacience/  pos- 
sesse  your  soules. 

And  when  ye  se  Jerusalem  beseged  with  ^^  an  hoste/  then 
vnderstonde/  that  the  desolacion  of  the  same  is  nye.  Then 
lett  them  which  are  in  the  myddes  off  hit/  departe  oute.  And 
lett  not  them  that  are  in  ^"^  other  countries/  enter  there  in. 
For  these  be  the  dayes  of  vengeaunce/  to  fulfill  all  that  are 

*  Consecrate  things,  Gen.  Gifts,  Bps.  ^  One  stone  upon  an- 

other, Cr.  Bps.  "^  That  they  are  Christ,  Cr.  I  am  Christ,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Insurrections,  Cov.  Seditions,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Certaine  places, 

T.M.  All  places,  Cr.  Divers  places,  Gc7i.  Bps.  i*^Turne  to  you, 
Gen.  Bps.  "  Be  at  a  sure  point  tlierefore  in  your  hearts  not  to 

study  before,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  Lay  it  up  therefore  in  your  hearts  that 
ye  premeditate  not.  Gen.  '*  Parents,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Friends,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^*  In  no  case,  Bps.  '^  Holde  fast  your  souls  with 

patience,  Cov.  '®  Soldiers,  Gen.  "  The  countrey,  Gen. 


E\>e  fflospell  of  S.  Jluke.  Ctl).  pjrf. 

written.  Butt  wo  be  to  them  that  be  with  chylde :  and  to 
them  that  geve  sucke  in  those  dayes  for  there  shalbe  greate 
18 trouble  in  the  londe  :  and  wrathe  over  all  this  people.  And 
they  shal  fal  on  the  edge  of  the  swearde.  And  they  shalbe 
leed  captive  in  to  all  nacions/  And  Jerusalem  shalbe  trooden 
vnder  fote  off  the  gentyls/  vntyll  the  tyme  of  the  gentyls  be 
fulfilled. 

And  there  shalbe  signcs/  in  the  sunne/  and  in  the  mone/ 
and  in  the  starres :  and  in  the  erth  i^  the  people  shalbe  in 
soche  perplexite/  that  they  shall  not  tell  which  waye  to  turne 
them  selves.  The  see  and  the  ^o  waves  shall  roore/  and 
21  mennes  hertes  shall  fayle  them  for  feare/  and  for  lokynge 
after  thoose  thinges  which  shall  come  on  the  ^  erth.  For  the 
powers  of  heven  shall  move.  And  then  shall  they  se  the 
Sonne  of  man  come  in  a  clowde  with  power  and  greate  glory. 
When  these  thynges  begyn  to  come  to  passe  :  then  loke  vppe/ 
and  lifte  vppe  youre  heddes/  for  youre  redemcion  drawith  neye. 

And  he  shewed  them  a  similitude  :  beholde  the  fygge  tree/ 
and  all  other  trees/  when  they  shute  forth  their  buddes/  ye 
■^  se  and  knowe  of  youre  awne  selves  that  sommer  is  then 
neye  att  bond.  Soo  lyke  wyse  ye  (when  ye  se  these  thynges 
come  to  passe)  24  vnderstonde/  that  the  kyngdom  of  god  is 
neye.  Verely  I  sale  vnto  you  :  this  ^  generacion  shall  not 
passe/  tyll  all  be  fulfilled.  Heven  and  erth  shall  passe  :  but 
my  wordes  shall  not  passe. 

Take  hede  to  youre  selves/  lest  youre  hertes  be  ^  over- 
come/ with  27  surfettynge  and  dronkennes/  and  cares  of  this 
worlde  :  and  that/  that  daye  come  on  you  vnwares.  For  as 
a  snare  shall  hit  come  on  all  them  that  ^  sit  on  the  face  of  the 
erthe.  Watche  therfore  continually  and  praye/  that  ye  maye 
29  scape  all  this  that  shal  come/  And  that  ye  maye  stonde  be- 
fore the  Sonne  of  man. 

hi  the  daye  tyme  taught  he  in  the  temple/  and  at  nyght/  he 
went  out/  and  had  abydynge  in  the  mounte  olivete.  And  all 
the  people  cam  in  the  mornynge  to  hym  into  the  temple/  for 
to  heare  hym. 

'8  Distresse,  Gen.  Bps.  •'  The  people  shall  be  at  their  wittes 

ende  through  dispaire.  The  see,  etc.  Cr.  Trouble  among  the  na- 
tions with  perplexitie,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Waters,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
-'  Men  shall  pine  away,  etc.  Gov.  ^^  Worlde,  Gen.  Bps.  ^See- 
ing them  [Beholding  B.}  knowe,  Gen.  Bps.  ^Be  ye  sure,  Cov. 
Cr.  Bps.  Knowe  ye,  Gen.  ^Age,  Gen.  ''^Oppressed,  Gen. 
*"  Excess  of  eating,  Cov.  ^  Dwell,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *^  Obtayne 
grace  to  flye  all  this,  etc.  T.  M.  Be  accounted  worthy  to  escape, 
etc.  Gen- Bps. 


So.  IvTjrb.  2:f)c  C;os4)ell  of  S.  llufec. 


STijc  ^):ff.  (KJjaptcr. 


T^HE  fcaste  ofFswete  breed  drue  nye  whych  is  called  ester/ 
and  the  hye  prestes/  and  sciybes  sought  howe  to  kyll 
Jesus/  1  but  they  feared  the  people.  Then  entred  Satan  mto 
Judas/  ~  whose  syr  name  was  iscariot  (which  was  of  the  nom- 
bre  off  the  twelve)  and  he  went  his  waye/  and  commened  with 
the  hye  prestes  and  ^  officers/  how  he  wolde  betraye  hym  vn- 
to  them.  And  they  w'ere  glad  :  and  '*  promysed  to  geve  hym 
money.  And  he  consented/  and  sought  oportunite  to  betraye 
hym  vnto  them/  ^  when  the  people  were  awaye. 

Then  cam  that  daye  of  swete  breed/  when  ^  [off  necessite] 
the  ester  lambe  muste  be  offered.  And  he  sent  Peter/  and 
John  seiynge  :  Goo  and  prepare  vs  the  ester  lambe/  that  we 
maye  eate.  They  sayde  to  hym  :  Where  wilt  thou/  that  we 
prepare  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  them.  Beholde  as  ye  enter 
into  tlie  cite/  there  shall  a  man  mete  you  bearynge  a  pitcher 
off  water/  hym  folowe  into  the  same  housse  that  he  entreth  in/ 
and  ye  shall  saye  vnto  the  goode  man  off  the  housse/  The 
master  '''  sayeth  :  Where  is  the  ^  gest  chamber/  where  I  shall 
eate  myne  ester  lambe  wyth  my  dissciples  ?  And  he  shall 
shewe  you  a  greate  ^  parloure  paved.  There  make  redy. 
They  went  and  founde/  as  he  had  sayde  vnto  them  :  and  made 
redy  the  ester  lambe. 

And  when  the  houre  cam/  he  sate  doune  and  the  twelve 
Apostles  with  hym.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  have  ^'^  in- 
wardly desyred/  to  eate  this  ester  lambe  with  you  before  that 
y  suffre.  For  I  saye  vnto  you  :  hence  forthe/  I  will  nott  eate 
of  it  eny  moore/  untill  itt  be  fulfilled  in  the  kyngdom  of  God. 
And  he  toke  the  cuppe/  and  gave  thankes/  and  sayde :  Re- 
ceave  this/  and  devyde  itt  amonge  you  :  For  I  saye  vnto  you  : 
I  will  not  drynke  of  the  frute  of  the  vyne/  vntill  the  kyngdom 
of  God  be  come. 

And  he  toke  breed/  and  gave  thanlces/  ii  [and  brake  itt/]  and 
gave  it  vnto  them/  sayinge  :  Thys  is  my  body  which  is  geven 
for  you/  Thys  do  in  the  remembraunce  of  me/  Lyke  wyse 
alsoo/  when  they   had   supped/  he  toke  the  cuppe  sayinge : 

'  For,  Cr.  Gen,  Bps.  *  Who  was  called,  Gen.  ^High  officers, 
Cop.  Captains,  Gen.  Bps.  •*  Agreed,  Gen.  ^  Without  any  ru- 

mour, C'o».         ^Gfw.  omits.         '' Sendeth  thee  word.  Cor.         ^i^Qdg. 
ing,  Gen.  ^  Hie  chamber  trimmed,  Gen.    Upper  chamber  prepar- 

ed, Bps.  '"  I   have  heartily  [earnestly,  G.]  desired,  Cov.  Gen. 

With  heartie  desire  I  have  desired,  Bps.         "  Cov.  omits. 


Cijc  (Gospcll  of  S.  JLukc.  CI),  wfj- 

This  ^2  is  tlic  cupj)C/  tlie  newe  tcstamcnti/  in  my  bloud/  which 
shall  for  you  be  sheddc. 

Yet  bcholde/  tlic  hondc  off  hym  that  betrayeth  mc/  is  witli 
me  on  the  table.  And  the  sonnc  of  man  gocth  as  hit  is  ap- 
poyntcd  :  But  wo  be  to  that  man  by  whom  he  is  betrayed. 
And  they  began  to  enquyre  amonge  them  selves/  which  off 
them  it  shulde  be/  that  shulde  do  that. 

And  there  was  a  strife  amonge  them/  which  of  them  shulde 
seme  greatest.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  The  kynges  ^3  of 
the  gcntyls  !■*  raigne  over  them  And  they  that  ^^  beare  rule 
over  them/  are  called  ^'^  gracious  lordes.  But  ye  shall  not  be 
soo.  But  he  that  is  greatest  amonge  you/  shalbe  as  ^^  the 
yongcst :  And  he  that  is  chefe/  shalbe  as  ^^  minister.  For 
whether  is  greater/  he  that  sitteth  at  meate  :  or  he  that  ser- 
veth  ?  is  not  he  that  sitteth  at  meate  :  And  I  am  amonge  you/ 
as  he  that  ministreth.  Ye  are  which  have  bidden  with  me  in 
my  temptacions.  And  I  apoynt  vnto  you  a  kyngdom/  as  my 
father  hath  apoynted  to  me.  that  ye  maye  eate/  and  diynke 
at  my  table  in  my  kyngdome/  and  sit  on  scates/  and  iudge  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israeli. 

And  the  lorde  sayde :  Simon/  Simon/  beholde  Satan  hath 
desired  you/  to  ^^  sifte  you/  as  it  were  wheate  :  But  I  have 
prayed  for  the  that  thy  fayth  fayle  nott.  And  when  thou  arte 
converted/  strengthen  thy  brethren.  And  he  sayd  vnto  hym  : 
Lorde/  I  am  redy  to  goo  with  the  in  to  preson/  and  to  deth. 
And  he  sayde  :  I  tell  the  Peter/  the  cocke  shall  nott  crowe 
this  daye/  till  thou  have  thryse  denycd  that  thou  knewest  me. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  when  1  sent  you  with  out  -^  wal- 
let/ and  scrippe/  and  shoues/  lacked  ye  eny  thynge  .•*  And 
they  sayd/  nothynge.  And  he  sayde  to  them  :  But  nowe  he 
that  hath  a  wallet  let  him  take  itt/  and  lyke  wyse  his  scrippe. 
And  he  thatt  hath  noo  swearde/  let  hym  sell  his  coote  and  bye 
won.  I  saye  vnto  you  that  yet/  that  which  is  written  must 
be  performed  in  me.  (Even  with  the  wicked  was  he  nom- 
bred)  for  -^  for  those  thynges  which  are  written  of  me  have 
an  ende.  And  they  sayd  :  Lorde/  beholde  here  are  two 
sweardes.     And  he  sayde  vnto  them  it  is  ynough. 

And  he  cam  out/  and  went  as  he  was   wonte   to   mounte 

'*  Cuppe  is  the,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Of  the  world,  Gov. 

Of  nations,  Cr.  Bps.         '*  Have  dominion.  Gov.  '^  Have  author- 

itie,  Cr.  Bps.  '«  Benefactors,  Bps.  "  The  least,  Gai.  '^  jjg 
that  serveth.  Gen.  '^  Winnow,  Gen.  *  Bagge,  Gen.  [So  vs. 

30.]         *'  Gen.  adds — doubtlesse. 


J?o.  iFp.tb;.  2ri)c  CSospell  of  S.  lluftc. 

olivete.  And  his  disciples  folowed  hym  And  when  he  cam 
to  the  place/  he  sayde  to  them  Praye  lest  ye  fall  into  temp- 
tacion. 

And  he  gate  hym  silfe  from  them/  about  a  stones  cast/  and 
kneled  doune/  and  prayed/  sayinge  :  Father  if  thou  wilt/ 
^-withdrawe  this  cuppe  from  me.  Neverthelesse/  nott  my 
wyll/  Butt  thync  be  fulfilled.  And  there  apered  an  angell 
vnto  hym  from  heven/  comfortynge  hym/  And  he  ^  was  in 
agony/  and  prayed  ^^  somewhat  longer.  And  hys  sweate  was 
lyke  droppes  of  bloud/  tricklynge  doune  to  the  grounde.  And 
he  rose  vppe  from  prayer/  and  cam  to  his  disciples/  and  founde 
them  slepynge  for  ^^  sorowe/  and  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Why 
slepe  ye  ?  Ryse/  and  praye  lest  ye  fall  into  temptacion. 

Whyll  he  yet  spake  :  beholde/  there  cam  a  company/  and 
he  that  was  called  Judas/  one  off  the  twelve/  went  before/ 
them/  and  preased  neye  vnto  Jesus  to  kysse  hym.  Jesus  sayd 
vnto  hym  :  Judas  betrayest  thou  the  sonne  off  man  with  a 
kysse  .''  When  they  which  were  about  hym  sawe  what  wolde 
folow/  they  sayde  vnto  hym/  Lorde/  shall  we  smyte  with  a 
swearde  ?  And  one  off  them  smote  a  servaunt  ~'^  off  hym 
which  was  the  chefe  prest  of  all/  and  '^''  smote  off  hys  righte 
eare.  Jesus  answered  and  sayde :  ^  Soffre  ye  thus  farre 
forthe.     And  he  touched  his  eare/  and  healed  hym. 

Jesus  sayde  vnto  the  hye  prestes  and  ^9  rulers  off  the  tem- 
ple and  the  scnyours  which  were  come  to  hym.  Be  ye  come 
outt/  as  vnto  a  thefe  with  sweardes  and  staves  }  When  I  was 
dayly  with  you  in  the  temple/  ye  stretched  not  forth  hondes 
agaynst  me.  Butt  this  is  even  youre  very  houre/  and  the 
power  off  darknes.  Then  toke  they  hym/  and  ledde  hym/ 
and  brought  hym  to  the  hye  prestes  housse.  And  Peter  fol- 
owed afarre  off. 

When  they  had  kyndled  a  fyre  in  the  myddes  of  the  ^^  pal- 
ys/  and  were  sett  doune  to  gedder/  Peter  alsoo  sate  doune 
amonge  them.  And  -^^  won  off  the  wenches/  ^~  as  he  sate/ 
beholde  him  by  the  light  and  ^3  sett  goode  eyesight  on  hym/ 

^^  Remove,  Cr.  Bps.  Take  away,  Gen.  ''^Wrestled  with  death, 

Cov.  ^  The  longer,  Cou.  CV.  More  earnestly,  Gt/i.  ii^^s.  ^Hea- 
viness, Cov.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of  the  highest  priest  of  all,  T.  M. 
Of  the  hie  priest,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Strook  off,  Cr.  Gen.  Took 
away,  Bps.  '^  Suffer  thfm  thus  farre,  Gen.  ^  Captains,  Gen. 
3''  Hall,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  A  certaine  maid  [wench,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 
32  Behclde  him  as  he  sat  by  the  fire,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^^  Look- 
ed upon  him,  Cr.  Having  well  looked  upon  him,  Ge7i.  Earnestly 
looked  upon  him,  Bps. 


Ete  CKospcll  of  S.  Hulte.  €1).  jrpfff. 

and  sayde  :  This  same  ^4  was  also  with  hym.  Then  he  denyed 
hym  sayinge  :  Woman  I  knowe  hym  nott.  And  after  a  lytcll 
whylc/  another  ^^  sawe  hym  and  sayde  :  Thou  arte  alsoo  off 
them.  And  Peter  sayd :  Man  I  am  nott.  And  aboute  the 
space  off  an  houre  after  another  affirmed  sayinge  :  Verely 
even  this  3^  felowe  was  with  liym/  for  he  is  ^"^  off  gahlc.  Pe- 
ter sayde :  Man  I  woote  nott  what  thou  sayest.  And  imme- 
diately whill  he  yett  spake/  the  cocke  crewe.  And  the  lordc 
tourned  backe  and  loked  apon  Peter.  And  Peter  remembred 
the  wordes  off  the  lorde/  howe  he  sayde  vnto  hym/  before 
the  cocke  crowe  thou  shalt  denye  me  thryse.  And  Peter 
went  out/  and  wepte  bitterly. 

And  the  men  that  ^Sgtode  aboute  Jesus/  mocked  hym/  and 
39  smoote  hym/  and  blyndfolded  hym/  and  smooote  hys 
face.  And  axed  hym  sayinge.  '*''  Arede  who  it  is  that 
smoote  the  ?  And  many  other  thynges  ^i  despytfuUy  sayde 
they  agaynst  hym. 

And  as  sone  as  it  was  daye/  the  seniours  off  the  people/ 
and  the  hy  prestes  and  scrybes/  cam  togedder  and  ledde  hym 
into  their  counsell  sayinge  :  Arte  thou  very  Christ  ?  tell  vs. 
And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  if  I  shall  tell  you/  ye  woll  not  be- 
leve.  And  if  alsoo  I  axe  you/  ye  will  nott  answere  me. 
Nether  lett  me  goo.  Here  after  shall  the  sonne  of  man  sit 
on  the  right  honde  of  the  power  of  God.  Then  sayde  they 
all  Arte  thou  then  the  sonne  of  God  ?  He  sayd :  ^2  Ye 
saye  that  I  am.  Then  sayde  they  :  What  nede  we  eny  fur- 
ther witnes  .''  We  oure  selves  have  herde  off  his  awne 
mouthe. 

Eije  fi^UJ.  C!l:i)a|)tcr. 

A  ND  the  whole  multitude  of  them  arose/  and  ledde  hym 
-^^  vnto  Pilate.  And  they  began  to  accuse  hym  sayinge  : 
We  have  founde  this  folowe  pervertynge  the  people/  and  for- 
biddynge  to  paye  tribute  to  Cesar :  And  sayeth  that  he  is 
Christ  a  kynge.  And  Pilate  ^  apposed  him  saynge :  Arte 
thou  the  kynge  of  the  iewes  ?  He  answered  hym/  and 
sayde  thou  sayest.  Then  sayde  Pilate  to  the  hye  prestes/  and 
to  the  people:  I  fynde  no  ^faute  in  this  man.     And  they 

^  Cr.  Bps.  add — felowe.  ^^  Gen.  adds— man.  ^  Man,  Gen. 

I  So  also  Ch.  xxiii.  2.]  ^'  Also  a  Galilean,  Gen.  ^^  Took,  Cr. 

lelde.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Strooke,  Gen.  *''  Frophesie,  Gen. 

^' Blasphemously,  Gfn. /?/7s.        **  Ye  saye  it,  for  I  am.  Cor.         'Ask- 
ed, Gen.  Bps.        "  Cause,  Cov. 


Sfu.  IvvvWf.  Cije  (SospcU  of  =S.  Sliikc. 

were  the  moorc  fearce/  sayinge  :  He  mooveth  the  people 
teachynge  thoroout  all  iewry/  and  began  at  gaUle/  even  to 
this  place. 

When  Pilate  herde  mencion  off  galile/  he  axed  whether 
the  man  were  off  galile.  And  as  sone  as  he  knewe  that  he 
was  of  Herodes  iurisdiecion/  he  sent  hym  to  Herode/  which 
was  at  that  tyme  in  Jerusalem  alsoo.  When  Herode  sawe 
Jesus/  he  was  ^  merveliously  gladde.  For  he  was  desyrous 
to  se  hym  off  a  longe  season/  because  he  had  hearde  many 
thynges  of  hym/  and  trousted  to  have  sene  some  myracle  done 
by  hym.  Then  questenned  he  with  hym  of  many  thynges  : 
But  he  answered  hym  ■*  not  won  worde.  The  hye  prestes 
and  scrybes/  stode  forthe  and  accused  hym  ^  straitly.  And 
herod/  with  his  men  off  warre/  dcspysed  hym/  and  mocked 
hym/  And  arayed  hym  in  whyte/  and  sent  hym  agayne  to 
Pilate.  And  the  same  daye  Pilate/  and  Herod  wer  made 
frendes  togedder.     For  before/  they  were  "^at  variaunce. 

Pilate  called  to  gedder  the  hye  prestes/  and  rulers/  and 
the  people/  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  have  brought  this  man 
vnto  me/  as  won  that  peverted  the  people.  And  loo  I  exam- 
ined hym  before  you/  and  founde  noo  ''  faute  in  this  man/  off 
those  thinges  where  of  ye  accuse  hym.  No  nor  yett  Herode. 
For  I  sent  you  to  him  :  and  lo  noo  thynge  worthy  of  deeth  is 
done  to  him.  I  will  therfore  ^chasten  hym  and  lett  hym 
loosse.  For  off  necessite/  he  must  have  lett  one  loosse  vnto 
them  at  that  feast. 

And  all  the  people  cryed  at  once/  saynge  :  awaye  with 
him/  and  delivre  to  vs  Barrabas.  (which  for  insurreccion  made 
in  the  cite/  and  morther/  was  cast  into  preson)  Pilate  spake 
agayne  to  them  willynge  to  lett  Jesus  losse.  And  they  cry- 
ed/ sayinge  :  Crucify  hym/  Crucify  hym.  He  sayde  vnto 
them  the  thyrde  tyme  :  What  9  harme  hath  he  done  ?  I  fynde 
noo  cause  off  deeth  in  hym.  I  will  therfore  chasten  hym/ 
and  lett  hym  goo  losse.  And  they  ^'^  cryed  with  a  loude 
voyce/  and  requyred  that  he  myght  be  crucifyed.  And  the 
11  cryinge  off  the  hye  prestes  prevayled. 

And  Pilate  gave  sentence  that  it  shulde  be  as  they  requyr- 
ed/ and  lett  losse  vnto  them/  hym  that  for  insurreccion/  and 

■^  Exceeding,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Nothing,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

5  Vehemently,  Gen.  ®  Enemies  one  to  anotlier,  Gen.  At  variance 
between  themselves,  Bps.  ''  None  of  the  causes.  Con.  °  Chas- 
tise, Gen.  [So  vs.  22.]  ^  Evyll,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  i"  Lay 
still  upon  him,  Gov.  Were  instant  with  loud  voices,  Gen.  Bys- 
"  Voyces,  Cr.  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps. 


€\)e  CSospcU  of  ,S.  Ru'M.  (ti).  vviii- 

inortlier  was  cast  into  prcson/  whom  they  desyred  :  And  de- 
lyvcrcd  Jesus  ^~  to  do  with  hym  what  they  wolde.  And  us 
they  ledde  hym  awaye/  they  caught  won  Simon/  of  sircnc/ 
commynge  out  of  the  felde  :  And  on  hym  layde  they  the 
crosse  to  beare  it  after  Jesus. 

There  folowed  hym  a  greate  company  of  people/  and  of 
wemcn/  which  wemen  bewayled/  and  lamented  hym.  Jesus 
turned  backe  vnto  them/  and  sayde  :  Doughters  of  Jerusalem/ 
wcpe  not  for  me  :  but  wepe  for  youre  selves/  and  for  youre 
chyldren.  For  ^^markc/  the  dayes  will  come/  when  men 
shall  saye  :  happy  are  the  baren  and  the  wombes  that  never 
bare/  and  the  pappes  which  never  gave  sucke.  Then  shall 
they  begyn  to  saj^e  to  the  mountaynes  :  fall  on  vs.  And  to 
the  hillcs  cover  vs.  For  yf  they  do  this  to  a  grene  tree  : 
what  shalbc  done/  to  the  drye  ? 

There  were  ^**  two  evyll  doers  ledde  with  hym  to  be  slaync. 
And  when  they  wer  come  to  the  place/  which  is  called  calva- 
ry/ there  they  crucifyed  hym/  and  the  evyll  dears/  one  on 
the  right  honde/  and  the  other  on  the  lefte  honde.  Then 
sayde  Jesus  :  Father  forgeve  them/  for  they  woot  not  what 
they  do.  And  they  parted  his  rayment/  and  cast  loottes. 
And  the  people  stode  and  behelde. 

And  the  rulers  mocked  hym  with  them  sayinge  :  He 
^■^holpe  other  men/  lett  hym  ^^helpe  hym  silfe  yf  he  be  Christ 
the  chosen  of  God.  The  soudiers  alsoo  mocked  hym/  and 
cam  and  gave  hym  veneger  and  sayde  :  yf  thou  be  that  kynge 
off  the  iewes/  save  thy  silfe.  His  superscripcion  was  written 
over  him/  in  grekc/  latin/  and  ebrue  letters  :  This  is  the  kynge 
off  the  iewes. 

1*^  The  one  off  the  malefactom-es  which  hanged/  rayled 
on  hym/  sayinge  :  Yf  thou  be  Christ  save  thy  silfe  and  vs. 
The  other  answei-ed  and  rebuked  hym  sayinge .  ^"^  Nether 
fearest  thou  god  be  cause  thou  arte  in  the  same  damnacion .'' 
We  are  ^^  righteously  punnisshed/  for  we  receave  ^^accord- 
ynge  to  oure  dedes :  Butt  this  man  hath  done  noo  thynge 
amysse.  And  he  sayde  vnto  Jesus :  Lorde  remember  me 
when  thou  commest  into  thy  kyngdom.     And  Jesus  sayde  vn- 

12  To  tlieir  will,  Bps.  i^  Beliolde,  T.  jM.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Two 
other  (which  are  misdocrs),  Cov.  Two  others  which  were,  etc.  Gen. 
Other  two,  etc.  Bps.  '^  Saved — save,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  And 

one  of  the  evyll  doers,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '^  Fearest  thou  not,  etc. 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Indeede  righteously  here,  Gen.  '"  Thinges 

worthy  of  that  wc  have  done.  Gen. 


$0.  Ivtt^u'].  Z\)Z  CSospell  of  S.  2.ttftc. 

to  hym  :    Verely  I  saye  vnto  the/  to  daye  shalt  thou  be  with 
me  in  paradise. 

And  it  was  about  the  sixt  houre.  And  there  cam  a  darck- 
nes  over  all  the  ^  londe/  vntyll  the  nynth  houre/  and  the 
Sonne  was  darckened.  And  the  vayle  of  the  temple  rent 
even  thorow  the  myddes.  And  Jesus  cryed  with  a  ^i  greate 
voyce  and  sayd  :  Father/  into  thy  hondes  I  commende  my 
sprete.  And  when  he  thus  had  sayd/  he  gave  vp  the  goost. 
When  the  ^^  centurion  sawe/  what  had  happened/  he  glorified 
god  sayinge  :  Of  a  surtie  this  man  was  perfecte.  And  all 
the  people  that  cam  to  gedder  to  that  sight/  beholdynge  the 
thinges  which  were  done  :  smoote  their  brestes/  and  returned 
home.  All  hys  acquajTitaunce  stode  a  farre  of/  and  the  wo- 
men/ which  folowed  hym  from  galile.  beholdynge  these 
thynges. 

And  beholde  there  Avas  a  man  named  Joseph  a  ^3  senatour/ 
which  was  a  goode  man  and  a  iuste.  He  did  nott  consent 
to  their  counsell  and  dede/  which  was  of  Aramathia/  a  cite  off 
the  iewes.  Which  same  alsoo/  wayted  for  the  kyngdom  off 
god.  he  went  vnto  Pylate/  and  begged  the  boddy  of  Jesus. 
And  toke  it  doune/  and  wrapped  it  in  a  lynnen  clooth/  and 
layed  it  in  ^4  an  heawen  toumbe/  wherin  was  never  man  be- 
fore layed.  And  that  daye  was  the  ^^saboth  even/  And  the 
saboth  drue  on.  The  wemen  that  folowed  after  whych  cam 
with  hym  from  galile/  behelde  the  sepulcre  and  howe  hys 
body  was  layed.  And  returned/  and  prepared  swete  odoures/ 
and  oyntmentes/  And  the  saboth  daye  they  rested/  accordynge 
to  the  commaundement. 


CTfje  FjrfffJ-  ©Daptcr. 


O 


)N  the  morowe  after  the  saboth/  erly  in  the  mornynge/ 
they  cam  vnto  the  toumbe  and  brought  the  odoures 
whych  they  had  prepared/  and  -  other  wemen  v\yth  them. 
And  they  founde  the  stone  rouled  awaye  from  the  sepulcre. 
And  went  in  and  founde  nott  the  body  off  the  lorde  Jesu. 
And  it  happened/  as  they  were  amased  ther  at :  loo  two  men 

«>  Earth.  Cr.  Bps.         ^i  L,oude.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Captain,  Cor. 

^  Counsellour,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^*  A  sepulchre  that  was  hew- 
en  in  stone,  Cr.  Bps.  A  tonibe  hewen  out  of  a  rocke,  Gcii.  ^  Pre- 
paring of  the  Sabboth,  Cr.  Bps.  Preparation,  Geii.  '  But  upon 
the  first  daye  [upon  one,  Cov.]  of  the  Sabboths,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  Nowe 
the  first  day  of  the  weeke,  Gen.         ^  Certaine,  Gen. 


5ri;c  aSoHfcU  of  S.  Hufee.  €"1).  n^U]. 

3stode  by  them/  in  shynjiige  vestures.  As  they  Avcre  a 
fraide/  and  bowed  doune  their  faces  to  the  erth  :  they  sayd  to 
them  :  why  seke  ye  the  Hvynge  amonge  the  deed  ?  He  is 
nott  here  :  but  is  r\'sen.  Remember  howe  he  spake  vnto 
you/  when  he  was  '^  yett  with  you  in  galile/  sayinge  :  that  the 
Sonne  off  man  must  be  deUvered  into  the  hondes  off  synfull 
men/  and  be  crucified/  and  the  thyrde  daye  ryse  agayne. 
And  they  remcmbred  his  wordes/  and  returned  from  the 
sepulcre/  and  tolde  all  these  thynges  vnto  the  eleven/  and  to 
all  ^  other.  Hytt  was  Mary  magdalen  and  Joanna/  and  ^  Mary 
Jacoby/  and  other  that  were  with  them/  whych  tolde  these 
thynges  vnto  the  Apostles/  and  their  wordes  semed  vnto  them 
'  fayned  thynges/  nether  beloved  they  them.  Then  aroose 
Peter  and  ran  vnto  the  sepulcre/  and  ^stouped  in/  And 
sawe  the  lynnen  cloothes  laydc  by  them  sylfe.  And  de- 
parted wondrynge  in  hym  sylfe  att  thatt  whych  hadd  happ- 
ened. 

And  beholde/  two  of  them  went  that  same  daye  to  a  tonne/ 
whych  was  from  Jerusalem  about  thre  score  forlongcs/  called 
Emaus.  and  they  talked  togedder  of  all  thinges  which  had 
happened/  And  it  chaunsed/  as  they  commened  togedder/ 
and  reasoned/  that  Jesus  hym  silfe  drue  neare/  and  went  \vith 
them.  But  their  eyes  were  holden/  that  they  coulde  nott 
knowe  hym.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  What  manor  of 
communicacions  arc  these  that  ye  have  one  to  another  as  ye 
walke/  and  are  sadde.  And  the  one  off  them  named  Cleo- 
phas/  answered/  and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Arte  thou  only  a  straun- 
ger  in  Jerusalem/  and  haste  nott  knowen  the  thinges  which 
have  chaunsed  therin  in  these  dayes  ?  To  whom  he  sayd  : 
what  thynges  ?  And  they  sayd  vnto  hym  :  of  Jesus  of  Naz- 
areth which  was  a  prophet/  myghty  in  dede/  and  worde/  be- 
fore God/  and  all  the  people.  And  howe  the  hye  prestos/ 
and  oure  ruelers  delivered  hym  to  be  condcmpned  to  deeth : 
and  have  crucified  hym.  we  trusted  that  it  shulde  have  bene 
he  that  shulde  have  delivered  Israhell.  And  as  touchynge 
all  these  thynges/  to  daye  is  even  the  thyrd  daye/  that  they 
were  done. 

Ye  and  ceilayne  women  ^  alsoo  of  oure  company  nvide  vs 
astonyed/  whych  cam  erly  vnto  the  sepulcre/  and  founde  nott 
his  boddy.     And  cam  sayuige/  that  they  had  sene  visions  off 

^  Gen.  adds — suddenly.  ••Yet  in  Galilee,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^fhe 
remnaunt,  Cr.  T.  M.  Gen.  Bj>s.  ^  Marie  the  mother  of  James,  Gen. 
'  Fables,  Coc.        *  Looked  in,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        '  Among  us,  Gen. 


iFo.  IvTV'iX'  2rt)c  eS[ospcll  of  <S.  Sukc. 

angels  which  sayde  that  he  was  alive.  And  certaynge  of  them 
which  were  with  vs/  went  their  waye  to  the  sepulcrc  and  founde 
ytt  even  soo  as  the  wemen  had  sayde  :  but  hym  they  sawe  nott. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  O  foles/  and  slowe  of  herte  to 
beleve  all  that  the  prophetes  have  spoken.  Ought  not  Christ 
to  have  suffered  these  thingcs/  and  to  enter  into  his  glory  .'' 
And  he  began  at  Moses/  and  at  all  the  prophetes/  and  inter- 
preted vnto  them/  in  all  scriptures  ^^  which  were  written  of 
him.  And  they  drue  neye  vnto  the  toune  which  they  went  to. 
And  he  made/  as  though  he  wolde  have  gone  further.  And 
they  constrayned  hj^m/  sayiiige :  Abyde  with  vs  for  it  draw- 
eth  tawardes  nyght/  and  the  daye  is  farre  passed.  And  he 
went  in  to  tary  with  them. 

And  it  cam  to  passe  as  he  sate  att  meate  wyth  them/  he 
toke  breed  and  ^^  blessed  yt/  and  brake  ytt  and  gave  it  vnto 
them.  And  their  eyes  were  openned.  And  they  knewe 
hym.  And  he  ^~  vannisshed  out  of  their  syght/  and  they  sayde 
betwene  them  selves  :  did  not  oure  heitcs  burne  wyth  in  vs/ 
whyll  he  talked  with  vs  by  the  waye/  and  openned  to  vs  the 
scriptures  .''  And  they  roose  vp  the  same  houre/  and  returned 
agayne  to  Jerusalem/  and  they  founde  the  eleven  gaddered  to 
gedder/  and  them  that  were  wyth  them/  sayinge :  The  lorde 
is  risen  m  dede/  and  hath  apered  to  Simon,  and  they  tolde 
what  was  done  in  the  waye/  and  howe  ^^  they  knewe  hym/ 
by  the  breakynge  off  breed. 

As  they  thus  spake/  Jesus  hym  silfe  stode  m  the  myddes  of 
them/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  peace  be  with  you.  And  they 
were  abasshed/  and  afrayde/  supposinge  that  they  had  sene  a 
sprete.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Why  are  ye  ^'^  troubled  ? 
and  1^  why  do  thoughtes  aiyse  in  youre  hertes  ?  Beholde  my 
hondes  and  my  fete.  For  it  ys  even  I  my  sylfe.  handle  me 
and  se.  For  spretes  have  nott  flesshe  and  bones/  as  ye  se  me 
have.  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken/  he  shewed  them  his 
hondes/  and  his  fete.  And  whyll  they  yett  boleved  nott  for 
ioye/  and  wondred/  he  sayde  vnto  them :  Have  ye  here  eny 
meate/  And  they  gave  hym  a  pece  of  a  brouled  fisshe/  and  of 
an  honey  combe.     And  he  toke  it/  and  ate  it  before  them. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  These  are  the  wordes/  which  I 
spake  vnto  you/  whill  I  was  yett  with  you  :  that  all  must  be 

'"  Those  things  which  were  written  of  himscife,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Gave 
thanks,  Cov.  Gen.  ''^  Was  taken,  etc.  Gen.  '•*  He  was  knowne 

of  them,  Gen.  Bps.  '■•  Abashed,  Cov.  '*  Wherefore  doe  doutes, 
etc.  Gen. 


SrtJC  €5ospcll  oC  S.  aufec.  GTlj.  vvi'iif. 

fulfilled  which  were  written  of  me  in  the  lawe  of  Moses/  and 
in  the  prophetes/  and  in  the  psalmcs.  Then  opcnned  he  their 
^*^  vvy ttes/  that  they  myglit  vnderstond  the  scriptures/  and  sayde 
vnto  them  :  Thus  ys  yt  written/  and  thus  it  hehoved  Christ  to 
sutTrc/  and  to  ryse  agaync  from  dceth  the  thyrde  daye.  And 
that  repentaunce/  and  remission  of  synnes/  shulde  be  preached 
in  his  name  anionge  all  nacions.  And  the  bcgynnynge  must 
be  at  Jerusalem.  And  ye  are  witnesses  of  these  thynges. 
And  beholde/  I  wyll  scnde  the  promes  of  my  father  apon  you. 
Butt  taiy  ye  in  the  cite  of  Jerusalem/  vntyll  ye  be  endewcd 
with  power  from  an  hye. 

And  he  ledde  them  out  into  Bethany/  and  liftc  vp  hys 
hondes/  and  blest  them.     And  it  cam  to  passe/  as  he 
blessed  them/  he  departed  from  them/  and  was 
caiyed  vp  in  to  heven.     And  they  wor- 
shipped hym/  and  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem with  greate  ioye.     And 
were    continually    in    the 
temple/    ^'^  praysinge 
andlaudingeGod. 


J^ne  cntjctft  tl)f  ffifospcll 
off  <Sanct  ULufef. 

*^  Understanding,  Gen.  "  Giving  praise  and  thanks  unto  God. 

Cac. 


\r jlST  the  begynnynge  was  ^  thatworde/  and  ^  that  worde  was 
J^  with  god  :  and  ^  god  was  thatt  worde.  The  same  was  in 
the  begynnynge  wyth  god.  All  thynges  were  made  by  it/ 
and  with  out  it/  was  made  noo  thinge  :  that  made  was.  In 
it  was  lyfe/  And  lyfe  was  the  light  of  men/  And  the  light 
shyneth  in  darcknes/  and  darcknes  comprehended  it  not. 

There  was  a  man  sent  from  god/  whose  name  was  Jhon. 
The  same  cam  as  a  witnes/  to  beare  witnes/  of  the  light/  that 
all  men  through  him  myght  beleve.  He  was  nott  that  light : 
but  ^  to  beare  witnes  of  the  light.  That  was  ^  a  true  light/ 
which  lighteneth  all  men  that  come  into  the  worlde.  He  was 
in  the  worlde/  and  the  worlde  by  him  was  made :  and  the 
worlde  knewe  hym  not. 

He  cam  into  his  awne/  and  his  receaved  him  not,  vnto  as 
many  as  receaved  him/  gave  he  power  to  be  the  sonnes  of 
god  :  ^  in  that  they  beleved  on  his  name  :  which  were  borne 
not  of  bloude  nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesshe/  nor  yet  of  the  will 
of  men  :  but  of  god. 

And  that  worde  was  made  flesshe/  and  dwelt  amonge  vs/ 
and  he  sawe  the  glory  offyt/  as  the  gloiy  off  the  only  begot- 
ten Sonne  off  the  father/  ^  [which  worde  was]  full]  of  grace/ 
and  verite. 

Jhon  bare  witnes  off  hym  sayinge  :  Thys  is  he  of  whome 

>  The,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  The  [That,  G.]  word  was  God, 

T.  M.  Gen.  3  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add— was  sent.  *  That  [C.  B.  add- 
light]  was  the  true,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Even  to  them  that  be- 
leeved,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps,          *  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 


Ef>e  eSospell  of  S.  Jpon.  ffil),  f. 

I  spake/  ■''  he  that  commeth  after  me/  ^  was  before  me  be  cause 
he  was  yer  than  I.  And  of  his  fulnes  have  all  we  receaved/ 
even  ^  favour  for  favour.  For  the  lawe  was  geven  by  Moses/ 
but  favour  and  ^''vcritecam  by  Jesus  Christ.  No  man  ^^sawo 
god  at  eny  tyme.  The  only  begotten  sonne/  which  is  in  the 
fathers  bosum/  hath  declared  hym. 

And  this  is  the  recorde  olf  Jhon/  When  the  iews  sent  prestes/ 
and  levites  from  Jerusalem/  to  axe  hym/  i^  what  arte  thou  ? 
And  he  confessed/  and  denyed  nott/  and  sayde  playnly  :  I  am 
nott  Christ.  And  they  axed  hym  :  what  then  ?  arte  thou 
Helias  ?  And  he  sayde  :  I  am  nott.  Arte  thou  ^^  a  prophet  ? 
And  he  answered  noo.  Then  sayd  they  vnto  hym  :  what 
arte  thou  ?  That  we  maye  geve  an  answer  to  them  that  sent 
vs  ?  what  sayest  thou  of  thy  silfe  ?  He  sayde :  1  am  the 
voyce  of  a  cryar  in  the  wildernes/  make  strayght  the  waye  of 
the  lorde/  as  sayde  the  prophet  Esayas. 

And  they  which  were  sent/  wer  off  the  pharises.  And  they 
axed  hym  :  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  why  baptisest  thou  then/  yf 
thou  be  nott  Christ/  nor  Helias/  nether  a  prophet .'  Jhon 
answered  them  sayinge  :  I  baptise  with  water  :  butt  one  is 
come  amonge  you/  whom  ye  knowe  nott :  he  it  is  ^'^  that  com- 
meth after  me/  whiche  ^^  was  before  me/  whose  shoue  latchet/ 
I  am  not  worthy  to  vnlose.  These  thynges  were  done  in 
Bethabara  beyonde  Jordan/  where  Jhon  did  baptise. 

The  nexte  daye/  Jhon  sawe  Jesus  commynge  vnto  him/ 
and  sayde  :  beholde  the  lambe  of  god/  whych  taketh  awaye 
the  synne  off  the  worlde.  This  is  he  of  whom  I  sayde  :  After 
me  commeth  a  man/  which  ^^  was  before  me.  For  he  was 
yer  then  1/  and  I  knew  hym  nott :  butt  that  he  shuld  be  de- 
clared to  Israhell/  therefore  cam  I  baptisynge  with  water. 

And  Jhon  bare  recorde/  sayinge  :  I  sawe  the  sprete  de- 
scende  from  heven/  lyke  vnto  a  dove/  and  it  aboode  apon  hym/ 
and  I  knewe  hym  not :  but  he  that  sent  me  to  baptyse  in 
water/  sayde  vnto  me  :  Apon  whom  thou  shalt  se  the  sprete 
descende/  and  tary  styll  on  hym/  the  same  is  he  whych  bap- 

"  Shall  he  come  that  was  before  me,  for  he  was  or  ever  I,  Cov. 
Which  though  he  came  after  me,  went  before  me,  for  he  was  before 
me,  C'r.  '^  Is  preferred  before  me,  for  he  was  before  me.  Gen.  Bps. 

9  Grace  for  crrace,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Truth,  T.  .V.  Or.  Gen. 

Bps.         1'  Hath  seene,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  -wiio^  (j^„    rgo  ^g 

22]  '3  The,  T.  M.  Gen.   That,  Cr.  Bps.    [So  C.  G.  vs.  2.5.] 

•^  Which  though  he  came  after  me,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Is  preferred, 

Gen.  [So  vs.  3().]  *^  Is  preferred  [went,  C]  before  me  ;  for  he  was 
before  me,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


iFo.  ^cj.  3;j)c  (Sospcll  of  S.  SJIjon. 

tiseth  wyth  the  holy  goost.  And  I  saw  yt/  and  have  borne 
recorde/  that  thys  ys  the  sonne  off  God. 

The  next  daye  after  Jhon  stode  agayne/  and  two  off  hys 
disciples/  and  he  behelde  Jesus  as  he  walked  by/  and  sayde : 
beholde  the  lambe  off  God.  And  the  two  disciples  herde  hym 
speake'  and  they  folowed  Jesus.  Jesus  turned  about/  and 
sawe  them  foUowe/  And  sayde  vnto  them  :  what  soke  ye  ? 
They  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Rabi  (which  is  to  say  be  interpreta- 
cion/  Master)  where  ^"^  dwcUest  thou  ?  He  sayde  vnto  them  : 
come  and  se.  They  cam  and  sawe  where  he  dwelt :  and 
abode  with  hym  that  daye.  For  it  was  about  the  tenthe 
houre. 

Won  off  the  two  whych  herde  Jhon  speake/  and  folowed 
^^  Jesus/  was  Andrew  Simon  Peters  brother.  The  same  founde 
hys  brother  Simon  fyrst/  and  sayd  vnto  hym  :  we  have  founde 
Messias/  whych  ys  be  interpretacion  ^^  announted :  And 
brought  hym  to  Jesus.  And  Jesus  behelde  hym  and  sayde  : 
Thou  arte  Simon  the  sonne  off  Jonas/  Thou  shalt  be  called 
Cephas  :  which  is  by  interpretacion  a  stone. 

The  daye  folowynge  Jesus  wolde  goo  into  galile/  and 
founde  Philip/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  folowe  me.  Philip  was 
of  Bethsaida/  the  cite  of  Andrew  and  Peter.  Philip  founde 
Nathanael/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  We  have  founde  hym  off 
whom  jMoses  wrote  in  the  lawe/  and  the  prophetes :  Jesus  ^^ 
the  sonne  of  Joseph  of  Nazareth.  And  Nathanaell  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  Can  there  eny  goode  thynge  come  out  off  Nazareth  ? 
Philip  sayde  to  hym  :  come  and  se. 

Jesus  sawe  Nathanael  commynge  to  hym/  and  sayde  of 
hym  :  Beholde  -^  a  right  hisrahelite/  in  whom  is  no  gyle. 
Nathanael  sayde  vnto  hym  :  From  whence  knewest  thou  me  ? 
Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Before  that  Philip  cal- 
led the/  when  thou  v.'ast  vnder  the  fygge  tre/  I  sawe  the. 
Nathanael  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Rabi/  thou  arte 
^~  the  sonne  off  God/  Thou  arte  the  kynge  of  Israhel.  Jesus 
answered  and  sayd  vnto  hym :  Be  cause  I  sayde  vnto  the/  I 
sawe  the  vnder  the  fygge  tree/  -"^  thou  belevest.  Thou  shalt 
se  gi'eater  thynges  than  these.  And  he  sayde  '\'nto  hym  : 
Verely/  verely/ 1  saye  vnto  you  :  here  after/  shall  ye  se  hev- 
en  open/  and  the  angels  off  God  asccndynge/  and  descend- 
ynge  over  the  sonne  off  man. 

'"  Art  thou  at  lodging?  Gov.  '^  Him,  Or.  Gen.Bps.  '"  The 

Christ,  Gen.  -^  Of  Nazareth,  the  sonne,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  In 

deede  an  Israelite,  Gtn.  ^'  Even  the  very  sonne,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 

^^  Uelee vest  thou.  Gen. 


A' 


E^e  fflospcU  of  S.  Jljon.  €f).  ff. 


2r|)c  ScconTie  ®"l)aptcr. 

ND  the  thyrdc  daye/  was  there  a  mariage  in  Cana  a  ^  citie 
of  GaUIe.  And  Jesus  mother  was  there.  Jesus  was 
called  also  and  his  disciples  vnto  the  mariage.  And  when 
the  wyne  fayled/  Jesus  mother  sayde  vnto  hym  :  they  have 
no  wyne.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her  :  woman/  what  have  I  to  do 
with  the  .'*  myne  houre  is  not  yett  come.  His  mother  sayde 
vnto  the  ^  ministers :  whatsoever  he  sayeth  vnto  you/  do  itt. 
There  were  ^  stondynge  sixe  water  pottes  of  stone  after  the 
maner  of  the  puriiyinge  of  the  iewes/  contaynynge  two  or 
thre  "*  fyrkyns  a  pece. 

Jesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Fyll  the  water  pottes  with  water/ 
and  they  fylled  them  vp  ^  to  the  harde  brym.  And  he  sayde 
vnto  them  :  Drawe  outt  nowe/  and  bearc  vnto  the  governor  of 
the  feastc.  And  they  bare  itt.  When  the  ruler  off  the 
feast  had  tasted  the  water  that  ^  was  turned  vnto  -wyne/  nether 
knewe  whence  it  was  (Butt  the  mynisters  which  drue  the 
water  knew)  He  called  the  brydegromc/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
All  men  att  the  bcgynngnge/  sett  forth  goode  wyne/  And 
when  "^  men  be  dronke/  then  thatt  which  is  worsse  :  Butt  thou 
hast  kept  backe  the  goode  wyne  ^  hetherto. 

Thys  9  bcg\'nnynge  off  myracles  did  Jesus  in  Cana  of  Gali- 
le/  and  shewed  his  gloiy/  and  his  disciples  beloved  on  hym. 
After  thatt  descended  he  in  to  Capernaum/  and  hys  mother/ 
and  hys  brethren/  and  his  disciples :  But  continued  not 
i^longe  there. 

And  the  iewes  ester  was  even  at  honde/  And  Jesus  went 
vp  to  Jerusalem/  and  founde  in  the  temple  those  that  soldo 
oxen  and  shepe/  and  doves/  and  chaungers  of  money  syttynge. 
And  he  made  a  scourge  off  small  cordes/  and  drave  them  all 
out  off  the  temple/  bothe  shepe  and  oxen/  and  powred  doune 
the  changers  money/  and  overthrue  their  tables.  And  sayde 
vnto  them  that  soldo  doves  :  i^Have  these  thynges  hence/ 
and  make  nott  my  ftithers  housse/  an  housse  off  marchan- 
dyse.  Hys  disciples  remembred/  howe  that  yt  was  written/ 
The  zele  of  thyne  housse/  hath  even  eaten  me. 

'  Towne,  Gen.  '  Servaunts,  Gen.  [So  vs.  9]  ^  Set  there, 

Gen.  Bjis.         *  Measures,  Cov.  ^  To  the  brimme,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Was  made,  Gen.  Bps.         ''  The  ghestes  [men,  G.]  have 

well  drunk,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Until  nowe,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  First 
taken,  C'ov.  "^  Many  days  there,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         "  Take, 

Gen. 


^0.  r:cff.  Ejje  ffiospell  of  S.  3|)on. 

Then  answered  the  iewes  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  what  token 
shewest  thou  vnto  vs/  seynge  that  thou  dost  these  thynges  ? 
Jesus  answered/  and  said  vnto  them  :  ^^  destroye  this  temple/ 
and  in  thre  dayes  I  will  rayse  it  vppe  agayne.  Then  sayde 
the  iewes  :  In  xlvj.  yeares  this  temple  was  bilt :  and  wylt  thou 
13  rayse  it  vppe  in  thre  dayes  ?  Butt  he  spake  of  the  temple 
off  hys  boddy.  As  sone  therfore  as  he  was  lysen  from  deeth 
agayne/  his  disciples  remembred  that  he  thus  sayde  vnto  them/ 
And  they  beloved  the  scripture/  and  the  wordes  whych  Jesus 
had  sayde. 

When  he  was  at  Jerusalem/  at  ester  in  the  feaste/  many 
beleved  on  his  name  :  when  they  sawe  the  signes  which  he 
did  :  but  Jesus  i"*  put  nott  hym  silfe  in  their  hondes/  be  cause 
he  knewe  ^^  all  men/  and  neded  nott/  that  eny  man  shulde 
testify  off  man.     For  he  ^^  knewe  what  was  in  man. 

STIjc  ffj.  €"ljai)tcT. 

nnHERE  was  a  man  off  the  pharises  named  Nicodcmus  a 
-^  ruler  amonge  the  iewes.  He  cam  to  Jesus  be  nyght/ 
and  sayde  vnto  him  :  ^  Master/  we  knowe  that  thou  arte/  a 
teacher  why che  arte  come  from  god.  For  no  man  coulde  do 
suche  miracles  as  thou  doest/  excepte  God  were  wy  th  hym  :  Je- 
sus answered/  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto 
the  :  except  that  a  man  be  boren  ^  a  newe/  he  cannot  se  the 
kingdom  of  god.  Nicodemus  sayde  vnto  hym :  howe  can  a 
man  be  boren/  when  he  is  olde  ?  can  he  enter  3  into  hys  moders 
^  body  and  be  boren  agayne .''  Jesus  answered  :  verely/  vere- 
ly I  say  vnto  the  :  except  that  a  man  be  boren  of  water/  and 
of  the  sprete/  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kyngdom  of  god.  That 
whych  is  boren  of  the  flesshe/  is  flesshe.  And  that  which  is 
boren  of  the  sprete/  is  sprete.  Marvayle  nott  that  I  sayd  to 
the/  ye  must  be  boren  a  newe.  The  wynde  bloweth  where 
it  listeth/  and  thou  hearest  his  sounde  :  butt  thou  canst  nott  tell 
whence  he  commeth  and  whether  he  goeth.  So  is  eveiy  man 
that  is  boren  of  the  sprete. 

Nicodemus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  howe  can  these 
thynges  be .''     Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym:    Arte 

12  Break  downe,  Cov.  '■'  Rearc,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  T.  M. 

C.  B.  vs.  19.]  '■•  Did  not  commit  himselfe  unto  them,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         1*  Them  all,  Cov.  Gen.         '*  Knewe  well,  Cov.         '  Rabby, 
T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  26.]  *  From  above,  Cr.  Bps.  Again, 

Gen.   [So  vs.  7.]  ^  Gen.  adds — again.    Bps. — the  second  time. 

"  Worabe,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


(Tijc  ffiosprU  of  S.  3^m\.  CTI;.  ffj. 

tlioii  a  -''  master  in  Israhcll/  and  knowcst  nott  these  thyngcs  ? 
Vcrely  verely/  I  saye  viito  the/  we  spcake  that  we  knowe/ 
and  testify  that  we  have  scne :  And  ye  receave  not  oure  wit- 
nes.  Ytf  I  have  tolde  you  erthely  thyngcs  and  ye  have  not 
beloved :  Howe  shulde  ye  beleve  if  I  shall  tell  you  of  hevcnly 
thynges  ? 

And  noo  man  hath  ascended  vppc  to  heven/  butt  he  that 
cam  doune  from  heven/  ^  that  ys  to  saye  the  sonne  of  man 
which  is  in  heven. 

And  as  Moses  lifte  vppc  the  serpent  in  wyldernes/  even  soo 
must  the  sonne  off  man  be  lifte  vppe/  that  "  noo  man  which  bc- 
leveth  in  hym  perisshe  :  but  have  eternall  lyfe. 

God  soo  loved  the  worlde/  that  he  gave  his  only  ^  sonne 
3  [for  the  entent/]  that  none  that  beleve  in  hym/  shulde  per- 
isshe :  Butt  shulde  have  everlastynge  lyfe.  For  God  sent 
not  his  sonne  into  the  worlde/  to  condempne  the  worlde  : 
But  that  the  worlde  through  him/  myght  be  saved.  He  that 
beleveth  on  hym  shall  not  be  condempned.  But  he  that  be- 
leveth  nott/  is  condempned  all  redy/  be  cause  he  beleveth  nott 
in  the  name  off  the  only  sonne  off  God.  And  this  is  the  con- 
dempnacion :  Light  is  come  into  the  worlde/  and  the  men 
have  loved  darckncs  ^^  more  then  light/  be  cause  their  dedes 
were  evyll.  For  every  man  that  evyll  doeth/  hateth  the  light : 
nether  commeth  to  light/  lest  his  dedes  shulde  be  reproved. 
Butt  he  that  doeth  the  trueth/  commeth  to  the  light/  that  his 
dedes  myght  be  ^^  knowen/  ho  we  that  they  are  wroght  i~  in 
God. 

After  that  cam  Jesus  and  his  disciples  into  the  ^^  iewes 
londe/  and  there  abode  with  them  and  baptised/  and  Jhon  also 
baptised  in  Enon  besydes  Salim/  be  cause  there  was  moche 
water  there/  and  they  cam/  and  were  baptised.  For  Jhon 
was  not  yet  cast  into  preson. 

There  a  rose  a  question  betwene  Jhons  disciples  and  the 
iewes  a  bout  purifiynge.  And  they  cam  vnto  Jhon/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym :  Master/  beholde  he  that  was  with  the  beyonde 
iordan/  to  whom  thou  barest  witnes/  baptyseth/  and  all  men 
come  to  hym.  Jhon  answered/  and  sayde :  A  man  can  re- 
ceave nothynge  at  all  except  it  be  geven  hym  from  heven. 

*  Teacher  of,  Gen.  ®  Even,  the  sonne,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  The  son, 

etc.  Gen.  ">  Whosoever  beleeveth,  etc.  should  not,  etc.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  [So  vs.  16.]  ®  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — begotten.  [So  vs.  10.] 

9  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  'o  Rather,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Made 

manifest.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  According  to,  Gen.  '^  Lande  of  Jurie 

[Judaea,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps, 


ffo.  jrcfff.  B\)e  eSospeU  of  S.  3f)on. 

Ye  youre  selves  are  witnesses/  howe  that  I  sayde/  I  am  nott 
Christ :  butt  am  sent  before  hym.  He  that  hath  the  bryde  is 
the  brydegrome  :  Butt  the  frende  off  the  brydegrome  which 
stondeth  by  and  heareth  hym/  reioyseth  greately  ^'*  of  the 
brydgromes  voyce.  Therefore  this  my  ioye  is  fulfilled.  He 
must  increace  :  and  I  muste  decreace. 

He  that  commeth  from  an  hye  is  above  all  :  he  that  is  off  the 
crth  is  of  the  erth/  and  speaketh  off  the  erth.  He  that  com- 
meth fi'om  heven/  is  above  all :  And  testifyeth  that  he  hath 
sene/  and  herde  :  and  his  testimony  noo  man  receaveth. 
Whosoever  receavith  his  ^^  witnes/  the  same  hath  sealed  that 
God  is  true.  For  he  whom  God  hath  sent  speaketh  the 
wordes  off  God.  For  God  geveth  nott  ^^  the  sprete  by  meas- 
ure. The  father  loveth  the  sonne/  and  hath  geven  all  thynges 
into  his  honde.  He  that  beleveth  on  the  sonne/  hath  ever- 
lastypg  lyfe.  And  he  that  beleveth  nott  the  sonne/  shall  nott 
se  lyfe  :  but  the  wrathe  of  God  bydeth  on  hym. 

?rte  ffff.  ©ijaptcr. 

A  S  sone  as  the  lorde  ^  had  knoweledge/  howe  that  -  it  was 
"^  come  to  the  eares  off  the  pharises/  that  Jesus  had  made 
and  baptised  moo  disciples  then  Jhon  (though  that  Jesus  hym 
silfe  baptised  not :  butt  his  disciples)  he  lefte  iewry/  and  de- 
parted agayne  into  galile.  And  it  was  soo  that  he  must  nedes 
goo  thorowe  Samaria.  Then  cam  he  to  a  cite  of  Samaria 
called  Sichar  ^  besydes  the  possession  that  Jacob  gave  to  his 
sonne  Joseph/  and  there  was  Jacobs  well.  Jesus  then  wer- 
ied  in  liis  iorney/  sate  thus  on  the  well. 

Hit  was  about  the  sLxte  houre  :  There  cam  a  Avoman  of  Sa- 
maria to  drawe  water.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her :  Geve  me 
drynke  (for  his  disciples  wer  gone  awaye  vnto  the  toune  to 
beye  meate)  The  woman  off  Samaria  sayde  vnto  hym  :  howe 
is  itt/  thatt  thou  beinge  a  iewe  axest  drynke  of  me/  which  am 
a  ■*  Samaritane  ?  (for  the  iewes  medle  not  with  the  Samari- 
tans) Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  her  :  if  thou  knewest  the 
gyfte  of  God/  and  who  it  is/  that  sayeth  to  the  geve  me  drynke  : 
thou  woldest  have  axed  of  hym/  and  he  wolde  have  geven  the 
water  of  lyfe.  The  woman  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Syr  thou  hast 
noo  thynge  to  drawe  it  with  all/  and  the  well  is  depe  :  from 

'''  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — because.  "  Testimonie,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  '^  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — him.  '  Knewe,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  *  The  Pharisees  had  heard,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Nere 

unto,  Gen.  Bps.        ^  A  woman  of  Samaria,  Gen.  Bps. 


J!:f)c  CSospcU  oC  ,S.  .UDoii.  (Tfj.  t'fif. 

whenc  then  hast  thou  that  water  off  lyfe  ?  Arte  thou  yrctlcr 
tlien  cure  Hither  Jacob/  whicli  gave  vs  this  well/  and  he  hyni 
silfe  dranke  there  of  and  his  chyldrcn  and  his  cattcU  ? 

Jesus  answered  and  saydc  vnto  her  :  whosoever  drynkcth 
of  tliis  water/  shall  thurst  agayne.  But  whosoever  shall  drynke 
of  the  water  that  I  shall  geve  hym/  shall  never  be  moare  a 
thyrst  :  But  the  water  that  I  shall  geve  hym/  shalbe  in  hym  a 
well  of  water  spryngynge  vp  into  everlastynge  lyfe/  The 
woman  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Syr  geve  me  of  that  water/  that  1 
thyrst  not/  nether  come  hedder  to  drawe.  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
her :  Go  and  call  thy  husband/  and  come  hydder.  The  wo- 
man answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  I  have  no  husband. 
Jesus  sayde  to  her.  Thou  hast  well  sayd/  I  have  no  husbande. 
For  thou  haste  had  five  husbandes/  and  he  whom  thou  nowc 
hast/  is  not  thy  housband.     That  saydest  thou  truely. 

The  woman  sayde  vnto  hym :  Syr  I  perceave  that  thou 
arte  a  prophet.  Oure  fathers  worshipped  in  this  mountayne  : 
And  ye  say  thatt  in  Jerusalem  is  the  place  where  men  ought 
to  praye.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her  :  woman  ^  trust  me/  The 
houre  commeth/  when  ye  shall  nether  in  this  mountayne/  nor 
yet  att  Jerusalem/  worshippe  the  father,  ye  worshippe  ye 
wot  neare  what/  we  knowe  what  we  worshippe.  For  salva- 
cion  commeth  of  the  iewes.  But  the  houre  commeth/  and 
nowe  is/  when  the  true  worshippers  shall  worshippe  the  fath- 
er in  sprete/  and  in  verite.  For  verily  suche  the  father  re- 
(piyreth  to  worshippe  hym.  God  is  a  sprete/  and  they  that 
worshippe  hym/  must  honoure  hym/  in  sprete  and  verite. 

The  woman  sayde  vnto  liym  :  I  wot  well  Messias  shall 
come/  which  is  called  Christ.  When  he  is  once  come/  he 
will  tell  vs  all  thynges.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her :  I  thatt  spake 
vnto  the/  am  he.  And  ^  even  at  that  poynte/  cam  his  disci- 
ples/ and  marvelled  that  he  talked  with  '^  the  woman.  Yet  no 
man  sayde  vnto  hym :  what  ^  meanest  thou/  or  why  talkest 
thou  with  her  ?  The  woman  ^  lefte  her  water  pott  behynde 
her/  and  went  her  waye  into  the  cite/  and  sayde  to  the  men 
there  :  Come  se  a  man  whiche  tolde  me  all  thynges  thatt  ever 
I  dyd.  Is  not  he  Christ  ?  Then  they  went  out  off  the  cite/ 
and  cam  vnto  hym. 

In   the  meane  whyle  his  disciples  prayed  hym  saynge  : 
Master  eate.     He  sayde  vnto  them :  I  have  meate  to  eate/ 

^  Boleeve,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Dps.  *•  In  the  meane  season,  Cor. 

Iininediately,  Cr.  Bjis.    Upon  that,  Gen.  '  A  woman.  Gen, 

'*  Askest,  Gen.  Seekcst,  Bps.        ^  Let  her  pot  stand,  Cov. 
Q* 


So.  fcfb.  2ri)c  CSospcU  of  Jb.  Sjjon. 

that  ye  knowe  nott  off.  Then  sayd  the  disciples  betwene 
them  selves  :  hath  eny  man  brought  hym  ^^  meate  ?  Jesus 
sayd  vnto  them :  My  meate  ys  to  fulfill  the  will  off  hym  that 
sent  me/  And  to  fynnysshe  hys  worcke.  Saye  not  ye  : 
There  are  yett  foure  monethes/  and  then  commeth  harvest  ? 
Beholde  I  saye  vnto  you/  lyfte  vppe  youre  eyes/  and  loke  on 
the  regions  :  For  they  are  whyte  allredy  vnto  harvest.  And 
he  that  repeth  receaveth  rewarde/  and  gaddereth  frute  vnto 
lyfe  eternall  :  That  boihe  he  that  soweth/  ^i  myght  reioyce 
also/  and  he  thatt  repeth.  And  here  in  ys  the  ^^  sayinge  true/ 
that  won  soweth/  And  another  repeth.  I  sent  you  to  repe 
that  wheron  ye  bestowed  no  laboure.  O  ther  men  laboured/ 
And  ye  are  entred  into  their  labours. 

Many  off  the  Samaritans  off  the  cite  beleved  on  hym/  For 
the  womans  sayinge/  whych  testifyed  :  He  told  me  all  thynges 
that  ever  I  did.  Then  when  the  Samaritans  were  come  vnto 
hym/  They  besought  hym/  that  he  woulde  tary  wyth  them. 
And  he  aboode  there  two  dayes.  And  many  moo  beleved 
because  off  hys  awne  wordes.  And  sayde  vnto  the  woman  : 
Nowe  we  beleve  nott  be  cause  off  thy  sayinge.  For  we  have 
herde  hym  oure  selves/  and  knowe  thatt  thys  ys  even  in  dede 
Christ  the  savioure  off  the  worlde. 

After  two  dayes/  he  departed  thence/  and  went  awaye  into 
galile.  And  Jesus  hym  silfe  testifyed/  that  a  prophet  ^'^  hath 
none  honoiu-e  in  hys  awne  countre.  Then  as  sone  as  he  was 
come  into  galile/  the  Galileans  receaved  hym  which  had  sene 
all  thynges/  that  he  did  at  Jerusalem  on  the  feaste.  For  they 
went  also  vnto  the  feast  daye.  And  Jesus  cam  agayne  into 
Cana  of  Galile/  where  he  !■*  tourned  water  into  wyne. 

And  there  was  a  certayne  rueler/  whose  sonne  was  sicke  at 
Capernaum.  As  sone  as  he  herde  that  Jesus  was  come  out  of 
iewry  into  Galile  he  went  vnto  hym/  and  besought  him/  that 
he  wolde  descende/  and  heale  his  sonne :  For  he  ^^  was  even 
redy  to  deye.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  hym  :  Excepte  ye  se 
signes  and  wonders/  ye  beleve  not.  The  rueler  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  Syr  ^^  come  awaye  or  ever  that  my  chylde  deye.  Jesus 
sayde  vnto  hym  goo  thy  waye.  thy  sonne  liveth.  And  the 
man  beleved  the  wordes  that  Jesus  had  spoken  vnto  hym/  and 
went  his  waye.     And  anon  as  he  went  on  his  waye/  his  ser- 

'"  Aught  to  eat,  Cr.  Bps.  "  And  he  that  reai>-'th,  mWht  rejoyce 
together,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''^  Proverb,  Cov.  '^  Is  nothing 

set  by  at  hDiui,  Cov.  '^  Had  mad'B   of  water,  wine,  Gen.  B/jg. 

'^  Lay  dead  sick,  Coo.  '®  Goe  downe  before  my  sonne  die,  Gen. 


2ri)c  fflosiitll  of  S.  .Uotn.  Cri).  b. 

vauntes  mctt  hym/  and  toUle  hym/  sayingc  :  Thy  sonne  liv- 
eth/  Then  onquyrcd  he  of  them  tlic  houre  when  he  began  to 
amende.  And  they  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Yester  daye  the  sev- 
enthe  houre/  the  fever  Icfte  hym.  And  the  father  knew  that 
it  was  the  same  houre  when  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Thy 
Sonne  liveth.  And  he  beleved/  and  all  his  houshold.  Thys 
ys  agayne  the  seconde  myracle/  that  Jesus  did/  after  he  earn 
out  of  iewry  into  Galile. 

Cj&c  \).  (Tfiaptcr. 

A  FTER  that  there  was  a  feast  off  the  iewes/  and  Jesus 
"^  went  vppe  to  Jerusalem.  There  is  at  Jerusalem/  by  the 
1  slaughterhousse  a  pole  called  in  the  ebrue  tonge/  "^  bethesda/ 
havynge/  five  porches/  in  them  laye  a  greate  multitude  off 
sicke  folke/  off  blynde/  halt/  and  wyddered/  waytynge  for 
the  movynge  off  the  wather.  For  an  angell  went  doune  ^  at 
a  certayne  ceason  into  the  pole  an  stered  the  water,  whoso- 
ever then  fyrst  after  the  sterynge  off  the  water  stepped  doune/ 
was  made  whoale  of  whatsoever  disease  he  had.  And  a  cer- 
tayne man  was  there/  which  had  bene  diseased  xxxviij.  yeares. 
When  Jesus  sawe  hym  lye/  and  knewe  that  he  nowe  longe 
tyme  had  bene  diseased/  he  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Wilt  thou  be 
whoale  .''  The  syke  answered  hym  :  Syr  I  have  no  man 
when  the  water  is  "^  moved/  to  put  me  into  the  pole.  Butt  in 
the  meane  tyme/  whill  I  am  ^  about  to  come/  another  stoppeth 
doune  before  me. 

Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym/  i*yse/  take  vp  thy  heed/  and  walke. 
And  immediatly  that  man  was  whole/  and  toke  vp  his  beed/ 
and  went.  And  the  same  daye  was  the  saboth  daye.  The 
iewes  therfore  sayd  vnto  hym  that  was  made  whole  :  It  is  the 
saboth  daye/  it  is  nott  laufuU  for  the  to  cary  thy  beed.  He 
answered  them  :  he  that  made  me  whole/  sayde  vnto  me  : 
Take  vp  thy  beed/  and  ^  gett  the  hence.  Then  axed  they 
hym  :  what  man  is  that  which  sayd  vnto  the/  take  vp  thy 
beed  and  walke.  And  he  that  was  healed  wist  not  who  yt 
was.  For  Jesus  ~  gatt  hym  silfe  awaye/  be  cause  that  there 
was  preace  of  people  in  the  place. 

'  Place   of  the  sheepe,  Gen.  Sheepe  market,  Bps.  *  Bethseda, 

Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.        3  At  his  time,  Cav.        ■»  Troubled,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  [So  Gen.  vs.  4.]  *  Coming,  Gen.  *  Go  thy  way,  Cor. 

Walke,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Had  conveyed  himselfe  away  from  the 

multitude  that  was  in  that  place,  Gen. 


jfo.  ):cb.  2ri)e  CSosjpdl  cf  S.  2.ukc. 

After  that/  Jesus  founde  hym  in  the  temple/  and  sayd  vnto 
hym  :  Beholde  thou  arte  made  whole/  se  thou  synne  no 
moore/  lest  a  worsse  thinge  ^  happen  vnto  the.  The  man  de- 
parted/ and  tolde  the  iewes  that  yt  was  Jesus/  the  whyche 
had  made  hym  whole.  And  therfore  the  iewes  did  perse- 
cute Jesus/  and  sought  ^  the  meanes  to  slee  hym/  be  cause 
he  had  done  these  thynges  on  the  saboth  daye.  Jesus  an- 
swered them  :  My  father  worketh  hidderto/  and  I  worke. 
Therfore  the  iewes  sought  the  moore  to  kill  hym/  not  on- 
ly be  cause  he  had  broken  the  saboth  :  but  sayde  alsoo 
that  god  was  his  father/  and  made  hym  silfe  equall  with 
god. 

Then  answered  Jesus  and  sayde  unto  them  :  verely/  verely 
I  saye  vnto  you  :  the  sonne  can  do  noo  thynge  of  hym  silfe  : 
but  that  he  seyth  the  father  do.  For  whatsoever  he  doeth/ 
that  doeth  the  sonne  also.  For  the  father  loveth  the  sonne/ 
and  sheweth  hym  all  thynges/  whatsoever  he  him  silfe  doeth. 
And  he  will  shewe  hym  gretter  thynges  then  these/  be  cause 
ye  shoulde  marvayle.  For  lykwyse  as  the  father  rayseth 
vppe  the  deed/  and  quyckeneth  them/  even  soo  the  sonne 
quyckeneth  whom  he  woU.  i*^  Nether  iudgeth  the  father  eny 
man  :  but  hath  committed  all  iudgment  vnto  the  sonne/  be 
cause  that  all  men  shulde  honoure  the  sonne/  even  as  they 
honoure  the  father.  He  that  honourcth  nott  the  sonne/  the 
same  honoureth  not  the  father  which  hath  sent  hym.  Vyrely 
verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  He  that  heareth  my  wordes/  And 
beleveth  on  hym  that  sent  me/  hathc  everlastynge  lyfe/  and 
shall  not  come  in  to  damnacion  :  but  ^i  is  scaped  from  deth 
vnto  lyfe. 

Verely/  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  the  tyme  shall  come/  and 
nowe  ys/  when  the  deed  shall  heare  the  voyce  otF  the  sonne 
of  god.  And  they  that  heare/  shall  live.  For  as  the  father 
hath  life  in  hym  silfe  :  soo  lyke  wyse  hath  he  geven  to  the 
sonne  to  have  lyfe  in  hym  silfe.  And  hath  geven  hym  pow- 
er alsoo  to  I'^iudgc  in  that  he  is  the  sonne  off  man.  Marvayle 
nott  at  this/  ^'-^  that  the  houre  shall  come/  in  the  whych  all  that 
are  in  the  graves/  shall  heare  his  voice/  and  shall  come  forthe/ 
they  that  have  done  goode  vnto  the  resurreccion  off  lyfe. 
And  they  that  have  done  evyll/  vnto  the  resurreccion  of  damp- 
nacion. 


8  Come,  Gen.  Bps.  »  To  slay  him,  Gen.  '"  For  tlie  Father 

judgethnoman,  Gf?i.        "  Hath  passed,  Geji.        '^  Execute  judgment, 
Gen.      '^  The  houre  shal  come,  T.  M.  For  the  hour,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


2ri)c  <Sosi)cU  nf  ;S.  ILuhr.  Cj).  bf. 

I  can  of  myne  awne  silfe  do  noo  thynge  at  all.  as  I  hcarc 
I  iudge/  and  my  iudgnient  ys  iust/  be  cause  I  soke  nott  myne 
awne  wyll :  Butt  the  will  oft'  the  father  which  hath  sent 
me.  Y'f  I  beare  witnes  off"  my  silfe/  my  witnes  ys  nott 
true.  There  ys  another  thatt  beareth  witnes  off"  me.  And 
'4 1  am  sure  that  the  witnes  whychc  he  beareth  of  me  is 
true. 

Ye  sent  vnto  Jhon/  and  he  bare  witnes  vnto  the  trueth  : 
J5  but  I  reccave  no  rccorde  of  man.  Neverthelesse/  these 
thyngcs  I  saye/  that  ye  myght  be  safe.  He  was  a  brcnnynge 
and  a  shynynge  ^^  light/  and  ye  wolde  for  a  season  have  re- 
ioysed  in  his  light.  But  I  have  grettcr  witnes/  then  the  witnes 
off  Jhon.  For  the  workes  whych  my  father  hath  geven  me 
to  fynnyshe  :  The  same  workes  whych  I  do/  beare  witnes  off 
me/  thatt  my  father  sent  mc/  And  my  father  hym  silfe/  which 
hath  sent  me/  beareth  witnes  oft'  me.  Ye  have  nott  herde 
hys  voice  att  eny  tyme/  nor  yett  have  sene  hys  shape.  And 
his  wordes  have  ye  nott  abydynge  in  you  :  For  ^''  ye  belevc 
not  hym  whom  he  hath  sent. 

Searche  the  scriptures/  for  in  them/  ye  thynke  ye  have 
eternal  lyfe  :  And  they  are  they  whych  testify  off  me.  ^*  And 
yett  will  ye  nott  come  to  me  that  ye  myght  have  lyfe.  I  re- 
ceve  nott  prayse  off  men  :  But  I  knowe  you/  that  ye  have 
nott  the  love  off  God  in  you.  I  am  come  in  my  fathers  name/ 
and  ye  receave  me  not.  Yff  another  shall  come  in  hys  awne 
name/  hym  wyll  ye  receave.  howe  can  ye  beleve/  whych 
receave  p  rayse  won  of  another/  and  seke  not  the  prayse 
which  commeth  of  god  only  .'' 

Suppose  nott/  that  I  wyll  accuse  you  to  my  father/  There 
is  won  that  accuseth  you/  ^^  verely  Moses  in  whom  ye  truste. 
For  had  ye  beleved  Moses/  ye  wolde  have  beleved  me  :  For 
he  wrote  of  me.  But  when  ye  beleve  not  hys  writtynge  : 
howe  shall  ye  beleve  my  wordes. 

Z\)e  bj.  <?Cl)ai)ter. 

A  FTER  that  went  Jesus  his  waye  over  the  see  ^  of  galile 
-^  nye  to  a  cite  called  Tiberias.     And  a  greate  multitude 

'■•  I  knowe,  Gen.  '*  As  for  me,  I  take  no  record  of  man,  Coc. 

But  I  receive  not  the  recorde,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Can- 

dle, Gen.  '^  Whome  he  hath  sent,  him.  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'®  But  ye  will  not.  etc.  Gen.  '"  Even,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

•Unto  the  citie  of  Tiberias   in  Galilee,  Coc.  Of  Galilee,  which  is  the 
sea  of  [or  of,  G'.]  Tiberias,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  vc^f-  STIje  eSospdl  of  S.  Si)on. 

folowed  hym/  be  cause  they  hadde  sene  the  myracles  that  he 
did  on  them  which  were  diseased.  Jesus  went  vp  into  a 
mountayne/  and  there  he  sate  with  his  disciples  (And  ester  a 
feaste  of  the  iewes/  was  nye)  Then  Jesus  hfte  vppe  hys  eyes/ 
and  saw  a  grcate  company  come  vnto  hym/  and  sayde  vnto 
Phihp :  whence  shall  we  bye  breed  that  these  might  eate : 
This  he  sayde  to  prove  hym.  For  he  hym  sylfe  knewe  what 
he  wolde  do. 

Philip  answered  him/  two  hondred  peny  worthe  of  breed 
are  not  sufficient  for  them/  that  every  man  have  a  litell.  Then 
sayde  vnto  hym/  won  off  hys  disciples  (Andrew  Simon  Petei's 
brother)  There  ys  ^a  ladde  here/  whych  hath  fyve  barly  loves/ 
and  two  fisshes :  butt  what  ys  that  amonge  so  many  .-'  Jesus 
sayde  :  Make  the  people  to  sit  doune.  (There  was  moche 
grasse  in  the  place)  And  the  men  sate  doune/  in  nombre/ 
about  five  thousande.  Jesus  toke  the  breed/  and  gave  thankes/ 
and  gave  to  his  disciples/  and  his  disciples/  to  them  that  were 
sett  doune.  And  likwyse  of  the  fysshes/  as  moche  as  they 
wolde. 

When  they  ^  had  eten  ynought/  he  sayde  vnto  his  disciples  : 
gadder  vppe  the  broken  meate  that  remayneth  :  that  nothinge 
be  loost.  They  gaddered  it  togedder/  and  filled  twelve  bas- 
ketes  wyth  the  broken  meate/  of  the  five  barly  loves/  which 
broken  meate  remayned  vnto  them  that  had  eaten.  Then 
those  men/  when  they  had  sene  te  myracle  that  Jesus  did/ 
sayde  :  This  is  off  a  trueth  the  same  prophet  which  shall  come 
into  the  worlde.  ^  Jesus  knew  wele  ynough/  that  they  wolde 
come/  and  take  hym  ^  vppe/  to  make  hym  kynge  :  and  ther- 
fore  departed  he  agayne/  into  a  mountayne/  hym  silfe  a  lone. 

When  even  was  come  his  disciples  went  vnto  the  see/  and 
entred  into  a  shyppe.  And  went  over  the  see  vnto  capernaum. 
And  ^  anon  it  was  darcke/  and  Jesus  was  not  come  to  them. 
And  the  see  arose  with  a  greate  wynde.'''  when  they  had 
rowed  aboute  a  xxv.  or  a  xxx.  furlonges/  they  sawe  Jesus 
walke  on  the  sec/  and  to  drawe  nye  vnto  the  shyppe/  and  they 
were  afrayed.  He  sayd  vnto  them  :  Itt  is  1/  be  nott  a  frayde. 
Then  ^  wolde  they  have  receaved  hym  into  the  shippe/  and 
the  shippe  was  by  and  by  at  the  londe  whyther  they  went. 

The   daye  folowinge/  the  people  which  stode  on  the  other 

*  A  little  boy,  fJen.  A  little  lad,  Bps.  ^  Were   satisfied,  Gen. 

Were  filled,  Bps.  ■*  When  Jesus  therefore  perceived,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  '  By  force.  Bps.  ^  It  was  nowe,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add— that  blewe.         » willingly  they  received, 

GtH, 


erjjc  ffiosprU  of  S.  .IJbon.  <t\).  bf. 

syde  of  the  sec/  sawe  that  there  was  none  otlicr  shyppc  there 
save  that  won  whcr  in  liis  disciples  were  entred/  and  that  Je- 
sus went  nott  in  with  them  into  the  shippe :  butt  that  hys  dis- 
ciples were  gone  awaye  alone  ^  (There  cam  other  shippes 
from  Tiberias  nye  vnto  the  place/  where  they  ate  breed/  "^  wlien 
the  lorde  liad  blessed)  Then  when  the  people  sawe  that  Jesus 
was  not  there  nether  hys  disciples/  Tlicy  also  toke  shippynge 
and  cam  to  Capernaum  sekinge  for  Jesus. 

And  when  they  had  foundc  hym  on  the  other  syde  of  the 
see/  they  sayd  vnto  hym  :  i^  Master  when  camest  thou  bidder  ? 
Jesus  answered  them  and  sayde  :  verely  verely  I  saye  vnto 
you  :  ye  seke  me/  nott  be  cause  ye  sawe  the  myracles  :  but 
be  cause  ye  ate  of  the  ^-  breed/  and  were  filled.  Laboure 
not  for  the  meate  which  perissheth/  but  for  the  meate  that 
endureth  vnto  evcrlastynge  lyfe/  whiche  meate  the  sonne  of 
man  shall  gevc  vnto  you.  For  hym  hath  god  the  father 
sealed. 

Then  saj'de  they  vnto  hym  :  what  shall  we  do  that  we 
myght  worke  the  workes  of  god  ?  Jesus  answered  and  sayd 
vnto  them :  This  is  the  worke  of  god/  that  ye  beleve  on  him/ 
whom  he  hath  sent.  They  sayde  vnto  hym  :  what  signc 
shewest  thou  then  ?  that  we  ^^  maye  se  and  beleve  the. 
What  doest  thou  worke  ?  oure  fathei's  did  eate  manna  in  the 
desert/  as  yt  ys  written  :  He  gave  them  breed  from  heven  to 
eate.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  verely  verely  I  saye  vnto 
you  :  Moses  gave  you  not  breed  from  heven  :  but  my  father 
geveth  you  the  true  breed  from  heven.  ^'^  For  he  is  the  breed 
of  God/  which  commeth  doune  from  heven/  and  geveth  lyfe 
vnto  the  worlde. 

Then  sayde  they  vnto  hym  :  Master  ever  moore  geve  vs 
tliis  breed.  And  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  am  ^^  that  breed 
of  lyfe.  He  that  commeth  to  me/  shall  not  honger  :  and  he 
that  beleveth  on  me  shall  never  thurst.  Butt  I  saye  vnto  you  : 
that  ye  have  sene  me/  and  yett  beleve  ye  not.  All  that  my 
father  geveth  me/  commeth  to  me  :  and  hym  that  commeth 
to  me/  ^'^  cast  I  not  out  at  the  dores.  For  I  cam  doune  from 
heven  :  nott  to  do  myne  awne  will :  but  his  will  whiche  bathe 
sent  me.     And  this  is  my  fathers  will  which  hath  sent  me/ 

^  Howbeit  there  came,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  And  that  there  came,  Grn. 
''^  After  that  the  Lord  had  given  thanks.  Cr.  Gat.  Bps.  "  Rabby, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  12  Loaves,  T.  M.  Cr.  Grn.  Bps.  '^  May 

see  it,  Gcii.  '■*  For  it  is  the  very  breed,  etc.  Cov.  For  the  breed  of 
God  is  hee,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  The,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gai.  Bps. 
[So  G.  B.  vs.  4L]         's  I  cast  not  away,  T.  M.  Cr.Gcn.  Bps. 


jfo.  ycbfj.  STfjc  ffifospell  of  S.  3H)on. 

that  of  all  which  he  hath  geven  me/ 1  shulde  loose  noo  thynge  : 
but  shulde  rayse  it  vp  agayne  at  the  last  daye.  And  this  is 
the  wyll  off  hym  that  sent  me/  That  every  man  whych  seith 
the  Sonne/  And  beleveth  on  hym/  have  everlastynge  lyfe. 
And  I  wyll  rayse  hym  vp  att  the  last  daye. 

The  iewes  murmured  att  itt/  be  cause  he  sayde  :  I  am  thatt 
breed  which  is  come  doune  from  hcvcn.  And  they  sayde  : 
Is  nott  this  Jesus  the  sonne  of  Joseph/  whose  father/  and  moth- 
er we  knowe  ?  Howe  ys  yt  then  thatt  he  sayeth/  I  cam 
doune  from  heven  ?  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
Murmur  not  betwene  youre  selves.  No  man  can  come  to  me 
except  my  father  Avhich  hath  sent  me/  drawe  hym.  And  y 
will  rayse  hym  vp  at  the  last  daye.  Hit  is  written  in  the  pro- 
phetes :  And  they  shall  all  be  taught  of  God.  Every  man 
which  hath  herde/  and  learned  of  the  father/  commeth  vnto 
me/  not  that  eny  man  hath  sene  the  father/  save  he  which 
is  ^"^  off  God.     The  same  hath  sene  the  father. 

Verely  vercly  I  saye  vnto  you/  he  that  ^^  beleveth  on  me 
hath  everlastynge  lyfe.  I  am  that  breed  of  lyfe.  Youre  fa- 
thers did  eate  manna  in  the  wildernes/  and  are  deed.  This 
is  that  breed  which  commeth  from  heven/  that  he  which  off 
it  eateth/  shulde  also  not  deye.  I  am  that  livynge  breed  which 
cam  doune  from  heven.  Yf  eny  man  eate  of  this  breed/  he 
shall  live  for  ever.  And  the  breed  that  I  will  geve,  is  my 
flesshe/  which  I  will  geve  for  the  lyfe  of  the  worlde. 

The  iewes  strove  amonge  them  selves  sayinge  :  Howe  can 
this  19  felowe  geve  vs  ^o  his  flesshe  to  eate  ?  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
them :  Verely/  verely  I  saye  unto  you/  except  ye  eate  the 
flesshe  off  the  sonne  of  man/    and    drynke   his   bloude/    ye 

21  shall  not  have  lyfe  in  you.  Whosoever  eateth  my  flesshe/ 
and  drynketh  my  bloudde/  the  same  hath  eternall  lyfe :  And 
I    will  rayse  hym   vp   at   the  last  daye.     For  my  flesshe  is 

22  meate  in  dede  :  and  my  bloudde  is  2-  drynke  in  dede.  He 
thatt  eateth  my  flesshe  and  drynketh  my  bloudde/  dwelleth  in 
me  and  I  in  hym.  As  my  lyvynge  father  hath  sent  me/  even 
soo  ly  ve  I  by  my  father  :  and  he  that  eateth  me/  shall  live  ^3  by 
me.  This  is  -'*  the  breed  which  cam  from  heven :  Nott  as 
youre  fathers  have  eaten  manna  and  are  deed  :  He  that  eateth 
of  this  breed/  shall  live  ever. 

"  Of  the  Father,  Cov.  »»  Putteth  his  trust,  Cr.  Bps.         '^  Man, 

Gm.  20  That  fleshe  of  his,  Cr.  Bps.  «'  Have  no  life,  Cr.  Gin. 

Bps.  22  Verie  meate — Verie  drinke,  Cor.         23  q,,  ^\^q  meanes  of 

me,  Cov.  Bps.         ^*  That,  Cr.  Bps. 


etc  (Sospcll  of  S.  3\)on.  €1).  bff. 

These  thingcs  saycl  he  in  the  sinagoge  as  he  taught  in  ca- 
pornaum.  Many  of  his  (lisci[)les/  when  they  had  hcrdc  tliis/ 
saydc  :  This  is  an  licrdc  sayingc.  Who  can  -"•  abydo  the 
liearingo  of  it  ?  Jesus  knew  in  hyni  silfe/  that  his  disciples 
munnured  at  hit/  t^iid  saydc  vnto  them  :  Doth  this  oflcnde 
you  ?  What  and  if  ye  shall  se  the  sonne  off  man  asccnde  vp 
where  lie  was  before  ?  It  is  the  sprete  that  quyckeneth/  ~*^  the 
fiesshe  protlcteth  nothynge.  The  wordes  that  I  speakc  vnto 
you  are  sprete  and  lyfe.  But  there  are  some  off  you  that  be- 
leve  not.  For  Jesus  knewe  from  the  begynnynge/  which  they 
M'cre  that  belcvcd  not.  And  who  shulde  betraye  hym.  And 
he  saydc  :  Therefore  sayd  I  vnto  you  :  that  no  man  can  come 
vnto  me/  except  it  were  gevcn  vnto  hym  of  my  father. 

From  that  tyme  many  of  his  disciples  -^  went  a  waye  from 
him/  and  '^'^  companyed  no  moore  with  hym.  Then  sayde 
Jesus  to  the  twelve  :  will  ye  alsoo  goo  awaye  ?  Simon  Peter 
answered  liym  :  Master  to  whom  shall  we  goo  ?  Thou  haste 
the  wordes  off  eternall  lyfe/  And  we  ^^  have  beleved/  and 
knowen/  that  thou  arte  Christe  the  sonne  of  the  lyvynge  Clod. 
Jesus  answered  them  :  Have  nott  I  chosen  you  twelve  ?  And 
''Oyett  one  off  you  is  the  devyll  ?  He  spake  it  off  Judas  iscariot 
tlie  Sonne  of  Simon.  For  he  itt  was  that  shulde  betraye  liym' 
'"^^  and  was  one  of  the  twelve. 

<ri)c  bfj.  C"l)a4)tfr. 

A  FTEE.  that  Jesus  ^  went  about  in  Gallic/  and  woulde  not 
"^  ^  goo  about  in  iewry/  for  the  iewes  soughtt  to  kyll  hym. 
The  iewes  tabernacle  feast  was  at  honde.  His  brethren  ther- 
fore  sayde  vnto  hym  :  -  Gett  thy  silfe  hence  and  goo  into 
iewiy  that  thy  disciples  maye  se  thy  workes  that  thou  doest. 
There  is  no  man  that  docth  cny  thynge  secretly/  and  he  hym 
silfe  scketh  to  be  ^  knowen.  Yf  thou  do  soche  thynges/  shewe 
thy  silfe  to  the  worlde.  For  as  yet  his  brethren  beleved  not 
in  hym. 

Then  Jesus  sayd  vnto  them  :  My  tyme  is  not  yett  come/ 
youre  tyme  is  all  waye  redy.  The  worlde  can  not  hate  you. 
Me  it  hateth  :  Because  I  testyfy  off  hitt/  thatt  the  workes  off 

^  Heare  it,  Gen.  ^  The  fleshy  understanding,  Cov.  '^  Went 
backe,  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  Wentbacke  and  forsoke  him,  Cr.  ^  Walk- 
ed, T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''^Beleeve  and  arc  sure,  Cr.  Bps.  -^  One 
of  you  is  a  devyll,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^i  Thoui^li  he.  Gin.  '  Walked 
— Walke,  Gen.  *  Depart,  Gen.  *  Known  openly,  T.  M.  Cr. 
Bps.  Famous,  Gen. 

B 


ifo.  ):cWij.  E'ijc  GosjpcU  of  S.  Jljon. 

itt  are  evyll.  Goo  ye  vppe  vnto  this  feast/ 1  will  nott  goo  vppe 
yett  vnto  this  feaste/  For  my  tyme  is  nott  yett  '^  full  come. 
These  wordes  he  sayde  vnto  them/  and  aboode  still  in  Galile. 
As  sone  as  his  brethren  were  goone  vppe/  then  went  he  also 
vppe  vnto  the  feast/  nott  openly :  but  as  it  were  prevely. 
Then  sought  hym  the  iewes  at  the  feast/  and  sayde  :  where 
is  he  ?  And  moche  murmurynge  was  there  of  hym  amonge 
the  people.  Some  sayde  He  is  goode.  Wother  sayde  naye/ 
but  he  deceaveth  the  people.  No  man  spake  openly  of  hym/ 
for  feare  of  the  iewes. 

5  In  the  myddes  of  the  feast/  Jesus  went  vppe  into  the  tem- 
ple/ and  taught.  And  the  iewes  marvelled/  saiynge  :  Howe 
knoweth  he  the  scriptures  ?  seynge  that  he  never  learned. 
Jesus  answered  them/  and  sayde :  My  doctrine  is  nott  myne/ 
butt  hys  thatt  sent  me.  YtT  any  man  wyll  do  hys  will/  he 
shall  knowe  of  the  doctrine/  whether  it  be  of  god  :  or  wheth- 
er I  spake  of  my  silfe.  He  that  speaketh  of  him  silfe/  sek- 
eth  his  awne  prayse.  Butt  whosoever  seketh  his  prayse  that 
sent  him  he  ys  true/  and  no  vnrightewcsnes  is  in  hym. 

Did  not  Moses  geve  you  a  lawe  .''  And  yett  none  off  you 
kepeth  ^  the  lawe  ?  Why  goo  ye  aboute  to  kill  me  ?  The 
people  answered  and  sayde :  Thou  hast  the  devyll.  Who 
goeth  aboute  to  kill  the .''  Jesus  answered/  and  sayde  vnto 
them/  I  have  done  won  worke/  and  ye  all  marvayle.  Moses 
therfore  gave  vnto  you  circumcision/  not  because  it  is  of  Mo- 
ses/ but  of  the  fathers.  And  yet  ye  on  the  saboth  daye  cir- 
cumcise a  man.  Yf  a  man  on  the  saboth  daye  receave  cir- 
cumcision '''  with  out  breakynge  of  the  lawe  off  Moses  :  ^  Dis- 
dayne  ye  at  me/  because  I  made  a  man  every  whit  whoale  on 
the  saboth  daye  ?  Judge  not  ^  after  the  vtter  aperaunce  :  but 
iudge  rightewes  iudgement. 

Then  sayd  sum  of  them  of  Jerusalem  :  Is  nott  this  he  ^vhom 
they  went  aboute  to  kill .'  beholde  he  speaketh  ^^  boldly/  and 
they  saye  nothynge  to  him.  ^^  Do  not  oure  ruelars  knowe  in 
dede/  that  this  is  very  Christ  ?  But  we  knowe  this  man  w  hence 
he  is  but  when  Christ  commeth/  no  man  shall  knowe  whence 
he  is. 

Then  cryed  Jesus  in  the  temple  as  he  taught  sayinge : 

"»  Fulfilled,  Gen.  *  Nov/e  when  halfe  of  the  feast  was  done,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bj)S.  ^  That  law,  Gen.  ''  That  the  law  of  Moses  should 

not  be  broken,  Gen.  *  Be  ye  angrie  with  me,  Gen.  ^  Accord- 

ing to  the  appearance.  Gen.  '°  Openly,  Gen.         "  Do  the  rulers 

knowe.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


2ri)c  (KosjpcU  of  <S.  .lJl)on.  CTl).  bif. 

12  And  me  ye  knowc/  and  whence  I  am  ye  knowe  :  and  1  am 
nott  come  off  my  silfc/  Butt  he  tliatt  sent  me  is  true/  whom  ye 
knowe  nott.  I  Ivnowe  hym  :  For  I  am  oft'  hym/  and  he  hath 
sent  mc.  Then  sought  the  iewcs  to  take  hym  :  butt  no  man 
layde  hondes  on  hym/  because  hys  tyme  was  nott  yett  come. 
]\Iany  off'  the  people  beloved  on  hym/  and  sayde  :  When 
Christ  commcth  :  Will  he  do  moo  myracles  then  th'-J  man  hathe 
done  ? 

The  pharises  herde  that  the  people  murmured  suche  thynges 
about  hym:  and  the  pharises  and  13 scribes  sent  i'* ministers 
forthe  to  take  hym.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  them :  Yett  am 
I  a  lytell  whyle  with  you/  and  then  goo  I  vnto  hym  that  sent 
me.  Ye  shall  soke  mc/  and  shall  nott  fynde  me  :  And  where 
I  am/  thither  can  yc  nott  come.  Then  sayde  the  iewes  be- 
twene  them  selves :  Wliither  will  he  goo  ?  that  we  shall  nott 
fynde  hym.  Will  he  goo  ^^amonge  the  gentyls/  which  are 
scattered  all  a  broade/  and  teache  the  ^"^  gentyls  .'^  What 
manor  off"  sayinge  ys  thys  that  he  sayde  :  ye  shall  seke  me/ 
and  shall  nott  fynde  me  :  And  wliere  I  am  thither  can  ye  nott 
come. 

In  the  last  daye/  ^~  that  grett  daye  off"  the  feaste :  Jesus 
stode  and  ciyed  sayinge  :  Yf  eny  man  thyrst/  lett  hym  come 
vnto  me  and  diynke.  Whosoever  beleveth  on  me/  as  sayeth 
the  scripture/  out  off"  his  belly  shall  flowe  lyvers  off"  water  off 
lyfe.  This  spake  he  off  the  sprete/  which  they  that  beloved 
on  hym  shulde  receave.  For  the  holy  gost  was  not  yet 
1^8  there/  because  that  Jesus  was  nott  yett  glorified.  Many  off 
the  people/  when  they  herde  this  sayinge  sayde  :  ^^  This  is/ 
no  doute/  a  prophet.  Wother  sayde  :  This  is  Christ.  Some 
sayde  :  shall  Christ  come  out  off  galile  .''  Sayeth  nott  the 
scripture  that  Christ  shall  come  off  the  seed  off  David  :  and 
out  otr  the  touno  off  Bethleem  where  David  was  }  So  was 
there  dissencion  amonge  the  people  -''for  hys  sake.  And 
some  off  them  woldc  have  taken  hym :  butt  noo  man  layde 
hondes  on  hym. 

Then  cam  the  ministers  to  the  hye  prestes/  and  pharises. 
And  they  sayde  vnto  them :  Why  have  ye  not  brought  hym  ? 

'-  Ye  both  knowe  me,  etc.  T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Hie  Priests, 

T.  M,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '■*  Servaunts,  Cov.  Bps.    Officers,  Gen.  [So 

post.]  '5  Unto  the  dispersed   among   the    Grecians,  Gen.  Bps. 

"^  Grecians,  Cav.  Gen.  ^^  The  most  solemn  day,  Co».  '*  Given, 
Gen.  '9  Of  a  truthe  this  is  the  [a,  T.  M.  Cr.]  prophete,  T.  M.  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Aboute  him,  T.  M,  Because  of  him,  Cr.  Bps,  For 

him,  Gen. 


JFo.  jrci'v.  Efje  eSosjpcU  of  S.  Jfjon. 

The  servauntes  answered:  never  man  spake  as  thys  man 
speaketh.  Then  answered  them  the  pharises  Are  ye  alsoo 
disceaved?  Doth  eny  of  the  ruelcrs/  or  ofT  the  pharises 
beleve  on  hym  ?  butt  ^^  tlie  commen  people  whyche  knowe 
not  the  lawe  are  a  cursed.  Nicodemus  sayde  vnto  them 
(He  that  cam  to  Jesus  by  nyght  whych  was  one  otT  them) 
Doth  oure  lawe  iudge  eny  man/  before  it  be  herde/  and 
knowen/  what  he  hath  done  ?  They  aaswered/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  Arte  thou  alsoo  off  Galile  ?  Searche  and  loke/ 
for  out  of  Galile  aryseth  noo  prophet.  And  every  man  went 
vnto  his  awne  housse. 


dTije  \)fff.  (Ttapfcr. 

TESUS  went  vnto  the  Mounte  Olivete/  and  erly  in  the  morn- 
ynge  cam  agayne  into  the  temple/  and  all  the  people  cam 
vnto  hym.  And  he  sate  doune/  and  taught  them.  The 
scribes  and  pharises  brought  vnto  hym  a  woman  taken  in 
advoutry/  and  sett  her  in  the  middes  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
Master  thys  woman  was  taken  in  advoutry/  ^  even  as  the  dede 
was  a  doyng.  Moses  in  the  lawe  eommaunded  vs  that  sue  he 
shulde  be  stoned  :  What  sayst  thou  therfore  ?  And  thys  they 
sayde  to  tempt  hym  :  that  they  myght  have/  wher  off  to  ac- 
cuse hym.  Jesus  stoupcd  doune/  and  wyth  hys  fyngcr  wrote 
on  the  grounde.  And  whill  they  continued  axynge  hym/  he 
lyfte  hym  sylfe  vppe/  And  sayde  vnto  them  :  lett  hym  thatt 
ys  a  monge  you  wyth  out  synne/  cast  the  fyrst  stone  at  her. 
And  agayne  he  stouped  doune  and  wrote  on  the  grounde. 
As  sone  as  they  herde  that/  ~  they  went  out  won  by  won  3  the 
eldest  fyrst.  And  Jesus  was  lefte  a  lone/  and  the  woman 
stondynge  in  the  myddes.  When  Jesus  had  lifte  vppe  hym 
«ylfe  agayne/  and  sawe  noo  man  butt  the  woman :  He  sayde 
vnto  her  :  Woman/  where  are  those  thyne  accusars  ?  Hath 
no  man  condempned  the  ?  She  sayde  :  ^  Syr  no  man.  Je- 
sus sayde  :  Nether  do  I  condempne  the.  Goo  hence  and 
synne  no  moare. 

Then  spake  Jesus  agayne  vnto  them/  sayinge  :  I  am  the 
light  off  the  worlde  :  He  that  foloweth  me  shall  not  walke  in 
darcknes  :  butt  shall  have  the  light  of  lyfe.  The  pharises 
sayde  vnto  hym :  thou  bearest  recorde  of  thy  sylfe  :  thy  re- 

"'  This  people,  Gen.  '  In  the  very  act,  Gen.  *  Geji.  Bps. 

add — being  accused  by  their  own  conscience.  ^  Beginning  at  the 

eldest,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.    G,  B,  add— even  unto  the  last.  ••  Lorcte, 

T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Ei)e  fflfospcU  of  S.  :51jon.  CI),  bffj. 

corde  ys  not  true/  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them :  ^  And 
yf  I  beare  recorde  off  my  sylfe/  my  recordc  is  true  for  I 
know  whence  I  cam/  and  whither  I  goo.  Ye  cannot  tell 
whence  I  come/  and  whitlier  I  goo.  Ye  iudgc  after  the  flcsshe. 
1  iudge  no  man/  and  yff  I  iudge/  then  ys  my  iudgment  true. 
For  1  am  not  a  lone  :  butt  I  and  my  father  that  sent  me.  Itt 
ys  also  written  in  yourc  lawe/  that  the  testimony  of  two  men 
ys  true/  I  am  won  that  beare  witncs  oil'  my  sylfe/  and  my 
father  that  sent  me  beareth  witnes  off  me.  Then  sayde  they 
vnto  hym  :  Where  is  thy  father  }  Jesus  answered  :  ye  ne- 
ther knowe  mc/  nor  yet  my  father.  Yff  ye  had  knowen  me/ 
ye  shulde  have  knowen  my  father  alsoo.  These  wordes 
spake  Jesus  "^in  the  tresury/  as  he  taught  in  the  temple. 
And  no  man  layde  hondes  on  hym.  For  hys  tymc  was  nott 
yett  come. 

Then  sayde  Jesus  agaync  vnto  them  :  I  goo  my  wave/  and 
ye  shall  seke  me/  and  shall  deye  in  youre  synncs.  Whither 
I  goo  thither  can  ye  not  come.  Then  spake  the  iewes  :  wyll 
he  kyll  him  sylfe/  be  cause  he  sayth :  whither  I  goo/  thither 
can  ye  not  come  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  ye  are  from 
beneth/  I  am  from  above.  Ye  arc  of  this  worlde/  I  am  not 
off  this  worlde.  I  sayde  therforc  vnto  you/  that  ye  shall 
deye  in  youre  synnes/  For  except  ye  beleve  that  I  am  he/  ye 
shall  deye  m  youre  synnes. 

Then  sayde  they  vnto  hym/  who  arte  thou  ?  And  Jesus 
sayde  vnto  them:  Even  the  very  same  thynge  that  Hsaye 
vnto  you.  I  have  many  thynges  to  saye/  and  to  iudge  of  you . 
^But  he  that  sent  me  is  true.  And  I  spealcc  ^in  the  worlde/ 
those  thynges  whych  I  have  herde  of  hym.  They  vnderstode 
not  tliat  he  spake  of  his  father. 

Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  them  :  When  ye  have  lift  oppe  an 
hye  the  sonne  off  man  then  shall  ye  knowe  that  I  am  he/  and 
thatt  I  do  nothynge  off  my  silfe/  Butt  as  my  father  hath  taught 
me/  even  soo  I  speake.  And  he  that  sent  me  ys  with  me. 
My  father  hath  nott  lefte  me  alone/  For  I  do  alwayes  those 
thynges  that  please  him.  As  he  spoke  these  wordes/  many 
beloved  on  hym. 

Then  sayde  Jesus  to  those  iewes  which  bcleved  on  hym  : 
Yff  ye  continue  in  my  sayinge/  ^"  then  are  ye  my  very  disci- 

*  Though  I  beare,    T.  M.    Or.    Gen.   Bps.  ^  Upon  the   God's 

chest,  Cor.  "^  Said  unto  you  from   tlie  beginning,   Gen.  Bps. 

8  Yea  and  lie  that,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Before  the  world,  Coc.  'o  Ye 

arc  verily,  etc.  Gen. 

R* 


Sfo.  c.  ffljc  Gospcll  of  S.  3f)on. 

pies  :  and  ye  shall  knowe  the  tnieth  :  And  the  trueth  shall 
make  you  free.  They  answered  hym  :  We  are  Abrahams 
seede/  and  were  never  bonde  to  eny  man  :  why  sayest  thou 
then  :  Ye  shalbe  made  fre. 

Jesus  answered  them  :  verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  that 
whosoever  committeth  synne/  is  the  servaunt  of  synne.  And 
the  servaunt  abydeth  nott  in  the  housse  for  ever  :  Butt  the 
Sonne  abydeth  ever.  Yf  the  sonne  therfore  shall  make  you 
fre/  then  are  ye  fre  in  dede.  I  knowe  that  ye  are  Abrahams 
seed  :  butt  ye  seke  meanes  to  kyll  me  be  cause  ^^  my  sayinges 
have  noo  place  in  you.  I  speake  that  I  have  sene  wyth  my 
father  :  And  ye  do  that  whych  ye  have  seen  wyth  youre 
father. 

They  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Abraham  is  oure 
father.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them.  Yf  ye  were  Abrahams 
children/  ye  wolde  do  the  dedes  of  Abraham.  But  nowe  ye 
goo  about  to  kill  me/  a  man  that  have  tolde  you  the  truthe/ 
which  I  have  herde  ^~  off  my  father.  This  did  not  Abra- 
ham. Ye  do  the  dedes  of  youre  father.  Then  sayde  they 
vnto  hym :  we  were  nott  borne  of  fornicacion.  We  have 
won  father  that  is  god.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Yf  god 
were  youre  father/  then  wolde  ye  have  loved  me.  For  I 
precede  forthe  and  come  from  god.  Nether  cam  I  of  my 
sylfe/  butt  he  sent  me.  Why  do  ye  nott  ^^j^iiowe  my 
speache  .''  Be  cause  ye  cannot  ^'^  abyde  the  hearynge  off  my 
wordes. 

Ye  are  of  youre  father  the  devyll/  and  the  lustes  off  youre 
father/  ye  will  ^^  folowe  :  He  was  a  murtherer  from  the  be- 
gynnynge/  And  aboode  nott  in  the  trueth/  be  cause  there  ys 
noo  trueth  in  hym.  When  he  speaketh  a  lye/  then  speaketh 
he  off  his  awne.  For  he  ys  a  lyar/  and  the  father  ^^  therof. 
And  be  cause  I  tell  you  the  trueth/  therfore  beleve  ye  nott 
me. 

Which  of  you  can  rebuke  me  ^"^  off  synne  }  If  I  saye  the 
trueth/  why  do  not  ye  beleve  me  ?  He  that  is  of  God/  heareth 
goddes  wordes.  Ye  therfore  heare  them  not/  be  cause  ye  are 
nott  of  God, 

Then  answered  the  iewes  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Saye  we 
nott  well  that  thou  arte  a  Samaritan  and  hast  the  devyll  ?     Je- 

"  My  word  taketh  not  among  you,  Cov.  '*  Of  God,  T.  M.  Or. 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  Understand  my  talke,  Gen.  ^*  Heare  my  worde, 

Gen.  Bps.  >»  Serve,  Cr.  »«  Of  the  same  thyng,  CV.  "  Of 

one  sinne,  Cov. 


Etie  CSosiicU  of  ,S.  .K'Joii.  (ti).  (X- 

sus  answered  :  I  have  not  the  devyll :  butt  I  honour  my  fath- 
er and  ye  have  dishonoured  me.  I  seke  nott  myne  awnc 
prayse  :  There  is  won  that  sckcth  ^^  [it]  and  iudgeth. 

Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  yf  a  man  kepe  my  say- 
inges/  he  shall  never  se  deeth.  Then  sade  the  icwes  to  hym  : 
Nowe  knowe  we  that  thou  hast  the  devyll.  Abraham  is  deed/ 
and  also  the  prophettes/  and  yett  thou  sayest :  Yf  a  man  kepe 
my  sayinge  he  shall  never  tast  deeth.  Arte  thou  greater  then 
cure  father  Abraham  ?  which  is  deed  ?  and  the  prophettes 
are  deed.     Whome  makest  thou  thy  silfe  ? 

Jesus  answered  :  Yf  I  prayse  my  silfe/  my  prayse  is  noth- 
ynge  worth.  Hit  is  my  father  that  prayseth  me/  which  ye 
saye  is  youre  God.  And  yet  have  ye  not  knowen  hym  :  but 
I  luiowe  hym.  And  yf  I  sliulde  saye/  I  knowe  hym  nott/  I 
shulde  be  a  lyare  lyke  vnto  you.  but  I  knowe  hym/  and  kepe 
is  sayinge. 

Youre  father  Abraham  was  glad  to  se  my  daye/  and  he 
sawe  it  and  reioysed.  Then  sayde  the  iewes  vnto  hym :  Thou 
arte  not  yet  .1.  yere  olde/  and  hast  thou  sene  Abraham  ?  Jesus 
sayde  vnto  them  :  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  yer  Abra- 
ham was  ^9  I  am.  Then  toke  they  vppe  stones/  to  caste  at 
at  hhm.  but  Jesus  ^o  hid  hym  silfe/  and  went  out  of  the 
temple. 

Ei)e  iy.  ©"fjaptcr. 

A  ND  as  Jesus  passed  by/  he  sawe  a  man  which  was  blynde 
■^^  from  his  birth/  And  his  disciples  axed  hym  sayinge  :  Mas- 
ter who  did  synne  :  this  man/  or  his  father  and  mother/  that 
that  he  was  borne  blynde  ?  Jesus  answered  :  Nether  this  man 
hathe  synned/  nor  yet  his  father  and  mother :  but  that  the 
workes  of  God  shulde  be  shewed  on  hym  I  must  worke  the 
workes  off  hym  that  sent  me/  whill  it  is  daye.  The  nyght 
commeth/  when  no  man  can  worke.  As  longe  as  I  am  in  the 
worlde/  I  am  the  light  of  the  worlde. 

As  sone  as  he  had  thus  spoken/  he  spate  on  the  grounde/ 
and  made  claye  of  the  spetle/  and  ^  rubbed  the  claye  on  the 
eyes  off  the  blynde/  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  Goo  wesshe  the  in 
the  pole  of  Siloe  (which  bey  in  terpretacion/  ^  signifieth  sent) 
He  went  his  waye  and  wesshed/   and   cam  agayne  seinge. 

'®  Cr.  Bps.  omit.  '^  Cr.  <idds — borne.  "^  Was  liidde,  Bps. 

•  Anointed  the  eyes  of  the  blinde  with  the  clay,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Is  aa 

much  to  saye,  as  sent,  Cr.  Bps, 


jFo.  cj.  Cije  ffiosjjcU  of  ,S.  3Jl)on. 

The  neighbours/  and  they  that  had  sene  hym  before  ^  liowe 
that  he  was  a  begger  sayde  :  Is  not  this  he  that  sate  and  beg- 
ged ?  Some  sayde  :  this  is  he.  other  sayde  :  he  is  lyke  hym. 
He  hym  silfe  sayde  :  I  am  even  he.  They  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
Howe  are  thyne  eyes  openned  then  ?  He  answered  and 
sayde  :  The  man  that  is  called  Jesus/  made  claye/  and  an- 
oynted  myne  eyes/  and  sayd  vnto  me :  Goo  to  the  pole  Siloe/ 
and  wesshe.  I  went  and  wesshed  and  receaved  my  sight. 
They  savde  vnto  hym  :  where  is  he  ?  He  sayde  :  1  cannot 
tell. 

Then  brought  they  to  the  pharises/  him  that  ^  a  litell  be- 
fore was  blynde  (Hit  was  the  saboth  daye  when  Jesus  made 
the  claye/  and  opened  his  eyes)  Then  agayne  the  pharises 
also  axed  hym  howe  he  had  receaved  his  sight.  He  sayde 
vnto  them  :  He  putt  claj-e  apon  myne  eyes/  And  I  wasshed/ 
and  I  se.  Then  sayde  some  of  the  pharises  :  This  man  is 
not  of  god/  because  he  kepeth  not  the  salwth  daye.  other 
sayde  :  howe  can  a  man  that  is  a  synncr  do  suche  myracles  ? 
And  there  was  a  stiyfc  amonge  them.  Then  spake  they  vnto 
the  blynde  agayne  :  What  sa}'est  thou  of  hym/  be  cause  he 
hath  openned  thyne  eyes  ?     And  he  sayd  :  He  ys  a  prophet. 

The  iewes  did  nott  beleve  ^  oli'  the  felowe/  howe  that  he 
was  blynde/  and  had  receaved  hys  sight :  vntillthey  had  call- 
ed the  father  and  mother  off  him  that  had  receaved  hys  sight : 
And  they  axed  them  saying :  Ys  this  youre  sonne/  whome  ye 
saye  was  borne  blynde  ?  Howe  doth  he  nowe  se  then  .?  His 
father  and  mother  answered  them  and  sayde :  we  wotc 
wele  that  this  is  oure  sonne/  and  that  he  was  borne  blynde  : 
Butt  by  what  mcanes  he  nowe  scyeth/  ''that  can  we  not  tell 
or  who  hath  openned  his  eyes  can  we  nott  tell.  He  is  oldc 
ynough/  axe  hym/  lett  hym  answer  for  hym  sylfe/  '  [off 
thynges  that  pertayne  to  hym  silfe.]  ^  Suche  wordes  spake 
his  father/  and  mother/  because  they  feared  tlie  iewes/  for 
the  iewes  had  ^  conspyred  allredy  that  yff  eny  man  did  con- 
fesse  that  he  was  Christ/  he  shulde  be  excommunicat  out  of 
the  Sinagoge.  Therfore  sayde  his  father  and  mother  :  he  is 
olde  ynough/  axe  hym. 

Then  agayne  called  they  the  man  that  was  blynde  and 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  Gevc  God  the  prayse/  we  knowc  thatt  thys 

^  When  he  was  blinde,  Gen.  Jips.  ^  Was  once,   Gen.  *  The 

mau  [Him,  G.]  how  tliat  he  Jiad  been,  i-tc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  We 

know  not.  Gen.        '  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  lips.  omit.  *  These  wordes, 

Gen.  ^  Crdeynod.  Gen.  Agreed,  Hps. 


E\)t  fflfospcU  of  S.  SJftoii.  CI),  r- 

man  ys  a  synner.  FTc  answered  and  saydc  :  "Whither  he  he 
a  synner  or  noo/  I  cannot  tell :  Won  thynge  ^^  I  am  sure  oti> 
tliat  I  was  hlynde/  and  nowe  I  se.  Then  sayde  they  to  him 
ngayne  :  ^Vhat  did  he  to  the  ?  Howe  open  he  thyne  eyes  ? 
He  answered  them/  I  tolde  you  i*  yerwhile/  And  ye  did  nott 
heare.  Wherforc  wolde  ye  heare  ytt  agayne  ?  Wyll  yo 
alsoo  he  hys  disciples  ?  Then  ^^  rated  they  hym/  and  sayde  : 
1^  Thou  arte  hys  disciple.  We  are  Moses  disciples.  We  arc 
sure  tliat  God  spake  wyth  Moses.  Thys  felowc  we  knowe 
not  from  -whence  he  ys. 

The  man  answered/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  i"*  this  is  a  mar- 
velous thynge  that  ye  wote  nere  whence  he  is/  and  yet  hath 
he  openned  myne  eyes,  i^  We  knowe  wele  ynought  that 
God  heareth  noo  synners  :  But  yf  any  man  be  ^'^  a  worshipper 
of  God  :  and  ^"^  do  what  his  will  is/  him  heareth  he.  Since 
\he  worlde  began  was  it  nott  herde  that  eny  man  openned  the 
eyes  oft' won  that  was  borne  blynd.  if  this  man  were  not  of 
god/  he  coulde  have  done  noo  thynge.  They  answered  and 
sayd  vnto  hym :  thou  arte  altogedder  borne  in  synne  :  and 
dost  thou  teache  us .'     And  they  cast  hym  out. 

Jesus  herde  that  they  had  ^^  excommunicate  hini'  and  as 
sone  he  had  founde  hym  he  sayd  vnto  hym :  doest  thou  be- 
leve  on  the  sonne  of  God  ?  He  answered  and  sayde  :  And 
who  ys  yl  lorde/  that  I  myght  beleve  on  hym .'  And  .lesus 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  Thou  hast  both  sene  hym/  and  he  it  is  that 
talketli  with' the.  And  he  sayde:  lordc  I  beleve.  And 
worshipped  hym.  Jesu  sayde  :  I  am  come  vnto  iudgement/ 
into  this  worlde :  that  they  which  se  nott  myght  se/  and 
they  which  se  myght  be  made  blynde.  And  some  off"  the 
pharises  whych  were  with  hym/  herde  these  wordes/  and 
sayde  vnto  hym :  Are  we  ^^ then  blynde?  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
them/  yf  ye  were  blynde/  ye  shulde  have  noo  synne :  but 
nowe  ye  saye  we  se/  therfore  youre  synne  remayneth. 

STljc  v-  <ri)a})tfr. 

"ITERELY  verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  Whosoever  cntretli  not 

m  by  tlie  dore/  into  the  shepe  fokle/  but  clymeth  vppe 

some  other  waye  :  he  is  a  thefe  and  ^  a  robber.      He  thatt 

"^  I  knowe,  Gcr.  "  Ah-eadie,  Gen.  '"  Checked,  Gen. 

"  Be  thou,  Cr.  '^  Gen.  adds — Doubtles.  '^  We  be  sure,  Cor. 

T.M.  Cr.  Bps.  Nowe  we  knowe.  Gen.  "*  A  fearer,  Cov.  '^Obe- 
dient unto  his  will,  Cr.  '»  Cast  him  out,  Gen.  '"  Blinde  also, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         •  Amurtherer,  Cov.  Cr.  [So  (plural)  vs.  8.] 


jFo.  cfj.  Clje  CSfospell  of  <S.  Jtjon. 

goeth  in  by  the  dore/  is  the  shepheerde  of  the  shepe.  ^  To 
this  man  the  porter  openneth  the  dore/  and  the  shepe  heare 
hys  voyce/  And  he  calleth  hys  awne  shepe  by  name/  and 
leadeth  them  out/  and  when  he  hath  sent  forthe  hys  awne 
.shepe/  he  goeth  before  them  and  the  shepe  folowe  hym. 
For  tliey  knowc  hys  voyce.  A  straunger  they  will  nott  fol- 
owe/ butt  wyll  fl3^e  from  hym.  For  they  knowe  nott  the  voyce 
of  straungci-s.  This  3  manner  of  sayinge  spake  Jesus  vnto 
them.  And  they  vnderstode  nott/  what  thynges  they  were/ 
whych  he  spake  vnto  them. 

Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  them  agayne  :  Vcrely  verely  I  saye 
vnto  you  :  thatt  I  am  the  dore  of  the  shepe.  All  "*  even  as 
many  as  cam  before  me/  are  theves  and  robbers  :  but  the 
shepe  did  not  heare  them.  I  am  the  dore.  by  me/  yf  eny 
enter  in/  he  shalbe  safe/  and  shall  goo  in  and  out/  and  fynde 
pasture.  The  thefe  commeth  not  but  for  to  steale  and  kyll/ 
and  destroye.  I  cam  that  they  myght  have  lyfe/  and  have 
yt  5  more  aboundantly. 

I  am  a  goode  shepheerd/  a  goode  shepheerd/  geveth  his 
lyfe  for  his  shepe.  ^An  heyred  servaunt  which  is  not  the 
shepheerd/  nether  the  shepe  are  his  awne  seith  the  wolfe 
commynge/  and  leveth  the  shepe/  and  fiyeth/  and  the  wolfe/ 
catcheth/  and  scattereth  the  shepe.  The  heyred  servaunt 
flyeth  be  cause  he  is  an  heyred  servaunt/  and  careth  not  for 
the  shepe.  I  am  that  goode  shepheerde/  and  knowe  ~  my  shepe/ 
and  am  knowen  of  myne.  As  my  father  knoweth  me  :  even 
so  knowe  I  my  father.  And  I  ^  geve  my  sylfe  for  my  shepe/ 
and  other  shepe  I  have/  which  are  not  off  this  folde.  Them 
also  must  I  bringe/  and  they  shall  heare  my  voyce.  And 
there  shalbe  won  ^  flocke/  and  won  shepheerde. 

Therfore  doth  my  father  love  me/  be  cause  I  ^^  put  my 
lyfe  from  me/  that  I  myght  take  it  agayne.  No  man  taketh 
it  from  me  :  butt  I  put  ytt  awaye  off  my  silfe.  I  have  power 
to  put  it  from  me/  and  power  I  have  to  take  it  agayne.  Thys 
commaundment  have  I  receaved  of  my  father.  Agayne  there 
was  dissencion  amonge  the  iewes  for  these  sayinges/  and 
many  of  them  sayd  :  He  hath  the  devyll/  and  is  madde  :  why 
heare  ye  hym .''    other  sayde  these  are  nott  the  wordes  off 

'To  him,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Similitude,  T.M.    Proverbe, 

Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  Parable,  Gen.  *  That  ever  came.  Gen.  *  In 

abundance,  Gen.  ^  Anhyreling  [hyred  servaunt,  C]  and  he  which 
is,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Mine,  Coc.  Gen.  *  Give  [Lay  downe,  G.] 
my  life,  Ml  the  Vers.  »  Fold,  Cr.  i?/>s.  Sheepefolde,  Gca.  '*'Lay 
downe.  Gen.  [So  vs.  IS.] 


2ri)C  ©ospcll  of  S.  Jljon.  (!:\j.  r. 

1"  hym  that  hath  the  devyll :  Can  the  devyll  open  the  eyes  off 
the  blynde  ? 

Hit' was  at  Jerusalem  tlie  feaste  of  the  dedicacion/  and  itt  was 
\vynter :  And  Jesus  walked  in  i~  Solomons  hall.  Then  cam 
the  iewes  rounde  aboute  hym/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Howe 
longc  dost  thou  make  vs  to  doutc  ?  Yff  thou  be  Chryst/  tell 
vs  playnly.  Jesus  answered  them.  I  toldc  you  and  ye  bc- 
leve  nott ":  The  workes  that  I  do  in  my  fathers  name/  beare 
witnes  off  me  :  butt  ye  beleve  not/  because  ye  are  not  of  my 
shepe.  As  I  sayde  vnto  you  :  my  shepc/  heare  my  voycc/ 
and  I  knowe  them/  and  they  foUowe  me/  and  I  geve  vnto  ihem 
eternall  lyfe.  and  they  shall  never  perisshe/  nether  shall  eny 
man  plucke  them  out  off  my  honde.  My  father  wich  gave 
them  me/  is  greatter  then  all  ^^  [men/]  and  no  man  is  able  to 
take  them  out  off  my  fathers  honde/  and  I  and  my  father 
are  one. 

Then  the  iewes  agayne  toke  vppe  stones/  to  stone  hym 
with  all.  Jesus  answered  them  :  many  goode  workes  have  I 
shewed  you  from  my  father  :  for  which  off  them  wyll  ye 
stone  me  ?  The  iewes  answered  hym  sayinge  :  For  thy 
goode  ^vorkes  sake  we  stone  the  not :  but  for  thy  blasphemy, 
and  be  cause  that  thou  beinge  a  man/  makest  thy  silfe  God. 
Jesus  answered  them :  Is  it  not  written  in  youre  lawe :  I  have 
sayde/  ye  are  goddes  ?  Yf  he  called  them  goddes  vnto  whom 
the  worde  of  God  was  i^  spoken  (and  the  scripture  can  nott 
be  broken)  save  ye  then  to  hym/  whom  the  father  hath  sanc- 
tified/ and  sent  into  the  worlde  :  Thou  blasphemest/  because 
I  sayd  I  am  the  sonne  of  god  .?  Yf  I  do  not  the  workes  off 
my  father/  beleve  me  not.  Butt  i^  though  ye  beleve  not  me/ 
yett  beleve  the  workes/  that  ye  may  knowe  and  beleve  that 
the  father  is  in  me/  and  I  in  hym. 

Agayne  they  went  aboute  to  take  hym/  but  he  escaped  out 
of  th.eir  hondes/  and  went  awaye  agayne  boyonde  Jordan/ 
into  the  place  where  Jhon  '^^  before  had  baptised/  and  there 
aboode.  and  many  resorted  vnto  hym/  and  sayd  :  Jhon  did 
no  miracle.  Butt  all  thynges  that  Jhon  spake  of  this  man  are 
true.     And  there  many  beleved  on  hym. 

"  One  that  is  possessed,  Cov.  ^-  The  temple, even  m  Solomon's 
porehe,  Cr.  Gm.  Bps.  '^  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '^  Girrn, 

Gen.  '5  If  I  doe,  and  if  ye  [then  though  ye,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'fi  Was  first  baptizing,  Bps. 


Sfo.  cffj.  Cije  (ffiospcU  of  S.  .5!)on. 


Z\)c  Ti-  (?ri)ni)tcr. 

A  CERTAYNE  man  was  sicke/  named  Lazarus  of  Betha- 
■^^  nia  the  toune  off  Mary  and  her  sister  Martha,  It  was 
that  Maiy  which  annoynted  ^  Jesus  with  oyntmcnt/  and  ^  wept 
his  fete  with  her  heere/  whose  brother  Lazarus  was  sicke/ 
aiid  his  3  sister  sent  vnto  hym  sayinge  :  Lorde  beholde/  he 
whom  thou  lovcst  is  sicke.  When  Jesus  tliat  herde  he  sayd  : 
tliis  4  infirmite  is  not  vnto  deth  But  for  the  laude  of  god/  that 
the  Sonne  off  god  myght  be  praysed  by  the  reason  of  it.  Je- 
sus loved  Martha  and  her  sister/  and  Lazarus.  ^  After  he 
herde  thatt  he  was  sicke/  ^  then  aboode  he  two  dayes  still  in 
the  same  place  ^\'here  he  was. 

Then  after  that  sayd  he  to  his  disciples  :  lett  vs  goo  into 
iewiy  agayne.  His  disciples  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Master/  the 
iewes  lately  sought  meanes  to  stone  the  :  and  wilt  thou  goo 
thither  agayne  .''  Jesus  answered  :  arc  there  not  twelve 
hourcs  in  the  daye  ?  Yf  a  man  walke  in  the  daye  he  stom- 
bleth  not/  because  he  seith  the  light  of  this  worlde.  yf  a  man 
walke  in  the  nyght  he  stombleth/  be  cause  there  is  no  light 
in  hym.  This  sayd  he.  And  after  that  he  sayde  vnto  them  : 
cure  frende  Lazarus  slepeth/  but  I  goo  to  '''  wake  hym  outt  of 
slope.  Then  sayde  his  disciples  :  Lorde  iff  he  slepe  :  then 
shall  8  he  do  wcle  5- nough.  Jesus  spake  of  his  deeth  :  but 
they  thought  that  he  had  spoken  of  ^  the  naturall  slepe.  Then 
sayde  Jesus  vnto  them  playnly/  Lazarus  is  deed/  and  I  am 
gladde  for  youre  sakes/  that  I  was  not  there/  be  cause  ye 
maye  beleve.  Neverthelesse  let  vs  goo  vnto  hym.  Then 
sayde  Thomas  (which  is  called  Didimus)  vnto  ^°  the  disciples  : 
let  vs  also  goo/  that  we  maye  deye  with  him. 

Then  went  Jesus/  and  founde/  that  he  had  lyne  in  his  grave 
foure  dayes  alredy.  Bethani  was  neye  vnto  Jerusalem/  aboute 
.XV.  furlongcs  of/  And  many  of  the  iewes  cam  to  Martha  and 
Mary/  to  conforte  them  over  their  brother.  Martha  as  sonc 
as  she  herde  that  Jesus  was  commynge/  went/  and  met  hym. 
Mary  sate  stille  ^^  at  home. 

Then  sayde  Martha  vnto  Jesus  :  Lorde  yff  thou  haddest 

*  The  Lorde,  Gm.  Bps.  -  [i.  e.  wiped.]  Dried,  Cov.  ^  Sisters, 
T.M.  GiH.         *  Sicknesse,  Gen.  *  Wlicn  he  had  heard  therefore, 

etc.  Cr.  Bjis.  *"  Yet,  Gen.         '  Wake  Jiiiii  uj).     Then  sayde.  Gen. 

**  Be  safe.  Gen.         ^  The  bodily  sleepe.  Cue.  Taking  of  rest  in  sleepe, 
Bps.  '"  His  fellow  disciples,  Gen.  Bps.  "  lutlie  liouse,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Ette  (Kospell  of  S.  Jjjon.  Cfi.  j:]. 

bene  her/  my  brother  had  not  bene  deed  :  but  12  neverthelesse/ 
I  knowe  that  whatsoever  thou  axest  of  God/  God  will  geve  it 
the.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her  :  Thy  brother  shall  ryse  agayne. 
Martha  sayde  vnto  hym  :  1  knowe  well/  he  shall  ryse  agayne 
in  the  resurrection  att  the  last  daye.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her  : 
I  am  the  resurreccion  and  lyfe.  Whosoever  beleveth  on  me  : 
ye  though  he  were  deed/  yet  shall  he  ly ve :  and  whosoever 
liveth/  and  beleveth  on  me/  shall  never  deye.  Belevest  thou 
this  ?  She  sayde  vnto  hym/  ye  lorde  :  I  beleve  thatt  thou  arte 
Christ  the  sonne  off  God/  which  shall  come  into  the  worlde. 

And  £is  sone  as  she  soo  had  sayde  she  went  her  waye/  and 
called  13  her  sister  secretly  sayinge  :  The  master  is  come  and 
calleth  for  the.  She  as  sonne  as  she  herde  thatt/  arose  quick- 
ly/ and  cam  vnto  hym.  Jesus  was  not  yet  come  into  the 
toune  :  but  was  in  the  place  were  Martha  mett  hym.  The 
iewes  then  which  were  with  her  in  the  housse/  and  comforted 
her  (when  they  sawe  Mary  that  she  rose  vppe  hastely/  and  went 
out)  folowed  her  saying  :  She  goeth  vnto  the  grave/  to  wepe 
there. 

Then  when  Mary  was  come/  where  Jesus  was  and  sawe 
hym  she  ^'^  fell  doune  at  his  fete/  sayinge  vnto  hym  :  Lorde 
if  thou  haddest  bene  here/  my  brother  had  not  bene  deed. 
Wlien  Jesus  sawe  her  wepe/  and  the  iewes  also  wepe/  whych 
cam  with  her.  He  groned  in  his  spret/  and  ^^  vexed  hym 
silfe  and  sayde :  Where  have  ye  layed  hym  ?  They  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  Lorde  come  and  se.  And  Jesus  wept.  Then 
sayde  the  iewes :  Beholde  howe  he  loved  hym.  Some  off 
them  sayde  :  Coulde  not  he  which  openned  the  eyes  of  the 
blynde/  have  ^'^  made  also/  that  this  man  shulde  not  have 
deyed  ?  Jesus  agayne  gronynge  in  hym  silfe  cam  to  the 
grave/  it  was  a  cave/  and  a  stone  layde  on  it. 

Jesus  sayd  :  Take  ye  awaye  the  stone.  Martha  (the  sister 
of  hym  that  was  deed)  sayde  vnto  him  :  Lorde  ^"^  by  this  tyme 
he  stenketh.  For  he  had  bene  deed  foure  dayes.  Jesus 
sayde  vnto  her :  Sayde  I  not  vnto  the/  that  if  thou  i^  diddest 
beleve/  thou  shuldest  se  the  glory  of  God.  Then  they  toke 
awaye  the  stone  from  the  place  where  the  deed  was  layde. 
Jesus  lifte  vppe  his  eyes  and  sayd :  Father  ^^  I  geve  the  thankes 

''  Even  nowe  [Nowe,  G]  I  knowe,  Gcii.  Bps.  '^  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  add — Marie.  ''  Coinmeth  nye  unto  his  feete,  Cr.         '^  Was 

sorye  within  himselfe,  Cov.  Was  troubled  in  hiinselfe,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.         16  Caused,  Bps.  '''  Alreadie,  Cov.  Gen.  i^  Wouldest, 

Bps.         »9  Thanke  thee,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


go.  cib.  Ei)t  CSospcU  of  S.  Ston. 

be  cause  that  thou  hast  herde  me/  I  knewe  wele  that  thou 
hearest  me  all  wayes  :  but  because  of  the  people  that  stondc 
by  I  sayde  it/  that  they  myght  beleve/  that  thou  hast  sent  me. 

And  when  he  thus  bed  spoken/  he  cryed  with  a  loud  voyce/ 
Lazarus  come  forthe/  and  he  that  was  deed  cam  forth  bounde 
hand  and  fote/  with  ^^  bondes  [after  the  manner  as  they  were 
wonte  to  bynde  their  deed  with  all.]  And  his  face  was  bounde 
with  a  napkyn.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  loose  hym/  and  lett 
hym  goo.  Then  many  of  the  Jewes  which  cam  to  maiy/  and 
had  sene  the  thynges  which  Jesus  did/  beleved  on  hym. 
But  some  off  them  went  their  wayes  to  the  pharises/  and  tolde 
them  what  Jesus  had  done. 

Then  gadered  the  bye  prestes  and  pharises  a  counsell  and 
sayde  :  what  ^^  do  we  ?  This  man  doeth  many  miracles.  Yf  we 
lett  hym  ^  scape  thus  all  men  will  beleve  on  hym.  And  the 
romaynes  shall  come  and  take  away  ^  oure  countre  and  people. 
And  won  of  them  named  Cayphas  :  which  was  the  bye  prest 
that  same  yeare/  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  perceave  nothynge  att 
all  nor  yett  consider  that  it  is  ^^  expedient  for  vs/  that  won  man 
deyc  for  the  people/  and  ^a  not  that  all  the  people  perisshe. 
This  spake  he  nott  of  hym  silfe :  butt  beynge  bye  preste  that 
same  yeare/  prophesied  he  that  Jesus  shulde  deye  for  the 
people/  and  not  for  the  people  only  :  but  what  he  shulde  gad- 
der to  gedder  in  won  the  children  of  God  which  were  scat- 
tered abroode.  From  that  daye  ^  kept  they  a  counsell  to 
gedder  for  to  put  hym  to  deeth. 

Jesus  therfore  walked  no  more  openly  amonge  the  iewes  : 
butt  went  his  waye  thence  vnto  a  countre  ny  to  a  wildernes 
into  a  cite  called  effraym/  and  there  '^''  haunted  with  his  dis- 
ciples. 

The  iewes  ester  was  neye  att  bond/  and  many  went  out 
of  the  countre  vppe  to  Jerusalem  before  the  ester  to  purify 
them  selves.  Then  ^^  sought  they  for  Jesus,  and  spake  bi- 
twene  them  selves  as  they  stode  in  the  temple  :  What  thynke 
ye  29seynge  he  commeth  not  to  the  feast.     The  hye  prestes 

^^  Grave  clothes,  Cr.  Bps.  Grave  bonds,  T.  M.  Bandes,  Gen.  [These 
versions  omit  what  follows  ]  2'  Shall  we  do,  Gen.  ^-  Thus 

alone,  Gen.  -^  Our  land   and  people.  Gov.  Our  roome  and  the 

people,  Cr.  i?7>5.  Our  place  and  nation,  Gen.  ^  Better,  Cor. 

25  That  the  wliole  nation  perishe  not.  Gen.  ^^  They  tooke  [helde, 

T.M.'\,  counsayle,  T.M.  Cr.  Bps.  They  consulted,  Gen.  ''''Had 

his  being.  Cor.  Continued,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^*  Stoode  they  up  and 

asked  for  Jesus  and  spake  among  themselves  in  the  temple,  Cor. 
29  That  he  cometh  not,  Cov.  Gen. 


E\)t  eSosi)cU  of  S.  .1)1)011.  ffii).  vff. 

and  pharises  had  geven  a  commaundment  that  yf  eny  man 
knew  where  he  were/  he  shuldc  shewc  it  that  they  niyght 
take  hym. 

(EIjc  pij.  €"l)aj)tev. 

''PHEN  Jesus  ^  before  sixc  daycs  of  ester/  cam  to  bethany 
-*-  where  Lazarus  (which  was  deed)  was/  whom  Jesus  rays- 
ed  from  deeth.  There  they  made  him  a  supper/  and  Martha 
served  :  butt  Lazarus  was  won  of  them  that  sate  at  the  table 
with  hym.  Then  toke  Mary  a  pounde  ~  off  oyntment  called 
nardus/  perfecte  and  precious/  and  anoynted  Jesus  fete/  and 
wept  his  fete  with  her  heer/  and  all  the  housse  3  smelled  off 
the  savre  off  the  oyntment.  Then  sayde  won  of  his  disciples 
named  Judas  iscariot/  Simons  sonne/  which  aftcrwarde  be- 
trayed hym  :  why  was  not  this  oyntment  solde  for  thre  hond- 
rede  pence/  and  geven  to  te  povre  ?  This  sayde  he/  not  that 
he  cared  for  the  pover :  butt  be  cause  he  was  a  thefe/  and 
kept  the  bagge/  and  bare  that  which  was  geven.  Then  sayde 
"tfesus  :  Lett  her  alone/  agaynst  the  daye  off  my  buiyinge  she 
kept  it.  The  povre  all  wayes  shall  ye  have  with  you/  butt 
me  shall  ye  nott  all  wayes  have. 

]\Ioche  people  off  the  iewes  had  knowledge  that  he  was 
there.  And  they  cam  nott  for  Jesus  sake  only/  butt  that  they 
myght  se  Lazarus  also  whom  he  raysed  from  deeth.  The 
bye  prestos'*  ^held  a  counsell  that  they  myght  put  Lazarus 
to  deeth  also/  be  cause  that  for  his  sake  many  of  the  iewes 
went  awaye/  and  beleved  on  Jesus. 

On  the  6  morowe  moche  people  which  cam  to  the  feast 
(when  they  herde  that  Jesus  shulde  come  to  Jerusalem)  toke 
braunches  off  palme  trees  and  went  and  mett  hym/  and  cr}'ed 
Hosianna/  '''  blessed  is  he  that  in  the  name  of  the  lorde  com- 
meth/  kynge  of  israhell.  Jesus  ^  gott  a  yonge  asse  and  sate 
theron/  acordynge  to  that  wich  was  written  :  feare  nott  dough- 
ter  of  Sion  :  beholde  thy  kynge  commeth  sittynge  on  an  asses 
coolte.  These  thynges  vnderstode  not  his  disciples  at  the 
fyrst :  but  when  Jesus  was  gloryfied/  then  remembryd  they 
that  soche  thynges  were  wiitten  of  hym/  and  that  soche 
thynges  they  had  done  vnto  hym. 

'  Six   dayes  before   Ester  [Passover.  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  "Of pure 

and  costly  nardus,  Cov.  Of  spikenarde,  very  costly,  Gen.  Bps. 
3  Was  filled  with  the  odour  [savoure,  T.  M.  G.]  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
*  T.  M.  Gen.  add — tlierefore.  ^  Were  advised,  Cov.  Consulted, 

Gen.  ^  Nexteday,  Cr.  Bps.  ''  Blessed  is  the  king  of  Israel,  that 
Cometh,  etc.  Gen.        ®  Founde,  Gai.  Bps. 


jfo.  cb.  2rt)e  ffifospcll  of  S.  3H)on. 

The  people  that  was  with  hym/  ^  when  he  called  Lazarus 
out  off  his  grave/  and  raysed  hym  from  deeth/  ^^  bare  recorde. 
Therfore  met  hym  the  peple/  be  cause  they  herde  that  he 
had  done  soche  a  myracle.  The  pharises  therfore  sayde 
amonge  them  selves  :  ^^  Ye  se  that  we  prevayle  no  thynge  : 
loo  all  the  worlde  goth  after  hym. 

There  were  certayne  grekes  amonge  them/  which  cam  to 
praye  at  the  feast/  the  same  cam  to  Philip  which  was  of 
Bethsayda  a  cite  in  galile/  and  desired  hym  sayinge  :  Syr  we 
wolde  fayne  se  Jesus.  Philip  cam  and  tolde  Andrew,  and 
agayne  Andrew  and  Philip  tolde  Jesus.  And  Jesus  answered 
them  sayinge  :  the  houre  is  come  that  the  sonne  of  man  must 
be  glorified. 

Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  excepte  the  wheate  corne 
fall  into  the  grounde  and  deye/  it  bydeth  alone,  yf  it  deye/ 
it  brengeth  forth  moche  frute.  He  that  loveth  his  life  shall 
12  destroye  it :  And  he  that  hateth  his  lyfe  in  this  worlde/  shall 
kepe  it  vnto  lyfe  eternall.  Yf  eny  man  mynister  vnto  me/ 
lett  hym  folowe  me/  and  where  I  am  there  shall  also  my  min- 
ister be.  And  if  cny  man  minister  vnto  me/  hym  will  my 
father  honoure. 

Nowe  is  my  soule  troubled/  and  what  shall  I  saye  ?  Fath- 
er 1^  dely  vre  me  from  this  houre  :  but  therfore  cam  I  vnto 
this  houre.  Father  glorify  thy  name.  Then  cam  there  a 
voyce  from  heven/  I  have  glorified  it/  and  will  glorify  it 
agayne.  Then  sayde  the  people  that  stode  by  and  herde/  ^^  it 
thoundreth.  O  thcr  sayde  :  an  angell  spake  to  hym.  Jesus 
answered  and  sayde  :  this  voyce  cam  nott  be  cause  of  me  : 
but  for  youre  sakes. 

Nowe  ^^  is  the  iudgement  of  this  worlde.  nowe  shall  the 
prynce  off  this  worlde  be  cast  out  a  dores.  And  I  (yf  I  were 
lifte  vppe  from  the  erthe)  will  drawe  all  men  vnto  me.  This 
sayde  Jesus  signifyinge  what  deeth  he  shulde  deye.  The 
people  answered  hym  :  We  have  herde  ^^  of  the  lawe  that 
Christ  bydeth  ever  :  and  howe  sayest  thou  then  that  the  sonne 
of  man  must  be  lifte  vppe  ?  who  is  that  sonne  of  man  ?  Je- 
sus sayde  vnto  them  :  yett  a  lytell  whyle  is  the  light  with  you : 
walke  whill  ye  have  light/  lest  the  darcknes  come  on  you. 
He  that  walketh  in  the  darke/  wotteth  not  whither  he  goeth. 

®  Bare  witnesse  that  he  called  Lazarus,  etc.  Gen.  '°  Commend- 
ed the  act,  Cov.  ''  Perceive  ye  howe  we  [ye,  G.  B.]  prevaile 
nothing,  Ml  the  Vers.  >*  Loose,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Save  me, 
Gen.  Bps.  '••  It  was  a  thunder,  Gen.  '*  Goeth  the  judgmei^t. 
Cov.        i«  Oute  of,  r.  M.  Cr.  Gen  Bps, 


CIjc  eSospcU  of  S.  3\)on.  €"!).  vfff- 

Whyll  yc  have  light/  belcve  on  the  light  that  yc  may  be  the 
children  of  light. 

These  thynoes  spake  Jesus  and  departed/  and  hid  hym  silfe 
from  them.  And  though  he  hade  done  soo  many  myracles 
before  them/  yet  beleved  not  they  on  hym/  that  the  sayinge 
of  Esayas  the  i)rophet  myght  be  fulfilled/  that  he  spake. 
Lorde  who  *^  shall  belcve  oure  sayinge  .'  And  to  whom  ys  the 
arme  olTthc  lorde  ^^  declared  >  Therefore  coulde  they  not  be- 
lcve/ bo  cause  that  Esaias  sayth  agayne  :  He  hath  blinded 
their  eyes/  and  hardened  their  hex'tes/  that  they  shuld  not 
se  with  their  eyes/  and  vnderstond  with  their  hcrfcs/  and 
shulde  be  converted  and  I  shulde  healc  them.  Soche  thynges 
saydc  Esaias  when  he  sawe  hys  gloiy/  and  spake  of  bin). 
Neverthclesse  amonge  the  chefe  rulers  many  beleved  on  hym/ 
but  be  cause  of  the  pharises  they  ^^  wolde  not  be  knowen  off 
it/  lest  they  shulde  be  -°  excommunicate.  For  they  loved 
the  prayse  '^^  [ihat  is  geven]  off  men/  more  then  the  praysc/ 
2'  [that  commcth]  of  god. 

Jesus  cryed  and  sayd  :  he  that  beleveth  on  me  beleveth  nott 
on  me/  butt  on  hym  that  sent  me.  And  he  that  seeth  me/  seeth 
him  that  sent  me.  I  am  come  a  light  into  the  worlde  that  who- 
soever beleveth  on  me  shulde  nott  bydc  in  darcknes/  and  yf  eny 
man  heare  my  wordes  and  beleve  nott/ 1  iudge  hym  not.  For  I 
cam  not  to  iudge  the  worlde  :  but  to  save  the  worlde.  He  that 
-^  putteth  me  awaye/  and  receaveth  nott  my  wordes/  haihe  won 
that  iudgcth  hym.  The  wordes  that  I  have  spoken  shall  iudge 
hym  in  the  last  daye.  For  I  have  not  spoken  off  my  silfe  :  but 
my  father  which  sent  me  gave  me  a  commaundment  what  1 
shulde  '^  saye/  and  what  I  shulde  speake.  And  I  knowe  wele 
that  his  commaundment  ys  lyfe  everlastynge.  Whatsoever 
I  speake  therfore/  ^4  even  as  my  father  bade  me/  so  I  speake. 


B 


E])e  pi].  <K"{)aptcr. 

EFORE  the  feast  off  ester  when  Jesus  knewe  that  hys  houre 
was  come/  thatt  he  shulde  departe  out  of  this  worlde  vnto 
the  father.  ^  When  he  loved  his  which  were  in  tlie  worlde/ 
vnto  the  ende  he  loved  them.     And  when  supper  was  ended/ 

"  Beleeved  our  report  [preaching,  C.  sayinge,  BJ],  Cov.  Gen.  Bps. 
'*  Reveiled,  Gi:n.  '^  l3id  not  confesse  him,  Gen.  Bps.  *^  Put 

outof  the  synagogue,  Ge/i.  5/js.         ^^  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.         —  Refu- 
seth  me,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Do  and  say,  Cav.        ^  I  speak<? 

them  so  as  tlie  Father  said  unto  me,  Gen.  '  Forasmuch  as,  etc. 

Gen. 


jFo.  cbj.  Efie  ffifospcU  of  <S.  .U!)on. 

-  after  that  the  devyll  had  put  in  the  hert  off  Judas  iscariot 
Simons  sonne/  to  be  traye  him,  Jesus  knowynge  that  the 
father  had  geven  him  all  thinges  into  his  hondes.  And  that 
he  was  come  from  God,  and  went  to  God/  he  rose  from  sup- 
per/ and  layde  a  syde  hys  vpper  garments/  and  toke  a  toweil/ 
and  gyrd  hym  silfe.  After  that  poured  he  water  into  a  basyn/ 
and  began  to  washe  hys  disciples  fete/  and  to  wyppe  them 
with  the  towell/  where  with  he  was  g}^rde. 

Then  cam  he  to  Simon  Peter.  And  Peter  sayde  to  him  : 
Lorde  ■^  shalt  thou  wesshe  my  fete  ?  Jesus  answered  and 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  what  I  do  thou  wettest  nott  nowe/  thou 
shalt  knowe  here  after.  Peter  sayd  vnto  hym  :  Thou  shalt 
^  nott  wesshe  my  fete  [whill  the  worlde  stondeth.]  Jesus  an- 
swered him :  yff  I  ^  washe  not  thy  fete/  thou  shalt  have  no 
part  with  me.  Simon  Peter  sayde  vnto  hym :  Lorde  nott 
my  fete  only/  butt  also  my  hondes  and  my  heed.  Jesus 
sayde  to  hym :  he  that  is  wesshed/  nedeth  not  but  to  wesshe 
his  fete/  but  is  clene  eveiy  whit/  And  ye  are  clone  :  butt  nott 
all.  For  he  knewe  ^  his  betrayer.  Therfore  sayde  he  :  ye 
are  not  all  clene. 

After  he  had  wesshed  their  fete/  and  '''  receaved  his  clothes/ 
and  was  sett  doune  agayne/  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  wot  ye  what 
I  have  done  to  you  ?  ye  call  me  master  and  lorde/  and  ye 
saye  well/  for  soo  am  I.  Yf  I  then  youre  lorde  and  master 
have  wesshen  youre  fete/  ye  alsoo  ought  to  wesshe  one  an- 
others  fete.  For  I  have  geven  you  an  ensample/  that  ye  shulde 
do  as  I  have  done  to  you.  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/ 
the  servaunt  is  not  gretter  then  hys  master.  Nether  ^  the 
messenger  gretter  then  he  that  sent  hym. 

Yf  ye  vnderstonde  these  thynges/  happy  are  ye  yf  ye  do  them. 
I  speake  not  off  you  all/  I  knowe  whom  I  have  chosen.  But 
that  the  scripture  be  fulfilled  :  he  that  eateth  breed  with  me/ 
Hath  lifte  vppe  his  hole  againste  me.  Nowe  tell  I  you  before 
it  come  :  that  when  yt  is  come  to  passe/  ye  myght  beleve  that 
I  am  he.  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :  ^  He  that  receaveth 
whomsover  I  sonde/  receaveth  me.  And  he  that  receaveth 
me/  receaveth  hym  that  sent  me. 

When  Jesus  had  thus  sayde/  he  was  ^Otroubl-ed  in  his  sprete/ 
and  testified  saying  :  verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/  that  won/ 

^  And  that  the  devill,  etc.  Gen.  ^Doest  tliou,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"•  Never  washe  my  feete,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.    C.  G.  B.  omit  what  follows. 
*  Washe  thee  not,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Who  it  was,  should  be- 

traye  him,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Had  taken,  Gen.  ^  An  apostle, 

Cov.  The  ambassador,  Gen.  ®  If  I  sende  any,  he  that  receaveth 

him  receiveth  me,  Gen.        '°  Heavie,  Cov. 


STjje  e5os|)cU  of  S.  .U!)on,  (ft),  yil] 

off  you  shall  betrayc  me.  Then  the  disciples  loked  won  on 
another  doubtiiige  of  whom  he  spake.  There  was  one  of  his 
disciples  which  leaned  ^i  on  Jesus  besomc/  whom  Jesus  loved. 
To  hym  beckoned  Simon  Peter  that  he  shulde  axe  who  it  was 
off  whome  he  spake.  He  then  as  he  leaned  on  Jesus  brest 
sayde  vnto  hym  :  Lorde  who  ys  it  ?  Jesus  answered/  he  yt 
ys  to  whom  1  geve  a  soppe/  ^~  [when  I  have  dept  hit.]  And 
he  wet  ^'^  a  soppe/  and  gave  ytt  to  Judas  iscarioth  Simons  sonne. 
And  after  the  soppe  Satan  entred  into  hym. 

Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  hym  :  thatt  thou  dost  do  quycly, 
!■*  That  wist  noo  man  at  the  table/  for  what  ^^  intent  he  spake 
vnto  hym.  Some  off  them  thought/  be  cause  Judas  had  the 
bagge/  thatt  Jesus  had  sayd  vnto  hym/  by  those  thynges  that 
we  have  nede  of  against  the  feast :  or  that  he  shulde  geve 
somethynge  to  the  povre.  As  sone  then  as  he  had  receaved  the 
soppe/  he  went  immediately  out.  And  it  was  nyght.  When 
he  was  gone  out/  Jesus  sayde  :  nowe  is  the  sone  of  man 
glorified.  And  God  is  glorified  by  hym.  Yf  God  be  glori- 
fied by  him/  God  shall  also  glorify  liim/  in  him  sylfe  :  and 
shall  strayght  waye  glorify  hym. 

16  Deare  children/  yet  a  lytell  whyle  am  I  with  you.  Ye 
shall  seke  me/  and  as  I  sayde  vnto  the  iewes  whither  I  goo/ 
thither  can  ye  nott  come.  Alsoo  to  you  saye  I  nowe.  A 
newe  commaundment  geve  I  vnto  you/  that  ye  love  ^''  to  ged- 
der/  as  I  have  loved  you/  that  even  soo  ye  love  one  another. 
By  thys  shall  men  knowe  that  ye  are  my  disciples/  yf  ye  shall 
have  love  won  to  another.  Simon  Peter  sayd  vnto  hym  : 
lorde  whither  goest  thou  ?  Jesus  answered  hym  :  whither  I 
goo  thou  canst  not  folowe  me  nowe/  thou  shalt  folowe  me  af- 
terwardes,  Peter  sayd  vnto  hym  lorde  why  cannot  I  folowe 
the  nowe  ?  I  will  ^^  geve  my  lyfe  for  thy  sake.  Jesus  an- 
swered hym  :  Wilt  thou  geve  thy  lyfe  for  my  sake  .''  Verely 
verely  I  saye  vnto  the/  the  cocke  shall  nott  crowc/  till  thou 
have  denyed  me  thryse. 

"  Cov.  adds— at  the  table.  On  him,  Or.  '^  Cr.  omits.  "The 
breade,  Cr.  '^  But  none  of  them  that  were  at  table,  knewe,  etc. 

Gen.  '^  Cause,  Grn.  ^^  Little,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  One  an- 

other. Gen.  [So  post  ch.  xv.]  '^  Jeoparde,  Cr.  Bps.  Lay  downc, 

Gen.  [So  vs.  38.] 


Sfo.  cbif.  2r})c  Cospell  of  S.  Sl)o^- 


Sfie  Tpiii].  ffiljapter. 


A' 


ND  he  sayde  vnto  hys  disciples  :  Lett  nott  youre  hertes  be 
trubled/  ^  beleve  in  God/  and  beleve  in  me.  In  my  fath- 
ers housse  are  many  ^  mansions.  If  it  were  not  soo/  I  wolde 
have  tolde  you.  I  goo  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.  ^  i  ■^viH 
come  agayne/  and  receve  you  even  vnto  myselfe/  that  w^here 
I  am/  theare  maye  ye  be  also.  And  whither  I  goo  ye  knowe/ 
and  the  waye  ye  knowe. 

Thomas  sayde  vnto  him :  Lorde  wo  knowe  not  whyther 
thou  goest.  ^  Also  howe  is  it  possible  for  vs  to  knowe  the 
waye  ?  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  I  am  the  waye/  verite/  and 
lyfe.  No  man  commeth  vnto  the  father/  but  by  me.  Yf  ye 
had  knowen  me  ye  had  knowen  my  father  alsoo.  And  ^  nowe 
ye  knowe  hym.     And  ye  have  sene  hym. 

Phillip  said  vnto  him  :  lorde  shew  vs  ^  thy  father  and  it 
suffiseth  vs  Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  "^  have  I  bene  so  longe 
time  with  you  :  and  yet  hast  thou  not  knowen  me  ?  Philip/ 
he  that  hath  sene  me/  hath  sene  the  father.  And  howe  sayest 
thou  then  :  shewe  vs  ^  the  father  ?  Belevest  thou  nott  that  I 
am  in  the  father/  and  the  father  in  me  ?  The  wordes  that  I 
speake  vnto  you/  I  speake  not  of  my  silfe  :  but  the  father/ 
dwellmge  in  me  is  he  that  docth  the  workes.  Beleve  that  I 
am  in  the  father/  and  the  father  in  me.  Att  the  leest  beleve 
me  for  the  very  workes  sake. 

Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you  whosoever  beleeveth  on  me/ 
the  workes  that  I  doo/  the  same  shall  he  do/  and  gretter 
workes  then  these  shall  he  do/  be  cause  I  go  vnto  my  father. 
And  whatsoever  ye  axe  in  my  name/  that  will  I  do/  that  the 
father  might  be  ^  glorified  by  the  sonne.  Yf  ye  shal  axe  eny 
thynge  in  my  name  I  will  do  it. 

Yf  ye  love  me  kepe  my  commaundmentes/  and  I  will  praye 
my  father/  and  he  shall  gcve  you  a  nother  comforter/  that  he 
maye  byde  with  you  ever/  i'' which  is  the  sprete  of  truthe 
whome  the  worlde  cannot  receave/  be  cause  the  worlde  seyth 
him  not/  nether  knoweth  hym.     Butt  ye  knowe  him/  For  he 

*  Ye  belecve  in  God;  beleeve,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Dwelling 

places,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add  —  And  if  I  go  to 

prepare  a  place  for  you.  ''  And  how  can  we  knowe,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 
=  From  henceforth.  Gen.  ^  The  father,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  '  I  have 
bene,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Thy  father,  Gen.  ^  Praised,  Cov.  '"Even 
the  spirite,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


etc  CSospcll  of  S.  JJtJon.  €"t.  vfffl- 

dwelleth  with  you/  and  shalbe  in  you.  I  will  nott  leave  you 
comfoitlesse  :  I  will  come  vnto  you. 

Hit  is  yet  a  litell  whyle  and  the  worlde  seyth  me  noo 
moare  :  but  ye  shall  se  me.  "  For  I  live/  and  ye  shall  live. 
That  daye  shall  ye  knowe  that  I  am  in  my  father/  and  ^~  my 
father  in  me/  and  I  in  you. 

He  that  hath  my  commaundmentes/  and  kepeth  them/  the 
same  is  he  that  lovcth  me/  and  he  that  loveth  me  shalbe  loved 
of  my  father/  and  I  will  love  him/  and  will  showe  myne  awne 
silfe  vnto  him.  Judas  sayd  vnto  him  (not  Judas  iscarioth) 
lorde  ^3  what  is  the  cause  that  thou  wilt  shewe  thy  silfe  vnto 
vs/  and  not  vnto  the  worlde  ?  Jesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto 
hym :  yf  a  man  love  me  ^^  and  wyll  kepe  my  sayinges/  my 
father  also  will  love  him/  and  we  well  come  vnto  hym/  and 
wyll  dwell  wyth  hym.  Fie  that  loveth  me  not/  kepeth  nott 
my  sayinges.  And  the  wordes  which  ye  heare  are  nott  myne/ 
but  my  fathers/  which  sent  me. 

This  have  I  spoken  vnto  you  bcynge  yett  present  with  you. 
But  that  comforter  which  ys  the  holy  gost  (whom  my  father 
will  sonde  in  my  name)  shall  teache  you  all  thynges/  and 
brynge  all  thynges  to  youre  remembraunce/  whatsoever  I  have 
tolde  you. 

Peace  I  leva  with  you/  my  peace  I  geve  vnto  you.  Nott  as 
the  worlde  geveth/  geve  I  vnto  you.  Lett  not  youre  ^^  hertes 
be  greved/  nether  feare  ye.  Ye  have  herde  howe  I  saide  vnto 
you  :  I  goo  and  come  agayne  vnto  you.  Yf  ye  loved  mo/  ye 
wolde  verely  reioyce/  be  cause  I  sayde/  I  goo  vnto  the  father. 
For  the  father  is  gretter  then  1/  And  nowe  have  I  ^^  shewed 
you/  before  it  come/  that  when  it  is  come  to  passe/  ye  myght 
beleve. 

Here  after  will  I  not  talke  many  wordes  vnto  you.  For  the 
^■^  chefe  ruelar  offthys  worlde  commeth/  and  hath  nought  in  me. 
But  that  the  worlde  maye  knowe  that  I  love  my  father/  And 
as  my  father  gave  me  commaundment/  even  soo  do  I.  Ryse 
lett  vs  goo  hence, 

"  Because  I  live,  ye  [and  ye,  J3.]  shall  live  also,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  You 

in  me,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  What  is  doone,  Cr.  Bus.         "  He 

wyll  kepe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Harte  be  troubled  nor  feare  [neither 

let  it  feare,  B.],  Gc7i.  J5/J5.  '^  Spoken  unto.  Gen.  '^  Ruler,  T.  Jlf. 
Prince,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  cbfff.  e:i)c  ©ospdl  of  <S.  JJ)on. 


2rt)c  ):b.  CJjnjjtcr. 

T  AM  the  true  vyne/  and  my  father  ys  an  husbande  man. 

Every  braiinche  that  beareth  nott  frute  in  me/  He  ^  will 
take  awaye.  And  every  braunce  that  beareth  frute  will  he 
pourgc  that  it  mayc  bringe  moare  frute.  Nowe  are  ye  clene/ 
*  be  the  meanes  of  the  wordes  which  I  have  spoken  vnto  you. 
Byde  in  me/  and  I  in  you.  As  the  braunche  cannot  beare 
frute  off  it  sylfe/  excepte  it  byde  in  the  vyne  :  no  more  can  ye 
excepte  ye  abyde  in  me. 

I  am  the  vyne/  and  ye  are  the  braunchcs.  He  that  abydeth 
in  me/  and  I  in  hym/  the  same  brjTigeth  forth  moche  frute. 
For  without  me  can  ye  do  nothynge.  Yff  a  man  byde  nott  in 
me/  he  ys  cast  forthe  as  a  braunche/  and  is  widdred :  and 
men  gadder  them/  and  cast  them  into  the  fyre/  and  they 
burne.  Yff  ye  byde  in  me/  and  my  wordes  also  bide  in  you  : 
axe  what  ye  will/  and  it  shalbe  geven  you.  Heare  in  is  my 
father  glorified/  that  ye  beare  moche  frute/  and  be  made  my 
disciples. 

As  my  father  hath  loved  me/  even  soo  have  I  loved  you. 
Continue  in  my  love.  Yf  ye  shall  kepe  my  commaundmentes/ 
ye  shall  byde  in  my  love/  even  as  I  have  kept  my  fathers 
commaundmentes/  and  byde  in  his  love.  These  thinges  have 
I  spoken  vnto  you/  that  my  ioye  myght  remayne  in  you/  and 
that  youre  ioye  myght  be  ^  full.  Thys  ys  my  commaundment/ 
that  ye  love  togedder  as  I  have  loved  you.  Gretter  love  then 
this  hath  no  man/  ^  then  that  a  man  bestowe  his  lyfe  for  his 
frendes.  Ye  are  my  frendes/  yf  ye  do  whatsoever  I  com- 
maunde  you.  Hence  forth  call  I  you  nott  servauntes :  For 
the  servaunt  knoweth  nott  what  hys  ^  lorde  doeth.  Butt  you 
have  I  called  frendes :  For  all  thynges  that  I  have  herde  of 
my  father/  I  have  ^  openned  to  you. 

Ye  have  not  chosen  me/  but  I  have  chosen  you  and  or- 
deyned  you  that  ye  goo/  and  bringe  forthe  frute/  and  that 
youre  frute  remayne/  that  whatsoever  ye  shall  axe  off  my 
father  in  my  name  he  shulde  geve  it  you. 

This  commaunde  I  you/  that  ye  love  to  gedder.  Yf  the 
vvorldc  hate  you/  ye  knowe  that  he  hated  me  before  he  hated 
you.  Yf  ye  were  of  the  worlde/  the  worlde  wolde  love  his 
awne.     Be  cause  ye  are  not  of  the  worlde/  but  I  have  chosen 

>  Shall  cut  off,  Coo.  ^  Through  the  worde,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'  Perfccte,  Cov.  *  When  any  man  bestoweth,  Gen.  *  Master, 

GcH.  [So  vs.  20.]  ^  Made  known,  Gc?i.  Bps. 


2rj)e  fflospell  nf  S.  Jl)on.  CTj).  jrbj. 

you  out  of  the  workle/  therfore  hateth  you  the  worklc.  Re- 
member my  sayinge/  that  I  sayde  vnto  you  :  the  scrvaunte  is 
not  gretter  then  his  lorde.  yf  they  have  persecuted  me/  so 
wiirthey  persecute  you  Ytf  they  have  kept  my  sayinge/  so 
will  they  kepe  youres. 

But  all  these  thynges  will  they  do  vnto  you  for  my  names 
sake/  be  cause  they  have  nott  knowen  hym  that  sent  me. 
Yf  I  had  not  come  and  spoken  vnto  them/  they  shulde  have 
no  synne  :  butt  nowe  have  they  '''  nothynge  to  cloke  theyr 
synne  with  all.  He  that  hateth  me/  hateth  my  father.  Iti"  I 
had  nott  done  workes  amonge  them  which  none  other  man 
did/  they  shulde  be  with  oute  synne.  But  nowe  have  they 
^  senc/  and  yet  have  hated  bothe  me  and  my  father  :  ^  Even 
thatt  the  sayinge  myght  be  fulfilled  that  is  written  in  theyre 
lawe.  They  hated  mc  with  outt  a  cause.  Butt  when  the 
comforter  is  come/  whom  I  will  sende  vnto  you  from  the  fa- 
ther/wich  is  the  sprete  of  verite/  which  proceadeth  off  the 
father'  he  shall  testifie  off  me.  And  ye  shall  beare  witnes 
also/  because  ye  have  bene  with  me  from  the  begynynge. 

E\)t  ^bf.  (KJapter. 

''pHESE  thynges  have  I  sayde  vnto  you  be  cause  ye  shulde 
-^  nott  be  hurte  in  youre  fayth.  They  shall  excomunicat 
you/  ye  the  tyme  shall  come/  thatt  whosoever  killeth  you/  will 
thynke  that  he  doeth  God  true  service.  And  suche  thynges 
will  they  do  vnto  you/  because  they  have  not  knowen  the  fa- 
ther nether  yet  me.  These  thynges  have  I  tolde  you/  that 
when  that  houre  is  come/  ye  ^  shulde  remember  them/  that  I 
tolde  you  so.  These  thynges  sayde  I  not  vnto  you  at  the  be- 
gynnynge/  be  cause  I  was  present  with  you. 

Butt  nowe  goo  I  my  waye  to  hym  thatt  sent  me/  and  none 
of  you  axeth  me  :  whither  goest  thou  }  but  be  cause  I  have 
sayde  suche  thynges  vnto  you/  youre  hertes  are  full  off  sor- 
owe.  Neverthelesse  I  tell  you  the  trueth  it  is  expedient  for 
you  that  I  goo  a  waye.  For  yf  I  goo  nott  awaye/  that  com- 
forter will  nott  come  vnto  you.  Yff  I  departe  I  will  sende 
hym  vnto  you.  And  when  he  is  come/  he  will  rebuke  the 
worlde  off  syime/  and  of  rightwesnes/  and  of  iudgement. 
Of  synne/  because  they  beleve  not  on  me  :  Of  rightwesnes/ 

'  No  cloke  for  their  sinne,  Gen.  »  Both  seene  and  hated,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  But  this  haponeth,  Cr.  But  (this  commctk  to  passe),  Dps. 

But  it  is,  Gen.  '  May  remember  then  that  I  told  you,  Cr.  Bps. 


J?o.  clj:.  Ejje  CEospcU  of  S.  3Jj)on. 

be  cause  I  goo  to  my  father/  and  ye  shall  se  me  no  moare  : 
And  of  iudgement/  be  cause  the  ^  chefe  rueler  of  this  worlde/ 
is  iudged  alredy. 

I  have  yet  many  thynges  to  saye  vnto  you  :  but  ye  cannot 
beare  them  awaye  nowe.  ^  When  he  is  wons  come  (I  meane 
the  sprete  of  verite)  he  will  leade  you  into  all  trueth.  He 
shall  nott  speake  of  hym  silfc  :  but  whatsoever  he  shall  heare/ 
that  shall  he  speake/  and  he  will  shewe  you  thynges  to  come. 
He  shall  glorify  me/  for  he  shall  receave  of  myne/  and  shall 
shewe  vnto  you.  All  thynges  that  my  father  hath  ar  myne. 
Therefore  sayd  I  vnto  you  that  he  shal  take  of  mine  and 
shewe  vnto  you. 

■^  After  awhyle  ye  shall  not  se  me/  and  agayne  "^  after  a 
whyle  ye  shall  se  me  :  For  I  goo  to  my  father.  Then  sayd 
some  of  his  disciples  bitwene  them  selves :  what  is  this  that 
he  sayth  vnto  vs/  after  a  whyle  ye  shall  not  se  me/  and  agayne 
after  a  whyle  ye  shall  se  me  :  and  that  I  goo  to  my  father. 
They  sayde  therfore  :  what  is  this  that  he  sayth  after  a  while  .-' 
we  ^cannot  tell  what  he  saith.  Jesus  perceaved/  that  they 
wolde  axe  hym/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  "^  This  is  it  that  ye  en- 
quyre  of  bitwene  youre  selves/  that  I  sayd/  after  a  whyle  ye 
shall  nott  se  me/  and  agayne  after  a  whyle  ye  shall  se  me. 
Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  ye  shall  wepe  and  lament/ 
and  the  woi-lde  shall  reioyce.  Ye  shall  sorowe  :  but  youre 
sorowe  shalbe  tovu'ned  to  ioye. 

A  woman  when  she  traveyleth  hath  sorowe/  be  cause  her 
houre  is  come  :  but  as  sone  as  she  is  delivered  off  her  chylde 
she  remembreth  no  moare  her  anguysshe/  for  ioye  that  a  man 
is  borne  in  to  the  worlde.  And  ye  nowe  are  in  sorrowe  :  butt 
I  will  se  you  agayne :  and  youre  hertes  shall  reioyce/  and 
youre  ioye  shall  no  man  take  from  you.  And  in  that  daye 
shall  ye  axe  me  "^  no  question.  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you/ 
whatsoever  ye  shall  axe  the  father  in  my  name/  he  will  geve 
it  you.  Hetherto  have  ye  axed  no  thinge/  in  my  name.  Axe 
and  ye  shall  receave  it :  that  youre  ioye  maye  be  full. 

These  thinges  have  I  spoken  vnto  you  in  "^  proverbes.  The 
tyme  will  come  when  I  shall  no  moare  spake  to  you  in  ®  pro- 
verbes :  but  I  shall  shewe  you  playnly  ^  from  my  father.  At 
that  daye  shall  ye  axe  in  myne  name.     And  I  saye  not  vnto 

*  Princo,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Howbeit  when  he  is  come,  which  is 

the  spirit  of  truth,  Cr.  Gen. Bps.  *  A  httle  while  and,  etc.  Gen. 

[So  post.]  ^  Knowe  not,  Gen.  *  Ye  inquire  of  this,  Cr.    Doe 

ye  enquire  among.  Gen.  Bps.         ''  Nothing,  Gen.         ^  Parables,  Gen. 
[So  vs.  2!».]         9  Of  the  father,  Ge7i.  Bps. 


STjje  ffiospcU  of  ^.  3JJ)on.  ©I).  ^Wf. 

you  that  I  will  ^^  speake  vnto  my  father  for  you.  For  my  fa- 
ther hym  silfe  loveth  you/  be  cause  ye  have  loved  me.  and 
beloved  that  I  cam  out  from  god.  I  went  out  from  the  father/ 
and  cam  into  the  worlde  :  1  leve  the  worlde  agaync/  and  go 
to  the  father. 

His  disciples  sayd  vnto  hym  :  loo  nowc  speakest  thou  playn- 
ly/  and  thou  vsest  no  proverbc.  Nowe  knowe  we  that  thou 
vnderstondest  all  thingcs/  and  nedest  not  that  eny  man  shulde 
axe  the  ^^  [eny  question.]  Therfoi'C  beleve  we  that  thou  camst 
from  god.  Jesus  answered  them  :  ^~  Nowe  ye  do  beleve. 
Beholde  the  houre  ^-^  draweth  nyc/  and  ys  alredy  come/  that 
ye  shalbe  scatered  every  man  ^"^  his  wayes/  and  shall  leave  me 
alone.     And  yet  am  I  not  alone.     For  my  father  is  with  me. 

These  wordes  have  I  spoken  vnto  you  that  in  me  ye  myght 
have  peace.  In  the  worlde  shall  ye  have  '^tribulacion  :  but 
be  of  good  cheare/  I  have  overcome  the  worlde. 


(r!!)c  yhi].  (Ttnptrv. 

^  I  ^HESE  wordes  spake  Jesus  and  lifte  vppe  his  eyes  to  hev- 
en/  and  sayde :  father  the  houre  is  come  glorify  thy 
Sonne  that  thy  sonne  maye  glorify  the.  As  thou  hast  geven 
hym  power  over  all  flesshe/  that  he  shulde  geve  eternall  life 
to  ^  as  many  as  thou  hast  geven  him.  This  is  life  eternall 
that  they  myght  knowe  the  ^  that  only  veiy  God  :  and  whom 
thou  hast  sent  Jesus  Christ. 

I  have  gloiyfied  the  on  the  erth.  I  have  fynyssheed  the 
workes  whych  thou  gavest  me  to  do.  And  nowe  glorify  me 
thou  father  ^  in  thyn  awne  presence/  with  the  glory  which  I 
had  with  the  yerre  the  worlde  was.  I  have  declared  thy  name 
vnto  the  men  whych  thou  gavest  me  out  off  the  worlde. 
Thyne  they  were/  and  thou  hast  geven  them  me/  and  they 
have  kept  thy  sayinges.  Nowe  have  they  knowen  that  all 
thinges  whatsover  thou  hast  geven  me/  are  of  the.  For  I 
have  geven  vnto  them  the  wordes  which  thou  gavest  me/  and 
they  have  receaved  them/  and  have  knowen  surely  that  I  cam 
out  from  the  :  and  have  beloved  that  thou  diddest  send  me. 

■^  [I  praye  for  them.]     I  praye  not  for  the  worlde  :  but  for 

'"  Pray,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Gen.  omits.  '*  Do  ye  beleeve  nowe  ? 

Gen.  Bjjs.  '3  Commeth,  Gen.  '■*  To  his  owne,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'^  Affliction,  Gen.  '  All  them  that,  etc.  Gen.  *  The  only  true 

God  and  Jesus  Christ,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  ^  With  thine  owne  selfe, 

r.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        *  Cr.  omits. 
T 


jFo.  c):.  Stije  fflfospctl  of  S.  Jton. 

them  which  thou  hast  geven  me/  for  they  are  thyne/  and  all 
myne  are  thyne/  and  thyne  are  myne/  and  I  am  glorifyed  in 
them.  And  now  am  I  no  moare  in  the  worlde/  but  they  are 
in  the  worlde/  and  I  come  to  the.  Wholy  father  ^  kepe  in 
thyne  awne  name  them  which  thou  hast  geven  me/  that  they 
maye  be  one  as  we  are.  Whyll  I  was  with  them  in  the  worlde/ 
I  kepte  them  in  thy  name.  Those  that  thou  gavest  mc/  have 
I  kepte/  and  none  of  them  is  lost/  but  ^  that  lost  chylde/  that 
the  scripture  myght  be  fulfilled. 

Nowe  come  I  to  the/  and  these  wordes  speake  I  in  the 
worlde  that  they  myght  have  my  ioye  "^  full  in  them.  I  have 
geven  them  thy  ^  doctryne/  and  the  worlde  hath  hated  them/ 
be  cause  they  are  not  of  the  worlde/  even  as  I  am  not  of  the 
worlde.  I  desyre  not  that  thou  shuldest  take  them  out  the 
worlde :  but  that  ^hou  kepe  them  from  evyll.  They  are  not 
off  the  woilde/  as  I  am  not  of  the  worlde.  Sanctify  them  ^  in 
thy  trueth.  Thy  sayinge  is  verite.  As  thou  diddest  send  me 
into  the  worlde/  even  soo  have  I  sent  them  into  the  worlde/ 
and  for  their  sakes  sanctify  I  my  silfe/  thatt  they  also  myght  be 
sanctified  thorowe  the  trueth. 

I  praye  not  for  them  alone  :  but  for  them  also  which  shall 
beleve  on  me  thorowe  their  preachynge/  that  they  all  maye 
be  one/  as  thou  father  arte  in  me/  and  I  in  the/  that  they  maye 
be  alsoo  one  in  vs/  that  the  worlde  maye  beleve  that  thou  hast 
sent  me.  And  that  glory  that  thou  gavest  me  I  have  geven 
them/  that  they  maye  be  wone/  as  we  are  wone.  I  am  in 
them  and  thou  arte  in  me/  that  they  maye  be  made  perfecte 
in  won/  and  that  the  worlde  maye  knowe  that  thou  hast  sent 
me/  and  hast  loved  them/  as  thou  hast  loved  me. 

Father  I  will  that  they  which  thou  hast  geven  me/  be  with 
me  where  I  am/  that  they  maye  se  my  glory  which  thou  hast 
geven  me.  For  thou  hast  loved  me  ^^  before  the  makynge 
of  the  worlde  O  righteous  father  ^^  the  very  worlde  hath  nott 
knowen  the  :  butt  I  have  knowen  the  and  these  have  knowen 
that  thou  hast  sent  me.  And  I  have  declared  vnto  them  thy 
name/  and  will  declare  it/  that  the  love  wher  with  thou  lovedst 
me/  be  in  them/  and  I  be  in  them, 

^  Keepe  through,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Keepe  them  in  thy  name,  erni 
them,  etc.  Gen.  *"  The  childe  of  perdition,  Gen.  ''  Fulfilled. 

Gen.  Bps.        ^  Wordes,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  G.  vs.  20.]         "  With, 
T.M.  Gen.  Through,  Cr.  Bps.  *"  Or  ever  the  worlde  was  made, 

Cov.    Before  the  foundation,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  "  The  worlde  also, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Crtje  CSospcU  of  S.  3!)on.  ffit).  vWfJ. 

"Vl/^HEN  Jesus  had  spoken  these  wordes/  he  went  forth 
'  ^  witli  his  disciples  over  the  broke  Cedron/  where  was  a 
garden/  into  the  which  he  entered  with  his  disciples  (Judas 
also  wich  betrayed  hym  knewe  the  place/  for  Jesus  often  tymes 
resorted  thither  with  his  disciples)  Judas  then  after  he  had  re- 
ceaved  a  bonde  off  men/  and  ministers  of  the  hy  prestes/  and 
of  the  pharises  cam  thither  with  ^  lanterns/  and  "^  fyerbrondes/ 
and  we  pens.  Then  Jesus  knowynge  all  thynges  that  shulde 
come  on  hym/  went  forth  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  whom  seke 
ye  ?  They  answered  hym  :  Jesus  off  nazareth.  Jesus  sayde 
vnto  them  :  I  am  he. 

Judas  also  which  betrayed  him  stode  by  with  them.  As 
sone  as  he  had  sayd  vnto  them  I  am  he/  they  went  backe 
wardes  and  fell  to  the  grounde.  He  axed  them  agayne : 
whome  seke  ye  .''  They  sayde  :  Jesus  off  Nazareth.  Jesus 
answered/  ^  I  sayde  vnto  you/ 1  am  he.  Iff  ye  seke  me/  '*  lett 
these  goo  theyr  waye/  That  the  sayinge  myght  be  fulfilled 
which  he  spake  :  of  them  which  thou  gavest  have  I  not  lost 
one. 

Simon  Peter  had  a  swearde/  and  drue  hym  out/  and  smote 
the  hye  prestes  servaunt/  and  cut  off  his  right  eare.  The  ser- 
vauntes  name  was  Malchas.  Then  sayde  Jesus  vnto  Peter  : 
put  vppe  thy  swearde  into  the  sheath :  shall  I  not  drynke  of 
the  cuppe  which  my  father  had  geven  me  ?  Then  ^  the  com- 
pany/ and  the  Captayne/  and  the  ministers  off  the  iewes/  toke 
Jesus  and  bounde  hym/  and  ledde  hym  awaye  to  Anna  fyrst : 
For  he  was  fatherlawe  vnto  Cayphas/  which  was  the  hye 
preste  thatt  same  yeare.  Cayphas/  was  he  that  gave  coun- 
sell  to  the  iewes  that  it  was  ^  expedient  that  won  man  shulde 
deye  for  the  people. 

Simon  Peter  folowed  Jesus/  and  another  disciple/  that  dis- 
ciple was  knowen  of  the  hye  preste/  "^  and  went  in  with  Jesus 
into  s  the  pallys  of  the  hye  preste.  Peter  stode  att  the  dore 
with  outt.  Then  wentt  outt  thatt  other  disciple  which  was 
knowen  vnto  the  hye  preste/  and  spake  ^  to  the  damsell  thatt 
kept  the  dore/  and  brought  in  Peter.  Then  sayd  the  damsell  that 
kept  the  dore  vnto  Peter  :  Arte  nott  thou  wone  off  this  mannes 
disciples  ?  He  sayde  :  I  am  nott.     The  servauntes  and  the 

'  Cressets,  Cov.        *  Torches,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  I  have  told  you,  Cr. 

Bjjs.            *  Cr.  Gen.  Bps,  add —  therefore.  *  The  bande,  Gen. 

8  Good,  Cov.             ">  Therefore  he  went,  Gen,  ^  The  hall,  Gen. 
3  To  her,  Gen. 


^0.  cvf.  rije  eSosprU  of  S.  Sl)on. 

ministers  stode  there/  and  had  made  a  fyre  off  coles.  For  it 
was  colde/  and  they  warmed  them  selves.  Peter  also  stode 
amonge  them  and  warmed  hym  silfe. 

The  hye  presto  axed  Jesus  of  his  disciples/  and  of  his  doc- 
trine. Jesus  answered  hym  :  I  spak  openly  ^^  jn  the  worlde. 
I  ever  taught  in  the  sinagoge  and  in  the  temple  whither  ^^  all 
the  iewes  resorted  :  and  in  secrete  have  I  sayde  nothynge  : 
why  axest  thou  me  .''  Axe  them  whiche  herde  me  what  I  sayde 
vnto  them.  Beholde  ^^  they  can  tell  what  I  sayde.  When  he 
had  thus  spoken/  one  of  the  ministers  which  stode  by/  smote 
Jesus  1"^  on  the  face  sayinge  :  Answrest  thou  the  hye  preste 
soo  ?  Jesus  answered  hym  :  Yf  I  have  evyll  spoken/  beare 
witnes  of  the  evyll :  yf  I  have  well  spoken/  why  smytest  thou 
me  ?  1^  Annas  sent  hym  bounde  vnto  Cayphas  as  the  hye 
preste. 

Simon  Peter  stode  and  warmed  hym  silfe/  and  they  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  Arte  not  thou  also  won  of  his  disciples  ?  He  de- 
neyed  itt/  and  sayde  :  I  am  not.  Won  of  the  servauntes  of  the 
hye  preste  (his  cosyn  whose  earc  Peter  smote  of)  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  did  not  I  se  the  in  the  garden  with  hym  ?  Peter  denyed 
it  agayne.     And  immediatly  the  cocke  crewe. 

Then  ledd  they  Jesus  from  Cayphas  into  ^^  the  housse  of 
iudgement.  Hit  was  in  the  mornynge/  and  they  them  selves 
went  not  into  the  iudgement  housse  lest  they  shulde  be  defyl- 
ed/  butt  that  they  myght  eate  ^^  Pascha.  Pilate  then  went 
oute  vnto  them  and  sayde  :  What  accusacion  brynge  ye 
agaynste  this  man.'  They  answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
Iff  he  were  nott  an  evyll  doar/  we  wolde  not  have  dely  vered 
hym  vnto  the.  Then  sayd  Pilate  vnto  them  :  ^"^  take  hym 
vnto  you/  and  iudge  hym  after  youre  awne  lawe.  The  iewes 
sayde  vnto  hym.  It  is  nott  lawfull  for  vs  to  putt  eny  man  to 
deeth.  That  the  wordcs  of  Jesus  myght  be  fulfilled  which  he 
spake/  signifyinge  what  deeth  he  shulde  deye. 

Then  Pilate  entred  into  the  iudgement  housse  agayne/  and 
called  Jesus/  and  sayd  vnto  him  :  Arte  thou  kynge  of  the 
iewes  ?  Jesus  answered  :  sayst  thou  that  off  thy  sylfe/  or  did 
other  tell  ytt  the  of  me  ?  Pilate  answered  :  Am  I  a  iewe  ? 
Thyne  awne  nacion  an  hye  prestos  have  delivered  the  vnto 

1"  To  the  worlde,  Gen.  Bps.  •'  The  Jewes  resort  continually, 

Gen.  12  They  knowe.  Gen.  "With    his    rod,   Gen.  Bps. 

'^  Now  Annas  had  sent  him,  Gc7i.  Bps.  '^  The  coinnaon  hall.  Gov. 
Gen.  Hall  of  judgment,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  [So  post  [and  ch.  xix.  9.] 
'fi  The  Paschal  lamb,  Cov.  T.  M.  The  passeover,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. — 
"  Take  ye  him,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


rijc  (GospcU  of  .5.  .51)011.  Ct).  vfv- 

me.  M'hat  liast  thou  done  ?  Jesus  answered  :  my  kyngdomc 
is  not  of  this  worlde.  Ytl"  my  kyngdome  were  of  this  woride 
then  wolde  my  ministers  suerly  figlit/  that  I  shuldc  not  be  de- 
lyvered  to  the  iewes/  but  nowe  is  my  kyngdome  not  from 
hence.  Pilate  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Arte  thou  a  kynge  then  ? 
Jesus  answered  :  Thou  i^'sayst  that  1  am  a  Ivynge.  For  this 
cause  was  I  borne/  and  for  this  cause  cam  I  into  the  worlde/ 
that  1  shuldc  bearc  witnes  vnto  the  trueth.  All  that  are  of  tlie 
trueth  heare  my  voice.  Pilate  sayde  vnto  hym  :  i-'  what  is 
trueth. 

And  when  he  had  sayde  that/  he  went  out  agayne  vnto  the  ^ 
iewes/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  fynde  in  him  no  -^  cause  at  all. 
Ye  have  a  costume  amonge  you/  that  I  shulde  dclyvre  you 
won  loose  at  ester,  will  ye  that  I  loose  vnto  you  the  kynge  of 
the  iewes.  Then  cried  they  all  againe  sayinge :  Not  him/ 
butt  Barrabas.     ^^  Barrabas  was  a  Robber. 


Cijc  vip-  <2r!)<"!ptri-. 

nPHEN  Pilate  toke  Jesus  and  scourged  hym.  And  the  sou- 
dicrs  1  wonde  a  croune  ofTthorncs  and  put  it  on  his  head. 
And  they  did  put  on  hym  a  purple  garment/  and  sayd  :  hay  I 
kynge  off  the  iewes.  And  they  smote  hym  -  on  the  face. 
Pilate  went  forthe  agayne/  and  sayde  vnto  them :  beholde  J 
brynge  him  forth  to  you/  that  ye  maye  knowe  that  I  fynde  no 
faute  in  hym.  Then  cam  Jesus  forthe  wearynge  a  croune  of 
thornes/  and  ^  a  robe  of  purple.  And  Pilate  sayd  vnto  thcrn  : 
Beholde  the  man.  When  the  hye  prestos  and  ministers  sawc 
liim/  they  cryed  sayinge  :  crucify  him/  crucify  hym.  Pilate 
sayde  vnto  them.  Take  ye  hym  and  crucify  hym  :  For  1 
fynde  no  cause  in  hym.  The  iewes  answered  hym :  We 
have  a  lawe/  and  by  oure  lawe  he  ought  to  dcye  :  be  cause 
he  made  hym  silfe  the  sonne  of  God. 

When  Pilate  herde  that  sayinge/  he  was  the  moare  afrayde/ 
and  went  agayne  in  to  the  iudgment  house/  and  sayde  vnto 
Jesus  :  whence  arte  thou  ?  Jesus  gave  hym  none  answere. 
Then  sayde  Pilate  vnto  hym  :  Speakest  thou  not  vnto  mc  ? 
Knowest  thou  nott  that  I  have  power  to  crucify  the/  and  have 
power  to  loose  the .''    Jesus  answered  :  Thou  coudest  have  no 

*8  Sayest  it,  for  I  am  a  King.  Cov.  '»  What  thino-e  is  truth,  T.  M. 
Cr.  ««  Faulte,  Bps.  2'  Yet  [The  same,  Ci\  Nowe  this,  G.} 

Barabbas    was  a   murtherer,   Cov.    Cr.   Gen.  ^  Platted,  G'.n. 

*  With  roddes,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  A  purple  garment,  Gen. 

T* 


j?o.  cvff.  Slje  eSfosiJell  of  S.  Jijon. 

power  att  all  agaynst  me/  except  it  were  geven  vnto  the  from 
above.  Therfore  he  that  delivered  me  vnto  the/  ^  is  moare  in 
synne.  And  from  thence  forthe  sought  Pilate  meanes  to  loose 
hym  :  but  the  iewes  cryed  sayinge  :  yf  thou  ^  lett  hym  goo/ 
thou  arte  not  Cesars  frende.  Whosoever  maketh  him  silfe  a 
kynge/  ^  is  agaynst  Cesar. 

When  Pilate  herde  that  sayinge  he  brought  Jesus  forthe/ 
and  sate  downe  "^  to  geve  sentence/  in  a  place  called  the  pave- 
ment :  Butt  in  the  he  brue  tonge/  Gabbatha.  ^  (Hitt  was  the 
saboth  even  which  falleth  in  the  ester  fest/  and  aboutc  the  sixte 
houre)  And  he  sayde  vnto  the  iewes  :  Beholde  youre  kynge. 
They  cryed/  awaye  with  hym/  awaye  with  hym/  Crucify  hym. 
Pilate  sayde  vnto  them  :  Shall  I  crucify  youre  kynge  ?  The 
bye  prestos  ansv/ered  :  We  have  noo  kynge  but  Cesar.  Then 
delivered  he  hym  vnto  them  to  be  cruciiied. 

And  they  toke  Jesus  and  ledde  hym  awaye.  And  he  bare 
his  crosse/  and  went  forthe  into  a  place  ^  called  the  place  of 
deed  menus  scuUes  (which  is  named  in  hebruc/  Golgatha) 
where  they  crucified  hym.  And  with  hym  two  other :  on 
ether  syde  won/  and  Jesus  in  the  myddes.  Pilate  wrote  his 
title/  and  put  it  on  the  crosse.  The  wrytynge  was/  Jesus  off 
nazareth/  kynge  off  the  iewes.  This  tytle  reed  many  off  the 
iewes.  For  the  place  where  Jesus  was  crucified/  was  neye 
to  the  cite.  And  it  was  written  in  hebrue/  greke/  and  latyn. 
Then  sayde  the  hye  prestes  off  the  iewes  to  Pilate  :  wryte  nott/ 
kynge  off  the  iewes  :  butt  that  he  sayde/  lam  kynge  of  the  iewes. 
Pilate  answered  :  what  I  have  written/  that  have  I  written. 

The  soudiers/  when  they  had  crucified  Jesus/  toke  his  gar- 
mentcs  and  made  foure  partes/  to  eveiy  soudier  a  parte/  and 
also  his  coote.  ^''The  coote  was  with  out  seme  ^^  woven  vp- 
pon  thorowe  and  thorowe.  And  they  sayde  won  to  another  : 
Let  vs  nott  devydc  it :  butt  cast  lootes  who  shall  have  it.  That 
the  scripture  myght  be  fulfilled  which  sayth  :  They  parted  my 
12  raj^ment  amonge  them/  and  on  my  coote  did  cast  lottes. 
And  the  soudiers  did  soche  thynges  in  dedc. 

There  stode  by  the  cross  of  Jesus  his  mother/  and  his  moth- 

■*  Hath  the  more  [greater,  G.]  sinne,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  DeHver, 

Gen.  ^  Speaketh,  Gen.  Bps.  ">  In  the  judgment-seat,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  It  was  the  preparynge  day  of  the  Enster,  Cr.  It  was  the  prepara- 
tion of  the  Passover,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Named  of  dead  nuns  Seniles, 
Gen.  Which  is  called  the  place  of  a  skull,  Bps.  "^  As  for  the 
coat,  it  was  not  sowed,  wrought  from  above  thorow  and  thorow.  Gov. 
11  Wrought  upon  throughout,  T.  M.  Cr.  Woven  from  the  top  through- 
out, Gen.  Bps.           '^  Garments,  Gov.  Gen. 


(EIjc  CSospcU  of  ,S.  Sljon.  <f:%  vi'V- 

crs  sister/  Maiy  the  wyfe  off  Cleophas/  and  Mary  magdalene. 
When  Jesus  sawe  his  mother/  and  the  disciple  stondynge 
whom  he  loved/  he  saydc  vnto  his  mother  :  Woman  hcholdc 
thy  Sonne.  Then  sayde  he  to  the  disciple  :  beholde  thy 
mother.  And  from  that  houre  the  disciple  toke  her  '^  for  his 
avvne. 

After  that  when  Jesus  perceaved  that  all  thyngcs  were  per- 
formed/ that  the  scriptures  myght  be  fulfyled :  he  sayde  :  I 
thyrst.  There  stode  a  vessell  full  off  veneger  by.  They  fill- 
ed a  sponge  with  venegre/  and  i"*  wonde  it  about  with  ysoppe/ 
and  put  it  to  his  mougth.  As  sone  as  Jesus  had  receaved  of 
the  venegre/  he  sayd  :  It  is  fynnesshed/  and  bowed  his  heed/ 
and  gave  vppe  the  goost. 

The  iewes  then  be  cause  it  was  the  ^■''saboth  even  that  the 
bodyes  shuld  not  remayne  apon  the  crosse  on  the  saboth  daye 
(For  that  saboth  daye  was  an  hye  daye)  besought  Pilate  that 
their  legges  myght  be  broken  and  that  ihey  myght  be  taken 
doune.  Then  cam  the  soudiers  and  brake  the  legges  of  the 
fyrst/  and  of  the  other  which  was  crucified  with  Jesus.  When 
they  cam  to  Jesus  and  sawe  that  he  was  deed  alredy/  they 
brake  not  his  legges :  butt  one  off  the  soudiers  with  a  speare/ 
^^  thrust  hym  into  the  syde/  and  forth  with  cam  there  out  blude 
and  water. 

And  he  that  sawe  it  bare  recorde/  and  his  recorde  is  true. 
And  he  knoweth  that  he  sayth  true  that  ye  myght  beleve  also. 
These  thinges  were  done  that  the  scripture  shulde  be  fulfilled : 
1^  Ye  shall  not  breake  a  boone  of  him.  And  agayne  another 
scripture  sayeth  :  They  shall  loke  on  hym/  whom  they 
peai-sed. 

After  that/  Joseph  off  Aramathia  (whych  was  a  disciple  of 
Jesus  :  but  secretly  for  feare  off  the  iewes)  besought  Pilate 
that  he  myght  take  doune  the  boddy  oft'  Jesus.  And  Pilate 
gave  him  licence.  ^^  And  there  cam  also  Nicodcmus  which 
^^  att  the  begy^nnynge  cam  to  Jesus  by  nyght/  and  brought  of 
mirre  and  aloes  mingled  to  gedder  aboute  an  hundred  pounde 
wayght.  Then  toke  they  the  body  of  Jesu  and  ^^  wonde  it 
in  lynnen  clothes  with  those  ^^  confeccions  as  the  manner 

'^  Unto  him,  C'o?5.  Home,  unto  him.  G'e/t.  Unto  his  owne  house, 
Bps.  '■•  Put  it  about  an  hyssope  stalk  [upon  hyssope,  B.],  Gen. 

Bps.  '5  Preparing  of  the  Sabboth,  Cr.  Bps.     Preparation,  Gen. 

[So  vs.  42.]  "*  Pierced  his  side,  Gen.  ^^  Not  a  bone  of  him 

shall  be  broken,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Cr.  Gen.  Bps  add — He  came  there- 
fore and  took  the  body  of  Jesus.  '^  First,  Gen.  ^"  Wrapped, 
Gen.        21  Odours,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  cpfi  j.  5n;c  CiTosjpclI  of  S.  51)on. 

of  the  iewes  is  to  bury.  In  the  place  where  Jesus  was  cruci- 
fied/ was  a  garden/  and  in  the  garden  a  newe  sepulcre/  wherin 
was  never  man  layde.  There  layde  they  Jesus  be  cause 
of  the  icwes  saboth  even/  for  tlie  sepulcre  was  nyc  at  honde. 

5ri)C  yv*.  C!"j)nptcr. 

1  nPHE  morowe  after  the  saboth  dayecam  Mary  magdalene 
-^  crly  when  it  was  yet  darcke/  vnto  the  sepulcre/  and 
sawe  the  stone  ^rowlcd  awaye  from  the  ^  toumbe.  Then  she 
ranne/  and  cam  to  Simon  Peter/  and  to  the  other  disciple 
whom  Jesus  loved/  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  They  have  taken 
awaye  the  lorde  out  oft'  the  toumbe  and  we  cannot  tell  where 
they  have  layde  hym.  Peter  went  forth  and  that  other  disci- 
ple/ and  cam  vnto  the  sepulcre.  They  ranne  bothe  to  gcther/ 
and  that  other  disciple  did  out  runne  Peter/  and  cam  iyrst  to 
the  sepulcre.  And  he  stouped  doune  and  sawc  the  lynnen 
clothes/  yet  went  he  not  in.  Then  cam  Simon  Peter  folow- 
ynge  hym/  and  went  into  the  sepulcre/  and  sawc  the  lynnen 
clothes  lye/  and  the  '^  napkyn  that  was  aboute  hys  heed  nott 
lyinge  wyth  the  lynnen  clothes/  but  wrapped  togedder  in  a 
place  by  yt  sylfe.  Then  went  in  also  that  other  disciple 
whych  cam  fyrst  to  the  sepulcre/  and  he  sawe  and  beleved. 
For  as  yett  they  knew  nott  the  scriptures/  that  he  shulde  ryse 
agayne  from  deeth.  And  the  disciples  went  awaye  agayne/ 
5  vnto  their  awne  home. 

Mary  stode  with  out  att  the  sepulcre  wcpynge  :  As  she 
wept/  she  bowed  her  sylfe  into  the  sepulcre  and  sawe  two 
angels  clothed  in  whyte  sittyng  the  one  att  th.c  heed/  and  the 
other  at  the  fete/  where  they  had  layde  the  body  of  Jesus. 
They  sayde  vnto  her :  woman  why  wepest  thou  ?  She  sayde 
vnto  them :  They  have  taken  awaye  my  lorde/  and  I  wote 
not  where  they  have  layde  him.  When  she  had  thus  sayde/ 
she  turned  her  sylfe  backe  and  saAve  Jesus  stondynge/  and 
knew  not  that  it  was  Jesus.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  her :  woman 
why  wepest  thou  ?  Whom  sckest  thou  .''  She  supoosynge  that 
he  had  bene  the  gardener/  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Syr  if  thou  have 
borne  him  hence  tell  me  where  thou  hast  layde  him/  and  I 
will  take  hym  awaye.     Jesus  sayde  vnto  her :  Mary.     She 


'  Upon  one  daye  of  the  sabboths,  Cov.    The  first  daye  of  the  sab- 
both  [sabboths,  C.  weeke,  G.],  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  it).]  ^ -pa- 

ken  away,    T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Grave,  Or.  Bj,s.    [So  vs.  2  ] 

*  Kcrchcfe,  Gen.         '•'  Together,  Cov. 


E'tie  eSosprll  of  ;5.  3\)on.  (Tl).  w- 

turned  her  sylfc/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Raboni  wliich  is  to 
saye  master.  Jesus  saydc  vnto  her :  touchc  me  not/  for  I 
have  nott  yet  ascended  to  my  father.  Butt  goo  to  my  broth- 
ren  and  saye  vnto  them/  I  ascende  vnto  my  father/  and  yourc 
father  :  my  God/  and  yourc  god.  Mury  magdalcnc  cam  and 
tolde  the  disciples  that  she  had  sene  the  lorde/  ^  and  that  he 
had  spoken  soche  thingcs  vnto  lier. 

The  same  daye  at  nyglit/  which  was  the  morowe  after  the 
saboth  daye/  when  the  dores  were  shutt  (where  the  disciples 
were  assembled  to  gedder  for  feare  of  the  iewes)  cam  Jesus 
and  stode  in  the  myddes/  and  sayd  to  them  :  {)eace  be  with 
you.  And  when  he  had  so  sayde/  he  shewed  vnto  them  his 
hondes  "^  [and  his  fcatc]/  and  his  syde.  Then  were  the  disci- 
ples glad  when  they  sawe  the  lorde.  He  sayde  vnto  them 
agayne  :  peace  be  with  you.  As  my  father  sent  me/  even  so 
send  I  you.  When  he  had  sayde  that/  he  ^  blewe  on  them/ 
and  sayde  vnto  them :  Receave  the  holy  goost :  whosoever 
synnes  ye  remyt/  they  are  remitted  vnto  them :  And  whoso- 
ever synnes  ye  retayne/  they  are  retayned. 

Thomas  one  off  the  twelve/  called  dldimus/  was  not  with 
them  Avhen  Jesus  cam.  The  other  disciples  sayd  vnto  hym  : 
we  have  sene  the  lorde.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  except 
I  se  in  his  hondes  the  prent  of  the  neyles/  and  put  my  fynger 
in  the  ^  holes  off  the  nayles/  and  thruste  my  hondc  into  hys 
syde/  I  will  not  beleve. 

And  after  viij.  dayes  agayne/  the  disciples  were  within/  and 
Thomas  was  with  them.  Jesus  cam  when  the  dores  were 
shet/  and  stode  in  the  myddes  and  sayde :  peace  be  with  you. 

Then  sayde  he  to  Thomas :  put  in  thy  fynger  here/  and  se 
my  hondes/  and  put  forth  thy  honde  and  thurst  hym  into  my 
syde/  and  be  nott  ^'^  wyth  out  fayth :  but  beleve.  Thomas 
answered  and  sayde  vnto  hym :  ^^  my  lorde/  and  my  God. 
Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Thomas  because  thou  hast  sene  me/ 
therefore  hast  thou  beloved  :  Happy  are  they  that  have  not 
sene/  and  yet  have  beleved. 

And  many  other  signes  did  Jesus  in  the  presence  of  his  dis- 
ciples/ which  are  not  written  in  this  boke.  These  are  writ- 
ten that  ye  myglit  beleve  that  Jesus  is  Christ  the  sonne  of 
God.  and  that  ye  in  belevynge  myght  have  life  thorewe  liis 
name. 

*  And  suche  thinges  hath  he  spoken  unto  me,  Cor.  ''  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  omit.  « Breathed,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Print,  Gtn. 
'OFaithlessebutbeleeving  [faithful, G.],  T.  M.  Cr.  Gc7i.  Bps.  "  Gen. 
adds  (in  small  type) — Thou  art. 


jfo.  cvrb.  Zi)e  CSospell  of  S.  3tion. 


A  FTER  thatt  Jesus  shewed  h}'!!!  silfe  agayne  ^  at  the  see 
of  tiberias.  And  ^  on  this  wyse  shewed  he  him  silfe. 
There,  were  to  gedder  Simon  Peter  and  Thomas/  which  is 
called  Didimus  :  and  Nathanael  of  Cana  a  cite  of  galile/  and 
the  sonnes  off  Zebcdei/  and  two  other  off  the  disciples/  Simon 
Peter  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  goo  afysshynge.  They  sayde  vnto 
hym/  we  also  wyll  goo  wyth  the.  They  went  their  waye  and 
entred  into  a  shippe  strayght  wave/  and  that  nyght  caught 
they  noo  thynge.  When  the  mornynge  was  nowe  come/  Je- 
sus stode  on  the  shore/  Neverthelesse  the  disciples  knewe  not 
that  it  was  Jesus.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Syrs/  have  ye 
eny  meate .''  They  answered  hym  noo.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
them  :  cast  out  youre  nett  on  the  right  syde  of  the  shippe/  and 
ye  shall  fynde.  They  cast  out/  and  anon  they  were  not  able 
to  drawe  it  for  the  multitude  of  fysshes.  3  Then  sayde  the 
disciple  whom  Jesus  loved  vnto  Peter  :  It  is  the  lorde.  When 
Simon  Peter  herde  that  it  was  the  lorde/  he  gyrde  his  '^  man- 
tell  to  hym  (for  he  was  naked)  and  sprange  into  the  see.  The 
other  disciples  cam  ^  by  shippe  :  For  they  were  nott  farre 
from  londe/  butt  as  it  were  two  hondred  cubites/  And  they 
drewe  the  net  with  fysshes.  As  sone  as  they  were  come  to 
londe/  they  sawe  hoot  coles  layde  and  fisshe  laye  ther  on/  and 
breed.  Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  brynge  of  the  fisshes  which 
ye  have  nowe  caught.  Simon  Peter  stepped  forthe  and  drewe 
the  nett  to  londe  full  of  greate  fisshes/  an  hondred  and  .liij. 
And  6  for  all  there  were  so  many/  yet  was  not  the  net  broken. 
Jesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  come  and  dyne.  And  none  of  the 
disciples  durste  axe  hym  :  '''  what  arte  thou  ?  For  they  knew 
that  it  was  the  lorde.  Jesus  then  cam  and  toke  breed/  and 
gave  them/  and  fisshe  lykwyse.  And  this  is  nowe  the  thyrde 
tyme  that  Jesus  ^  apered  to  his  disciples/  after  that  he  was 
rysen  agayne  from  deeth. 

When  they  had  dyned/  Jesus  sayde  to  Simon  Peter.  Si- 
mon ^  Joanna/  lovest  thou  me  more  then  these  .''  He  sayde 
vnto  him  :  ye  lorde/  thou  knowest/  that  I  love  the.  He  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  fede  my  lambes.  He  sayde  to  hym  agayne  the 
seconde  tyme  :  Simon  Joanna/  lovest  thou  me  ?     He  sayde 

1  Gen.  Bps.  add— to  his  disciples.  *  Thus,  Gen.        ^  Therefore, 

Gen.        "  Coat,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  a  little  shippe,  Bps.  ^  Al- 

beit, Gen.        ''  Who,  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Shewed  himselfe.  Gen.        ^  The 
S07i/te  of  Jona,  Gen.  [So^osf.] 


E\)e  CIo5})cU  of  S.  3\w\.  m).  vvf- 

vnto  hym  :  ye  lorde  thou  knowcst  that  I  love  the  He  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  fede  my  shcpc.  He  sayde  vnto  hym  '"  [the  tliyrde 
tyme]  :  Simon  Joanna/  lovest  thou  me  ?  Peter  sorowed  be- 
cause he  sayde  the  thyrde  time/  lovest  thou  me/  and  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  Lorde/  thou  knowcst  all  thynge/  thou  knowcst  that 
I  love  the.     Jesus  sayde  vnto  hym.     fede  my  shepe. 

Verely  verely  I  sayc  vnto  the/  when  thou  wast  yonge/  thou 
gerdedst  thy  silfe/  and  walkedst  whither  thou  woldest.  but 
when  thou  arte  oldc/  iliou  shalt  strctche  forthe  thy  hondes/ 
and  a  nolher  shall  gyrdc  the/  and  leade  the  whither  thou  wold- 
est not.  That  spake  he  signifyinge  by  what  deeth  he  shulde 
glorify  God. 

And  when  he  had  sayde  thus/  he  sayd  to  hym  Folowe  me. 
Peter  turned  about/  and  sawe  that  disciple  whom  Jesus  loved 
folo\vynge  (which  also  lened  on  his  brest  at  super)  and  ^'sayde  : 
lorde  which  is  he  that  shall  betraye  the  ?  When  Peter  sawe 
hym/  he  sayde  to  Jesus  :  Lorde  what  shall  ^~  he  here  do  ?  Je- 
sus sayde  vnto  hym :  Yf  I  will  have  hym  to  taiy  tyll  I  come/ 
what  is  that  to  the  ?  folowe  thou  me.  Then  went  this  say- 
inge  abroode  amonge  the  brethren/  that  that  disciple  shulde 
nott  deye. 

And  Jesus  sayde  nott  to  hym/  he  shall  not  deye/  butt  yff  I  will 

that  he  taiy  tyll  I  come/  what  is  that  to  the .''     The  same 

disciple  is  he/  which  testifieth  off  these  thynges/  and 

wrote  these  thynges.      And  we  knowe/  thatt  hys 

testy  mony  is  true.   There  are  also  many  other 

thynges  which  Jesus  did  :  the  which  yff 

they  shulde  be  written  every  won/ 1 

suppose  the  worlde  coulde  not 

contayne  the  bokes  that 

shulde  be  written. 


JB,tve  niOcW)  tiie  CJospcU 
off  Sainct  SlJon. 

''^  Cor.  omits.  "  Had  said,  Gen.  '^  This  man  do,  Gen.    He 

do,  Bj>s. 


^CtC«5  Off  ttlC  ^pOlSitlCfii* 


1  Jt  ^  ^y  ^y^'^^  treatise  (^  Deare  frende  Theophilus)  3 1 
JC  have  Avritten  off  all  that  Jesus  began  to  do  and  teache/ 
vntill  the  daye  in  the  whiche  he  was  taken  vp/  after  that  he 
thorowe  the  holy  goost/  had  geven  commaundementes  vnto 
the  Apostles/  whiche  he  chose  :  to  whom  also  he  ^  shewed 
hyni  silfe  aUve/  after  ^  his  passion  '^  by  many  '''  tokens/  ^  aper- 
ynge  vnto  them  fourty  dayes/  and  spake  vnto  them  off  ^the 
kyngdom  of  god/  and  gaddered  them  to  gedder/  and  com- 
maunded  them/  that  they  shulde  not  departe  from  Jerusalem : 
but  to  wayte  for  the  promys  of  the  father/  wher  of  ye  have 
herde  off  me.  For  Jhon  baptised  wyth  water  butt  ye  shalbe 
baptised  with  the  holy  goost/  and  that  wyth  in  this  feawe 
dayes. 

When  they  were  come  togedder/  they  axed  of  hym/  say- 
inge  :  Master  wilt  thou  at  this  tyme  restore  agayne  the  kyng- 
dom 1^  of  israhel  .'*  He  sayde  vnto  them  :  It  is  not  for  you  to 
knowe  the  tymes  or  the  seasons  which  the  father  hath  putt  in 
hys  awne  power :  butt  ye  shall  receave  power  ^^  off  the  holy 
goost  which  shall  come  on  you.  And  ye  shalbe  ^'^  witnesses 
vnto  me  in  Jerusalem/  and  in  all  iewery/  and  in  samary/  and 
even  vnto  the  ^^  worldes  ende. 

'  I  have  made  the   former  treatise  [book,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  ^  O 

[Deare,  6'  ]  Theophilus,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  We  have  spoken,  Cr. 

*  Presented,  Gen.  '  That  he  had  suffered,  Gen.  *  Cr.  Bps.  add 
— and  that.         '  6V7i.  adds — infalhble.        *  Being  seen  of  them,  Gcra. 

•  Gen.  adds  —  those  thinges  which  apptrtaine  to.  '**  To,  T.  M. 
Gen.  Bps.  "  After  that  the  holy  ghost,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Of  the  holie 
ghostj  when  he,  etc.  Gc?i.  '*  My  witnesses,  Gov.  '^  Uttermost 
parts  of  the  earth,  Gen. 


?rt)c  Slctes  of  tlje  Stpostlcs.  ®f>.  [.  - 

And  when  he  had  spoken  these  thynges/  whyll  they  behelde 
he  was  taken  vp/ 1"*  and  acloude  receaved  hym  vp  out  of  their 
sight.  And  1^  as  they  fastenned  their  eyes  in  heven/  as  he 
went/  loo  two  men  stode  by  them  in  white  ^^  clothynge/  which 
also  sayde  :  ye  men  of  galile/  why  stondo  ye  gasynge  vp 
into  heven  ?  This  same  Jesus  which  is  taken  vp  from  you 
in  to  heven/  shall  soo  come/  even  as  ye  have  sene  hym  goo 
into  heven. 

Then  returned  they  vnto  Jerusalem  from  mount  olivete/ 
which  is  neye  to  Jerusalem/  conteynynge  a  saboth  dayes  ior- 
ney.  And  when  they  were  come  in/  they  went  vp  into  ^'''a 
parler/  where  abode  both  Peter  and  James/  Jhon  and  Andrew/ 
Phillip  and  Thomas/  Bartlemew  and  Mathew/  James  the  sonne 
offAlpheus/ and  Simon  Zelotes/ and  Judas  James  ^"^  sonne. 
These  all  continued  with  one  acorde/  in  prayer/  and  supplica- 
cion  with  the  wemen/  and  Mary  the  mother  off  Jesu.  And 
with  his  brethren. 

And  in  those  dayes  Peter  stode  vp  in  the  myddes  of  the 
disciples  and  sayde  (The  ^^  noumbre  off  names  ^'^  were  aboute 
an  hondred  and  twenty)  Ye  men  and  brethren/  thys  scripture 
must  nedes  be  fulfilled  which  the  holy  goost  thorow  the  mought 
of  David  spake  before  of  Judas/  which  was  gyde  to  them  that 
toke  Jesus.  For  he  was  noumbred  with  vs  and  obtayned 
felliship  in  this  ministracion.  And  he  hath  ~i  nowe  possessed 
a  plott  of  grounde  with  the  rewarde  off  iniquyte.  And  when 
he  ^~  was  hanged/  brast  a  sondre  in  the  myddes/  and  all  his 
bowels  gusshed  out.  And  it  is  knovven  vnto  all  the  inhabi- 
ters  off  Jerusalem.  In  somoche  that  that  feldo  is  called  in 
their  '-^  mother  tonge/  Achcldema'  that  is  to  saye  the  "^"^  bloud 
felde. 

Hit  is  written  in  the  boke  off  psalmcs/  His  habitacion  be 
voyde/  and  noo  man  dwellynge  thcrin  :  and  his  -^  bishopricke 
lett  another  take.  Wherfore  off  these  men  which  have  com- 
panyed  with  vs  (all  the  tyme  that  the  lorde  Jesus  -^  went  out 
and  in  amonge  vs/  begynnynge  att  the  baptim  of  Jhon  vnto 

'*  Cr.  Bps.  add — on  hie.  '^  Wliile   they  looked  steadfastly  to- 

wards [up  to,  T.  M.],  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Apparel,  T.  M.  Or. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^^  An  upper  chamber,  Gen.  '^  Brother,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         '3  Company  of  names,  Cov.  ^o  j'  ^/  (jj.   j^pg  j^^jj — ^^^^ 

were  together.     Gen. — in  one  place.  *'  Purchased  a  fielde,  Gen. 

Bps.  -^  Had  hanged  himselfc,  Cov.     Had  throwen  downe  him- 

selte   headlong.    Gen.  ^  Owne   language.   Gen.  ^  Bloudy 

fielde,  T.  M.  Cr.     Fielde   of  blood,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Charge,  Gen. 

^  Had  al  his  conversation,  Cr.     Was  conversant,  Gen. 
U 


Sfo.  cvbj.  STfje  Slctes  of  tijc  STpostlcs. 

the  same  daye  that  he  was  taken  vp  from  vs)  must  one  ^^  [be 
ordeyned  to]  be  a  witnes  with  vs  of  his  resurreccion. 

And  they  apoynled  two/  Joseph  called  Barsabas  (whose 
symame  was  Justus)  and  Mathias,  And  they  prayed  sa- 
ynge :  Thou  lorde  whiche  knowest  the  hertes  of  all  men/ 
shewe  whether  thou  hast  chosen  of  these  two/  that  the  one 
maye  take  the  roume  of  this  ministracion/  and  apostleshippe 
from  the  whicli  Judas  ^^  by  transgression  fell/  that  he  myght 
goo  to  his  awne  place.  And  they  gave  forthe  their  lottes/  and 
the  lott  fell  on  Mathias.  And  he  was  ^9  counted  with  the  eleven 
apostles. 

Ef)e  stconUe  ©Ijaptcr. 

'Vy/'HEN  ^  the  fyftith  daye  was  ^  come/  they  were  all  with 
one  accorde  ^  [gaddered  togedder]  in  won  place.  And 
sodenly  there  cam  a  sounde  from  hcven  as  it  had  bene  the 
commynge  off  a  myghty  wynde/  and  it  filled  all  the  housse 
where  they  sate.  And  there  apered  vnto  them  cloven  tonges/ 
^  as  they  had  bene  fyre/  and  it  sate  apon  cache  off  them  :  and 
they  were  all  filled  with  the  holy  goost/  and  began  to  ^  spcako 
with  other  tonges/  even  as  the  sprete  gave  them  vttcrauncc. 
There  were  dwellynge  at  Jerusalem  iewes/  ^  devoute  men/ 
which  were  off  all  nacions  vnder  heven.  When  this  "^  was 
noysed  aboute/  the  multitude  cam  togedder  and  were  astony- 
ed/  be  cause  that  every  man  herde  them  speake  in  his  awne 
tounge.  They  wondred  all/  and  marveylled  sayinge  amonge 
them  selves :  ^  Loke/  are  not  all  these  which  speake  off  gal- 
ile .''  And  howe  heare  we  every  man  ^  his  awne  tounge 
wherein  we  were  boren  ?  Parthians/  Modes/  and  Elamytes 
and  the  inhabiters  of  Mesopotamia/  otf  Jury/  Capadocia/  Pon- 
thus/  and  of  Asia/  Phrigia/  Pamphlia/  and  of  Egipte/  and  ofi 
the  parties  off  Libia/  which  is  besyde  Syrene/  and  straungers 
off  Rome/  Jewesand  Proselites/  ^^Grekes  and  Arabians  :  We 
have  herde  them  speake  with  cure  awne  toungesthe  ^^  greate 
workes  off  god.     They  were  all  amased/  and  ^^  wondred  say- 

^''  Cov.  omits.     Of  them  be  made,  Grn.  ^  Hath   gone    as- 

tray, Gen.  ^  Grn.  adds — by    common    consent.  '  Whit- 

sunday, Cov.     The  day  of  Pentecost,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Come  to  an  end, 
Cr.  ^  Gcii.  Bps.  omit.     T.M.  CV.  omit — gatliered.         ''Like  fire, 

Gen.  5  Preach,  Cov.  *  Men  tliat  feared  God,  Cov.  Gen. 

^  Voice  came  to  passe,  Cov.  •*  Beholde,  T.  M,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

9  Our  owne  language.  Gen.  '"  Cretes,  Gen.  Bps.         "  Wonder 

ful,  Ge7i.  Bps.        '^  Doubted,  Gen.    Were  in  a  doubt,  Bps. 


Cijc  SIctfs  of  t1)c  Slpostlcs.  C!;.  if. 

inge  won  to  another  :  what  '^  mcaneth  this  ?  O  ther  mocked 
them  sayinge  :  They  are  full  of  ^'^  ncwe  wyne. 

Peter  ^^  stepped  forth  with  the  eleven/  and  lift  vp  his  voyce/ 
and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  men  off  Jewry/  and  all  ye  that  in- 
habit Jerusalem  :  be  this  knowen  vnto  you/  and  ^^  with  youre 
earcs  heare  my  wordes.  these  are  nott  dronken/  as  ye 
1"  wene/  For  itt  is  yet  butt  the  thyrdo  houre  off  the  daye  : 
but  this  is  that  which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet  Johell :  Hit 
shalbc  in  the  last  dayes  (sayeth  God)  of  my  sprete  I  will 
poure  out  apon  all  flesshe.  And  youre  sonnes/  and  youre 
dou^hters  shall  prophesy/  youre  younge  men  shall  se  visions. 
And  }oure  olde  men  shall  dreme  drcmes.  And  on  my  ser- 
vauntes/  and  on  my  honde  maydens  I  will  poure  out  off  my 
sprete  in  those  dayes/  And  they  shall  prophesy.  And  I  will 
shewe  wonders  in  hevena  bove/  and  tokens  in  the  erth  be  nethe/ 
bloutl  and  fyre/  and  the  vapour  off  smoke.  The  sun  shalbe 
turned  into  darkness/  and  the  mone  into  bloud/  before  that 
greate/  and  that  notable  daye  of  the  lorde  come.  And  the  tyme 
shall  come  that  whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name  of  the  lorde/ 
shalbe  saved.  Ye  men  off  Israhel/  heare  these  wordes.  Jesus 
of  Nazareth/  a  man  approved  off  God  amonge  you  with  myr- 
acles  and  wondres/  and  signes  which  God  did  by  him  in  the 
myddes  off  you/  as  ye  youre  selves  knowe  :  hym  have  ye 
taken  i^  by  the  hondes  of  vnrightewes  persones/  after  he  was 
delivered  by  the  determinat  counsell  and  fore  knowledge  of 
God/  and  have  crucified  and  slayne  hym/  whom  god  hath 
raysed  vpp  and  lowsed  the  sorrowes  of  deeth/  be  cause  it  was 
vnpossible  that  he  shulde  be  holden  of  it.  David  speaketh  of 
hym :  ^^  [Afore  honde/]  sawe  I  God  alwayes  before  me : 
For  he  is  on  my  right  honde/  that  I  shulde  nott  be  moved. 
Therfore  did  my  hert  reioyce/  and  my  tonge  was  glad.  Moro- 
ver  also/  my  flesshe  shall  rest  in  hope  be  cause  thou  shalt  not 
leve  my  soul  in  -'^  hell/  nether  shalt  suffre  ^i  thy  saynt  to  so 
corrupcion.  Thou  hast  shewed  me  the  wayes  of  lyfe/  Thou 
shalt  make  me  full  off  ioye  with  thy  countenance. 

Men  and  brethren/  22  lett  me  frely  speake  vnto  you  of  the 
patriarke  David  :  ^  For  he  is  both  deed  and  bui-yed/  and  his 
sepulcre  remayneth  with  vs  vnto  this  daye.     Therefore  sence 

13  May  this  be,  Gen.  ^*  Swcot  wine,  Cov.         ^^  Standing,  Gtn. 

Bps.  -^  Let  my  words  enter  in  at  your  ears,  Cov.    Hearken  to, 

Gen.    Heare,  Bps.  "  Suppose.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  By 

wicked  hands,  Gen.  Bps.  '»  Gen.  Bps.  om\t.  ^  The  grave.  Gen. 
-rSo  vs.  31.]  2'  Thine  holy,  T.  M.  Cr.  Thine  holieone,  Gen.  Bps. 
*«  I  maye  boldly,  Gen.  "3  That  he  is,  Gen, 


i^o.  cvbfj.  STijc  Stctfs  of  tl)c  Apostles. 

he  was  a  prophet/  and  knewe  that  God  had  ^4  sworne  with 
anothe  to  hym/  that  ^  the  frute  of  his  loynes  shulde  sit  on  his 
seate :  ^  He  ~'^  sawe  before/  and  spake  of  the  resurreccion 
of  Christ/  that  his  soule  shulde  not  be  lefte  in  hell :  nether  his 
flesshe  shulde  se  corrupcion.  This  Jesus  hath  God  raysed 
vppe/  where  of  we  all  are  witnesses. 

Sence  nowe  that  he  by  the  right  honde  of  god  exalted  is/ 
and  hath  receaved  off  the  father  the  promys  off  the  holy  goost/ 
he  hath  sheedforthe  that  which  ye  nowe  se  and  heare.  For 
David  is  not  ascended  into  heven/  but  he  sayde  :  The  lorde 
sayde  to  my  lorde  sit  on  my  right  honde/  vntill  I  make  thy 
fooes/  thy  fote  stole.  So  therfore  lett  all  the  housse  of  Israhel 
knowe  for  a  surety/  that  God  hath  made  ^^  the  same  Jesus 
whome  ye  have  crucifyed/  Lorde  and  Christ. 

When  they  herde  this/  they  were  pricked  in  their  hertes/ 
and  sayd  vnto  Peter/  and  vnto  the  other  apostles :  Ye  men 
and  brethren/  what  shall  we  do }  Peter  sayde  vnto  them : 
^  Repent  and  be  baptised  every  one  off  you  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ/  For  the  remission  off  synnes/  and  ye  shall  receave 
the  gyfte  off  the  holy  goost.  For  the  promys  was  made  vnto 
you/  and  youre  chyldren/  and  to  all  that  are  afarre/  even  as 
many  as  oure  lorde  God  shall  call.  And  with  many  other 
wordes  ^o  bare  he  witnes/  and  exhorted  them  saying :  Save 
youre  selves  from  this  ^^vntowarde  generacion.  They  thatglad- 
ly  receaved  hys  preachynge  were  baptised/  And  the  same  daye/ 
there  were  added  ^2  vnto  them  aboute  a  thre  thousande  soules. 

And  they  continued  in  the  Apostles  doctrine  and  fellyshippe/ 
and  in  breakynge  of  breed/  and  in  prayer.  And  feare  cam 
over  every  soule.  And  many  wond res  and  signes  were  shew- 
ed by  the  apostles.  33  All  that  beleved  ^4  gaddered  them  to- 
gedder/  and  had  all  thynges  commen.  And  solde  their  pos- 
sessions and  35  goddes/  and  parted  them  to  all  men/  as  every 
man  had  nede.  And  they  continued  dayly  with  one  acorde 
in  the  temple/  and  brake  breed  36  in  every  housse/  and  ate  their 

2^  Promised,  him,  Cov.  ^  Christ,  as  concerning   tlie    fleshe, 

shoulde  come  of  the  fruite  of  his  loins,  and  should  set,  Cr.  Of  the 
fruit,  etc.  he  would  raise  up  Christ  concerning  the  flesh,  to  set  him, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  (In  that  Christ  shoulde  ryse  agayne  in  the 

flesh),  T.M.  ^  Knowing  this  before,  Or.  Gen.  ^^  Both  Lorde 

and  Christ,  this  Jesus,  /  5«//,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Amende  yourselves, 

Cov.  Repent  of  your  sins,  Gere.  ^'^  He  besought,  6' c?!.  3' Fro- 
ward.  Gen.  ^'^  Unto  the  Church,  Gen.  ^  Cov.  adds  (in  smaller 
type) — at  Jerusalem  ;  and  great  feare  came  upon  all  men.  ^*  Kept 
themselves,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Were  in  one  place,  Gen.  Were  together, 
Bps.  ^*  [i.  e.  goods.]  ^o  From  house  to  house,  Cr.  Bps.    At 

home,  Gen. 


STije  Stctcs  of  tfjc  Apostles.  <t\).  ffj. 

meate  to  goddcr  with  gludncs/  and  singlcncs  of  hcrt  praysynge 
god/  and  had  favcour  with  all  people/  and  the  lorde  added  to 
the  congregacion  dayly  them  that  shuldc  be  saved. 


iTbP  if).  Cljaptcv. 

"DETER  and  Jhon  went  vp  to  geddcr  into  the  temple  at  the 
-*-  nynthe  houre  i  of  prayer  :  and  there  was  a  certayne  man 
'-halt  from  his  mothers  wombe/  whom  they  brought  and 
3  1ayde  at  the  gate  of  the  temple  called  beaiitifiiU/  to  axe  his 
almcs  of  them  that  entred  in  to  the  temple.  When  he  sawc 
Peter  and  Jhon/  ^  that  they  wolde  in  to  the  temple/  he  desyrcd 
to  receave  an  almes/  Peter  ^  fastened  his  eyes  on  hym  with 
Jhon  and  sayde  :  loke  on  vs/  and  he  gave  hcdc  vnto  them/ 
trustinge  to  receave  some  thynge  of  them.  Then  sayd  Peter : 
Silver  and  golde  have  I  none/  suche  as  I  have  geve  I  the.  In 
the  name  of  Jesu  Christ  off  Nazareth/  ryse  vppe  and  walke. 
And  he  toke  hym  by  the  right  honde/  and  lifte  him  vppe. 
And  immediatly  his  '''fete  and  ancleboncs  receaved  strenght/ 
and  he  "  sprange/  stode/  and  also  walked/  and  entred  with 
them  into  the  temple  walkinge/  and  leapynge/  and  laudynge 
god. 

And  all  the  people  sawe  hym  walke  and  laude  God.  And 
they  knewe  hym/  thatt  ytt  was  he  whiche  ^  sate  and  begged 
at  the  beaulifall  gate  of  the  temple.  And  they  wondred/ 
and  were  sore  astonnyed  at  that  which  had  happened  vn- 
to him.  As  the  halt  whych  was  healed  helde  Peter  and 
Jhon/  all  the  people  ranne  amased  vnto  them  in  Solomons  ^  hall. 

^Vhen  Peter  sawe  that/  he  answered  vnto  the  people  :  \e 
men  oif  Israhell/  why  marvayle  ye  at  this  ?  Or  why  loke  ye 
soo  stedfastly  on  vs/  as  though  by  oure  awne  power/  or 
'"holynes  we  had  made  thys  man  goo?  God  ofF  Abraham/ 
Ysaac/  and  Jacob/  the  God  oft*  oure  fathers  hath  glorified  hys 
Sonne  Jesus/  whom  ye  ^'  betrayed/  and  denyed  in  the  pres- 
ence of  Pilate/  when  he  had  iudged  hym  to  be  lowsed  :  but 
ye  denyed  the  holy  and  iust/  and  desyred  that  he  shulde  geve 
you  a  mortherer/  and  kylled  the  lorde  oft"  lyfe  whom  god  hath 

'  To  pray,  Cov.  '  A  creeple,  Gea.     Lame,  Bps.    [So  vs.  11.] 

3  L.ayde  dayly,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  That  tliey  would  enter  [go  into,  C] 
Cr.  Gen.  About  to  go  into,  Bps.  ^  Earnestly  beholding  him.  (i'(«. 
*  Legs,  Coc.  '  Leaped  up,  Gen.  Bvs.  ^  Sate  for  the  alms,  Grn. 
Bps.  *  Porche,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen' Bps.  '°  Deserving,  Cor. 

Strength,  Cr.  Godlinesse,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Delivered,  T.  M.  Cr. 

U* 


jfo.  cvbfff.  ffijc  STctcs  of  ti)c  ^[postles. 

raised  from  deeth/  of  the  which  we  are  witnesses  :  And  hys 
name  i'^  thorow  the  fayth  off  hys  name  hath  made  thys  man 
sounde  whom  ye  se  and  knowe.  And  the  fayth  which  ys  by 
liim/  hath  to  thys  man  geven  thys  ^3  health/  in  the  presence  of 
you  all. 

And  nowe  ^^  brethren  I  wote  wele  that  thorow  ignoraunce 
ye  have  done  ytt/  as  did  also  youre  ^^  heddes.  Butt  i^  God 
which  shewed  before  by  the  mougth  off  all  hys  prophetes  that 
Christ  shulde  sufTre/  hath  thus  wyse  fulfilled  it.  ^"^  Repent  ye 
therfore  and  ^^  turne  that  youre  synnes  maye  be  '^^  done  awaye 
when  the  tyme  of  ^o  comforte  commeth/  ^^  [which  we  shall 
have]  of  the  presence  of  the  lorde/  and  when  god  shall  sends 
him/  which  before  was  preached  vnto  you/  that  is  to  wite  Je- 
sus Christ/  whych  ^  must  heven  receave  vntill  the  tyme  that 
all  thynges  be  restored  agayne/  which  god  hath  spoken  by 
the  mougth  off  all  hys  holy  prophetes  sence  the  worlde 
began. 

For  Moses  sayd  vnto  the  fathers :  A  prophet  shall  youre 
lorde  god  rayse  vp  vnto  you/  won  of  youre  brethren/  lyke  vn- 
to me/  hym  shall  ye  heare  in  all  thinges  whatsoever  he  shall 
saye  vnto  you.  For  the  tyme  will  come/  that  every  soule 
which  shall  not  heare  that  same  prophet/  shalbe  ^  exyled  from 
the  people.  Also  all  the  prophetes  from  Samuell/  and  thence 
forth  as  many  as  have  spoken/  have  in  lykwyse  ^"^  tolde  of 
these  dayes.  Ye  are  the  chyldren  of  the  prophetes/  and  ^  to 
you  pertayneth  the  testament  that  god  hath  made  vnto  oure 
fathers  saying  to  Abraham  :  Even  in  thy  seede  shall  all  the 
kynredes  of  the  erth  be  blessed.  '^  Fyrst  vnto  you  hath 
god  raysed  vp  his  sonne  Jesus/  and  him  he  hath  sent  to 
blysse  you/  that  every  one  off  you  shulde  turne  from  his 
^^  wickednes. 

'-  Hath  made  this  man,  etc.  through  the  faith,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Dis- 
position of  his  whole  bodie,  Gen.  '■•  Deare  brethren,  Cov.  '*  Ru- 
lers, Cr.  Bps.  Governours,  Gen.  "'  Those  thinges  which  God, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^''  Do  penance  now,  Cov.  '*  Convert,  Cr.  Re- 
verie, Bps.  '9  Blotted  out,  Grn.  ^  Refreshing,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^'  Ge7i.  Bps.  omit.  *'  Must  receive  heaven,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr. 
The  heaven  must  conteine,  Gen.  ^  Destroj^ed,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  Foretolde,  Gen.  Tolde  you  before,  Bps.  ^  Of  the 
covenante  which  God  hath,  etc.  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  First  when 
God  had  raysed  up  hys  sonne  Jesus  unto  you,  Cr.  ^  Iniquities, 
Gen.  Bps. 


fe- 


A 


5rt)e  ^ctes  of  tijc  SJpostlcs.  €"1).  I'fif. 


Cije  fii'f.  ffiljaptcr. 

S  they  spake  vnto  the  people/  the  prestos  and  the  ^  ruelar 
off  the  temple/  and  the  saduces  cam  apon  them/  takyngo 
greveousy  that  they  taught  the  people  and  preached  in  the 
name  off  Jesus  the  resurrcccion  from  deeth.  And  they  layde 
hondes  on  them/  and  put  them  in  holde  vntill  the  nexte  daye. 
For  itt  was  nowe  even  tyde.  Many  of  them  which  herde  the 
wordes  beleved/  and  the  noumbre  off  the  men  was  aboute  fy ve 
thousande. 

Hytt  chaunsed  on  the  morowe  that  their  ruelers/  and  sen- 
iours/  and  scribes/  ^  as  Annas  the  chefe  prest/  and  Cayphas/ 
and  Jhon  and  Alexander/  and  as  many  as  were  off  the  kynred 
off  the  bye  prest/  were  gaddered  to  gedder  at  Jerusalem/  and 
set  them  ^  in  the  myddes/  and  axed  by  what  power/  or  Ln  what 
name  have  ye  done  this  syrs  ?  Then  Peter  full  of  the  holy 
goost  sayd  vnto  them.  Ye  ruelars  of  the  people/  and  seniours 
of  israhel/  if  we  this  daye  are  examined  of  the  goode  dede 
done  to  the  ^  sycke  man  by  what  meanes  he  is  made  whoale : 
be  ytt  knowen  vnto  you  all/  and  to  all  the  people  of  israhel/ 
that  5  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  of  nazareth/  whom  ye  cru- 
cified/ and  whom  god  raysed  from  deeth  agayne/  ^  thys  man 
stondeth  heare  present  before  you  whoale.  This  is  the  stone 
'  cast  a  syde  of  you  bylders  which  is  ^  sett  in  the  chefe  place 
of  the  corner.  Nether  is  there  health  in  eny  other.  ^  Nor 
yet  also  is  there  eny  other  name  geven  to  men  wherin  we 
must  be  saved. 

When  they  sawe  the  boldnes  off  Peter  and  John/  and  knew 
that  they  were  vnlerned  ii  men  and  laye  people/  they  mar- 
veylled/  and  they  knew  them/  that  they  were  with  Jesu.  Se- 
inge  also  the  man  whych  was  healed  stondynge  wylh  them/ 
they  1^  coulde  nott  saye  agaynst  y t/  but  commaunded  them  to 
goo  a  syde  out  of  the  counsell/  And  ^^  commened  amonge 

'  Captaine,  Gen.  [So  ch.  v.  24,  2G.]  ^  And  Annas,  etc.  Cr.  Bps. 
Were  gathered  tog-ether  at  Jerusalem,  and  Annas,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Be- 
fore them,  Allthe^Vers.  *  Impotent,  6'c/i.  '"  By,  Or.  Gen.  Bps. 
6  T.  ^f.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — even  by  hhn.  ''  Refused,  Gov.  Which 
was  sette  noughte,  Bps.  ^  Become  tlie  head  [chefe,  C],  Cr.  Gen. 
Is  the  head,  Bps.  ^  For  among  men  under  heaven,  there  is  given 
none  other,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  For  among  men  there  is  given  none  other 
name  under  heaven.  Gen.  "  And  lay  men,  Cr.  And  ignorant 
menne,  Bps.  Men  and  without  knowledge.  Gen.  '^  Had  nothing 
to  say  against  it.  Gen.  '^Counsayled,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Conferred, 
Gen, 


jfo.  rpF.  Jjrije  SKctrs  of  li)c  ^jpostles. 

them  selves  sayinge  :  what  shall  we  do  to  these  men  ?  For 
a  manyfest  signe  is  done  by  them/  and  is  openly  knowen  to  all 
them  that  dwell  in  Jherusalem/  and  we  cannott  denye  it :  But 
that  it  I'^be  noysed  no  father  amonge  the  people/  Ictt  vs  thret- 
en  and  chaurge  them  that  they  speake  hence  forth  to  noo  man 
in  this  name. 

And  they  called  them/  and  commaunded  them  that  in  noo 
■\vyse  they  shulde  speake  or  teache  in  the  name  off  Jesu.  Butt 
Peter  and  Jhon  answered  vnto  them  and  sayde/  whither  yt  be 
right  in  the  syght  of  god  to  ^^  obeye  you  ^*^  moare  then  god 
iudge  ye.  For  we  cannott  butt  speake  that  which  we  have 
sene  and  herde.  Soo  threatened  they  them  and  lett  them  goo/ 
and  founde  noo  thynge  howe  to  punysshe  them/  be  cause  of 
the  people  :  For  all  men  lauded  God  for  ^"  the  myTacle  whych 
was  done.  For  the  man  was  above  fourty  yeare  olde/  on 
whom  this  myracle  of  healinge  was  shewed. 

As  sone  as  they  where  let  goo  they  cam  to  their  felowes/ 
and  shewed  all  thatt  the  hye  prestes  and  seniours  had  sayde. 
When  they  herde  that/  with  one  ^'^  mynde  they  lyfte  vp  their 
voyces  to  god  and  savde  :  Lorde/  thou  arte  God  which  hast 
made  heven  and  ertlv  the  see  and  all  thatt  in  them  ys/  whych 
19  by  the  mougth  off  thy  servaunt  David  i^  hast  sayd  :  Why 
did  the  ^'^  hethen  grudge/  and  the  people  immagen  vayne 
thynges.  The  kyngcs  oft'  the  erth  ^^  stode  vp  and  the  --  ruc- 
lars  cam  to  gedder  agaynst  the  lorde/  And  agaynst  his 
23  Christ. 

For  2-1  off  a  trueth  agaynst  thy  holy  chylde  Jesus/  whom 
thou  hast  annoynted/  bothe  Herode  and  also  Poncius  Pilate 
wyth  the  gentyls/  and  the  people  off  Israhel/  gaddered  them 
selves  "2^  to  gedder  for  to  do  whatsoever  thy  honde  and  thy 
counsell  determcned  before  to  be  done.  And  nowe  lorde  be- 
holde  their  threatenynges/  and  graunte  vnto  thy  servauntes 
wyth  2s  all  confydence  to  speake  thy  wordc.  So  that  thou 
stretche  forth  thy  honde  that  healy^nge/  and  signes/  and  won- 
ders be  done  by  the  name  off  thy  holy  chylde  Jesus.  And  as 
sone  as  they  had  jn-ayed/  the  place  moved  whcare  they  were 
assembled  to  gedder/  and  they  were  all  filled  with  the  holy 
goost/  and  they  spake  the  worde  of  god  boldely. 

^*  Break  out,  Cor.  '*  Be  obedient  to,  Cor.  Hearken  to.  Cr.  Bps. 
>«  Rather,  Gen.    [So  ch.  v.  2;».]  "  Tliat  which,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'*  Accorde,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Cr.  adds — (in  the  holy  ghost) 

— (our  father).  *"  Gentiles,    Gen.  ^'  Assembled,    Gru. 

*^  Princes,  Cor.         ^  Anointed,  Cr.  ^^  Doubtlesse,  Gen.         '^  Cr. 

adds — (in  this  Citie).  -'*  Stedfast  boldncsse,  Cor.  All  boldncssc, 

Gen.  Bps. 


5rt)e  aictrs  of  tbc  Plpostlcs.  ff}).  b. 

The  multitude  of  them  that  bcleved/  were  off  won  hertz  and 
off  won  soule.  Also  none  off  them  sayde/  that  eny  thynge  off 
those  whych  he  possessed  was  his  awne  :  Butt  had  all  thynges 
commen.  And  with  greate  power  gave  the  Apostles  witnes 
off  the  resurreccion  off  the  lorde  Jesu.  And  grett  grace  was 
with  them  all.  Nether  was  there  eny  amonge  them  thatt 
lacked.  For  as  many  as  were  possessers  of  londes  or  housses/ 
soldo  them  and  brought  the  pryce  off  the  thynges  whych 
were  solde/  and  layed  ytt  doune  att  the  Apostles  fete.  And 
distribucion  was  made  vnto  every  man  accordynge  as  he  hade 
nede. 

And  Joses  which  was  also  called  of  the  apostles  Barnabas 
(that  is  2''  to  saye  the  sonne  of  consolacion/  beynge  a  levite/ 
and  off  the  countre  off  Cipers)  had  londe/  and  solde  itt/  and 
layde  the  pryce  doune  at  the  apostles  fete. 

E'iic  b.  fftjnptcr. 

A  CERTAYNE  man  named  Ananias  with  Saphira  his 
•^  wyfe  solde  a  possession/  and  kepte  awaye  parte  of  the 
pryce  (his  wyfe  also  beynge  of  coimsell)  and  brought  a  cer- 
tayne  parte  and  layde  itt  doune  att  the  apostles  fete.  Then 
sayde  Peter :  Ananias  how  is  it  that  satan  hath  filled  thyne 
hertz  thatt  thou  shuldest  lye  vnto  the  holy  goostz  and  i  kept 
awaye  parte  off  the  prjxe  off  the  ^lyvelod  :^  ^Pertayned  it 
not  vnto  the  only .''  And  after  it  was  soldez  ^  was  not  the 
piyce  in  thyne  awne  powder  ?  Howe  is  it  that  thou  hast  con- 
ceaved  this  thynge  in  thyne  herte .''  Thou  hast  nott  lyed  vnto 
men/  but  unto  God.  When  Ananias  herde  these  wordesz  he 
fell  doune  and  gave  vp  the  goost.  And  grett  feare  cam 
on  all  them  that  these  thynges  herde.  And  the  yonge  men 
roose  vp  and  ^  put  hym  a  partez  and  caryed  him  outz  and  bu- 
ryed  hym. 

Hit  fortuned  as  it  were  aboute  the  space  of  iij.  houres  after/ 
that  his  \vy{e  cam  in  ignoraunt  of  that  which  was  done.  Pe- 
ter sayde  vnto  her :  Tell  mez  solde  ye  the  londe  for  so  moche  ? 
And  she  sayde  :  ye  for  so  moche.  Peter  sayd  vnto  her :  why 
have  ye  agreed  to  geder/  to  tempt  the  sprete  off  the  lorde  ?, 
Loo/  the  fete  off  them  which  have  buryed  thy  husbande  are 

*'' By  interpretation,  Ge?i.  To  saye,  if  ye  interpret  it,  fiji;^.  ^  With- 
draw, Cov.  ^  Lande,  Gen.  Possession,  Bps.  ^  Gen.  Bps.  add — 
while  it  remained.  *  Was  it  not  thyne  o\vTie,  Bps.  ^  Was  not 

it,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Tooke  him  up,  Gen, 


if  0.  c^^.  srijc  Stctes  of  tf)e  Slpostles. 

at  the  dore/  and  shall  cary  the  oute/  then  she  fell  doime 
strayght  waye  at  his  fete  and  yelded  up  the  goost.  The  yonge 
men  cam  in  and  founde  her  cled/  and  caryed  her  out  and  bu- 
ryed  her  by  her  husbande.  And  grett  feare  cam  on  all  the 
congregacion.     And  on  as  many  as  herde  it. 

By  the  hondes  of  the  Apostles  were  many  signes  and  won- 
dres  shewed  amonge  the  people.  And  they  were  all  togedder 
wyth  one  acorde  in  Solomons  hall.  And  of  other  durst  noo 
man  ioyne  hym  silfe  to  them  :  but  the  people  "^  magnyfyed 
them.  The  noumbre  of  them  that  beleved  in  the  lorde  bothe 
of  men  and  women  grewe  moare  and  moare  in  somoche  that 
they  brought  their  sicke  into  the  strettes/  and  layde  them  on 
beddes  and  ^  palettes/  that  at  the  lest  waye  the  shadowe  off 
Peter  when  he  cam  by/  myght  shadowe  some  of  them.  "^  There 
cam  also  a  multitude  out  off  the  cites  round  about  vnto  Jerusa- 
lem/ bryngyng  with  them  their  sicke  and  them  whych  were 
vexed  with  vnclene  sprettes.  And  they  were  healed  every 
won. 

The  chefe  preste  arose  vp  and  they  thatt  were  with  hym 
(which  is  the  secte  of  the  Saduces)  and  were  full  off  indigna- 
cion/  and  layde  hondes  on  the  apostles/  and  put  them  in  the 
commen  preson :  but  the  angell  of  the  lorde  by  night  openned 
the  preson  dore/  and  brought  them  forthe/  and  sayde  :  ^°  goo 
steppe  forthe/  and  speake  in  the  temple  to  the  people  all  the 
wordes  of  this  lyfe.  When  they  herde  that/  they  entred  into 
the  temple  erly  in  the  mornynge  and  taught. 

The  chefe  prest  cam  and  they  that  were  with  him  and  call- 
ed a  counsel  togedder/  and  all  the  seniours  off  the  chyldren 
off  israhel/  and  sent  to  the  preson  to  ^^  fett  them.  When  the 
ministers  cam  and  founde  them  nott  in  the  preson/  they  cam 
agayne  and  tolde  sayinge  :  ^^  The  preson  founde  we  shut 
13  with  all  diligence/  and  the  kepers  stondynge  with  out  before 
the  dores  :  but  when  we  had  openned  we  founde  no  man  with 
in.  When  the  chefe  prest  of  all  and  the  rueler  of  the  temple/ 
and  the  bye  prestes  herde  these  thynges/  they  doubted  off 
them/  where  vnto  this  wolde  growe. 

Then  cam  won  and  shewed  them  :    Loo  the  men  thatt  ye 

^  Helde  much  of  them,  Cov.  ^  Barrows,  Cop.  Couches,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  Or.  adds— (and  that  they  might  be  delivered  from  their  in- 
firmities.) *"  Go  your  way  and  step  up,  Cov.  Go  and  stande  and 
speake,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Go  your  way,  and  stand  in  the  temple  and 
speake,  Gen.  "  Fetch,  T.  M.  Bps.  Cause  them  to  be  brought,  Gen. 
"*  Gen.  adds  —  Certainly.  '^  Sure  as  was  possible,  T.M.  Gen. 


E^e  Sides  of  tlje  SHjiostlcs.  ®1).  t. 

putt  in  preson  stonde  in  the  temple/  and  i^  preache  to  the  pcple. 
Then  went  the  rueler  of  the  temple  with  ministers/  and 
brought  them  with  out  violence.  For  they  feared  the  people 
lest  they  shulde  have  bene  stoned.  And  when  they  had 
brought  them/  they  sett  them  before  the  counsel  1.  And  the 
chefe  preste  axed  them  sayinge  :  Did  nott  we  straytely  com- 
maunde  you  that  ye  shulde  not  teach  in  this  name  ?  And  be- 
holde  ye  have  filled  Jerusalem  with  youre  doctrine/  and  ye 
1^  intende  to  brynge  this  mans  bloud  apon  vs. 

Peter  and  the  other  apostles  answered/  and  sayde :  We 
ought  moare  to  obey  God  then  men.  The  God  of  oure  fath- 
ei-s  raysed  vp  Jesus/  whom  ye  slewe  and  hanged  on  a  tre. 
Hym  ^'^  beinge  rueler  and  a  savioure  hath  god  exalted  with 
his  right  honde/  for  to  geve  repentaunce  to  Israhell  and  for- 
gevenes  of  synnes.  And  we  are  ^"^  his  recordes  as  concern- 
ynge  these  thynges  :  and  also  the  holy  goost/  whom  God  hath 
geven  to  them  that  obey  hym.  When  they  herde  that  ^^  they 
clave  asunder/  and  ^^  sought  meanes  to  slee  them.  Then 
stode  there  vp  won  in  the  counseill/  a  pharisey  named  Ga- 
maliell/  -'^  a  doctour  off  lawe/  ^^  had  in  auctorite  amonge  the 
people  and  commaunded  -~  to  put  the  apostles  a  syde  a  lytell 
space/  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Men  of  Israhell  take  hede  to 
youre  selves  what  ye  entende  to  do  as  touchinge  these  men. 
Before  these  dayes  rose  vp  one  Theudas  bostynge  hym  silfe/ 
to  whom  resorted  a  nombre  off  men/  about  a  foure  hondred/ 
which  was  slayn/  and  they  all  which  ^  beleved  hym  were 
scatred  a  broode/  and  brought  to  nought.  After  this  man 
arose  there  vp  won  Judas  off  Galile/  in  the  ^'^  tyme  when  tri- 
bute began/  and  drewe  awaye  moch  people  after  him.  He 
also  perisshed  :  and  all  even  as  meny  as  barkened  to  hym  are 
scattered  ^a  brood. 

And  nowe  I  saye  vnto  you :  refrayne  youre  selves  from 
these  men/  and  let  them  alone  :  For  yff  this  counsell  or  werke 
be  of  men/  itt  will  come  to  nought :  but  if  it  be  of  God/  ye 
cannot  destroye  it/  lest  haply  ye  be  founde  ^  to  stry ve  agaynst 

'•*  Teache  the  people,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  ^^  Woulde  bring,  Gen. 

'8  Hath  God  hft  up,  with  his  right  hand  to  be.  Gen  '^  Records 

of  [His  witnesses  concerning,  G.'\  these  things   which   we    say,  Cr. 
Gen.  '*  It  went  througli  the  hearts  of  them,  Cov.    They  brast 

for  anger,  Gen.  [So  ch.  vii.  54.]         ^^T\\ong\\i,  Cov.  Consulted,  Gew. 
*'  A  scribe,  Cov.  ^i  \\g^^  in  reputation  among,  Cr.    Honoured 

of  all  tlie  people,  Gen.  ^2  -pjjg  apostles  to  go  aside,  Cr.  To  put  the 

apostles  forth,  Gen.  ^  Inclined  unto,  Cov.  Obeyed,  Gen.  [So  G. 

vs.  37.]         ^  Days  of  the  tribute,  Cov.  Cr.  Gen.  ''  And  brought 

to  nought,  Gen.        ^®Even  fighters  against  God,  Gen. 


jfo.  cnf-  2ri)e  Slctcs  of  t\)e  Slpostlcs. 

god.  And  to  hym  they  agreed/  and  called  the  apostles/  and 
bett  them/  and  commaunded  that  they  shulde  not  speake  in 
the  name  of  Jesu/  and  lett  them  goo. 

And  they  departed  from  the  counsell  reioysynge  that  they 
were  counted  worthy  to  suffre  rebuke  for  his  name.  And 
dayly  in  the  temple/  and  '^  in  every  housse  they  ceased  nott/ 
teachynge  and  preachynge  ^  Jesus  Christ. 


2ri)e  bj.  Cljapter. 


I 


N  those  dayes  as  the  nombre  of  the  disciples  grewe/  there 
arose  a  grodge  amonge  the  grekes  agaynste  the  ebrues/ 
because  theyr  wyddowes  wer  ^  despysed  in  the  dayly  ^  myn- 
ystracion.  Then  the  twelve  called  the  multitude  of  the  dis- 
ciples to  gedder  and  sayde  :  it  is  nott  mete  that  we  shulde 
leave  the  worde  of  god  and  serve  at  the  tables/  wherfore 
brethren  loke  ye  out  amonge  you  seven  men  of  honest  reporter 
full  of  the  holy  goost  and  wisdom/  ^  which  we  maye  apoynte 
to  "*  this  nedfull  busines :  but  we  woll  geve  oure  selves  con- 
tinually to  prayer/  and  to  the  ministracion  off  the  worde. 
And  the  sayinge  pleased  the  whoale  multitude  wele.  And 
they  chose  Steven  a  man  full  off  fayth/  and  off  the  holy  goost/ 
and  Philip/  and  Prochorus/  and  Nichanor/  and  Simon/  and 
Permenas/  and  Nicholas  ^  a  proselite  of  antioche/  which  they 
sett  before  the  apostles/  and  they  prayed  and  layde  their 
hondes  on  them. 

And  the  worde  of  god  encreasyd/  and  the  noumbre  of  the 
disciples  multiplied  in  Jerusalem  greatly/  And  a  grett  com- 
pany of  the  prestos  were  obedient  to  the  faythe.  Steven  full 
off  faythe  and  power  did  grett  wonders/  and  myracles  amonge 
the  people.  Then  there  arose  certayne  off  the  Sinagoge/ 
which  are  called  lebertines/  and  Sirenens/  and  ^  Alexandrians/ 
and  Cicilians/  and  Asians/  and  disputed  with  Steven.  And 
they  coulde  not  resist  the  wisdom/  and  the  sprete/ '''  with  which 
sprete  he  spake.  Then  ^  sent  they  in  men  which  sayd :  we 
have  herde  hym  speake  blasphemous  wordes  agaynst  Moses/ 
and  against  god/  and  they  moved  the  people/  and  the  seniours/ 
and  the  scribes  :  and  ^  they  cam  apon  hym  and  caught  hym/ 

^  From  house  to  house,  Gen.  ^  Cor.   adds — the   gospell  of. 

'  Not  looked  upon,  Cov.  Neglected,  Gen.  ^  Hand-reaching,  Gov. 

'  To    whom  we  may   commit,   Cr.  ••  This   business,  Cr.  Gtn. 

*  A  convcrte,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.         *  Of  Alexandria,  and  of  them  of  Ci- 
licia  and  of  Asia,  Gen.  'By  the  which  he  spake,  T.  M.    Which 

spake,  Cr.  ^  They  suborned,  Gen.  *  Running  upon  him,  Gen. 


a:j)e  ^ctcs  of  t!)c  Plpostlcs.  ©I),  bff. 

and  brought  him  to  the  counsell/  and  brought  forth  falce  wit- 
nesses whych  sayde  :  This  man  ceasith  not  to  speake  blas- 
phemous wordes  agaynst  thys  holy  place  and  the  lawe/  for 
we  herde  hym  saye/  This  Jesus  off  Nazareth  shall  destroye 
this  place/  and  shall  chaunge  the  ordinances  whych  Moses 
gave  vnto  vs.  And  all  that  sate  in  counsell  loked  stedfastly 
on  hym/  and  sawe  hys  face  as  it  had  bene  the  face  off  an 
angell. 

'T^HEN  spake  the  chefe  prest:  ^ys  ytt  even  soo?  And  he 
sayde  :  ye  men/  brethren/  and  fathers/  barken  to.  The 
God  off  glory  apered  vnto  oure  father  Abraham  whill  he  was 
yet  in  mesopotamia/  before  he  dwelt  in  -  charran/  and  sayd 
vnto  hym  :  come  oute  of  thy  contrc/  and  from  thy  kynred : 
and  come  into  the  londe  whych  I  shall  shcwe  vnto  the.  Then 
cam  he  out  off  the  londe  of  caldey  :  and  dwelt  in  charran. 
And  after  that  as  sone  as  his  father  was  deed/  he  brought  him 
into  this  lande/  where  in  ye  nowe  dwell/  and  he  gave  him 
none  inheritaunce  in  it/  no  not  '^  one  fote  of  grounde.  '^  And 
promised  that  he  wolde  geve  it  to  hym  ^  and  to  hys  seed  after 
hym/  when  as  yet  he  had  no  chylde. 

God  verely  spake  on  this  wise/  ^  thy  seed  shalbe  '''  a  dweller 
in  a  straunge  londe/  and  they  shall  put  them  in  bondage/  and 
shall  entreate  them  evyll  .iiij.  c.  yearcs.  And  the  nacion  to 
whom  they  shalbe  in  bondage/  will  I  iudge  (sayde  god)  and 
after  that  shall  they  come  forthe/  and  serve  me  in  this  place. 
And  gave  hym  the  testament  of  circumcision/  and  he  begat 
Isaac/  and  circumcised  hym  the  viij.  daye/  and  Isaac  begat 
Jacob,     and  Jacob  the  twelve  patriarkes. 

And  the  patriarkes  ^  havinge  indignacion  solde  Joseph  into 
Egipte/  ^  and  God  was  wit  hym  and  delivered  hym  out  off  all 
his  I'*  adversites.  and  gave  hym  faveour  and  wisdom  in  the 
sight  off  Pharao  kynge  off  Egipte/  And  Pharao  made  hym 
governer  over  Egipte/  and  over  all  his  housholde. 

Then  cam  there  a  derth  over  all  ^^  Egipt/  and  Canaan/ 
and  grett  affliccion/  and   our  fathers  founde  no  sustenaunce. 

'  Are  these  things  so  ?  Gen.  ^  Haran,  Cov.  ^  The  breadth  of 
a  foote,  Jill  the  Vers.  *  But   [Yet,  G.]  he  promised,  T.M.  Gen. 

^  To  possesse,  T.M.  Or.   For  a  possession.  Gen.  ^  That  his  seed 

should  be,  etc.  Gen.  ">  A  stranger,  Cov.  ^  Moved  with  envy, 

Gen.  "  But,  Gen.  ^^  Afflictions,  Gen.  "  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

add — the  laud  of.  [So  G.  vs.  36  ] 
V 


jFo.  rjrjrfj.  E\)t  Sfctes  of  tf)c  Apostles. 

When  Jacob  herde  that  there  was  corne  in  Egipte/  he  sent 
oure  fathers  fyrst/  and  ^^  when  he  had  sent  them  the  secounde 
tyme/  Joseph  was  knowen  off  his  brethren/  and  Josephs  kyn- 
red  was  made  knowne  vnto  Pharao.  Then  sent  Joseph  ^^ 
and  caused  his  father  to  be  brought  and  all  his  kynne/  thre 
score  and  .xv,  soules.  And  Jacob  descended  into  Egipte/  and 
deyed  bothe  he  and  ouie  fathers/  and  were  ^^  translated  into 
Sichem/  and  were  put  in  the  sepulcre  that  Abraham  bought 
for  money  of  the  sonnes  of  ^^  Emor/  at  Sichem. 

When  the  tyme  oft'  the  promes  drue  nye  (which  God  had 
^^  promysed  with  an  othe  to  Abraham)  the  people  grewe  and 
multiplied  in  Egipte  till  another  kynge  arose  which  knewe  nott 
off  Joseph.  The  same  dealte  suttelly  with  oure  kynred/  and 
evyll  intreated  oure  fathers/  and  made  them  to  i~cast  awaye 
their  chyldren/  that  they  shulde  not  remayne  aly ve.  The  same 
tyme  was  Moses  borne/  and  was  '^^  a  propper  childe  in  the  sight 
of  God/  which  was  norisshed  vp  in  his  fathers  housse  thre 
monethes.  When  he  was  cast  out  Pharoes  doughter  toke  hym 
vp/  and  norisshed  hym  vp  for  her  awne  sonne.  And  Moses 
was  learned  in  all  manner  off  wisdom  of  the  Egipcians/  and 
was  mighty  in  dedes  and  in  wordes. 

When  he  was  full  forty  yeare  olde/  it  cam  into  his  hert  to 
visit  his  brethren/  the  chyldren  off  Israhel.  And  when  he  sawe 
one  off  them  sufiTre  wronge/  he  ^^  defended  hym/  and  -*^  aven- 
ged his  quarell  that  had  the  harme  done  to  hym/  and  smote 
the  egipcian.  For  he  supposed  hys  brethren  wolde  have  vn- 
derstoude  howe  that  God  by  his  hondes  shulde  ^^  geve  them 
health  :  butt  they  vnderstode  nott. 

And  the  next  daye  he  shewed  hym  silfe  vnto  them  as  they 
strove/  and  wolde  have  sett  them  atone  agayne  saynge  :  Syrs 
ye  are  brethren  why  hurte  ye  won  another  ?  but  he  that  did 
his  neghbour  wronge/  thrust  hym  awaye  sayinge  :  Who  made 
the  a  ruelar  and  a  iudge  amonge  vs  }  What  wilt  thou  kill  me/ 
as  thou  diddest  the  egipcian  yester  daye  ?  Then  fleed  Moses 
at  that  worde/  and  was  a  stranger  in  the  londe  off  Madian/ 
Where  he  begat  two  sonnes. 

When  .xl.  yeares  were  expired/  there  apered  to  hym  in  the 
wildernes  of  mounte  Sina  the  angell  off  the  Lorde  in  a  flam 

•'^  At  the  secounde  time,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  '•'  Cr.  adds — a  message. 
'*  Caryed  over,  Cr.    Removed,   Gen.  '*  Emor  andSychem,  Tav. 

Sonne  of  Sychem,  Cr.  Gen.  '«  Sworne,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.        "  Cast 

out  their  young  children,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  '^  Acceptable  unto,  Cr. 

Gen.  "  Helped,  Cov.  *"  Delivered  him,  etc.  Cov.         ^'  Save 

them,  T.  M.  Deliver  them,  Cr.  Give  them  deliverance.  Gen. 


Ei)e  ^ctcs  of  tt)e  Sfpostles.  Ctlj.  bfj. 

off  fyre  in  a  busshe.  When  Moses  sawe  itt  he  wondred  at 
the  sight/  and  drue  neare  to  ^  beholde  it.  And  the  voyce  off 
the  Lorde  spake  vnto  hym :  I  am  the  God  of  thy  fathers/  the 
God  of  Abraham/  the  God  of  Isaac  and  the  God  off  Jacob. 
Moses  trempled  and  durst  not  beholde.  Then  sayde  the 
Lorde  to  hym  Putt  off  thy  shewes  from  thy  fete/  for  the  place 
where  thou  stondest  is  holy  grounde.  ^  I  have  perfecdy  sene 
the  affliccion  off  my  people  whych  is  in  Egipte/  and  I  have 
herde  theyr  gronynge/  and  am  come  doune  to  deliver  them. 
And  nowe  come  and  I. will  sende  the  into  Egipte. 

The  same  Moses  whom  they  forsoke  sayinge  :  who  made 
the  a  ruelar  and  a  iudge  :  God  sent  bothe  a  ruelar  and  a  de- 
liverer/ by  the  hondes  of  the  angell  which  apered  to  hym  in 
the  bousshe  This  man  brought  them  outt  shewynge  wonders 
and  signes  in  Egipte/  and  in  the  reed  see/  and  in  the  wilder- 
nes  xl.  yeares.  This  is  that  Moses  which  sayde  vnto  the 
chyldren  off  Israhell :  A  prophet  shall  youre  lorde  God  rayse 
vp  vnto  you  of  youre  brethren  lyke  vnto  me/  hym  shall  ye 
heare. 

This  is  he  that  was  in  the  congregacion/  in  the  wildernes 
with  the  angell  which  spake  to  hym  in  the  mounte  Syna. 
And  with  oure,  fathers.  Thys  man  receaved  the  ^'^  worde  of 
lyfe  to  geve  vnto  vs/  to  whom  oure  fathers  wolde  not  obeye : 
But  25  cast  it  from  them/  and  in  their  hertes  turned  backe 
agayne  into  Egypte/  sayinge  vnto  Aaron :  Make  vs  goddes  to 
goo  before  vs.  For  we  wot  nott  what  is  be  come  of  this  Moses 
that  brought  vs  out  of  the  londe  off  Egipte.  And  they  made 
a  calfe  ^^  in  those  dayes/  and  offered  sacrifice  vnto  the  ymage/ 
and  reioysed  in  the  workes  of  theyr  awne  hondes. 

Then  God  turned  hym  silfe/  and  gave  them  vp/  ^  that  they 
shulde  worshipp  the  starres  of  the  skye/  as  it  is  written  in  the 
boke  of  the  prophetes :  O  ye  off  the  housse  off  Israhell : 
^  have  ye  geven  vnto  me  ofieiynges  or  sacrifice/  by  the  space 
off  xl.  yeares  in  the  wildernes  ?  And  ye  toke  vnto  you  the 
tabernacle  off  Moloch/  and  the  starre  off  youre  god  Remphan/ 
29  figures  which  ye  made  to  worshippe  them.  30  ji^^^  j  -yviH 
translate  you  beyonde  Babilon. 

Oure  fathers  had  the  tabernacle  of  testimony  in  wildernes/ 

"*  Consider,  Gen,  ^  I  liave  secne  very  well,  Cov.  I  have  scene, 
I  have  scene,  Gen.  ^  Lively  oracles,  Gcji.  ^  Refused,  Gen. 

^  At  the  same  time,  Cov.  ^^  To  serve  the  host  of  heaven,  Ge7i. 

^  Gave  ye  to  me  sacrifices  and  meat-offerings,  T.  M.  Or.  Have  ye 
offered  to  me  slaine  beastes  and  sacrifices.  Gen,  ^9  Images,  Cot. 
•''Therefore  I  wil  carry  you  away,  etc.  Gen, 


jfo.  cvFii)'.  E\ie  Slctes  of  tt)c  Apostles. 

as  he  had  apoynted  them  speakynge  vnto  Moses/  that  he 
shulde  make  it  acordynge  to  the  fassion  that  he  had  sene/ 
which  tabernacle  oure  fathers  receaved/  and  brought  it  in 
with  3^  Josue  into  the  possession  of  the  gentyls/  which  gentyls/ 
god  drave  out  before  the  face  of  oure  fathers  vnto  the  tyme 
of  David/  which  founde  favour  before  god/  and  desired  that 
he  myght  fynde  a  tabernacle  for  the  God  off  Jacob.  32  ^^d 
Solomon  bylt  hym  an  housse. 

33  But  he  that  is  hyest  of  all  dweleth  not  in  temples  made  with 
hondes/  as  sayth  the  prophete  :  Heven  is  my  seate/  and  erth 
is  my  fote  stole/  what  housse  will  ye  bylde  for  me  sayth  the 
lorde  ?  or  34  what  is  my  restynge  place  ?  hath  nott  my  honde 
made  all  these  thynges  ? 

Ye  stiffenecked  and  of  vncircumcised  hertes  and  ears  :  ye 
have  always  resisted  agaynst  the  holy  goost :  as  youre  fathers 
did/  so  do  ye.  Which  off  the  prophetes  have  not  youre  fa- 
thers persecuted  ?  And  they  have  slayne  them/  which  shewed 
before  off  the  commynge  off  35  that  iust/  whom  he  have  be- 
trayed and  mordred.  And  ye  also  have  receaved  a  lawe  by 
the  36  ordinaunce  off  angels/  and  have  not  kept  itt. 

When  they  herde  these  thynges/  their  hertes  clove  a  sun- 
der/ and  they  gnasshed  on  hym  with  their  tethe.  He  beynge 
full  of  the  holy  goost  loked  vp  37  with  his  eyes  into  heven  and 
sawe  the  maieste  off  God/  and  Jesus  stondynge  on  the  ryght 
honde  of  god/  and  sayde  :  loo/  I  se  the  hevens  open/  and  the 
Sonne  off  man  stonde  on  the  ryght  honde  of  god.  Then  they 
gave  a  shute  with  a  loude  voyce/  and  stopped  their  eares  and 
ranne  apon  hym  all  at  once/  and  caste  hym  out  off  the  citie/ 
and  stoned  hym.  And  the  witnesses  layde  doune  their  clothes 
att  a  yonge  mannes  fete  named  Saul.  And  they  stoned 
Steven  38  callynge  on  and  sayinge :  Lorde  Jesu  receave  my 
sprete.  And  he  kneled  doune  and  cryed  with  a  loude  voyce  : 
lorde  39  impute  not  this  synne  vnto  them/  '^''  [For  they  wote 
not  what  they  do.]  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken  he  fell 
a  slepe. 

3»  Jesus,  Gen.  Bps.         »*  But,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^a  Howbeit 

the  most  High,  Gen.  ^  Which  is  the  place  of  my  rest,  Cr.  Bps. 

What  place  is  it  that  I   should  rest  in  ?    Gen.  ^  That  righteous, 

Coil.  ^^  Ministration,  Cov.  Cr.    Disposition,  Bps.  ^7  gted- 

fastly  [T.  M.  Cr.  add — with  his  eyes]  into,  etc.  T-  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
3^  Who  called  on  God  and  said.  Gen.  ^  Lay  not  this  sinne  to 

their  charge,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bjys.         *°  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 


2:i)e  Slctes  of  t!)e  SIposttcs.  ^Ij.  bfff. 


5ri)c  \)iif.  <a'|)ai)tcr. 

Q AUL  1  had  pleasure  in  his  deeth.  At  that  tyme  was  there 
^  a  grett  perseciicion  agaynst  the  congregacion  which  was 
att  Jherusalem/  and  they  were  all  scattered  abroade  thorowout 
the  regions  of  Jury  and  Samaria/  except  the  apostles.  Then 
2  devout  men  ^  dressed  Steven/  and  made  grett  lamentacion 
over  hym.  Saul  made  havocke  off  the  congregacion  en- 
trynge  into  every  housse/  and  drewe  out  bothe  "^  man  and 
woman/  and  thrust  them  into  preson.  They  that  were  scat- 
tered abroade  went  ^  every  where  preachyng  the  worde. 
Then  cam  Philip  into  a  cite  off  Samaria  and'  preached  Christ 
vnto  them.  And  the  people  gave  hede  vnto  those  thynges 
whych  Philip  spake  wyth  one  acorde/  in  thatt  they  herde  and 
sawe  the  miracles  which  he  did.  For  vnclene  spretes  cryinge 
with  loade  voyce  cam  out  of  maey  which  were  possessed  off 
them/  Many  taken  with  palscys/  and  many  that  halted  were 
healed.  And  there  was  gret  ioye  in  that  cite.  There  was  a 
certayne  man  called  Simon/  which  before  tyme  in  the  same 
cite/  vsed  witche  crafte  and  be  witched  the  people/  sayinge 
that  ^  he  was  a  man  that  coulde  do  greate  thinges.  "^  Whorn 
they  regarded/  from  the  lest  to  the  grettest  sayinge  :  ^  thys  ys 
that  power  of  god/  which  is  called  grett.  Hym  they  sett 
moche  by/  because  of  longe  tyme  wyth  sorcery  he  had  '^  de- 
luded their  wittes.  As  sone  as  they  beloved  Phillipes  preach- 
ynge^'^offthe  kyngdome  off  God  and  off  the  name  of  Jesu 
Christ/  they  were  baptised  bothe  men  and  women.  Then 
Simon  hym  silfe  beloved  and  was  baptised/  and  continued  with 
Phillip/  and  wondred  beholdynge  the  miracles  and  signes/ 
which  were  shewed. 

When  the  Apostles  which  were  at  Jerusalem  herde  saye 
that  Samaria  had  receaved  the  worde  of  god  :  they  sent  vnto 
them  Peter  and  Jhon/  wliich  when  they  were  come/  prayed 
for  them/  that  they  myght  reccave  the  holy  goost.  For  as 
yet  he  was  come  on  none  off  them.     Butt  they  were  baptised 

'  Consented  unto,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Certnine  men,  fearing  God, 

Gen.  3  Caryed  Steven  amon<T  them  to  he  hnrtjed,  Gen.    Caryed 

Steven  together  to  his  buryall,  Bps.  *  Men  and  women,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         ^  To  and  fro,  Gen.         ^  He  himselfe  was  some  great  man,  Gen. 
'  To  whom  they  gave  heede,  Geii.  [So  vs.  11.]  ^  This  man  [fel- 

owe,  T.  M.]  is  the   great  power  of  God,  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Be- 

witched them,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  Mocked  them,  T.  M.         '^The  thin;je3 
that  concerned,  Gen. 


J^o.  c]cj.-fb.  J!r!)c  Sictcs  of  tlje  Sfpostlesf. 

only  in  the  name  off  ^^  Christ  Jesu.  Then  layde  they  their 
hondes  on  them/  and  they  receaved  the  holy  goost. 

When  Simon  sawe  thatt  thorowe  layinge  on  off  the  Apos- 
tles hondes  on  them/  the  holy  goost  was  geven :  he  offered 
them  money  sayinge :  Geve  me  also  this  power/  that  on  whom- 
soever I  laye  hondes/  he  maye  receave  the  holy  goost.  Then 
sayde  Peter  vnto  hym  :  ^~  Perissh  thou  and  thy  money  toged- 
der.  For  thou  ^^  wenest  that  the  gyfte  of  god  may  be  obtey- 
ned  with  money  ?  thou  hast  nether  parte  nor  fellishippe  in  this 
busines.  For  thy  hert  is  not  right  in  the  sight  of  god.  Repent 
therfore  of  this  thy  wickednes/  and  praye  God  i''  that  the 
thought  off  thyne  hert  maye  be  forgeven  the.  Fori  perceave 
that  thou  arte  ^^  full  of  bitter  gall/  and  wrapped  in  iniquyte. 

Then  answered  Simon  and  sayde :  Praye  ye  to  the  lorde 
for  me  that  none  off  these  thynges  whiche  ye  have  spoken 
fall  on  me.  And  they  when  they  had  testified/  and  preached  the 
worde  of  the  lorde  returned  to  Jerusalem  and  preached  the 
gospell  in  many  cites  of  the  Samaritans. 

The  angell  of  the  lorde  spake  unto  Phillip  sayinge  :  Aryse 
and  goo  '^towardes  rnidde  daye  vnto  the  waye  which  leadeth 
from  Jerusalem  vnto  Gaza/  ^"^  which  is  in  the  desert.  He 
arose  and  went  on/  and  beholde  a  man  off  ethiopia  ^^  which 
was  gelded/  and  ^^  of  grete  auctorite  with  Candace  qune  of  the 
ethiopians/  which  had  the  rule  off  all  her  treasure/  cam  to 
Jerusalem  for  to  praye.  as  he  returned  home  agayne  sittynge 
in  his  charett  he  redde  Esay  the  prophet. 

The  sprete  sayde  vnto  Philip  :  Goo  neare  and  ioyne  thy 
silfe  to  yonder  charet.  Philip  ranne  to  hym/  and  herde  hym 
rede  Esay  the  prophet  and  sayde  :  '^^  Vnderstondest  thou  what 
thou  redest .''  And  he  sayd  :  how  can  1/  except  -^  I  had  a 
gyde  ?  And  he  desyred  Philip  that  he  wold  come  vp  and  sit 
with  hym.  ^~  The  tener  off  the  scripture  which  he  redde  was 
this.  He  was  ledde  as  a  shepe  to  ^  be  slayne  :  and  lyke  a 
lambe  ^^  dom  before  his  sherer/  so  openned  he  nott  his  mougth/ 

''  Of  the  Lord  Jesus,  Gen.  ^'  Thy  money  perishe  with  thee, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  'SThinkest,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Gen.  adds— 
that  if  it  be   possible.    Bps. — if  perhaps.  ^*  In  the  gall  of  bitter- 

nesse  and  the  bond  of  iniquity,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Southward,  Tav.  To- 
wards the  south,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Which  is  waste,  Gen.  '*  A 
chamberlayne,  Gov.  T.  M.  Cr.  An  eunuche,  Gen.  Bps.  [So  post.] 
'"  Chiefe  governour,  Geri.  ^  Gen.  adds — But.  "'  Some  man 
inform  me,  Cov.  **  The  place,  Gen.  ^  The  slaughter,  Gen. 
Bps.          ''*  Voiceless,  Cov. 


Cj)c  Sctcs  of  tl)C  Sljpostlcs.  fflj.  fv- 

'•^  in  that  lie  submitted  hyin  silfe/  ^  his  iudgment  was  exalted : 
-"^  who  shall  declare  his  generacion  ?  for  his  life  is  taken  from 
the  erthc.  The  gelded  man  answered  Philip  and  sayde :  I 
prayc  tiie  off  whom  speaketh  the  prophet  this  ?  of  hym  silfe  ? 
or  off  some  other  man  ? 

Philip  openned  his  mougth/  and  began  at  the  same  scrip- 
ture/ and  preached  vnto  hym  Jesus.  And  as  they  went  on 
their  waye/  they  cam  vnto  a  certaine  water/  and  the  gelded 
man  sayde  :  Se  here  is  water/  what  shall  lett  me  to  be  bapti- 
sed ?  Philip  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Yf  thou  beleve  with  all  thyne 
hcrt/  thou  mayst.  He  answered  sayLnge  :  I  beleve  that  Jesus 
Christe  is  the  sonne  of  God  and  commaunded  ^  the  charet  to 
stonde  still.  And  they  went  doune  bothe  into  the  water : 
bothe  Philip  and  also  the  gelded  man.  And  he  baptised  hym. 
As  sone  as  they  were  come  out  off  the  water  the  sprete  off  the 
lorde  caught  Philip.  And  the  gelded  man  sawe  hym  no  moore. 
And  he  went  on  his  waye  reioysynge  :  butt  Philip  was  founde 
at  29  Azotus.  And  he  ^"^  walked  thorowe  out  the  countre  preach- 
ynge  in  their  cites/  till  he  cam  to  Cesarea. 


2rf)c  f).'.  ffif)aptcr. 


S 


\.UL  yet  brethynge  out  threatnynges  and  slaughter  agaynst 
the  disciples  of  the  lorde/  went  vnto  the  hye  preste/  and 
desired  of  hym  letters  to  damascon/  to  the  sinagoges  :  that  yf 
he  founde  eny  of  this  waye  whether  they  wer  men  or  wemen/ 
he  myght  brynge  them  bounde  vnto  Jerusalem.  As  he  ^  went 
on  his  iorney/  hit  fortuned  that  he  drue  neye  to  damascon/ 
and  sodenly  there  shyned  rounde  about  hym  a  lyght  from  he- 
ven.  And  he  fell  to  the  erth/  and  herde  a  voyce  saynge  to 
him  :  Saul/  Saul/  why  persecutest  thou  me  }  And  he  sayde 
what  arte  thou  Lorde  ?  The  lorde  sayd/  I  am  Jesus  whom 
thou  persecutest/  ^  it  shalbe  harde  for  the  to  kycke  agaynst  the 
pricke.  He  bothe  trcmblynge  and  astonyed  sayde :  Lorde 
what  wilt  thou  have  me  to  do  .••  And  the  lorde  sayde  vnto 
hym :  Aryse  and  goo  into  the  cite/  and  ytt  shalbe  tolde  the 
what  thou  shalt  do. 

The  men  which  ^  acompanyed  him  on  his  waye  stode  ama- 

'^  Because  of  [In,    Cor.]   his  humbleness.  Cor.  T.  M.  Cr.     In   h'ls 
liumility,  Gen.  Bps.         ^^  He  was  not  esteemed,  T.  M.  Cr.  *''  Cr. 

Gfii.  Bps.  add— But.  23  Jq  jjoi^^  gfiU  ^\^q  charet,  Coc.  ^  As- 

dod.  Cor.  ^  Walked  to  and  fro,  Gin.  '  Journe3-ed,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         ^  It  is,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Journeyed  with.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps. 


Sfo.  cvj:b.  JCJje  SictcH  o£  tt)e  SJpostlcs. 

sed/  ■*  for  they  herde  a  voyce/  butt  sawe  no  man.  Saul  arose 
from  the  erth/  and  when  he  had  openned  his  eyes  he  sawe 
noo  man.  Then  ledde  they  hym  by  the  honde/  and  brought 
him  into  damascon.  And  he  was  iij.  dayes  wyth  out  sight/ 
and  nether  ate  nor  dranke. 

There  was  a  certayne  disciple  att  Damascon  named  anani- 
as/  to  hym  spake  the  lorde  in  a  vision :  Ananias.  And  he 
sayde :  I  am  here  lorde.  And  the  lorde  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
aryse  and  goo  into  the  strete  whych  is  called  strayght/  and 
seke  in  the  housse  off  Judas  after  one  called  Saul  of  the  cite 
of  Tharsus.  For  beholde  he  prayeth/  and  hath  sene  in  a  vi- 
sion a  man  named  Ananias  commynge  in  vnto  hym/  And 
puttynge  hys  hondes  on  hym/  thatt  he  myght  receave  his 
sight. 

Ananias  answered:  Lorde  I  have  herde  by  many  ofFlhys 
man/  howe  moche  hurte  he  hath  done  to  thy  sanctes  att  Jhe- 
rusalem/  and  in  thys  place  he  hath  auctorite  off  the  hye  prestes 
to  bynde  all  that  call  on  thy  name.  The  lorde  sayde  vnto 
him  :  Goo  thy  wayes  :  for  he  is  a  chosen  vessell  vnto  me/  to 
beare  my  name  before  the  gentyls/  and  kynges/  and  the  chyl- 
dren  off  israhel.  For  I  wyll  shewe  hym  howe  grett  thynges 
he  must  suffer  for  my  names  sake. 

Ananyas  went  hys  waye  and  entryd  into  the  housse  and 
putt  his  hondes  on  hym  and  sayde  :  brother  Saul  the  lorde 
^  that  apperyd  vnto  the  in  the  waye  as  thou  camst/  sent  me 
vnto  the/  that  thou  myghtest  receve  thy  sight  and  be  filled 
with  the  holy  goost.  And  immediatly  there  fell  from  his  eyes 
as  ytt  had  bene  scales  and  ^  he  receaved  his  sight/  and  arose 
and  was  baptised.     And  receaved  meate  and  was  "^  comforted. 

Then  was  Saul  a  certayne  dayes  wyth  the  disciples  which 
wer  at  Damascon.  And  streight  waye  he  preached  Christ  in 
the  Sinagoges  howe  that  he  was  the  sonne  off  God.  All  that 
herde  hym  wer  amased  and  sayde  :  ys  nott  this  he  that 
s  spoylled  them  whych  called  on  this  name  in  Jerusalem  .'' 
And  cam  hydder  for  the  cntent  that  he  shuldc  biynge  them 
bounde  vnto  the  hye  prestes  ?  Saule  encreased  ^  in  strengthe/ 
And  confounded  the  iewes  which  dwelte  at  damascon  ^^  af- 
firminge  that  this  was  very  Christ. 

After  11  a  good  while/  the  iewes  toke  counsell  amonge  them- 

••  Hearing  his  voyce,  Gen.  ^  £t;e?i.  Jesus,  Gcji.  Bps.  ^  Sud- 

denly, Gen.  Bps.  adds — Forthwith,  ^  Strengthened,  Gen.         *  De- 

stroyed,   Gen.  Bps.  *  Gtn.  Bps.  add — the   more.  "'Confirm- 

ing, Gen.  Provyng  by  conferryng  {one  scripture  with  another),  Bps. 
"  That  many  days  were  fulfilled,  Gen.  Bps. 


Srte  3[ctcs  of  tt)e  Slpostles.  CIj.  ij:. 

selves  to  kyll  him.  But  '^  there  awayte  wer  knowen  of  Saul. 
And  they  watched  att  the  gates  daye  and  nyght  to  kyll  hym. 
Then  the  disciples  toke  hym  by  nyght/  and  putt  hym  ^'-^  thorowc 
the  wall  and  Ictt  hym  doune  in  a  basket. 

When  Saul  cam  to  Jerusalem  he  assayde  to  ^''  cople  hym 
sllfe  with  the  apostles/  and  they  wer  all  afrayde  of  hym  and 
beleved  not  that  he  was  a  disciple.  But  Bcrnabas  toke  hym 
and  brought  hym  to  the  apostles  and  tolde  them  howc  he  had 
sene  the  lorde  in  the  waye  and  had  spoken  wyth  hym  :  and 
how  he  had  !■'•  done  boldely  at  damascon  in  the  name  off  Jcsu/ 
And  he  ^^  had  his  conversacion  with  them  att  Jherusalem/  and 
quitt  hym  silfe  boldly  in  the  name  off  the  lordc  Jesu.  And  he 
spake  and  disputed  wyth  die  grckes  and  they  went  aboute  to 
slee  hym.  When  the  brethren  knew  of  that/  they  brought 
hym  to  cesarea/  and  sent  hym  forth  to  tharsus.  Then  had 
the  congregacions  rest  thorowoute  all  iewry  xind  galile  and  sa- 
mary/  and  wer  edified/  and  walked  in  the  feare  of  the  lorde/ 
And  multiplied  by  the  comforte  of  the  holy  gost. 

Hit  chaunsed  that  as  Peter  walked  throughoute  all  quarters/ 
he  cam  to  the  sainctes  which  dwelt  at  lydda  and  there  he 
founde  a  certaine  man  named  Eneas/  whych  had  kepte  hys 
bed  viij.  yere  sicke  of  the  palsey.  Then  sayde  Peter  vnto 
hym  :  Eneas/  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ  make  the  whole.  Aryse 
and  make  thy  beed.  And  he  arose  immedyatly.  And  all 
that  dwelt  at  lydda  and  assaron/  sawe  hym/  and  tourned  to  the 
lorde. 

Ther  was  at  Joppa  a  certayne  woman  (which  was  a  disciple 
named  Tabitha/  which  by  interpretacion  is  called  dorcas)  she 
was  full  off  good  warkes  and  almes  dedes/  which  she  did.  Hit 
chaunsed  in  those  dayes  thatt  she  was  sicke  and  dyed.  When 
they  had  wesshed  her  and  layd  her  in  ^'^  a  chamber :  Be  cause 
lydda  was  nye  too  Joppa/  and  the  disciples  had  herde  that 
Peter  was  there/  they  sent  vnto  hym/  desyrynge  him  that  he 
wolde  not  ^^  be  greved  to  come  vnto  them. 

Peter  arose  and  cam  with  them  :  when  he  was  come  they 
brought  hym  in  to  the  chamber/  and  all  the  widdoos  stode 
rounde  aboute  hym  wepynge  and  shewynge  the  coottes  and 
gai'mentes  whych  dorcas  made  whill  she  was  with  them.  Pe- 
ter putt  them  all  forth  and  kneled  doune  and  prayde  and  turn- 

"  Their  laying  await,  Gen.Bps.  '■'  Dovvne  by,  Bps.  '*  Joyne, 
Gen.  '^  Spoken,  Gen.    Preached,  Bps.  "^  Was  conversant, 

Gen.    Was  with  them  comniyng  in  and  going  out,  Bps.         "An  up- 
per chamber,  Geii.  Bps.  '*  Take  it  for  grief,  C'ov.     Delay,  Gen. 


Sfo.  cjrvbf-  Crtje  Stctts  of  t!)c  Stpostlfs. 

ed  hym  to  the  body/  and  sayde  :  Tabitha  aryse.  She  opened 
her  eyes/  and  when  she  sawe  Peter  she  sat  vppe/  And  he  gave 
her  his  honde  and  lyft  her  vppe/  and  called  the  sainctes  and 
wyddooes  and  i9  shewed  her  alyve.  And  hit  was  knowne 
throwout  all  Joppa/  and  many  beleved  on  the  lorde.  And  hit 
fortuned  that  he  tarj'ed  many  days  in  Joppa  with  one  Simon  a 
tanner. 

•^PHERE  was  a  certayne  man  in  Cesarea  called  Cornelius/ 
a  captaine  of  ^  the  soudyers  of  ytaly/  a  devoute  man/  and 
won  that  feared  God  with  all  his  houssolde/  which  gave 
moche  almes  to  the  people/  and  prayde  God  alwaye.  The 
man  sawe  in  a  vysion  2  evydently  aboute  the  nynthe  houre 
of  the  daye  the  angell  of  god  commynge  in  vnto  hym/  and  say- 
Lnge  vnto  hym  :  Cornelius,  when  he  loked  on  hym/  he  was 
afrayde/  and  sayde  :  what  is  it  lorde  ?  He  sayde  vnto  hym  : 
Thy  prayers  and  thy  almeses  ar  come  vppe  in  to  remem- 
braunce  ^  in  the  presence  of  God.  And  nowe  sende  men  to 
Joppa/  and  call  for  one  Simon  named  also  Peter.  he  lodg- 
eth  with  won  Simon  a  tanner/  whose  housse  is  by  the  see  syde. 
He  shall  tell  the/  what  thou  oughtest  to  doo.  When  the  an- 
gell which  spake  vnto  Cornelius  was  departed/  he  called  two 
of  his  ^  household/  and  ^  a  devoute  soudier  off  them  thatt  wayt- 
ed  on  hym  ^  to  whom  he  tolde  all  the  mater/  and  sent  them  to 
Joppa. 

On  the  morowe  as  they  went  on  their  iorney  and  drewe 
nye  vnto  the  cite/  Peter  went  vppe  "^  into  the  vpermost  parte  of 
of  the  housse  to  praye/  aboute  the  vj.  houre.  Then  wexed 
he  an  hongred/  and  wolde  have  eaten,  whill  they  made  redy 
for  hym  He  fell  into  a  traunce/  and  sawe  heven  openned/  and  a 
certayne  vessell  come  doune  vnto  hym/  as  it  had  bene  a  greate 
^shete/  knytt  at  the  iiij.  corners/  and  was  lett  doune  to  the 
erth/  wherein  wer  all  maner  of  iiij.  foted  beastes  of  the  erth 
and  ^  vermen  and  wormes/  and  foules  off  the  ayer.     And  a 

'^  Restored,  Gen.  Delivered,  Bps.  '  The  band  [company,  C] 

called  the  Italian,  Cud.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Openly,  Cur.  ^  Before  God, 
T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Householde  servaunts,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Ser- 

vaunts,  Gen.  ^  A  souldier  that  feared  God,  Gen.  *  And  told 

them  all  things.  Gen.  ">  Into  a  chamber,  Cuv.  Upon  the  top  of  the 

house,  T.  M.  Cr.  Upon  the  house,  Gen.  Into  the  highest  part  of 
the  house,  Bps.  *  Linen  cloth.  Cop.  ^  Wilde  beastes  and  creep- 
ing thinges,  6>?(.  iJp*.  [Soch.  xi.C] 


E\)e  S^ctcs  of  t!)c  Sfpostles.  (Cj).  p. 

voyce  spake  vnto  hym  ^^  [from  heven  :]  Ryse  Peter  Kyll  and 
eate.  Peter  sayde  :  i^  God  forbyd  lorde/  for  I  have  never 
eaten  any  thynge  that  is  ^^commen  or  vnclene.  And  the  voyce 
spake  vnto  hym  agayne  the  seconde  tyme :  What  God  had 
i-'  clcnscd  thatt  make  thou  not  ^^  commen.  This  was  dounc 
thiysc  And  the  vessell  was  rcceaved  vppe  agayne  into  heven. 

Whyle  Peter  '>'•  mused  in  him  silfe  what  this  vision  which 
he  had  sene  meant/  bcholde/  the  men  which  were  sent  from 
Cornelius/  liad  '^  made  inquyrance  for  Simons  housse/  and 
stode  1"  befor  the  dore.  And  called  oute  ^^  [won]  and  axed 
whether  Simon  which  was  also  called  Peter/  were  lodged 
there.  AVhyll  Peter  thought  on  this  vysion/  the  sprete  sayde 
vnto  hym :  Loo/  ^'^  men  seke  the.  aryse  therfore/  get  the 
doune/  and  goo  with  them/  and  doute  not.  For  I  have  sent 
them.  Peter  went  doune  to  the  men  which  wci*e  sent  vnto 
hym  from  Cornelius  and  sayde  :  Loo/ 1  am  he/  whom  ye  seke  : 
what  is  the  cause  wherfore  ye  are  come .'  They  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  Cornelius  tlie  captayne  a  iuste  man/  and  won  that  fear- 
eth  God/  and  off  good  reporte  amonge  all  the  people  of  the 
iewes  was  warned  ^  by  an  holy  angell/  to  sende  for  the  in  to 
his  housse/  and  to  heare  wordes  of  the.  Then  called  he  them 
in/  and  lodged  them. 

On  the  morowe  Peter  went  with  them/  and  certayne  breth- 
ren from  Joppa  accompanyed  hym.  And  ^i  the  thyrde  daye 
entred  they  into  Cesaria.  Cornelius  wayted  for  them/  and 
had  called  to  gedder  his  kynsmen/  and  speciall  frendes.  And 
as  it  chaunsed  Peter  to  come  in/  Cornelius  met  hym/  and  fell 
doune  at  his  fete/  and  worshipped  hym.  Peter  toke  hym  vppe/ 
sayinge  :  22  Evyn  I  my  silfe  am  a  man.  And  as  he  talked 
W'ith  hym  he  cam  in/  and  founde  many  that  were  come  to  ged- 
der/ And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  dooe  knowe  howe  thatt 
hytt  ys  an  vnlawfull  thynge  for  a  man  beynge  a  iewe  to  com- 
pany or  come  vn  to  '^^  an  alient :  But  god  hath  shewed  me  that 
I  shulde  not  call  eny  man  commen  or  vnclene  :  therefore  cam 
I  vnto  you  ^'^  with  outen  scruple/  as  sone  as  I  was  sent  for. 
I  axe  you  therfore  :  for  what  intend/  have  ye  sent  for  me  ? 

'»  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  "  Not  so,  Lorde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Polluted,  Gen.    [So  post.]  '^  Purified,  pollute  thou  not.  Gen. 

[So  ch.  xi.  9.]  '^  Unclean,  Cov.  ^■'  Wascunibered,  Cop.  Doubt- 
ed, Gen.  Bps.  '^  Inquired,  Gen.  "At  the  gate.  Gen.  '^  Ge7i. 
Bps.  omit.  '3  Qgfi   £yg  a^jjj — three.  *°  Gen.  adds — from  hea- 

ven. 21  The  day  alter,  Gen.  The  third  day  after,  Bps.  22  stande 
up  ;  for  1  myselfe  also  am  [even  I  myselfe  am,  T.  M.  Gen.]  T.  M. 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^3  ^  stranger,  Cov.    One  of  anotlier  nation,  Gen. 

Bps.  2^  And  doubted  not,  Cov.  Withoute saying,  naye,  J.. W.  Gen 
Withoute  delaye,  Cr.  Bps. 


Sfo.  cjrjrbff.  E'i)c  Slctcs  of  tljc  Slpostlcs. 

And  Cornelius  sayde  :  ^sxhis  daye  nowe  .iiij.  dayes  I  fast- 
ed/ 26  find  at  the  nynthe  houre  I  prayde  in  my  housse/  and  be- 
holde/  a  man  stode  before  me  in  bright  clothynge/  and  sayde  : 
Cornelius/  thy  prayer  is  herde/  and  thyn  almes  dedes  are  had 
in  remembraunce  in  the  sight  of  God.  sende  therefore  to  Jop- 
pa/  and  call  for  Simon  which  is  also  called  Peter.  He  is 
lodged  in  the  housse  off  won  Simon  a  tanner  by  the  see  syde/ 
the  which  as  sone  as  he  is  come/  shall  speake  vnto  the.  Then 
sent  I  for  the  immediatly/  and  thou  hast  well  done  for  to 
come.  Nowe  are  we  all  here/  present  before  god  to  heare 
all  thynges  that  are  commaunded  vnto  the  of  God. 

Peter  opened  his  mought  and  sayde  :  Of  a  trueth  I  perseave/ 
that  God  -'''  is  not  parciall/  but  in  all  people  he  that  feareth  hym 
and  worketh  rightewesnes/  is  accepted  with  hym. 

28  Ye  knowe  the  prcachynge  that  God  sent  vnto  the  chyl- 
dren  off  Israhell/  preachynge  them  peace  by  Jesus  Christe 
(which  is  lorde  over  all  thynges)  -^  which  prcachynge  was 
publisshed  thorow  outc  all  iewery/  and  began  in  galile/  after 
the  baptim  preached  by  Jhon/  ^o  After  thatt  God  had  annoynt- 
ed  Jesus  oif  Nazareth  with  the  holy  goost/  and  wyth  power/ 
he  went  aboute  doinge  goode/  and  healynge  all  that  were  op- 
pressed with  dyvles/  for  God  was  with  hym.  And  we  are 
witnesses  off  all  thynges  which  he  did  inthelonde  of  the  iewes 
and  at  Jerusalem/  whom  they  slew/  and  hounge  on  tree. 
Hym  God  reysed  vppe  the  thyrde  daye/  and  shewed  hym 
openly/  not  to  all  the  people/  butt  vnto  vs  witnesses  cho- 
syn  before  off  God/  ^^  which  ate  and  dronke  with  hym/  after 
he  arose  frome  deeth.  And  he  commaunded  vs  to  preache 
vnto  the  people  and  to  testifie/  that  it  is  he  that  is  ordened  of 
God  a  iudge  off  quycke  and  deed.  To  hym  geveth  all  the 
proj)hetes  witnes/  that  throwe  his  name  shall  receave  remis- 
sion of  synnes  all  that  beleve  in  hym. 

While  Peter  yet  spake  these  wordes/  the  holy  gost  fell  on 
all  them  which  herde  his  preachynge  And  they  of  the  circum- 
cision which  beloved  were  astonycd/  as  many  as  cani  with 
Peter/  because  that  on  the  gentyls  also  was  ^^sheed  oute  the 
gyfte  of  the  holy  gost.     For  they  herde  them  speake    with 

^  Four  dayes  agoe,  Gen.  Bps.  *  C'r.  Gtn.  Bj>s.  add — aboute 

[until,  B  ]  this  houre.  ^  Hath  no  regard  [respecte,  C]  of  persons, 
Cr.  Bps.  Is  no  accepter  of  persons,  Gen.  ^^  Touching  the  worde 
which  God  sent,  Bps.  "^  Even  the  worde  which  came  through, 

etc.  Gen.  Ye  knowe  howthe  worde  was  publislied.etc.  Bps.  ^'^How 
God  anointed,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Gen.  Bps.  add — Even 

to  us.         ^*  Fowred,  Gen.  Bps. 


Srt)e  >3ctes  of  ttic  Apostles.  Ci).  vf. 

tonges/  and  magnify  God.  Then  answered  Peter  :  can  eny 
man  forbyd  water  that  these  shulde  not  be  ba])tised/  which 
have  receaved  the  holy  gost  as  well  as  we  ?  And  he  com- 
maunded  them  to  be  baptised  in  the  name  of  the  lorde.  Then 
prayde  they  hym/  to  tary  ^^  a  feawe  dayes. 

E\)t  vf-  (!ri)nptcr. 

1  Til  IT  cam  to  the  eares  of  the  apostles  and  brethren  which 
were  in  iewTy/  that  the  hethen  also  had  receaved  the 
worde  of  God.  When  Peter  was  come  vppe  to  Jerusalem/ 
they  off  the  circumcysion  -disputed  wyth  hym/  sayinge  :  Thou 
wcntcst  in  vnto  men  vncircumcised/  and  ^arest  with  them. 

Peter  began  and  expounde  the  thynge  in  order  to  them  sa- 
ynge  :  I  was  in  the  cite  of  Joppa  praynge/  and  in  a  traunce  I 
sawe  a  vision/  A  certen  vessell  descende  as  it  had  bene  a 
'*  large  lynnyn  clothe/  lett  doune  from  hevyn  by  the  fowcr  cor- 
ners/ And  hit  cam  to  me  :  into  the  which  when  I  had  fastened 
myn  eyes  I  considered  and  sawe  fowere  foted  beastes  off  the 
crth/  and  vermen  and  wormes/  and  foules  off  the  ayer.  I 
herde  also  a  voyce/  sayinge/  vnto  me :  Arise  Peter/  sley  and 
eate.  And  I  sayd  :  •''  God  forbyd  lorde/  for  nothynge  comen 
or  vnclene  hath  att  eny  tyme  entred  into  my  mought.  The 
voyce  answered  me  agayne  from  heven  count  not  thou  those 
thynges  comen/  which  God  hath  clensed.  And  this  was  done 
threy  tymes.     And  all  were  takyn  vppe  agayne  into  heven. 

And  beholde  immediatly  wer  ihre  men  come  vnto  the  housse 
where  I  was/  sent  from  Cesarca  vnto  me.  And  the  sprete 
sayde  vnto  me/  that  I  shulde  goo  with  them/  with  out  doutinge. 
morovcr  these  sixe  brethren  accompanyed  me.  And  we  en- 
tred into  the  mans  housse.  and  he  shewed  us/  how  he  had 
scne  an  angell  in  his  housse/  which  stode  and  sayde  to  hym. 
Send  men  to  Joppa/  and  call  for  Symon/  named  also  Peter 
he  shall  tell  the  wordes/  wherby  both  thou  and  all  thyn  housse 
shalbe  saved.  As  I  began  ^to  preach/  the  holy  goost  fell  on 
them/  as  he  dyd  on  vs  at  the  begynnynge.  Then  ^cam  to  my 
remembraunce  the  wordes  of  the  lorde/  howe  he  sayde  :  Jhon 
vcrely  baptised  with  wather/  butt  ye  shalbe  baptised  with  the 
holy  goost.     For  as  moche  then  as  God  gave  them  lyke  giftes/ 

■'^  Certaine  days,  Gen.  Bps.  '  And  the  apostles  and  brethren 

which  were,  etc.  lieard,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Reasoned,  T.  M. 

Contended,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Eatest,  T.  M,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ■'Great 

sheete,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Not  so,  Lorde,  Cr.  Gtn.  *  To  speake, 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  Remembered  I,  Gen.  Bps, 

W 


Sfo.  crv'oii]-  2ri)e  ^ctts  of  t\)t  Sfjpostlcs. 

as  he  dyd  vnto  us/  when  we  beleved  on  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ : 
what  was  I  that  I  ^  shulde  have  withstoude  God  ?  when  they 
herde  this/  they  helde  their  peace  and  gloryfied  God/  saynge  : 
Then  hath  God  also  to  the  gentylles  gitiunted  repentaimce 
unto  lyfe. 

The  which  were  scattiyd  abroade  thorowe  the  affliccion  that 
arose  aboute  Steven/  walked  thorowe  oute  tyll  they  cam  vnto 
Phenices  and  Cypers  and  Antioche/  preachynge  the  worde 
to  no  man/  butt  vnto  the  iewes  only.  Some  off  them  were 
men  off  Cypers  and  off  Syrene/  which  when  they  were  come 
into  Antioche/  spake  vnto  the  grekes/  and  preached  the  lorde 
Jesus.  And  the  honde  off  the  Lorde  was  with  them/  and 
a  greate  nombre  beleved  and  turned  vnto  the  lorde. 

Tydynges  off  this  cam  vnto  the  eares  off  the  congregacion^ 
which  was  in  Jenisalem/  and  they  sent  forthe  Barnabas  that 
he  shulde  go  vnto  Antioche.  Which  when  he  was  come/  and 
had  sene  the  grace  off  the  lorde/  was  glad/  and  exhorted  them 
all/  thati  with  purpose  off  hertt  they  woulde  ^  continually 
cleave  vnto  the  lorde.  For  he  was  a  perfaicte  man/  and  full  of 
the  holy  goost  and  off  faithe.  And  moche  people  ^'^  was  ad- 
ded vnto  the  lorde.  Then  departed  Barnabas  to  Tarsus/  for 
to  seke  Saul/  and  when  he  had  founde  him/  he  brought  him 
vnto  Antioche.  Yt  chaunsed  thatt  a  whole  yere  they  ^^  had 
their  conversacion  with  the  congregacion  there/  and  taught 
moche  people  in  somocho  tliatt  the  disciples  i~  off  Antioche 
wer  the  fyrst  that  wer  called  Christen. 

In  those  dayes  cam  prophetes  from  Jerusalem  vnto  Anti- 
oche/ Ther  stode  vppe  won  off  them  named  Agabus/  and  sig« 
nified  by  the  sprete/  that  there  shulde  be  gi'ett  derth  through- 
oute  all  the  woilde/  which  cam  tu  passe  ^^  in  the  emproure  Clau- 
dius dayes.  Then  the  disciples  every  man  accordinge  to  his  ha- 
bilite/  purposed  to  sende  ^'^  socour  vnto  the  brethren  which  dwelt 
in  iewry/  whych  thynge  they  also  did/  and  sent  it  to  the  sen- 
iours/  by  the  hondes  of  Barnabas  and  Saul. 

(Tt'c  pj.  CCljnptcv. 

FN  that  tyme  Herode  the  kynge  layed  hondes  on  certayne 
-*-  of  the  congregacion/  to  vexe  them.  He  kylled  James  the 
brotlier  off  Jhon  with  a  swerde  :  and  be  cause  he  sawe  that  it 

8  Could  let  God,  Gen.  ®  Continue  in,  Cov.  *"  .Joined  them- 

selves, Gen.         '^  Were  conversant  with,  Cr.  Gen.  '^  Were  first 

called  Christians  in  Antiochia,  Gen.  '^  Under  [In  the  days  of,  2?.] 
Claudius  Coesar,  Gen.  Bps.  '■*  An  hand  reaching,  Cov. 


Clje  Slctcs  of  tl)c  J3postlcs.  CTi).  vi'f- 

})leased  the  iewes/  he  preceded  forther/  to  take  Peter  also. 
^  Then  wer  the  dayes  of  -  vnlevended  breed/  and  when  he 
liad  caught  him/  he  put  hym  in  preson/  and  delyvercd  hym 
to  iiij.  quaternions  off  soudiers  to  be  kepte/  entendynge  after 
ester  to  biyngc  hym  forth  to  the  people.  Then  was  Peter 
kepte  in  preson.  But  Sprayer  was  made  with  out  ccasyngc 
off  the  congregacion  vnto  god  for  hym.  When  herod  wolde 
have  brought  hym  oute  vnto  the  people/  the  same  nyght  slepte/ 
Peter  bitwcne  ij.  soudiers/  bounde  with  two  chaynes/  And  the 
kepers  before  the  dore  kepte  the  preson. 

And  beholde  the  angell  off  tlie  lord  '•  was  there  present/ 
and  a  light  shyned  in  the  ^  lodge.  And  he  smote  Peter  on 
the  syde/  and  ^  steryd  him  vppe  sayinge  :  aiyse  vppe  quycly. 
And  the  cheynes  fell  of  from  his  hondes.  and  the  angell  sayd 
vnto  him  :  gyrde  thy  silfe  and  bynde  on  thy  "^  sandalles/  And 
so  he  dyd.  And  he  sayd  vnto  hym  :  cast  on  thy  ^  mantle 
uboute  the/  and  folowe  me.  And  he  cam  oute  and  folowed 
him/  and  wist  not/  that  it  was  truth  which  was  done  by  the 
angell/  butt  thought  he  had  sene  a  vision.  When  they  were 
past  the  fyrst  and  the  seconde  watche/  they  cam  vnto  the 
yeron  gate/  thatt  ledeth  vnto  the  cite/  which  opened  to  them  by 
his  awne  accorde.  And  they  went  oute  and  passed  thorowe 
won  stret/  and  by  and  by  the  angell  departed  from  hym. 

And  when  Peter  was  come  to  hym  silfe/  he  sayde :  nowe 
I  knowe  off  a  surety/  that  the  lorde  hath  sent  his  angell/  and 
hath  delyvered  me  from  the  honde  off  Hcrode/  and  from  all 
the  waytynge  fore  of  the  people  of  the  iewes.  And  as  he 
consydred  the  thynge/  he  came  to  the  housse  of  Mary  the  mo- 
ther of  one  Jhon/  which  9  was  called  marke  also/  where  many 
were  gaddered  to  gedder  in  prayer.  As  Peter  knocked  at 
the  entry  dore/  a  damsell  cam  forth  to  herken/  named  Rhoda. 
And  w'hen  she  knewe  Peters  voyce/  she  openned  nott  the  en- 
try for  gladnes/  but  ran  in  and  tolde  howe  Peter  stode  before 
the  entrey.  And  they  sayd  vnto  her  :  thou  arte  mad.  ^^  and 
she  bare  them  doune  that  hit  was  even  so.  Then  sayde  they  : 
it  is  hys  angell.  Peter  contynued  knockynge.  When  they 
had  openned  the  dore/  and  sawe  him/  they  were  astonyd. 
He  bekened  vnto  them  with  his  honde  to  holde  their  peace/ 

'  But  it   was   Easter,  Cot.  '  Swete   bread,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps. 

^Earnest  prayer  was  made  of  the,  etc,  Gen.  ''Came  upon  them,  Gen. 
'=>  Habitation,  Or.     House,  Gen.    Preson,  Bps.  ®  Waked,  Coc. 

Raised,  6'f7i.  '  Shoes,  Cob.         *  Garment,  Cr.  Gen.  i?/>5.         ^Af- 

ter his  surname  was  called  Marke,  Cor.  '"  And  she  abode  by  it, 

Cac.  Yet  slie  atlirmed,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.     G.  adds — constantly. 


Sfo.  cpvf):.  Eite  J3ctcs  of  t\>c  Stpostlfs. 

and  tolde  them  by  what  meanes  the  lorde  had  brought  hyra 
oute  of  preson.  And  sayde  :  goo  shewe  thys  vnto  James  and 
to  the  brethren.   And  he  departed  and  went  into  another  place. 

As  sone  as  ytt  was  daye  there  was  ^^  not  lytell  a  doo  anionge 
the  soudiers/  what  was  becum  off  Peter.  When  Herode  had 
12  called  for  hym/  and  founde  him  not/  he  examyned  the  ke- 
pers/  and  commaunded  ^•'  to  departe.  And  he  descended  from 
Jewry  to  Cesarea/  and  there  abode.  Herode  *^  was  displeas- 
ed with  them  off  Tyre  and  Sydon.  And  they  cam  all  at  once-* 
and  1^  made  inteicession  vnto  blastus  the  kynges  chamberlein/ 
and  desired  peace/  because  their  countrey  was  norysshed  be 
the  kynges  londe.  Apon  a  daye  apoynted/  ^"^  the  kynge 
arayed  hyra  in  royall  apparell/  and  set  hym  in  his  ^"^  seate/ 
and  made  an  oraeion  vnto  them.  And  the  people  gave  a 
shute/  sayinge  :  ^^  It  is  the  voyce  of  a  god  and  not  of  a  man. 
And  immediatly  the  angell  of  the  lorde  smote  him/  be  cause 
he  gave  not  God  the  honoure/  and  he  was  eatyn  of  wormes/ 
and  gave  vppe  the  goost. 

The  worde  of  God  grewe  and  multiplied.  And  Barnabas 
and  Saul  returned  ^^  to  Jerusalem/  and  ^  fulfilled  their  officer 
and  toke  with  them  Jhon/  which  was  also  called  Marcus. 

^^HERE  were  at  antioche/  in  the  congregacion/  prophetes 
and  1  doctours/  as  Barnabas  and  Symon/  called  Nyger/ 
And  lucius  of  cerene/  and  Manahen  ^  Herode  the  tetxcirkes 
norsfelowe/  and  Saul.  As  they  ^  served  God/  and  fasted/ 
The  holy  gost  sayd  :  seperat  me  Barnabas  and  Saul/  for  the 
worke  where  vnto  I  have  called  them.  Then  fasted  they  and 
prayed/  and  put  their  hondes  on  them/  and  lett  them  goo. 
And  they  after  they  were  sent  of  the  holy  gost/  cam  vnto  se- 
leutia/  and  from  thence  they  sayled  to  cyprus.  And  when 
they  wer  come  to  salamine/  they  ■*  shewed  the  woi-de  off  god 
in  the  sinagoges/  vnto  the  iewes.  And  they  had  Jhon  to  their 
minister. 

When  they  had  gone  over  all  the  yle  vnto  the  cite  of  Pa* 

»  No  small  trouble,  Gen.  i*  Sought,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >3  Them 
to  be  caryed  away,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Them  to  be  punished.  Gen. 
'■*  Intended  to  make  warre  against.  Gen.  '*  Perswaded  Blastus,  Gen. 
'®  Herode,    T.  M.   Cr.   Gen.  Bps.  "  Judgment-seat,  Cr.  Gen.. 

'*The  voice  of  God,  Gen.  '*  From,  Gen.  *  Delivered  the 

hand-reaching,  Cov.  '  Teachers,  ^ill  the  Vers.  *  Which 

had  been  brought  up    [nourished    up,  B.]  with  Herode,  Gen.  Bps. 
5  Ministred  to  the  Lorde,  .4/i  the  Vers.  *  Preached,  Gen.  Bps. 


Cjjc  Stctcs  of  tljc  Sljjostlrs.  (t]).  ]:U]. 

phos/  they  founde  a  certayne  sorsereiv  a  falce  prophet  whicli 
was  a  iewe/  named  Bariesu/  which  was  with  the  ^  rucler  off 
the  countre  won  Sergius  Paulus  a  prudent  man.  the  same  ru- 
ler called  vnto  hym  Barnabas  and  Saul/  and  desired  to  heare 
the  wordc  of  god  The  Sorserar  Elemas  (for  so  was  his  name 
by  interpretacion)  with  stode  them/  and  sought  to  turne  awayc 
the  rueler  from  the  faith.  Then  Saule  which  also  is  called 
Paul  beinge  full  ofl'  the  holy  goost/  set  hys  eyes  on  hym/  an<l 
sayde :  O  full  off  all  sutelte  and  ^  disseytfalnes  the  chylde  off 
the  devyll/  and  the  enemye  of  all  righteousnes  '  thou  ceasest 
not  to  pervert  the  strayght  wayes  off  the  lorde.  And  nowe 
beholde  the  honde  off  the  lorde  is  upon  the/  and  thou  shalt  bo 
blinde  and  not  se  the  sunnc  for  a  season/  And  immediatly  fell 
on  hym  a  myste  and  a  darknes/  And  he  went  about  sekynge/ 
them  that  shulde  leade  hym  by  the  lionde.  Then  the  rueler 
when  he  sawe  what  had  hapcned/  bcleved/  and  ^  wondred  at 
the  doctryne  of  the  lorde. 

When  Paule  and  they  that  were  with  hym/  had  ^  shypped 
from  Paphus/  they  cam  to  Perga  a  cite  of  Pamphilia.  There 
departed  Jhon  from  them/  and  returned  to  Jerusalem.  Butt 
"^  they  wandred  thorowe  the  countres/  from  Perga  to  Antioche 
a  cite  in  the  countre  of  Pisidia/  and  went  in  to  the  synagogc 
on  the  saboth  daye/  and  sate  doune.  After  the  lectur  of  the 
lawe  and  the  prophetcs/  the  ruelers  of  the  synagogc  sent  vnto 
them  saynge  :  Ye  men  and  brethren/  yf  ye  have  eny  ^'  ser- 
mon to  exhorte  the  people/  say  on 

Paul  stode  vppe  and  beckened  with  his  honde  and  sayde  : 
Men  off  Ismhel/  and  ye  that  feare  God/  geve  audience.  The 
God  off  this  people  ^^  chose  oure  fathers/  and  exalted  the  peo- 
ple/ when  they  dwelt  ^-^  [as  straungers]  in  the  londc  of  Eg\"pt/ 
and  with  a  '^  mighty  arme  brought  them  outt  off  it/  and  aboute 
the  tyme  off  .xl.  yeares  suffred  he  their  manors  in  the  wilder- 
nes.  And  destroyed  vij.  nacions  in  the  londe  of  Canaan/  and 
<levided  their  londe  to  them  by  Lott.  And  afterwarde  he  gave 
vnto  them  iudges  aboute  the  space  of  .iiij  c.  and  .1,  yeres  vnto 
the  tyme  off  Samuel  the  prophet.  And  after  that  they  desyr- 
ed  a  kynge/  and  God  gave  vnto  them  Saul  the  sonne  off  Cis/ 
a  man  off  the  tribe  of  Beniamin/  by  the  space  off  xl.  years. 

*  Deputie,  Gen.  Bps.   [So  post.]  ^  All  mischiefe,  Gen.  Bps. 

^  Wilt  thou  not  cease  to  pervert  the  straite  [ryghtc,  B  ]  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
*  Was  astonied,  Gen.  ^  Departed  by  shippe,  Coc.  T.  M.  Gen.  De- 
parted, Bps.  '"  When  they  departed  from  Perga,  they  came.  Gen. 
Bps.  "  Word  of  exhortation  for,  Gen.     Worde   to  exhorte,  Bps, 

"  Gen.  Bps.  add — of  Israel.         "  (jg„  omits.         '^  Hj-e,  Cr.  Gen.  Bfs, 

w* 


Sfo.  cjrjrjr.  ffije  ^ctcs  of  tfjc  Apostles. 

And  after  he  had  ^^  putt  hym  doune/  he  set  vppe  David  to  be 
their  kynge/  ^'^  to  whome  he  gave  witnes/  saynge  :  I  have 
founde  David  the  sonne  of  Jesse/  a  man  after  myne  awne 
hertz  he  he  ^"  shall  fulfyll  all  my  will. 

Of  this  manes  sede  hath  God  (according  to  his  promes) 
'^  brought  forth  to  the  people  off  Israel  a  savour/  won  Jesus/ 
when  Jhon  had  fyrst  preached  before  his  commynge  the  bap- 
tim  off  repentaunce  to  ^^  Israhel.  When  Jhon  had  fulfylled 
his  course/  he  sayde  :  -**  Whome  ye  thynke  that  I  am  ?  -^  the 
same  am  I  not/  but  beholde  there  cometh  won  after  me/  whose 
shewes  of  his  fete  I  am  not  worthy  to  lose. 

Ye  men  and  brethren/  childeren  off  the  generacion  of  Abra- 
ham/ and  whosoever  amonge  you  feareth  God/  to  you  is  this 
worde  of  helth  sent.  The  inhabiters  of  Jerusalem/  and  their 
ruelei*s  because  they  knewe  hym  nott/  nor  yet  the  ^^  voyces 
of  the  prophetcs  which  are  redde  everj'  saboth  daye/  have  ful- 
fylled them  in  condcmpnyngc  hym  And  when  they  founde 
no  cause  of  deeth  in  hym/  yet  desired  they  Pilate  ^-^  to  kyll 
him.  And  when  they  had  fulfylled  all  that  were  written  of 
hym/  they  toke  hym  doune  from  the  tree  and  putt  him  in  a 
sepulcre  :  But  God  rayscd  him  agayne  from  deeth/  -■*  and  he 
was  sene  many  dayes  of  them/  which  cam  with  hym  from 
galile  to  Jerusalem  which  are  his  witnesses  vnto  the  people. 

And  we  declare  vnto  you/  ^^  howe  that  the  promes  made 
vnto  the  fathers/  god  hath  nowe  fulfylled  vnto  vs  the  children/ 
in  that  he  reysed  vppe  Jesus  agayne/  even  as  it  is  written  in 
the  26  fyrste  psalme  :  Thou  arte  my  sonne/  this  same  daye  be- 
gat I  the.  As  concernynge  that  he  so  reysed  hym  vppe  from 
deeth/  nowe  no  more  to  returne  to  ^'^  corrupcion/  he  sayd  on 
this  wyse  :  -^  The  holy  promyses  made  to  David  I  will  kepe 
faithfully,  Wherfore  he  saith  also  in  another  place  :  Thou 
shallt  not  sotfre  thy  "^^  saincte  to  se  corrupcion.  For  David 
after  he  had  "'^  in  his  tyme  fulfilled  the  will  of  god/  he  slepte/ 

'^  Taken  him  away,  Gch.     Removed  him,  Bps.  '*  Of  whom  he 

reported,  T.  .¥.  Cr.  Bps.  ''  Will  doe  all  thii)£^  that  I  will,  Gen. 

**  Raised  up  to  Israel  the  Saviour  Jesus,  Grn.  '"  G(n  Bps.  add — 
all   tlie  people  of.  ^  I  am   not  he  that  ye  take  me  for,  Cov. 

^'  I  am  not  he,  Ge?i.  Bps.  **  Wordes,  Gen.  ^'^  That  he  shulde 

be  slaine,  Bps.  **  Cr.  adds — (the  thyrd  day.)  -^  Bps.  adds — 

glad  tidinges.  ^  Seconde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  The  grave,  Gen. 

28  The  grace  promised  to  David  will  I  faithfully  keep  unto  you,  Cov. 
I  will  give  you  the  holy  things  of  David  which  are  faithful,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  Holy  one.  Ml  the  Vers.  ^  In  his  time  served,  etc. 

Cov.     Served  his  time  by  the  counsell  [will,  B.}  of  God,  Gen.  Bps, 


(tf)c  slctcs  of  t\>t  0j)ostlfs.  CI),  vfif- 

and  was  layd  with  hys  fathers/  and  sawc  coiTupcion.     Butt  he 
whom  god  reyscd  agayne/  sawe  no  corrupcion. 

Be  hit  knowne  vnto  you  thcrfore  ye  men  and  brethren/  that 
thorowe  this  man  is  preached  vnto  you  the  forgevenes  of  sinnes/ 
3^  And  by  him  are  all  that  beleve  iustified  from  all  thynges 
from  the  which  ye  couldc  nott  be  iustified  by  the  lawe  otf  Mo- 
ses. Be  ware  therfore  lest  that  fall  on  you/  which  is  spoken 
off  in  the  prophetes  :  Beholde  ye  despisers/  and  wonder/  and 
3-  perishe  ye  :  for  I  do  a  worke  in  youre  dayes/  which  yc 
shall  not  beleve/  ^^yf  a  man  wolde  declare  it  you. 

When  34  the  Jewes  wer  gone  oute  of  the  35  Sinagog/  the 
gcntyls  besought  them  that  they  wolde  preache  ^s  the  worde  of 
god  to  them  ^'^  bitwene  the  saboth  dayes.  When  the  congrega- 
cion  was  broken  vppe/  many  of  the  iewes  and  ^8  verteous  pro- 
selites  folowed  Paul  and  Barnabas/  which  spake  to  them  and 
exliorted  them  to  continue  in  the  grace  off  God.  And  the 
nexte  saboth  daye  cam  Almoste  the  whole  cite  to  gedder  to 
heare  the  worde  off  God.  When  the  iewes  sawe  the  people/ 
they  were  full  off  ^9  indignacion  and  spake  agaynst  those 
thinges  which  wer  spoken  off  Paul/  '^*'  They  spake  agaynst  it/ 
and  dispraysed  it/  raylinge  on  it.  Then  Paul  and  Barnabas 
we.xed  bolde/  and  sayde  :  "^^  it  was  mete  that  the  worde  off 
God  shulde  fyrst  have  bene  preached  to  you/  Butt  seinge  ye 
putt  it  from  you/  and  '^'^  thynke  youre  selfes  onworthy  off  ever- 
lastynge  lyfc/  loo/  we  tourne  to  the  gentyls.  For  so  hath  the 
lorde  commaunded  vs  :  I  have  made  the  a  lyght  to  the  gen- 
tyls/ that  thou  be  helth  vnto  the  ende  of  the  worlde. 

The  gentyls  herde/  and  were  glad  and  glorified  the  worde 
of  the  lorde/  and  beleved  even  as  many  as  wer  ordened  vnto 
eternall  lyfe.  And  the  worde  off  the  lorde  was  ''^  puplisshed 
thorowe  oute  all  the  region.  Butt  the  iewes  moved  the  ^^  wor- 
shypfuU  and  ''^  honorable  wemen/  and  the  chefe  men  of  the 
cite.  And  reysed  persecucion  agaynst  Paul  and  Barnabas/ 
And  expelled  them  oute  off  their  costes.     But  they  shuke  of 

^'  And  from  all  things  whereby  ye  might  not  be  justified  in  the  law 
of  Moses.  But  whosoever  bclieveth  on  this  man  is  justified,  Coc. 
•^*  Vanish  away,  Gcii.  ^^  Though  a  man  declare  it  to  you  plainly, 

Bj)S.         3-*  They  were  come  out  of  the  synagogue  of  the  Jews,  Gen. 
Bps.         2*  Congregation,  Cr.  3'' These  wordes  [The  worde.  T.M. 

C]  to  them,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Dps.  ^7  xhe  Saboth  folowynge,  Tar. 

The  next  Saboth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Proselytes  th  it  feared  God,  Gcu. 
•*^  Envie,  Gen.  •"*  Speaking  against  [Contrarj^ing,  G.  Against  it, 

C]  and  ray  ling  on  it,  T.  M.  Cr.   Gen.  Bps.  ■"  It  behoved.  Cor. 

It  was  necessary.  Gen.  Bps.  *^  Judge,  Gen.         *''  Spread  abroad, 

Cov.  **  Devoute,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  Honest,  Cr.  Bps.  [So 

ch.  xvii.  12.] 


^0.  cjrjrjrj.  E'itt  Strtcs  of  Hje  atpostlcs. 

the  duste  of  their  fete  agaynst  them/  and  cam  vnto  Iconium, 
And  the  disciples  wer  fylled  with  ioye  and  with  the  holy  goost. 


STljc  v'fff-  ©Ijnptcv. 


H' 


[IT  fortuned  in  iconium  that  they  went  both  to  gedder  in  to 
the  Sinagoge  of  the  iewes/  and  so  spake/  that  a  gret  mul- 
titude both  off  the  iewes  and  also  off  the  grekes  beleved.  Butt 
the  unbelevinge  iewes/  steryd  vppe  and  ^  vnquyeted  the 
myndes  off  the  gentyles  agaynste  'the  brethren.  Longe  time 
a  bode  they  their  and  ^  quit  them  selves  boldly  with  the  helpe 
of  the  lorde/  the  which  gave  testimony  vnto  the  worde  off  hys 
grace/  and  causyd  signes  and  wonders  to  be  done  by  their 
hondes.  The  people  off  the  cite  were  devided  :  and  ^  parte 
helde  with  the  iewes/  and  parte  wyth  the  apostles. 

When  there  ^  was  a  saute  made  both  of  the  gentyls  and  also 
of  the  iewes  with  their  rulers/  to  ^  put  them  to  shame  and  to 
stone  them/  they  wer  ware  of  it/  and  fled  vnto  listra  and  derba/ 
cites  ofFLicaonia/  and  vnto  the  region  that  lycth  rounde  abouter 
and  there  preached  the  gospell.^  And  there  sate  a  certayne 
man  at  listra  "^  weake  in  his  fete/  beinge  ^  halt  from  his  mo- 
thers woombe/  and  never  walkyd.  The  same  horde  Paul 
preache/  which  bchelde  hym  and  perceaved  that  he  had  faith 
to  be  ^  whole/  and  sayd  with  a  loude  voyce  :  stonde  vppe  right 
on  thy  fete.  And  he  ^^stert  vppe/  and  walked,  when  the 
people  sawe  what  Paul  had  done/  they  lifte  vp  their  voyces/ 
sayinge  in  the  speache  of  Lycaonia  :  Goddes  are  come  douno 
to  vs  in  the  lyknes  off  men.  And  they  called  Barnabas/  Ju- 
piter/ And  Paul  Mercurius/  be  cause  he  was  the  '^preacher. 
Then  Jupiters  presto/  which  dwelt  before  their  cite/  brought 
^■2  oxen  and  garlondes  vnto  the  ^^  churche  porche/  and  wolde 
have  done  sacrifise  with  the  people. 

When  the  aposdes/  Barnabas  and  Paul  herde  that/  they  rent 
their  clothes/  and  ran  in  amonge  the  people/  cryinge  and  say- 
inge :  ^^  Syrs/  why  do  ye  this  ?     We  are  ^^  men  lyke  vnto 


'  Corrupted,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Spake  boldly  in  the  Lorde,  Gni. 

^  Some  were  with,  etc.  and  some,  Gen.  ■*  Rose  up  an  insurrec- 

tion, Cov.  *  Do  them  violence,  Cr.  Gen.  Fyps.  ^  Cr.  r.dds — 

and  all  the  multitude  was  moved  at  their  doctrine,  but  Paul  and  Bar- 
nabas taryed  styl  at  Lystra.  ''■  Impotent,  Gen.  **  A  creple, 
Ml  the  Vers.  "  Healed,  Gen.  '°  Sprang  up,  Cov.  Leaped  up, 
Gen.  "  Chiefe  speaker,  6V;i.  i?/>s.  '- Bulles,  G'c/i.  '^Porche, 
Cr.  Gates,  G'cn.  Door,  Bps.  ''' O  men,  Gcw.  '*  Mortal  men, 
T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.     Men  subject  to  tiie  like  passions  that  ye  be,  Gen. 


Cljc  Stctea  of  t|)c  atpostles.  fft).  vt*- 

you/  and  preache  vnto  you/  that  ye  shuldc  tume  from  these 
^^  vanities  vnto  the  lyvynge  god/  which  made  heven  crth  and 
the  see  and  all  that  in  them  is/  the  which  in  times  past  sulTred 
all  '■''  nacions  to  walke  in  their  owne  waycs.  Neverthelesse 
he  lefte  not  hym  silfe  with  oiUen  witnes/  in  that  ^^  he  shewed 
his  benefaictes/  in  gevynge  vs  rayne  from  heven  and  frutfull 
ceasons/  fyllinge  oure  hertes  with  fode  and  gladnes.  And 
with  these  sayingcs/  scase  rcfrayned  they  the  people/  thatt 
tliey  had  not  done  sacrifice  vnto  them. 

Thether  cam  certayne  icwes  from  Antioch  and  Iconiuni/ 
and  1^  optayned  the  peoples  consent  and  stoned  Paul/  and 
drew  hym  oute  of  the  cite/  supposynge  he  had  bene  deed. 
As  the  disciples  stode  rounde  aboute  hym/  he  arose  vppe  and 
cam  into  the  cite.  And  the  nexte  daye  departed  with  Barnabas 
to  Derba.  After  they  had  preached  to  that  cite,  and  taught 
many/  they  returned  agayne  to  Listra/  and  to  Iconium  and 
Antioche/  and  -'^  strengthed  the  disciples  soules/  exhortinge 
them  to  continue  in  the  faith/  aftyrminge  that  we  muste  throwe 
21  moche  adversite  entre  into  the  kyngdom  of  god.  And  when 
tliey  had  ordened  them  seniours  by  eleccion  in  every  eongre- 
gacion/  after  they  had  preyde  and  fasted/  they  commended 
them  to  2"2  god  on  whom  they  beleved. 

And  they  went  over  all  Pisidia  and  cam  into  pamphilia/  and 
wlien  they  had  preached  the  worde  of  god  in  perga/  they  de- 
scended in  to  Attalia/  and  thence  ^  departed  by  shippe  to  An- 
tioche/ from  whence  they  -"*  wer  dely vered  vnto  the  grace  of 
god/  to  the  worke  whiche  they  had  fulfilled,  When  they  wer 
come  and  had  gaddered  the  congregaoion  to  gedder/  they  re- 
harsed  all  that  god  had  done  by  them/  and  howe  he  had  open- 
ed the  dore  of  faith  vnto  the  gentyls.  And  there  they  abode 
longe  tyme  >vith  the  disciples. 

STIje  x'o.  fftaptcr. 

A  ND  there  cam  certayne  from  iewry  and  taught  the  breth- 
"^  ren  :  excepte  ye  be  circumcysed  after  the  maner  of  Mo- 
ses ye  can  not  be  saved.     Then  •  arose  there  dissencion  and 

16  Vaine  idols,  Gen.  "  The  Gentiles,  Gcti.  "*  He  shew- 

ed his  benefits  from  heaven,  in  giving  us  raine,  Cr.  Bps.  He  did  goode 
and  gave  us,  Gen.  ^^  When  tliey  liad  persuaded  the  people,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Confirming  the  disciples  hearts.  Gen.  *'  Much 

tribulation,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Many  afflictions.  Gen.  **  The  Lorde, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Sailed,  Gen.  "■•  Were  committed,  Cr.  Bps. 

Had  been  commended,  Gen.         '  There  was  great  dissension,  etc.  G'c;i. 


Sfo.  cpn'if.  JTljc  SJctcs  of  tije  ^jpostles. 

disputynge  not  a  little  vnto  Paul  and  Barnabas  agaynste  them. 
And  they  ^  determined  that  Paul  and  Barnabas  and  certayne 
other  of  them  shulde  ascende  to  Jerusalem  vnto  the  apostles 
and  seniours  aboute  this  question.  ^  After  they  were  brought 
on  their  waye  by  the  congregacion/  they  passed  over  Pheni- 
ces  and  Samaria/  declarynge  the  ''  conversacion  off  the  gen- 
tyls/  and  they  brought  gret  ioye  vnto  all  the  brethren.  When 
they  were  come  to  Jerusalem  they  were  rcceaved  of  the  con- 
gi'egacion  and  of  the  apostles  and  seniours.  And  they  de-> 
clared  what  thynges  God  had  done  by  them.  Then  arose 
there  vppe  certayne  of  the  secte  of  the  pharises/  which  dyd 
beleve  sayinge  thatt  itt  was  nedfuU  to  circumcise  them  and  to 
^  inioyne  them  to  kepe  the  lawe  of  Moses.  The  apostles  and 
seniours  cam  to  gedder  to  ^  reason  of  this  matter. 

When  there  was  moche  disputynge/  Peter  rose  vppe  and 
sayd  vnto  them  :  Ye  men  and  brethren/  ye  knowe  howe  that 
a  goode  while  agoo/  God  chose  "  amonge  vs  that  the  gentyls 
by  my  mouthe  shulde  here  the  worde  off  the  gospell  and  be- 
leve. And  God  which  knoweth  the  herte/  bare  ^  them  witnes/ 
and  gave  vnto  them  the  holy  gost  even  as  he  dyd  vnto  vs/ 
And  he  putt  no  difference  betwene  them  and  vs/  9  and  with 
faj'-th  purified  their  hertes.  Nowe  therfore  why  tempte  ye 
God/  thatt  ye  wolde  putt  a  yoke  on  the  disciples  neckes  v/hich 
nether  cure  fathers  nor  we  were  able  to  beare  :  Butt  we  be- 
leve thatt  thorow  the  grace  of  the  Lorde  Jesu  Christ  we  shalbe 
saved  as  they  doo.  Then  all  the  multitude  ^^  was  peased  and 
gave  audience  to  Barnabas  and  Paul  which  tolde  what  signes 
and  wondres  God  had  shewed  amonge  the  gentyls  by  them. 

As  sone  as  they  helde  their  peace/  James  answered  sayinge  : 
Men  and  brethren  herken  vnto  me/  Simeon  tolde  howe  God 
^^  at  the  beginninge  ^^  dyd  visit  the  gentyls/  ^^  and  receaved  of 
them  people  vnto  his  name,  and  to  this  agreith  the  w'ordes  of 
the  prophetes/  as  it  is  written :  After  this  I  will  returne/  and 
will  bylde  agayne  the  tabernacle  of  David  which  is  fallen 
doune/  and  ^"^that  wich  is  fallen  in  dekey  of  it  will  I  bilde  a 
gayne  and  I  will  set  it  vppe/  that  the  residue  of  men  myght 

^  Ordcined,  Cov.  Gen.  ^  Thus  being  sent  forth,  Gen.  *  Con- 
version. T.M.  Cr.  Grn.  *  Command,  Gen.Bps.  "Look  to.  Gen. 
Consider,  Bps.  '  Gen.  adds — out  vie.  *  Witnesse  over  tliem, 

Con.  ^  Seeing  that  with  fayth,  he,  etc.  Cr.  After  that  by  faith,  he, 
etc.  Gen.  lo  Ke])t  silence  and  hearde  [Gave  audience  to,  B  ],  Gen, 
Bps.  "  First,  Gen.  '^  Visited  to  receive  a  people  unto  his  name 
from  among  the  heathen,  Cov.  '^  To  receive  of  them,  Cr.  Bps. 

To  take  of  them,  Gen.  '■*  The  ruins  thereof^  Gen. 


5rf)c  ^[ctcs  of  t\)c  Plpostlrs.  ^Ij.  y'o. 

seke  after  the  Lordc/  and  also  the  gentyls  vppon  whom  my 
name  is  called  on  say  th  the  lorde/  which  doth  all  these  thynges  : 
knowne  vnto  God  are  all  hys  werkes  from  the  hcginninge  of 
the  worlde.  Wherfore  my  sentence  is/  that  we  trouhle  not 
them  which  of  the  gentyls  arc  turned  to  God :  but  that  we 
write  vnto  them  that  they  abstayne  them  selves  from  filthines 
of  j-magcs/  from  fornicacion/  from  stranglyd/  and  from  bloude. 
For  INIoses  of  olde  tyme  in  eveiy  cite  hath  them  that  ])reachc 
hym/  and  he  is  rcede  in  the  svnagogcs  every  saboth  dayc. 

Then  ^^  pleased  it  the  apostles  and  seniours  with  the  whole 
congregacion  to  send  chosyn  men  of  their  owne  company  to 
Antioche  with  Paul  and  Barnabas.  They  sent  Judas  called 
also  Barsabas  and  Silas  which  were  chefe  men  among  the 
brethren  and  i^gave  them  letters  in  their  hondes  after  this 
maner. 

The  apostles/  seniours  and  brethren  ^^  send  gi-etynges  vnto 
the  brethren  which  are  of  the  gentyls  in  Antioche  Siria  and 
cilicia/  For  as  moche  as  we  have  herde  thatt  certayne  wich 
departed  from  vs/  have  troubled  you  with  wordes/  and  com- 
bred  youre  myndes  sayinge  :  Ye  must  be  circumcised/  and 
kepe  the  lawe/  to  whom  we  gave  no  soche  commaundment. 
It  semed  therfore  to  vs  a  good  thynge/  when  we  were  come 
to  gedder  with  won  accorde/  to  sende  chosyn  men  vnto  you/ 
with  oure  beloved  Barnabas  and  Paul/  men  that  have  ^^  ieop- 
erded  theyre  lives/  for  the  name  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 
We  have  sent  therfore  Judas  and  Sylas/  which  shall  alsoo  tell 
you  the  same  thynges  by  mouth.  For  hitt  semed  goode  to 
the  holy  gost  and  to  vs  to  ^"^  putt  no  grevous  thynge  to  you 
more  then  these  necessary  thynges/  that  is  to  saye  that  ye  ab- 
stayne from  thynges  offered  vnto  the  ymages/  from  bloud/ 
from  strangled/  and  fornicacion.  From  which  if  ye  kepe 
youre  selves/  ye  shall  do  well.     Soo  fare  ye  well. 

when  they  were  departed/  they  cam  to  Antioche  and  gad- 
dred  the  multitude  to  gedder  and  delivered  the  pistle.  When 
they  had  redde  it/  they  reioysed  off*  that  consolacion.  Judas 
and  Sylas  beinge  prophetcs/  exhorted  the  people  ^^  with  moche 
preachynge/  and  strengthed  them.  After  they  hadde  taiyed 
there  a  certayne  space/  they  were  lett  goo  in  peace  off"  the 
brethren  vnto  the  aposUes.  Notwithstondynge  it  pleasyd  Sy- 
las to  abyde  there  still.     Paul  and  Barnabas  continued  in  An- 

'*  It  seemed  good  to,  Gen.  *®  Wrote  letters  by  them,  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Wish  liealth,  Cov.  '*  Given  up,  Gen.  '^  Charge  you  with 

no  more.  etc.  Cr.    Lay  no  more    [no  greater,  J5  ]  burthen  upon  you. 
Gen.  Bps.         ""  With  many  words,  Gen. 


jffo.  cviCFfff.  Et)c  atctes  of  ttc  afpostlcs. 

tioche  teachynge/  and  preachyngc  the  worde  of  the  lorde 
whith  other  many. 

Butt  after  a  certayne  space  Paul  sayde  vnto  Barnabas :  Lett 
vs  goo  agayne  and  visite  our  brethren  in  every  cite/  where  we 
have  ^^  shewed  the  worde  of  the  lorde '  and  se  howe  they  do, 
Barnabas  gave  counsell/  to  take  with  them  Jhon  called  also 
Marke  :  But  Paul  ^^  thought  it  not  mete  to  take  him  vnto  theyr 
company  whiche  departed  from  them  at  Pamphylia/  and  went 
nott  with  them  to  the  worke,  ^3  gQQ  sharp  was  the  ^^  dissen- 
cion  bitwene  them/  that  they  departed  asunder  won  from  the 
other.  And  Barnabas  toke  Marke  and  sayled  vnto  Cypers. 
Paul  chose  Sylas  and  departed  ^5  delivered  off  the  brethren 
vnto  the  grace  of  God.  And  he  went  thorowe  all  Cyria  and 
Cilicia/  stablisshynge  the  congregacions.-^ 

SrtJc  T^bf-  ffit)nptcr. 

nPHEN  cam  he  to  Derba  and  to  Listra/  and  beholde  a  cer- 
tayne  discyple  was  there  named  Thimotheus  a  womana 
Sonne  whych  was  a  icwas  and  beleved/  but  his  father  was  a 
greke  of  whom  reported  well  the  brethren  of  Listra/  and  Icon- 
ium.  Paul  wolde  thatt  he  shulde  goo  forth  with  hym/  and 
toke  and  circumcised  hym  because  of  the  iewes  which  were 
ill  those  quarters/  for  they  knewe  all  thatt  his  father  was  a 
greke.  As  they  went  thorow  the  cites/  they  delivered  them 
the  ^  decrees  for  to  kepe/  ^  ordeyned  off  the  apostles  and  sen- 
iours  which  were  at  Jerusalem.  So  were  the  congregaciona 
stablisshed  in  the  faith/  and  encreased  in  noumbre  dayly. 

When  they  had  goone  thorowe  out  Phrigia  and  the  region 
of  Galacia/  and  were  forbidden  oif  the  holy  goost  to  preach  "^  in 
Asia/  they  cam  to  Misia/  and  sought  to  goo  into  Bethinia/  and 
the  sprete  soffered  them  not.  When  they  had  gone  over  Misia/ 
they  cam  doune  to  Troada  and  a  vision  apered  to  Paul  in  the 
nyght.  There  stode  a  man  off  Macedonia  and  prayed  hym 
saynge  :  Come  into  Macedonia  and  helpe  vs.  After  he  had 
sene  the  vision  immediately  we  prepared  to  goo  into  Mace- 
donia ■*  certified  tliat  the  lorde  had  called  vs  forto  preache  the 


*'  Preached,  Gen.    Uttered,  Bps.  **  Would  not  take,  Cr.  Bpg. 

^  Tlieu   were   they   so  stirred,   Gen.  **  Contention,  Cr.  Bps. 

^  Committed,  Cor.  Cr.  Bps      Commended,  Grn.  *®  Cr.  adds — 

commandyng  to   keepe   the   precepts  of  the  Apostles  and  Elders. — 
'  Sentence,  (or.  ■'  Concluded,  Cor.  ^ .ill  the  J'ers.  add — the 

worde.  ■•  Being  assured,  Gen.     Gathering  by  conference,  Bps. 


Z^t  Slctes  of  t!)c  SIpostlcs.  (Tf).  ^bf. 

gospell  vnto  thom.  Then  ^  losed  we  forth  from  Troada/  and  with 
a  stray ght  course  cam  wc  to  Samothracia/  the  ncxte  dayc  to 
Neapoliin/  and  from  tlicnce  to  Philippos/  which  is  the  chefest 
cite  in  tlie  parttes  of  Macetlonia  ^  a  fro  cite. 

We  were  in  that  cite  abidiiige  a  certayne  daycs/  and  on  the 
saboth  daycs  we  went  outc  of  the  cite  besydcs  a  river  where 
men  wei'o  wont  to  praye/  and  we  sate  doune  and  sptdic  vnto 
the  women  whicli  thltlicr  resorted.  And  a  certayne  woman 
named  Lidia/  a  seller  olf  purple/  of  the  cite  off  Thiatira  which 
worshyppcd  (xod/  '^  gave  vs  audience/  whose  hert  god  openned 
that  slie  attended  vnto  tlie  thynges  which  Paul  spake.  When 
she  was  baptised/  and  licr  houssoldc/  she  besougiit  vs  sayinge : 
Yf  ye  '^  thynkc  thatl  I  beleve  on  die  lorde  come  into  my 
housse/  and  abide  there.     And  she  constrayned  vs. 

Hit  fortuned  as  wc  went  to  prayer/  a  certayn  dam  sell  ^  pos- 
sessed with  a  sprete  ^^  that  prophesyed  met  vs/  which  brought 
1^  her  master  and  mastrcs  moche  vauntage  with  ^'■^  prophesy- 
inge.  The  same  followed  Paul  and  vs  sayinge  :  These  men 
are  the  servauntes  of  the  most  hyc  god/  which  shewe  vnto  vs 
the  waye  of  helth.  And  this  did  she  many  deyes.  Butt  Paul 
'^  nott  content  turned  about  and  sayd  to  the  sprete :  I  com- 
maundc  the  in  die  name  off  Jesu  Christ  that  thou  come  out  off 
her.  and  he  cam  out  the  same  lioure. 

When  her  master  and  mastres  sawe  that  the  hope  of  their 
gaynes  was  gone/  they  caught  Paul  and  Silas/  and  bi'ought 
them  into  the  market  place  vnto  the  '^  ruelars/  and  delivered 
them  to  the  ^^  officers  sayinge  :  These  men  trouble  cure  cite/ 
which  are  ievves  and  ^^  shewe  nevve  decrees/  which  are  nott 
laufuU  for  vs  to  receave/  nether  to  observe  seinge  we  are  re- 
mains. And  the  people  ^'^  ranne  on  them/  and  the  officers 
rent  their  clothes/  and  commaunded  them  to  be  beaten  with 
roddes/  and  when  they  hadde  beaten  them  sore/  they  cast 
them  into  preson  commaundynge  the  ioyler  to  kepe  them  sure- 
ly. Which  when  he  had  receaved  suche  commaundment 
thrust  them  into  the  inner  preson/  and  made  their  fete  fast  in 
the  stockes. 

^  Went  we,  Gen.  Being  caryed,  Bps.  ^  Whose   inhabitants 

came  from  Rome  to  dwell  there,  Gen.  '  Hearkened  to,  Cor. 

Heard  us,  Gen.  **  Have  judged  me  to  be  faithful  to,  etc.  Gen.  Bp.s. 
'•'  Having  a  spirit  of  divination.  Gen.  '"  Of  soothsaying,  Bps. 

"  Her   maisters,   Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs   19]  '-Divination,  Gen. 

Soothsaying,  Bps.  "  Being  grieved.  Gen.  '■'  Magistrates,  Geti. 
'^  Governours,  Gen.   [So  post.]  '^  Preach  ordinances,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.         '"  Rose  up  together  against.  Gen. 
X 


JFo.  cxrpb.  Ett  Sictrs  of  tf)e  Sfpostlcs. 

At  mydnyght  Paul  and  Silas  prayed/  and  ^^  lauded  god. 
and  the  presoners  herde  them.  Sodenly  there  was  a  greate 
erth  quake/  soo  that  the  foundacion  of  the  preson  was  shaken/ 
and  by  and  by  all  the  dores  opened/  and  every  mannes  bondes 
were  lowsed.  When  the  keper  off  the  preson  waked  out  off 
hys  slepe/  and  sawe  the  preson  dores  open/  he  drue  outt  his 
swearde  and  wolde  have  killed  hym  silfe  supposynge  the  pre- 
soners had  bene  fledde.  Paul  cryed  with  a  lowde  voyce  say- 
inge  :  Do  thy  silfe  no  harme  for  we  are  all  heare. 

He  called  for  a  light  and  sprange  in/  and  cam  trembly nge/ 
and  fell  ^^  doune  before  PauU  and  Silas/  and  brought  them  out 
and  sayde/  Syrs  what  must  I  doo  to  be  saved  ?  And  they  sayde  : 
beleve  on  the  lorde  Jesus/  and  thou  shalt  be  saved  and  thy 
houssolde.  And  they  preached  vnto  hym  the  worde  of  the 
lorde/  and  to  all  that  were  in  his  housse.  And  he  toke  them 
the  same  houre  off  the  nyght  and  wasshed  their  ^  wondes/ 
and  was  baptised  with  all  that  belonged  vnto  hym  straight 
waye.  When  he  had  brought  them  into  his  housse/  he  sett 
meate  before  them/  and  ioyed  ^i  that  he  with  all  his  houss- 
holde  beleved  on  God. 

And  when  it  was  daye  the  officers  sent  the  -^  ministers  say- 
inge  :  Lett  thoose  men  goo.  The  keper  off  the  preson  tolde 
this  sayinge  to  Paul :  the  officers  have  sent  worde  to  lose  you. 
Now  therfore  gett  you  hence  and  goo  in  peace.  Then  sayde 
Paul  vnto  them  :  They  have  beaten  vs  openly  vncondempned/ 
for  all  that  we  are  Romans/  and  have  cast  vs  into  preson :  and 
nowe  wolde  they  ^^  sende  vs  awaye  prevely  ?  Naye  ^'^  nott  so/ 
butt  lett  them  come  them  selves  and  fett  vs  out.  The  minis- 
ters tolde  these  wordes  vnto  the  officers  and  they  feared  when 
they  herde  that  they  were  Romans/  and  cam  and  besought 
them  and  brought  them  out/  and  desired  them  to  departe  out 
of  the  cite.  They  went  out  of  the  preson  and  entred  into  the 
housse  of  Lidia/  and  when  they  had  sene  the  brethren/  they 
comforted  them  and  departed. 

?ri)e  ):l)ff.  Clijapter. 

A  S  they  ^  made  their  iorney  thorowe  Amphipolis/  and  Apo- 
-'-^  Ionia/  they  cam  to  Thessalonica  where  was  a  sinagoge 

'8  Sung  a  psalme  to,  Gen.         '^  At  the  feet  of,  Cov.  '"  Stripes, 

Gen.  *'  With  all  his  householde,  that  he  was  become  a  beleever 

on  God,  Cov.  22  Sergeants,  Gcji.  [So  vs.  38.]  =»  Thrust 

[Put,  G.]  us  out,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Verely,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Passed 
through,  Gen. 


Ci)c  SlcUa  of  tj)c  Apostles.  €t).  jrbff. 

off  the  iewes.  Paul  as  his  maner  was  went  in  vnto  them, 
and  thre  saboth  dayes  ^  declared  of  the  scripture  vnto  them/ 
openynge  and  alegynge  that  Christ  must  ncdcs  have  suffered 
and  rj'sen  agayne  from  deeth.  And  thatt  this  3  Jesus  was 
Christ/  whom  (sfiyde  he)  I  preache  to  you.  And  some  off 
them  beleved  and  cam  and  companyed  with  Paul  and  Silas. 
Also  off  the  ^  honourable  grekes  a  greate  multitude/  and  of 
the  chcfe  women/  not  a  feawc. 

The  ^  iewes  which  beleved  not  havynge  indignacion  toke 
vnto  them  ^  evyll  men  wich  were  vagabondes/  and  gadered  a 
company/  and  "  sett  all  the  cite  on  a  roore/  and  ^  made  asaute 
vnto  the  housse  off  Jason/  and  sought  to  brynge  them  out  to 
the  people/  and  when  they  founde  them  not/  they  drue  Jason 
and  certayne  brethren  vnto  the  heedes  of  the  cite  cryinge : 
These  ^  that  trouble  the  worlde  are  come  bidder  also/  which 
Jason  hath  receaved  prevely.  and  these  all  do  contrary  to 
the  ^^  ordinacions  off  Cesar/  affirmynge  another  kynge/  won 
Jesus.  And  they  troubled  the  people  and  the  officers  of  the 
cite  when  they  herde  these  thynges.  And  when  they  ^^  were 
sufficiently  answered  of  Jason/  and  of  the  other  they  lett  them 
goo. 

The  brethren  immediatly  sent  awaye  Paul/  and  Silas  by 
nyght  vnto  Berrea.  When  they  were  come  thither  they  en- 
tred  into  the  sinagoge  off  the  iewes.  These  were  ^^  the  no- 
blest amonge  them  off  Thessalonia/  which  receaved  the 
worde  with  all  i3  diligence  of  mynde/  and  searched  the  scrip- 
tures dayly  whether  those  thynges  were  even  soo.  And  ma- 
ny of  them  beleved/  and  of  worshipfuU  wemen  which  were 
grekes/  and  off  men  not  afeawe.  When  the  iewes  off  thessa- 
lonia had  knowledge  that  the  worde  off  God  was  preached  off 
Paul  att  berrea/  they  cam  thither  and  moved  the  people/  and 
then  by  and  by  the  brethren  sent  awaye  Paul  to  goo  ^^  vnto 
the  see :  butt  Silas  and  Timotheus  abode  there  still.  They 
that  ^^  gyded  Paul  brought  hym  vnto  Attens/  and  receaved  a 

*  Spake  unto  them,  Cov.  Disputed  with  them  out  of,  Got.  Bps. 
■'  Is  Jesus  Christ,  whom,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Devout  Greeks,  Cr. 

Bps.     Grecians  that  feared  God,  Gen.  *  Stiff-necked  Jews,  Cov. 

"  Certaiue  vagabonds  and  wicked  fellowes  [evyll  men,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 
'  Made  a  tumult  in  the  citic,  Gen.  *  Pressed  unto,  Coc.         *  Are 

they  which  have  subverted  the  state  of  the  world  and  here  they  are, 
Gen.  '°  Decrees,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Had  received  sufficient 

assurance,  Gen.     Had  taken  sufficient  suertie,  Bps.  *^  Eldest 

amonge,  Coc.    The  nobleste  of  birthe  among  them,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps. 
More  noble  men  than  they  which  were,  etc.  Grn.  '^  Readiness, 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — as  it  were.  '*  Did 

conduct.  Gen. 


^0.  cvpvb.  ?ri)e  SIrtcs  of  tjc  i^postlcs. 

commaundment  vnto  Silas  and  Timotheus  forto  come  to  hym 
^^  at  once.     And  cam  their  wave. 

Whill  Paul  wayted  for  them  at  Attens/  hys  sprete  was  mo- 
ved in  hym  to  se  the  cite  ^'''geven  to  worshippinge  of  y  mages. 
Then  he  disputed  in  the  Sinagoge  with  the  iewes/  and  with 
18  the  devout  persones/  And  in  the  market  dayly  wyth  i^  them 
that  cam  vnto  him.^"  Certayne  philosophers  of  the  Epicures/ 
and  of  the  stoyckes  desputed  with  hym.  And  some  there 
were  which  sayde :  what  wyll  thys  babbler  saye.  O  ther 
sayd  :  he  semeth  to  be  ^^  a  tydynges  brynger  off  newe  ~~  de- 
vyls/  because  he  preached  vnto  them  Jesus/  and  the  resurrec- 
cion/  and  they  toke  hym/  and  brought  hym  into  ^  Marce  strete 
sayinge  :  maye  we  nott  knows  what  is  thys  newe  doctrine 
wher  off  thou  speakest.  For  thou  bryngest  straunge  tydynges 
to  cure  eares.  We  wolde  knowe  therfore  what  these  thynges 
meane.  For  all  the  Attenians  an  ^'^  straungers  whych  were 
there  25gave  them  selves  to  nothynge  els/  but  other  to  tell  or 
to  heare  ^  newe  tydynges. 

Paul  stode  in  the  myddes  of  ^^  Marce  strete  and  sayde/  ye 
men  of  Attens/  I  perceave  that  in  all  thynges  ye  are  ^^  som- 
what  supersticious.  For  as  I  passed  by  and  behelde  ^  the 
manner  howe  ye  worehip  youre  goddes/  I  founde  an  aultre 
where  in  was  written  :  vnto  the  vnknowen  god.  Whom  ye 
then  ignorantly  worship/  hym  shewe  I  vnto  you.  God  that 
made  the  worlde/  and  all  that  are  in  it/  seynge  that  he  is  lorde 
off  heven  and  erth/  he  dwelleth  nott  in  temples  made  with 
hondes  nether  is  worshipped  with  mennes  hondes/  as  though 
he  neded  of  eny  thynge.  For  as  moche  as  he  geveth  to  all 
men  lyfe  and  breth  ^o  every  where/  and  hath  made  of  one 
bloud  of  all  "^1  nacions  off  men/  for  to  dwell  on  all  the  face  of 
the  erthe.  And  hath  ^~  asigned  tymes  apoynted  before/  And 
the  endes  of  their  in  habitacion/  that  tl>ey  shulde  seke  god/ 

'®  With  spede J  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Subjecte  to  idolatrie,  Ge?i.  '*Them 
that  were  religious,  Gcii.         '^  Wliomsoever  he  met,  Gen.  -"  Cr. 

Bps.  add — by  chance.  ^'  A  setter  forthe  of  strange  [new,  B.] 

gods,  Gen.  Bps.  —  Gods,  Cov.  ^  Tlie  councill  house,  Cov. 

-*  Straungers  and  guests.  Cov.  ^  Had  leysure  to,  Bps.  *  Some 
newe  thyng,  Cr.  Bps.     Some  news,  Gen.  ^  The  common  place, 

Cov.  '^  Too,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Your  gods'  service, 

Cor.     Your  devotions.  Gen.  '■^'^  And  all  thinges.  Gen.         •^'  Man- 

kinde,  Gen.  '''^  Assigned  borders,  appoynted  before  how  long 

and  far  they  shoulde  dwell,  Cov.  Assigned  before,  how  long  time, 
and  also  the  endes,  etc.  T.M.  Cr.  Assigned  the  times  which  were  or- 
deined  before  and  the  boundcs,  etc.  Gen.  Determined  the  times  be- 
fore appoynted  and  also  the  bounds,  etc.  Bjjs, 


(Efjc  Slctfs  of  tlje  SKpostlcs.  (Tl).  x'oiil- 

yf  ^^  they  myght  fele  and  fyndc  hym/  thouffh  ^'^  lie  be  nott 
farrc  from  every  one  off  vs.  For  in  hym  we  live/ move/  and 
have  oure  beynge/  as  certaync  of  youre  awne  poctes  sayde. 
For  we  are  also  his  gcneracion.  For  as  moche  then  as  wo 
are  the  generacion  off  God/  we  ought  nott  to  thynke  tliat 
the  godhcd  is  lyke  vnto  golde/  silver/  ^^  or  stone/  graven  by 
■^  crafte  and  ymaginacion  of  man. 

And  the  tyme  of  this  ignoraunce  god  ^"^  regarded  nott :  butt 
nowe  he  ^^  biddeth  all  men  eveiy  where  repent/  be  cause  he 
hath  apoynted  a  daye/  in  the  which  he  woU  iudge  3'J  the 
worldo  acordyng  to  rightewesnes/  by  that  man/  '^^  whom  he 
hath  apoynted/  ""i  and  hath  geven  faith  to  all  men/  ''-  after 
that  he  had  raysed  hym  from  dceth. 

When  they  hcrde  off  the  resurrection  from  deth  some  mock- 
ed/ and  other  sayde  :  we  will  heare  the  agayne  of  this  matter. 
So  Paul  departed  from  amonge  them.  Certayne  men  clave 
vnto  Paul  and  beleved/  amonge  the  which  was  ^^  Dionisius 
'*'*  a  senatour/  and  a  woman  named  Damaris/  and  other  with 
them. 

A  FTER  that/  Paul  departed  from  Attens/  and  cam  to  Co- 
"^-  rinthum/  and  founde  a  certayne  iewe  named  Aquila/ 
borne  in  Ponthus/  latly  come  from  Itali  with  his  wyfe  Priscil- 
la  (be  cause  that  ^  [the  Emperour]  Claudius  had  commanded 
all  iewes  to  departe  from  Rome)  and  he  drewe  vnto  them. 
And  be  cause  he  was  of  tlie  same  crafte  he  abode  with  them 
and  wrought  (their  crafte  was  to  make  tentes)  and  he  -  preach- 
ed in  the  sinagoge  every  saboth  daye/  And  exhorted  the  iewes 
and  the  gentyls. 

When  Silas  and  Timotheus  wer  come  from  macedonia 
Paul  3  was  payned  in  the  sprete/  as  he  testified  to  the  iewes 
that  Jesus  was  ^  Christ,     when  they  ^  sayde  contrary  and  blas- 

^  So  be  thoy  might  liave  groped  after,  Gt?i.  Perhaps  tliey  might 
have  felt  and  tbunde,  Bps.  ^^  Gen.  adds — doubtless.  ■'-'  Or 

imagery  work  of  the  crafte,  etc.  Cov.  ^  Arte  and  the  invention 

of  men.  Gen.     Arte  and  man's  device,  Bps.  •"  Hath  overseen, 

Cor.     Winked  at,  Bps.  ^^  Admonisheth,  Gen.  ^^  Tlie  com- 

passo  of  the  world.  Cor.  *°  In  whom,  Cov.     By  whom,  Cr. 

*'  And  hath  offered  faith,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.'  Whereof  he  hath  giv- 
en an  assurance,  etc.  Gen.  '"'  In  that,  Gen.  Bps.  ■*•*  Denis 
Areopagita,  Gen.  Bps.  ■"  One  of  the  council,  Cov.  '  Gen. 
Bps.  omit.  '^  Disputed,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Was  constrained  by 
the  spirite  to  testifye,  Cor.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Burned  in  spirite,  Gen. 
*  Coc.  adds — very.             *  Resisted,  Gen. 


Sfo.  cxn'oh  ^'be  ^ctcs  of  t!)c  Stpostles. 

phemed/  he  shoke  his  rayment  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  youre 
bloud  apon  youre  awne  heeddes.  ^  for  hence  forth  I  goo  ' 
vnto  the  gentyls/  and  departed  from  thens/  and  entred  into  a 
certayne  manes  housse  named  Justus  which  worshipped  god. 
whose  house  ioyned  harde  to  the  sinagoge.  Won  Crispus  a 
ruelar  of  the  Sinagoge  beleved  on  the  lorde  with  all  hys 
housholde.  And  many  of  the  Corrinthians  gave  audience  and 
beleved/  and  were  baptised. 

Then  spake  the  lorde  to  Paule  in  the  nyght  by  a  vision  :  be 
nott  afrayde/  but  speake/  and  holde  not  thy  peace  :  for  I  am 
with  the/  and  noo  man  shall  ^  invade  the  that  shall  hurte  the. 
For  I  have  moche  people  in  this  cite.  And  he  ^  rested  there 
a  yeare  a  sixe  monethes/  and  taught  them  the  worde  of  God. 

When  Gallio  was  ^^  ruelar  of  the  countre  of  Acaia.  The 
iewes  ^^  made  insurrection  with  one  acorde  agaynst  Paul/  and 
brought  him  to  the  iudges  seate  saying :  ^~  This  man  teacheth 
to  worship  god  contrary  to  the  lawe.  As  Paul  was  alx)ut  to 
open  his  mougth  Gallio  sayde  vnto  the  iewes :  yf  itt  were  a 
matter  off  wronge/  or  an  evyll  dede  (o  ye  iewes)  ^^  reason 
wolde  that  I  shulde  ^"^  heare  you  :  but  yf  it  be  a  question  off 
wordes/  or  off  names/  or  of  youre  lawe/  loke  ye  to  it  youre 
selves.  For  I  i^  wilbe  noo  iudge  in  soche  maters/  and  he- 
drave  them  from  ^'^  his  seate.  Then  toke  all  the  grekes  Sos- 
tenes  ^^  a  ruelar  of  the  sinagoge  and  smote  him  before  the 
iudges  seate.     And  Gallio  cared  for  none  of  tho  thynges. 

Paul  after  thys/  taried  there  yet  a  goode  whyle/  and  then 
toke  his  leave  of  the  brethren/  and  sayled  thence  into  Ciria/ 
Priscilla  and  Aquila  accompanyinge  hym  after  thatt  he  had 
schorne  his  heed  inCenchrea.  For  he  had  a  vowe.  And  ho 
cam  to  Ephesus  and  lefte  them  there  :  but  he  him  silfe  entred 
into  the  sinagoge/  and  ^^  reasoned  with  the  iewes.  When 
they  desyred  hym  to  tary  longer  tyme  with  them/  he  consent- 
ed nott/  butt  bad  them  feare  wele  sayinge  :  I  must  nedes  ^^  att 
this  feast  that  commeth  be  in  Jerusalem :  but  I  will  returne 
agayne  vnto  you  yfF  God  will.     ^^  And  departed  from  Ephe- 


^  Gen.  add — I  am  cleane.  '  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps,  add — blame- 

lesse.  *  Lay  hands  on  thee,  Gen.  '  Continued,  Ml  the  Vers, 

^°  Deputie,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Arose,  Gen.  '^Thisfelow  coun- 

selleth   [perswadeth,  G.],  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  I  woulde  ac- 

cording to   reason    maintain  you,    Gen.  '*  Bear    with,  Bps. 

**  Thinke  not  to  be  judge  there  over,  Cov.  '^  The  judgment-seat, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  The  chiefe  ruler.  Ml  the  Vers.  [So  vs.  8.]         »»  Dis- 

puted, (Jew..         '' Keepe  this  feast  that  commeth,  etc.  Geji.         '''^  So 
he  sailed,  etc.  Gen, 


Srjjc  $3ctcs  of  tl)c  £l;postles.  €j).  yiX' 

sus  and  cam  vnto  Cesarea :  and  21  ascended  and  saluted  the 
congrcgacion/  and  departed  vnto  Antioche/  and  when  he  had 
taried  there  a  whyle/  he  departed/  and  '-^  went  over  all  the 
countre  off  Galacia  and  Phrigia  by  order/  strengthynge  all 
the  disciples. 

A  certayne  iewe  named  Apollos/  borne  at  Alexandria  cam 
to  Ephesus.  An  eloquent  man/  and  myghty  in  the  scriptures. 
The  same  was  23  informed  in  the  waye  off  the  lorde/  and  he 
spake  fervently  in  the  sprete/  and  taught  diligently  the  thynges 
off  the  lorde/  and  knewe  but  the  baptim  of  Jhon  only.  And 
began  to  speake  boldely  in  the  Sinagoge.  When  Priscilla 
and  Aquila  had  herde  hym  :  they  toke  hym  vnto  them/  and 
expounded  vnto  hym  the  waye  off  God  more  perfectly. 

When  he  was  ^  disposed  to  goo  into  Acaia/  the  brethren 
exhorted  hym  therto/  and  wrote  vnto  the  disciples  that  they 
shulde  receave  hym.  After  he  was  come  thither  he  holpe 
them  moche/  which  had  beleved  thorowe  grace.  And  myght- 
ely  he  ^  overcam  the  iewes  openly  shewinge  by  the  scriptures 
that  Jesus  was  Christ. 

STljc  pp.  ©fjaptcr. 

T  T  fortuned/  whill  apollos  was  at  Corinthum/  that  Paul  pas- 
-■-  sed  over  the  vpper  costes/  and  cam  to  Ephesus/  and  founde 
certayne  disciples  and  sayd  vnto  them  :  have  ye  receaved  the 
holy  gost  after  ye  beleved  ?  And  they  sayde  vnto  him  :  ^  Noo/ 
nether  have  we  herde  yf  there  be  eny  holy  gost  or  noo.  And 
he  sayd  vnto  them :  ^  wher  with  were  ye  then  baptised  .' 
And  they  sayd :  with  Jhons  baptim.  Then  sayde  Paul : 
Jhon  verely  baptised  with  the  baptim  off  repentaunce/  sayings 
vnto  the  people  that  they  shulde  beleve  on  hym/  which  shulde 
come  after  hym.  That  ys  on  Christ  Jesus.  When  they 
herde  that/  they  were  baptised  in  the  name  of  the  lorde  Jesu/ 
and  when  Paul  layde  his  hondes  apon  them/  the  holy  gost  cam 
on  them.  And  they  spake  with  tonges  and  prophesied.  All 
the  men  were  aboute  xij. 

And  he  went  into  the  sinagoge/  and  ^  behaved  hym  silfe 
boldely  for  the  space   of  thre  monethes/  **  disputynge/  and 

-'  Went  up  to  Jerusalem,  Gen.  ^  Walked  thro,  Cov.  ^  In- 

structed, Gen.  ^  Minded,  Gen.  "  Confuted  publickly  the 

Jews,  with  great  vehemence,  Gen.  '  We  have  not  heard  [G. 

adds — so  much  as]  whether  there  be,  Gen.  Bjis.  "  Unto  what. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  Spake  boldly,  Gen.  Bjis.  *  Teaching,  Cov. 


JFo.  tvnW].  <B:t)c  actes  of  tljc  STpostlcs. 

^  gevynge  them  exhortacions  of  the  kyngdom  off  God.  When 
divers  ^  wexed  harde  herted/  and  beloved  nott/  but  spake  evyll 
off  the  waye  off  the  lorde  before  the  multitude  :  he  departed 
from  them/  And  ^  severed  the  disciples  awaye/  And  ^  taught 
dayly  in  the  scole  off  won  called  Tiranus.  And  this  contin- 
ued by  the  space  of  two  yeares.  So  that  all  they  which  dwelt 
in  Asia  herde  the  worde  off  the  lorde  Jesu/  bothe  J  ewes  and 
grekes.  And  god  wrought  ^not  smale  myraclcs  by  the 
hondes  of  Paul.  So  that  from  his  body  were  brought  vnto  the 
sicke/  1^  napkyns  or  partlettes/  and  the  diseases  and  evyll 
spretes  departed  from  them. 

Certayne  of  the  vagabounde  iewes  ^^  exercistes/  ^^  toke  apon 
them  to  call  over  them  which  had  evyll  spretes  the  name  of 
the  lorde  Jesus  sayinge :  We  adiure  you  by  Jesu  whom  Paul 
preacheth.  There  wore  seven  sonnes  off  one  Sceva  ^'■^  a  ruel- 
er  off  the  sinagoge  which  did  soo :  and  the  evyll  spiete  an- 
swered and  sayde  :  Jesus  ^"^  I  knowe/  and  Paul  1  knowe  :  but 
who  are  ye.^  And  the  man  in  whom  the  i^  wicked  devyll 
was/  ranne  on  them/  and  overcam  them/  and  i*^  prevayled 
agaynst  them/  soo  that  they  fledde  out  of  the  house  naked  and 
wonded.  Thys  was  knowen  to  all  the  iewes  and  grekes  also/ 
which  dwelt  at  Ephesus/  and  feare  cam  on  them  all.  And 
they  magnified  the  name  of  the  lorde  Jesus. 

And  many  that  beloved  cam/  and  confessed  and  shewed 
their  workes.  Many  of  them  which  vsed  curious  i'^  craftes/ 
brought  their  bokes  and  burned  them  before  all  men/  and  they 
counted  the  price  of  them  and  founde  it  fifty  thousande  ^^  sil- 
verlynges.  So  myghtely  grewe  the  worde  of  god/  and  pre- 
vayled. After  these  thinges  were  ended  Paul  purposed  in  the 
sprete/  to  passe  over  Macedonia  and  Acaia/  and  to  goo  to  Je- 
rusalem saying  :  After  I  have  bene  there  I  must  also  se  Rome. 
Soo  sent  he  into  Macedonia  two  of  them  that  ministered  vnto 
hym  :  Timotheus  and  Erastus :  butt  he  hym  silfe  remayned 
in  Asia.     For  a  season. 

The  same  tyme  there  arose  no  ^^  litell  a  do  aboute  that 

*  Exhorting  [Perswading,  J?  ]  to  the  thinges  that  appcrtainc  to  the 
kingdoine,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *"  Were  hardened  and  disobeyed,  Gcti. 

''  Separated  the  disciples,  Jill  the  Vers.  ^  Disputed,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Special,  Cr.  Bps.  '"  Kercliefs  or  handkerchefs,  Gen. 

"   Conjurors,  Cov.  '^  Undertook  to  name   the  name,  Cor. 

Took  in  hand  to  name  over  them,  etc.  Gc7i.  '^  A  Jewe  and  chief 

of  the  priests,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  A  Jewe,  the  priest,  Gen.  '^  1  acknow- 
ledge. Gen.  '*  Evyll  spirite,  .ill  the  Vers.  '"  Cast  thein  und(  r 
him,  Cov.  ''  Artes,  Gc7i.  '*  Pieces  of  silver.  Gen.  Bps. 
'"  Small  trouble.  Gen. 


Crijc  i^ttvH  of  tijc  Apostles.  Cf).  jrfj:. 

wave.  For  a  certayne  man  named  Dctnctrius/  ^o  a  goldsmyth/ 
which  made  silver  -^  schryncs  for  Diana/  —  was  not  a  Htell 
beneficiall  vnto  the  craftes  men :  whicli  he  called  togedder 
with  the  workc  men  of  lykc  ^  occnpacion/  and  sayd  :  Syrs 
ye  knowe  that  by  this  crafte  we  have  -"*  vauntagc.  Moreover 
ye  se  and  heare  thatt  nott  alone  at  Ephesus :  but  almost 
tliorowc  outc  all  Asia/  thys  Paul  '^^  cntyseth/  and  turned  awaye 
moche  people  saying :  that  they  be  not  goddcs  which  are 
made  with  hondes :  so  that  not  only  -^  this  oure  crafte  com- 
meth  into  parell  to  be  sett  at  nought :  but  that  also  the  temple 
of  greate  Diana  shulde  be  ~"  despysed.  And  her  -^  maieste 
shulde  be  destroyed/  whicli  all  Asia/  and  the  worldc  worship- 
peth. 

When  they  herde  these  saylnges/  they  were  full  of  wrathc/ 
and  ciyed  out  saying  :  Greate  is  Diana  of  the  Ephesians. 
And  all  the  cite  was  -^  on  a  roore/  and  they  russhed  into  the 
•^0  commen  hall  with  one  assent/  and  caught  Gayus/  and  Aris- 
tai'chus/  men  of  Macedonia/  Pauls  companions.^i  When  Paul 
wolde  have  entred  in  vnto  the  people/  the  disciples  suffered 
hym  not.  Certayne  also  off  the  chefe  of  Asia  which  were  his 
frendes/  sent  vnto  hym  desyrynge   him  that  he  wolde  not 

22  preace  into  the  commen  hall.  Some  cryed  won  thinge/  and 
some  another  and  the  ^3  congregacion  was  ^-i  all  out  of  quyete/ 
and  the  moare  pai-te  knewe  not  wherefore  they  were  come 
togedder. 

Some  of  the  company  druc  forth  Alexander  (the  iewes 
thrustynge  him  forwardcs)  Alexander  beckened  with  his  honde/ 
and  wolde  have  ^^  geven  the  people  an  answere.  When  they 
knewe  that  he  was  a  iewe/  there  arose  a  shute  almost  for  the 
space  of  two  houres  off  all  men  ciyinge/  greate  is  Diana  of 
the  Ephesians. 

When  the  toune  clarcke  had  3*^  ceased  the  people  he  sayd  : 
ye  men  of  Ephesus :  what  man  is  it  that  knoweth  nott  howe 
that  the  cite  of  the  Ephesians  is  a  worshipper  of  the  grett  god- 

«>  A  silversmith,  T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^i  Temples  of  Diana, 

Gen.  ^  Brought  great  [Ministred  no  small,  /?.]  gains,  Geii.  Bps. 

23  Thinges,  Gen.  ^  Our  goods,  Gen.  ^  Perswadeth,  T..^f. 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  This  thinge  is  dangerous  unto  us,  that  the  state 
slioiild  be  reprooved.  but  also,  Gni.  ^  Nothing  esteemed.  Gen. 
**  Magnificence,. 4// ?/(«  Vers.  ^  Full  of  confusion,  GV?i.  ^OQpen 
[Common,  G.]  place.  Cor.  Gen.  [So  C.  vs.  3J .]  •^'  Gen.  adds — 
of  his  journey.  ^^  Press  into  the  open  place.  Cor.  Present 
liimselfe  in  the  common  place,  Grt/t.  ^^  Assemblie,  Gen.  Bps.  [So 
vs.  39.]  ^*  Out  of  order,  Gen.  ^  Excused  the  matter  to  the 
people,  Gen.          ^  Stayed,  Gen.    Pacified,  Bps. 


jfo.  cvjrpbff j.  E\)t  actcs  of  tijc  Apostles. 

des  Diana/  and  ^''  off  the  ymage  which  cam  from  ^^  heven. 
Seynge  then  that  no  man  ^9  sayth  here  agaynst/  ye  ought  to 
be  ^^  content/  and  to  do  noihynge  rasshly/  For  ye  have 
brought  bidder  these  men/  whiche  ^^  are  nether  robbers  off 
churches/  nor  yett  **'2  despisers  of  youre  goddes.  Wherfore  if 
Demetrius  and  the  craftes  men  which  are  wyth  hym/  have 
eny  sayinge  to  eny  man/  the  lawe  is  open/  and  there  are  rue- 
lars/  lett  them  accuse  won  another.  Yf  ye  ^"^  go  about  eny 
other  thynge/  itt  may  be  determined  in  a  lawful!  congregacion. 
For  we  are  in  ieoperdy  to  be  accused  off  this  dayes  '^'^  busi- 
nes.  For  as  moche  as  there  is  noo  cause  wherby  we  may 
geve  ^^  a  reckenynge  off  this  concurse  off  people.  And  when 
he  had  thus  spoken/  he  let  the  congregacion  departe. 

2ri)c  vv-  ®t)apter. 

A  FTER  the  ^  rage  was  ceased/  Paul  called  the  disciples  vn- 
"^  to  hym/  and  ^  toke  his  leave  off  them/  and  departed  for  to 
goo  into  Macedonia.  And  when  he  had  gone  over  those 
parties/  and  ^  geven  them  ^  large  exhortacions/  he  cam  into 
grece  And  there  abode  .iij.  monethes.  When  the  iewes  layde 
wayte  for  hym  as  he  was  aboutt  to  sayle  into  Syria/  He  pur- 
posed to  returne  thorowe  Macedonia.  There  accompanied 
hym  into  Asia  Sopater  of  Beroen  :  and  of  Tessalonia  Aristar- 
cus  and  Secundus/  and  Gains  of  Derba/  and  Timothe  us  :  Out 
of  Asia  Tichicus/  and  Trophimos.  These  went  before/  and 
taried  vs  at  Troas  We  sayled  awaye  from  Philippos  after  the 
^  ester  holidayes/  and  cam  vnto  them  to  Troas  in  five  dayes/ 
and  there  abode  seven  dayes. 

On  6  a  saboth  daye  the  disciples  cam  to  gedder  forto  breake 
breed/  and  Paul  preached  vnto  them  (redy  to  departe  on  the 
morowe)  and  continued  his  preachynge  vnto  mydnyght. 
There  were  many  lightes  in  the  chamber  where  we  were 
gaddered  to  gedder/  and  there  sate  in  a  wyndowe  a  certayne 
yonge  man  named  Eutichos/  fallen  into  a  depe  slepe.     And 

■'^  Of  the  heavenly  image,  Cov.  '**  Jupiter,  Gen.  Bps.         ■^^  Can 

speak  against  these  thinges,  Gen.  Bps.  ■*"  Appeased,  Gen.  Quiet, 

Bps.  ■"  Have  neither  committed  sacrilege,  Ge»i.  *^  Blas- 

phemers, Ge?i.  Bps.  ^^  Inquire  any  thing  concerning  other  mat- 

ters. Gen.  Bps.         *^  Sedition,  Gen.  Uproare,  Cr.  Bps.  ^*  A  rea- 

son. Gen.  '  Tumult,  Geii.    Uproare,  Bps.         ^  Embraced,  Gen. 

[So  ch.  xxi.  G.]  ^  Exhorted  them  with  many  words,  Cov.  Gen. 

*  A  long  exhortation,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Days  of  sweete  [unleavened,  G.] 
bread,  Cr.Gen.  Bps.  ®  One  of  the  sabboth  daics,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  The 
morow  after  the  sabboth  daye,  T.  M.  The  first  daye  of  the  week.  Gen. 


CJic  actca  of  t!)e  SIpostlcs.  €"!).  VK- 

as  Paul  ''^  declared  he  was  moare  overcome  with  slepe/  and 
fell  doune  from  the  thyrdc  lofte/  and  was  taken  vp  deed. 
Paul  wentt  doune  and  ^  fell  on  hym/  and  embraced  hym/  and 
sayde  :  ^  Make  nothynge  a  do.  For  his  ^^  lyfe  is  in  hym. 
When  he  was  come  vp  he  agayne/  brake  breed/  and  ^i  tasted/ 
and  1-  commened  a  longe  whyle  even  till  the  ^-^  morynge/  and 
soo  departed.  They  brought  the  ^'^  yonge  man  a  live  and 
were  nott  alitell  conforted. 

Then  ^^  toke  we  shippynge/  and  departed  vnto  Asson/  there 
to  receave  Paul.  For  soo  had  he  apoynted/  and  wolde  hym 
silfe  goo  ^^  be  londe.  When  he  was  come  to  vs  vnto  Asson/ 
we  toke  hym  in/  and  cam  to  Mittilenes.  and  sayled  thence/ 
and  cam  the  nexte  day  over  agaynst  Chios.  And  the  day 
foUowinge  we  aryved  at  Samos/  and  taryed  at  Trogilion. 
The  nexte  daye  we  cam  to  Mileton.  For  Paul  had  determin- 
ed to  i'^  leave  Ephesus  as  they  sayled/  because  he  wolde  not 
spende  the  tyme  in  Asia.  For  he  hasted  to  be  (yff  itt  were 
possible)  at  Jerusalem  i^  in  the  feaste  off  pentecoste. 

From  Mileton  he  sent  to  Ephesus/  and  called  the  seniours 
off  the  congregacion.  When  they  were  come  to  hym/  he 
sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  knowe  from  the  fyrst  daye  that  I  cam 
vn  to  Asia/  after  what  manor  I  have  bene  wyth  you  at  all 
ceasons/  servynge  God  with  all  ^^  humbleness  off  mynde/  and 
with  many  teares/  and  temtacions/  whiche  happened  vnto  me 
by  the  layinges  awayte  off  the  iewes/  and  howe  I  kept  backe 
nothynge  thatt  myght  be  for  youre  proffet:  but  that  I  have 
shewed  you/  and  taught  you  ^^  openly  and  at  home  in  youre 
houses/  witnessynge  both  to  the  iewes/  and  also  to  the  grekes/ 
the  repentaunce  taward  god/  and  faith  tawarde  our  lorde  Jesu. 
And  nowe  beholde  I  goo  bounde  in  the  sprete  vnto  Jervsa- 
lem/  and  knowe  nott  what  shall  come  off  me  there/  butt  that 
the  holy  gost  witnesseth  in  every  cite  sayinge  ;  that  bondes 
and  21  trouble  abyde  me  :  but  ^^none  of  these  ihinges  move  me. 
Nether  is  my  lyfe  dere  vnto  my  silfe/  that  I  myght  fulfill  my 

■^  Was  speaking,  Cov.  Was  preaching,  Cr.  Was  long  preaching 
[reasoning,  /?.],  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Laide  himselfe  upon,  Gen.  "  Trou- 
ble not  yourselves,  Gen.  '^  Soul,  Cov.  "  Eaten,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  >2  Talked  and  communed,  T.  M.  Talked,  Cr.  Bps. 
'^  Dawning  of  the  day,  Gen.  ^*  Boye,  Gen.  ^^  We  went 
afore  [forth,  G.]  to  shippe  and  sailed  [lowsed,  C]  unto,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
"'  Afoote,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  Afore,  Tav.  "  Sayle  by  Ephesus, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Upon  the  Whitsunday,  Cor.  '^  Modestie, 
Gen.  ^'  Openly  and  privately  from  house  to  house,  ('or.  Openly 
and  throughout  every  house,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Afflictions,  Gen. 
^'  I  passe  not  at  all,  neyther,  Gen. 


Sfo.  C|:):):ij:.  Cije  Slctcs  of  tl)c  Slpostlcs. 

course  with  ioyc/  and  the  ministracion  ^3  which  I  have  receav- 
ed  of  the  lorde  Jesu  to  testify  the  gospell  of  the  grace  of  god. 

And  nowe  beholde/ 1  am  sure  that  henceforth  ye  all  (thorow 
whom  I  have  gone  prcachinge  the  kyngdom  of  god)  shall  sc 
my  face  noo  moore.  Wherefore  I  take  you  to  recorde  this 
same  daye/  that  I  am  pure  from  the  bloud  of  all  men.  For 
I  have  2"*  kepte  nothynge  backe  :  butt  have  shewed  you  all  the 
counsell  off  god.  Take  hede  therfore  vnto  youre  selves/  and 
to  all  the  flocke/  wher  of  the  holy  gost  hath  made  you  -^  over- 
sears/  to  26  rule  the  congregacion  of  god/  which  he  hath  pur- 
chased with  -"  his  bloud.  For  I  am  sure  off  this/  that  after 
my  departynge  shall  greveous  wolves  entre  in  amonge  you/ 
which  will  nott  spare  the  flocke.  And  off  youre  awne  selves 
shall  men  aryse  speakynge  ^^  perverse  thynges/  to  drawe 
disciples  after  tliem.  Therfore  awake  and  remember/  tiiat  by 
the  space  of  iij.  yeares  I  ceased  not  to  warnc  every  one  of  you/ 
both  nyght  and  daye  with  teares. 

And  nowe  -^  dere  brethren  I  commende  you  to  god  and  to  the 
worde  of  his  grace/  which  is  3U  able  to  bylde  further/  and  to 
geve  you  an  inheritaunce  amonge  all  them  which  are  sancti- 
fied. I  have  •'I  desyred  no  mans  silver/  golde/  or-^-vestur/ 
Ye  ye  knowe  well  that  these  hondes  have  ministered  vnto  my 
necessities/  and  to  them  thatt  were  with  me.  I  have  shewed 
you  all  thynges/  howe  thatt  soo  laborynge  ye  ought  to  '^^  re- 
ceave  the  weake/  and  to  remember/  the  wordes  off  the  lorde 
Jesu/  howe  that  he  sayde  :  It  is  ^4  more  blessed  to  geve/  then 
to  receave. 

When  he  had  thus  spoken/  he  kneled  doune/  and  prayed 
with  them  all.  And  they  wept  all  ^^  aboundantly/  and  fell  on 
Pauls  necke/  and  kissed  hym  sorowynge/  most  of  all/  for  the 
wordes/  wliich  he  spake/  that  they  shulde  se  his  face  noo 
moore/  And  they  •'^  accompanied  h3an  vnto  the  shippe. 

STfjf  vv;-  Cljaiitcr. 

A  ND  it  chaunsed  that  as  sone  as  we  had  launched  forth/ 
"^^  and  were  departed  from  them/  we  cam  \\ith  a  strayght 
course  vnto  Choon/  and  the  daye  foUowynge  vnto  the  Rhodes/ 

*^  Cr.  adds — (of  tlie  word.)  ^^  Spared  noo  laboure.  fr.  ^^  Bish- 
ops, Cor.  ^*  Feede,  Gen.  ^'  His  owne  bloud,  Gc?i.  Bps. 
*^  Perverse  doctrine.  Gov.  ^  Brethren,  .'^(7  the  ZVrs.  ■'^  Miglity 
to  edify  you.  Cor.  ^'  Coveted,  Gm.  •'^  Apparel,  Gen. 
^  Support,  Gen.  Helpe,  Bps.  ^*  A  blessed  thing  to  give,  rather, 
etc.  Gc?i.         •'^  Sore,  Cr.  Bps.          ■"'  Convaj-cd,  Cr. 


iCfjc  Slctes  of  tlje  Slpostlfs.  Cj).  vj:]. 

and  from  thence  vnto  Patara.  And  we  founde  a  shyppe 
1  reddy  to  sayle  vnto  Plienices.  And  went  a  horde  and  sett 
ibrthe.  ^  Then  apered  vnto  vs  Ciprus/  and  we  lefte  it  on  the 
lefte  honde/  and  sayled  vnto  Siria.  and  cam  vnto  Tire.  For 
there  the  shippe  ^  vnladed  her  hurthen.  And  when  we  had 
founde  "^  hrethren/  we  taried  there  .vij.  dayes.  and  they  tokle 
Paul  thorowe  the  sprete/  that  he  shuld  not  goo  vppe  to  Jeru- 
salem. Ande  when  the  dayes  were  ended  we  departed/  and 
went  oure  wayes  and  they  all  ^  brought  us  on  oure  waye/ 
with  their  \vyves  and  children  till  we  were  come  out  off  the 
cite,  and  we  kneled  doune  in  the  shore  and  prayde.  and 
when  we  had  taken  oure  leave  one  off  another/  we  toke 
shippe/  and  they  ^  returned  home  agayne. 

When  we  had  full  ended  the  course/  from  Tire/  we  aryved 
at  Ptholomaida/  and  saluted  the  brethren/  and  abode  with  them 
one  daye.  The  nexte  daye/  ~  we  that  were  off  Paulus  com- 
pany/ ^  cam  vnto  Cesarea.  and  we  entred  into  the  housse  of 
Philip  the  evangelist/  which  was  one  of  the  seven/  ^and  abode 
with  hym.  The  same  man  had  fewer  doughters  virgens/ 
wliich  did  prophesy.  And  as  we  taried  there  a  good  many 
dayes/  there  cam  a  certayne  prophete  from  iewry/  named 
Agabus.  When  he  was  come  vnto  vs/  he  toke  Pauls  gerdell/ 
and  bounde  his  ^^  hondes  and  fete  and  saydc  :  Thus  sayth  the 
holy  goost :  Soo  shall  the  iewcs  at  Jerusalem/  bynde  the  man 
that  owneth  this  gerdell/  and  shall  deliver  him  into  the  hondes 
of  the  genthils. 

When  we  herde  this/  both  we  and  other  of  the  same  place/ 
besought  hym/  that  he  wolde  nott  goo  vppe  to  Jerusalem. 
Then  Paul  answered/  and  sayd  :  W^hat  do  ye  wepynge/  and 
breakyng  myne  hert .''  I  am  redy  not  to  be  bound  only/  but 
also  to  deye  at  Jerusalem  for  te  name  off  the  Lord  Jesu. 
When  11  we  coulde  nott  turne  his  mynde/  we  ceased  sayinge  : 
The  will  of  the  lorde  be  fulfilled.  After  those  dayes  we 
1-  made  oure  silfes  redy/  and  went  vp  to  Jerusalem.  There 
went  with  vs  also  certayne  off  the  disciples  off  Cesarea/  and 
brought  with  them  won  Mnason  off  Ciprus/  an  olde  disciple/ 

'  That  went  over,  Gin.  Sailing,  Bps.  ^  When  we  came  with- 

in the  sight  of,  Cov.  When  we  had  discovered.  Gen.  ^  Lay  forthe 

the  ware,  Cov.  *  Disciples,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Accompanied,  Gen. 

®  Turned  againe  unto  theirs,  Cov.  ''  Paul  and  they  that  were  with 

him.  Gen.  ^  Departed  and  came.  All  the  Vers.  ^  Gen.  adds — 

(laifons.  '**  Gen.  Bps.  add — owne.  "  He  woulde  not  be  per- 

suaded, Gen.  '^  Took  up  our  burthens,  Cr.  Bps.    Trussed  up  our 

fardeles,  Goi. 

Y 


9o.  c):l.  2rt)c  afrtfs  of  tfie  Stpostlca. 

with  whom  we  shulde  lodge.  And  when  we  were  come  to 
Jerusalem/  the  brethren  receaved  vs  gladly.  On  the  moreowe 
Paul  went  in  withe  vs  vnto  James.  Ande  all  the  seniours  cam 
to  gedder.  And  when  he  had  ^^  saluted  them/  he  tolde  by- 
order/  what  thynges  God  had  wrought  amonge  the  gentyls  by 
his  ministracion.  When  they  herde  itt/  they  gloryfied  the 
lorde/  and  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Thou  seist  brother/  howe  many 
thousande  Jewes  there  are  which  beleve/  and  they  are  all 
^"*  zelous  over  the  lawe.  and  they  are  informed  off  the  that 
thou  teachest  all  the  Jewes  which  are  amonge  the  gentyls  to 
forsake  Moses/  and  sayst  that  they  ought  not  to  circumcise 
their  children/  nether  to  live  after  the  customes.  ^^  What  is  it 
therfore .''  The  multitude  must  nedes  come  togedder.  For 
they  shall  heare  that  thou  arte  come.  Do  therfore  this  that 
we  saye  to  the. 

We  have  .iiij.  men/  which  have  a  vowe  on  them.  Them 
take  and  purifye  thy  silfc  with  them,  and  i*^  do  cost  on  them/ 
that  they  maye  shave  their  heedes.  and  all  shall  knowe  that 
tho  thynges  which  they  have  ^^  herde  off  the  are  nothynge  : 
but  thatt  thou  thy  silfe  also  walkest  and  kepest  the  lawe.  As 
touchinge  the  gentyls  whyche  beleve  we  have  written  and 
1^  concluded/  that  they  observe  no  soche  thynges  :  but  that 
they  kepe  them  selves  from  thinges  offred  to  ydoles/  from 
bloud/  from  strangled/  and  from  fornicacion.  Then  the  nexte 
daye  Paul  toke  the  men  and  purified  hym  silfe  with  them/  and 
entred  in  to  the  temple/  dcclarynge  ^'^  the  fulfillynge  off  the 
dayes  of  purificacion/  vntyll  that  an  -^  oblacion  shulde  be  of 
fered  for  every  one  off  them. 

And  as  the  seven  dayes  -^  shulde  have  bene  ended/  the 
iewes  which  were  of  Asia  when  they  sawe  hym  in  the  temple/ 
they  moved  all  the  people  and  layde  hondes  on  hym  cryinge  : 
Men  of  Israhell  helpe/  This  is  the  man  that  teacheth  all  men 
every  where  agaynst  -^  the  people/  and  the  lawe/  and  this 
place.  Morover  also  he  hath  brought  grekes  into  the  temple/ 
and  hath  polluted  this  holy  place.  For  they  sawe  won  Troph- 
imus  an  Ephesian  with  hym  in  the  cite.  Hym  they  supposed 
Paul  had  brought  into  the  temple.  And  all  the  cite  was  mov- 
ed/ and  all  the  people  ^^  swarmed  togedder.     And  they  tokc 

'3  Embraced,  G'cri.  ^•^  Earnest  followers  of  [over,  C],  Cr.Bps. 

Zealous  of,  Gcii.  '*  What  Is  then  to  be  done,  Gen.  ^^  Contri- 

bute with,  Gen.  "  Been  informed,  Gen.  '^  Determined,  Gen. 

"  That  he  observed   [fulfilled,   Cor.]   the  dayes,  etc.  Cot.  T.  M.  Ct. 
The  accomplishment  of.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Offering,  Jill  the  Vers. 

2'  Were  almost,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  Our,  Gov.        *^  llanne,  Gen. 


Ei)c  artcs  of  tt)c  Slpostlcs.  (CI),  vpff- 

Paul/  and  drue  hym  out  of  the  temple/  and  forth  with  the 
dorcs  were  shut  to. 

As  they  went  about  to  kyll  hym/  tydynges  cam  vnto  the 
hye  captayne  off  the  ^'^  soudiers/  thatt  all  Jerusalem  was 
'^''  moved,  whieli  immediatly  toke  soudiers  and  ^^  vndercap- 
lynes/  and  rann  dounc  vnto  them.  ^Vhen  they  sawe  the  vpp- 
or  captayne  and  the  soudiers/  They  lofte  -'''  smytynge  off  Paul. 
Then  the  captayne  cam  ncare  and  toko  hym/  and  commaund- 
ed  hym  to  be  bounde  with  two  chaynes/  and  demaunded  whatt 
he  was/  and  what  he  had  done.  Won  cryed  this/  another 
tliat/  amonge  the  jjeople.  And  when  he  coulde  nott  knowe 
the  certaync/  for  the  -^  rage  :  He  commaunded  hym  to  be 
29  caried  into  the  castle.  When  he  cam  vnto  ^o  ^  grece/  hit 
fortuned  tlmt  he  was  borne  off  the  soudiers  for  the  violence  of 
the  people.  The  multitude  off  the  people  folowed  after  cry- 
inge  :  a  waye  with  hym. 

And  as  Paul  shulde  have  bene  caryed  into  the  castle.  He 
sayde  vnto  the  ^^  hye  captayne  :  Maye  I  speake  vnto  the  ? 
Which  sayde  :  Canst  thou  speake  greke  ?  Arte  not  thou  that 
Egipcian  whych  before  these  dayes/  ^^  made  an  vproure/  and 
ledde  out  into  the  wildernes  about  iiij.  thousande  men  that 
were  ^^  mortherers  ?  Paul  sayde  :  •''*  I  am  a  man  which  am  a 
iewe  ^■^  of  Tharsus  a  cite  in  Cicilb  a  citesyn  off  noo  vyle  cite/ 
I  beseche  the  soffre  me  to  speake  vnto  the  people.  When  he 
had  geven  him  licence/  Paul  stode  on  the  steppes/  and  beck- 
ned  with  his  honde  vnto  the  people/  and  there  was  made  a 
greate  silence  :     And  he  spake  vnto  them  in  Ebrue  sayinge  : 


8rt)e  j:pl  €;l)ai)tcr. 


yi 


E  men/  brethren/  and  fathers/  heare  ^  myne  answer 
which  I  make  vnto  you.  When  they  herde  that  he 
spake  Ebrue  vnto  them/  they  kept  the  moore  silence.  And 
he  sayde :  I  am  verely  a  man  which  am  a  iewe/  borne  in 
Tharsus/  a  cite  in  Cicill/  neverthelcsse  yet  broght  vppe  in  this 
cite/  at  the  fete  off  Gamaliel/  and  ^  informed  diligently  in  the 

^  Bande,  Gen.  '^  In  an  uproare,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Captains, 

Cod.  Centurions.  Gen.  ^  Beating,  Gen.  ^  Tumult,  Gen. 

»*  Ledde,  Gen.  [So  vs.  37.]  s"  A  stayre,  Cr.  The  grieces,  Gtn. 

The  stayres,  Bps,   [So  G.  B.  vs.  40.]  ''  Chiefe  captaine.  Gen. 

[So  post,  and   ch.  xxii.  24 — 29.]  ^^  Raised  a  sedition.  Gen. 

^  Privy  murtherers,  Cov.  ^  Gen.  adds — Doubtlesse.         ^a  j^  (.j^. 

i?en  of  Tarsus,  a  famous  citie  in  Cilicia,  Cov.  Gen.  '  My  defence, 
Gen.  *  Instructed  [Taught,  B.'\  according  to  the  perfect  manner  of 
the  law,  Gen.  Bps. 


ifo.  C):If.  J!Lt)e  Bctcs  of  ti)c  STpostlcs. 

lawe  off  the  fathers/  and  was  3  fervent  mynded  to  God  vvarde/ 
as  ye  all  are  this  same  daye/  and  I  persecuted  this  waye  vnto 
the  deeth  byndynge/  and  delyveiynge  into  preson  bothe  men 
and  wemen/  as  the  chefe  prest  doth  beare  me  witnes/  and  all 
^  the  seniours  :  of  whoin  also  I  receaved  letters  vnto  the  breth- 
ren/ and  went  to  Damascon  to  brynge  them  which  were  there 
bounde  vnto  Jerusalem  forto  be  punysshed. 

And  it  fortuned  that  as  I  made  my  iorney/  and  was  come 
nye  vnto  Damascon/  aboute  none/  sodenly  there  shone  from 
heven  a  grcate  lyght  rounde  aboute  me/  and  I  fell  vnto  the 
erth/  and  herde  a  voice  sayinge  vnto  me  :  Saul/  Saub  why  perse- 
cutest  thou  me  ?  And  I  answered  :  what  arte  thou  lorde  ?  and 
he  sayde  vnto  me :  I  am  Jesus  of  Nazareth/  whom  thou  per- 
secutest.  And  they  that  were  with  me  sawe  verely  a  lyght 
and  were  a  frayde  :  but  they  herde  nott  the  voyce  of  him  that 
spake  with  me.  And  I  sayd  :  what  shall  I  do  lorde  ?  And 
the  lorde  sayd  vn  to  me,  Aryse  and  goo  into  Damas- 
con and  there  it  shalbe  tolde  the  off  all  thinges  which  are 
apoynted  for  the  to  do.  And  when  I  ^  sawe  no  thynge  for 
the  brightnes  of  that  light/  I  was  ledde  by  the  honde  off  them 
thatt  were  with  me/  and  cam  into  Damascon. 

Won  Ananias  a  ^  perfecte  man/  and  as  pertaynynge  to  the 
lawe  havynge  goode  reporte  of  alt  the  iewes  which  there  dwelt/ 
cam  vnto  me/  and  stode  and  sayd  vnto  me  :  Brother  Saul  le- 
ceave  thy  sight.  And  that  same  houre  I  '''  receaved  my  sight 
and  sawe  hym.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me/  the  god  off  oure 
fathers  hath  ^  ordeyned  the  before/  that  thou  shuldest  knowe 
his  will/  and  shuldest  se  ^  that  which  is  rightfull/  and  shuldest 
heare  the  voyce/  off  hys  mought :  for  thou  shalt  be  his  witnes 
vnto  al  men  otF  the  thynges  which  thou  hast  sene  and  herde. 
And  nowe  :  why  tariest  thou  ?  Aiyse  and  be  baptised/  and 
wesshe  awaye  thy  synnes/  in  callynge  on  the  name  of  the 
lorde. 

And  it  fortuned/  when  I  was  come  agayne  to  Jerusalem  and 
prayde  in  the  temple/  that  I  was  in  a  traunce/  And  sawe  hym 
sayinge  vnto  me  :  Make  haste/  and  gett  the  quicly  out  of  Jeru- 
salem :  For  they  wilnott  receave  the  witnes  that  thou  bearest 
of  me.  And  I  sayde  :  lorde  they  know  that  I  presoned/  and 
bett  in  every  sinagoge  them  that  beleved  on  the.  and  when 

'Zealous,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add  —  the  estate  of. 

*  Coulde  not  see  for  the  glorie,  Gen.  *  Godly,  Gen.  Devout,  Bps. 
'  Looked  upon  him.    And  he,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Appoynted  thee,  Gen, 

'That  Just  one,  Goi.  Bps, 


E\)e  0ctcs  of  tl)c  5lpustlcs.  <t\}.  niff- 

the  blond  of  thy  '"  witnes  Steven  was  shced/  I  also  stodc  by/ 
and  consented  vnto  his  deeth.  and  kept  the  ^^  raymcnt  off 
them  that  slewe  hym.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  departc  for 
I  will  scndc  the  a  farre  hence  ^~  vnto  the  gent>'ls. 

They  gave  him  audience  vnto  this  wordc/  and  lifte  vppe  their 
voyces  and  saide  :  a  waye  with  soche  a  fclowe  from  the  crth. 
yt  is  13  pitie  that  he  shulde  live.  And  they  cryed  and  cast  of 
their  clothes/  and  tlu-ue  dust  in  the  ayer.  The  captaync  bade 
hym  to  be  brought  into  the  castle/  and  commaunded  him  to 
be  1"*  scourged/  and  to  be  examined/  that  he  myght  knowe 
wherfore  they  cr\'ed  on  hym.  And  as  they  bounde  hym  witii 
thonges/  Paul  sayde  vnto  ^^  an  vnder  captayne  :  Ys  it  laufull 
for  you  to  scourge  a  Remain  vncondempned  ?  When  the 
vnder  captayne  herde  that/  he  went  to  the  vpper  captayne/ 
and  tolde  hym  sayinge  :  '^  What  intendest  thou  to  do  ?  This 
man  is  a  Romain. 

The  vpper  captayne  cam  to  hym/  and  sayde  :  Tell  me/ 
arte  thou  a  Romain  ?  He  sayde  :  Yee  And  the  captayne 
answered :  With  moche  money  obtayned  I  this  ^'^  fredom. 
And  Paul  sayde :  ^^  I  was  fre  born.  Then  strayght  wayde 
departed  from  hym  they  wich  shulde  have  examined  hym 
And  the  captayne  also  was  a  frayde/  after  he  knewe  that  he 
was  a  Romain/  be  cause  he  had  bounde  hym. 

On  the  morowe  ^'^  he  lowsed  hym  from  hys  boundes  de- 
syringe  to  knowe  the  certayntc  for  what  cause  he  was  accused 
of  the  iewes/  and  commaunded  the  hye  prcstes  and  all  the 
counsell  to  come  togedder/  and  brought  Paul/  and  sett  hym 
before  them. 

^\)c  vvfff.  <Zri)nptcr. 

"P  AUL  1  behelde  the  counsell  and  sayde  :  Men  and  brethren/ 
-^  I  have  lived  ^  lived  in  all  goode  concience  before  god  vn- 
till  this  daye.  The  hye  prest  Ananias  commaunded  them 
that  stode  by/  to  smyte  hym  on  the  mought.  Then  sayde 
Paul  to  hym  God  shall  smyte  the  thou  ^  payntyd  wall.     '^  Sit- 

'"  Martyr,  Grii.  "  Clothes,  Coe.  Gen.  '*  Anaong  the  hea- 

then, Gov.  '3  Not  reason,   Cov.   Cr.  Bps.     Not  meete,   Gen. 

'*  Beaten  with  rods,  Gov.  '*  A  centurion.  Gen.  [Soch.  xxVn.  post.^ 
"5  Wliat  wilt  thou  do?  Cov.  Take  heede  what  thou  dost.  Gen.  Bps. 
''  Burge-ship,  Gen.  i*  As  for  me  I  am  a  Roman  borne.  Cor. 

I  was  so  borne;  Gen.  '^  Because  he  woulde  have  known  the 

certayntie,  etc.  he  loosed  him,  etc.  and  commanded,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'  Earnos+ly  beholding,    Geri.  Bps.  *  Served   God,  etc.   Gen. 

'  Wliited,  Gen.         ■*  For  thou  sittest  to  judo-e  me,  etc.  Gen, 
Y* 


i?o.  cjrlff.  Ei>e  SlcUs  of  tlje  Sfpostlcs. 

test  thou  and  iudgest  me  after  the  lawe  :  and  commaundest 
me  to  be  smitten  contrary  to  the  lawe  ?  And  they  that  stode 
by  sayde  :  Revylest  thou  Goddes  hy  preste  ?  Then  sayd  Paul : 
I  wist  not  brethren/  that  he  was  the  hye  preste.  For  it  is 
written  thou  shalt  not  ^  speake  evyll  to  the  ruelar  of  thy  peo- 
ple. 

When  Paul  perceved  that  the  one  parte  were  Saduccs/  and 
the  other  Pharises  :  He  cryed  oute  in  the  counsell :  Men  and 
brethren  I  am  a  pharisaye/  the  sonne  off  a  pharisaye.  Of 
^  hope/  and  of  resurreccion  from  deeth  I  am  '''  iudged.  And 
when  he  had  soo  sayde/  there  rose  a  ^  debate  bitwene  the 
pharisayes  and  the  saduces/  and  the  multitude  was  devided. 
For  the  saduces  saye  that  there  is  no  resurreccion/  nether  an- 
gell/  nor  sprete.  But  the  phariseies  ^  graunt  bothe.  And 
there  arose  grett  erye/  and  the  scribes  which  vver  on  the  phar- 
isais  parte  strove  saynge :  We  fynde  none  evyll  in  this  man. 
^^  Though  a  sprete/  or  an  angell  hath  apered  to  hym/  lett  vs 
not  stryve  agaynst  God. 

And  when  there  arose  greate  de  bate/  the  captayne  fear- 
ynge  lest  Paul  shuld  have  bene  ^i  pluckte  asondre  off  them/ 
commaunded  the  soudiers  to  goo  doune/  and  take  hym  from 
amonge  them/  and  to  brynge  hym  into  the  castle.  The  nyghf 
followyne  god  stode  by  hym  and  sayd  :  Be  of  goode  '-  cheare 
Paul :  For  as  thou  hast  testified  off  me  in  Jerusalem/  soo  must 
tliou  beare  witnes  at  Rome. 

When  daye  was  come/  certayn  of  the  iewes  ^^  gaddered 
themselves  to  gedder/  and  made  a  vowe  sainge :  that  they 
wolde  nether  eate  nor  drynke  till  they  had  killed  Paul.  They 
were  ^*  aboute  .xl,  which  had  made  this  conspiracion.  And 
they  cam  to  the  chefe  prestos  and  seniours/  and  sayde  :  we 
have  bounde  oure  selves  with  a  ^^  vowe/  that  we  will  eate 
nothynge  vntill  we  have  slayne  Paul.  Nowe  therefore  ^^  geve 
knowlege  to  the  vpper  captayne/  and  to  the  counsell  that  he 
brynge  hym  forth  vnto  vs  to  morow/  as  though  we  wolde  knowe 
some  thinge  more  perfectly  of  hym.  But  we  (or  ever  he 
come  neare)  are  ready  ^^  [in  the  mean  season]  to  kill  him. 

^  Curse,  Cov.  T.  M.  Or.  Bps.  ^  The  hope  and  the,  Jill  the  Tcrs. 

">  Accused,  Gen.  ^D\sc\ission,  Gen.  [So  vs.  10.]  'Confcsse 

both,  Gen.  Bps.  '"  But  if  a  spirite  or  an  angell  hath  spoken  to  Jiim, 

Gen. Bps.  '' Pulled  in  pieces,  (5f«.  "Courage,  Gfn.  '^Made 
an  assemblie  and  bound  themselves  with  an  oth,  Gen.  '''  More 

than,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Solemn  oath.  Gen.  [So  vs.  21.]  "*  Ye 

and  the  councell,  signifie  to  the  chiefe  captaine,  Gen.  "■  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  omit, 


CIjc  Slctts  of  tl)c  Stpostlcs.  <E"t  vrffj- 

When  Pauls  sisters  sonne  hcrde  of  their  layinge  awayte/  he 
went  and  entred  into  the  castle/  and  tolde  Paul.  And  Paul 
called  off  the  vnder  captaynes  vnto  hym/  and  sayde  :  Biynge 
this  younge  man  vnto  the  captayne.  for  he  hath  a  certaync 
thynge  to  shewe  hym.  And  he  toke  him/  and  ledde  him  vnto 
the  hye  captayne  and  said  :  Paul  the  presoner  called  me  vnto 
hym  and  prayed  me  to  brynge  this  younge  man  vnto  the/ 
which  hath  ^^  a  certayne  matter  to  shewe  the. 

The  hye  captayne  toke  hym  by  the  bond/  and  went  a  parte 
with  hym  out  of  the  waye/  and  axed  hym :  what  hast  thou  to 
saye  vnto  me  .•'  And  he  said  :  the  iewes  i^  are  determined 
to  desyre  the  that  thou  woldest  brynge  forth  Paul  to  morowe 
into  the  counsell/  as  though  they  wolde  -Oenquyre  somwhat  of 
him  more  parfectly.  But  '^^  folowe  not  their  mindes  :  for  there 
laye  awayte  for  hym  off  them/  moo  then  xl.  men/  which  have 
bounde  them  selves  with  a  vowe/  that  they  will  nether  eate 
nor  drynke  till  they  have  killed  hym.  And  nowe  are  they 
redy/  and  loke  for  thy  promes. 

The  vpper  captayne  lett  the  yonge  man  departe  and  charg- 
ed :  Se  thou  tell  no  man  that  thou  hast  tolde  me  this.  And 
he  called  vnto  hym  two  '^^  vnder  captaynes/  sayinge  :  Make 
redy  two  hondred  soudiers  to  goo  to  Cesarea/  and  horsmen 
threscore  and  ten.  And  ^3  speare  men  two  hondred/  at  the 
thyrde  houre  off  the  nyght/  And  ^"^  delyvre  them  bcastes  that 
they  maye  putt  Paul  on/  and  brynge  hym  safe  vnto  Felix 
^  the  hye  debite/  -*'  and   wrote  a  letter  in  this  manor. 

Claudius  Lisias  vnto  the  '^'^  most  mighty  ruelar  Felix  sendeth 
gretynges.  This  man  was  taken  of  the  iewes/  and  shulde 
have  bene  killed  of  them :  Then  cam  I  with  -^  soudiei's/  and 
rescued  him/  and  perceaved  that  he  was  a  Romayne.  And  when 
I  wolde  have  knowen  the  cause/  wherefore  they  accused  hym/ 
1  brought  hym  forth  into  their  counsell.  There  perceaved  I 
that  he  was  accused  off  questions  of  their  la  we  :  but  '^  was 
not  gilty  of  eny  thinge  worthy  of  deeth/  or  of  bondes.  After 
warde  when  it  was  shewed  me  howe  that  the  iewes  layde 

^®  Something  to  say  unto  thee.  Gen.  '^  Have  conpsired,  Gen. 

*'  Hoiir  him  yet  better,  Cov.  *'  Let  them  not  persuade  thee,  Gen. 

^■^  Certaine  Centurions,  Gcii.  ^  Men  with  darts,  Gen.         ^  Make 

rcadie  an  horse,  Gen.  ^  The  Governour.     And  hee  wrote  an 

epistle,  etc.  Gen.  ^^  Cr-  adds — (For  he  dj-d   feare   lest  happely 

the  Jews  should  take  him  away  and  kill  him,  and  he  should  be  after- 
ward blamed,  as  though  he  wolde  take  money.)  ^  Most  noble, 
Gen.  ^^  The  garrison.  Gen.  An  armie,  Bps.  ^  Had  no  crime, 
Gen.  Having  nothing  layde  to  his  charge,  Bps. 


:^o.  c):lfff.  E:})c  3LcUs  of  ti)e  Slpostlcs. 

wayle  for  the  man/  I  sent  hym  strayght  waye  to  the/  and  gave 
commaundment  to  hys  accusars/  yf  they  had  aught  agaynst 
hym/  to  tell  it  vnto  the  :  fare  well. 

The  soudiers  as  it  was  commaunded  vnto  them/  toke  Paul 
and  brought  hym  by  nyght  to  Antipatras.  On  the  morowe 
they  lefte  the  horsmen  to  goo  with  hym/  and  returned  vnto  the 
castle,  when  they  cam  to  Cesarca/  they  delivered  the  pistle 
to  the  debite/  and  presented  Paul  before  him.  when  the  de- 
bite  had  redde  the  letter/  he  axed  off  what  -^^  countre  he  was/ 
and  when  he  vndcrstode  that  he  was  of  Cicill/  I  will  heare  the 
(sayde  he)  when  thyne  accusars  are  come  also.  And  com- 
maunded hym  to  be  kepte  in  Herodes  3i  pallys. 

A  FTER  V.  daycs/  Ananias  the  hye  preste  descended/  with 
"^  senioures/  and  with  a  certayne  oratour  named  TartuUus/ 
^  and  enformed  the  ruelar  agaynst  Paul,  when  Paul  was  cal- 
led forth/  Tartullus  began  to  accuse  him  saying :  Seynge  that 
we  2  live  in  grot  ^quyetnes  by  the  meanes  of  the  and  that 
many  '^  goode  thynes  are  done  vnto  this  nacion  thorow  thy 
providence :  •''  that  alowe  we  ever  and  in  all  placis/  most 
myghty  Felix  with  all  thankcs.  Notwithstondynge/  lest  I  be 
tedeous  vnto  the/  I  praye  the/  that  thou  woldest  heare  vs  of 
thy  curtesy  a  feawe  wordcs. 

We  have  founde  this  man  a  pestilent  felowe/  and  a  mover 
of  6  debate  amonge  the  iewes  thorowe  out  the  worlde/  And  a 
mayntayner  off  the  sectc  off  the  Nazarens  :  '''  which  also  hath 
cnforsed  to  to  ^  pollute  the  temple/  whom  we  toke  and  wolde 
have  iudged  accordynge  to  oure  lawe  :  but  the  hye  captayne 
Lisias  cam  apon  vs/  and  with  grett  violence  toke  hym  out  of 
oure  hondes/  commaundynge  his  accusers  to  come  vnto  the/ 
off  whom  thou  mayst  (yff  thou  willt  enquyre)  knowe  the  cer- 
taynty  of  all  these  thynges  wher  of  we  accuse  hym.  The 
iewes  lyke  wyse  affermed/  sayinge  that  it  was  even  so. 

Then  Paul  (after  that  the  ruelar  him  silfe  had  beckoned  vn- 
to him  that  he  shuldc  speake)  answered  :  ^  I  shall  with  a 
moare  quyet  minde  answer  for  my  silfc/  for  as  moche  as  I 

^^  Province,  Gcti.  IJi-.s.  2'  Judgment-hall  [house,  Cor.],  Cov. 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Which  appeared  before,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Have 

obtained  great,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Peace,  Cov.  *  Worthy,  Gen. 

*  We  acknowledge  it  wliolly,  Gen.  *  Sedition,  Gen.  '  And 

hath  gone  aboute,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Suspend,  Cov.  *  I  will  not  be 

afraid  to  answer,  Cor.  I  do  the  more  gladly  answer,  Ge?i. 


ffi)c  2lctes  of  tijc  Stpostlfj,'.  (t\).  VPffO'. 

vnderstonde  tliat  thou  hast  bene  ofT  many  yearcs  a  iuHp;c  vnto 
thys  people/  be  cause  that  thou  mayst  knowe  that  there  are 
yet  but  xij.  dayessence  I  went  vppe  to  Jerusalem  for  to  praye. 
And  that  they  nether  founde  me  in  the  temple  disputhige  with 
eny  man/  '"other  raysynge  vp  the  people/  nether  in  the  sina- 
goges  nor  in  the  cite.  Nether  can  they  prove  the  thinges  whcr 
of  tliey  accuse  me. 

But  this  I  confessc  vnto  the/  that  after  thatt  waye  (which 
they  call  heresy)  so  worshippc  I  the  god  of  my  fathers/  be- 
levinge  all  thynges  which  are  written  in  the  lawe  and  the 
prophctos/  and  have  hope  tewardes  god/  that  the  same  resur- 
recsion  from  dcrth  (which  they  them  selves  loke  for  also) 
shalbe  both  of  iust  and  vniust.  And  'Mhcrfore  stody  I  to 
have  a  clcare  conscience  towarde  god/  and  towarde  man 
also. 

^-  Many  yeres  agoo  I  cam  and  brought  almes  to  my  people 
and  ofTeringes/  '-^in  the  which  they  founde  me  purified  in  the 
temple/  nether  with  i'' multitude/  nor  yett  with  '^vnquyetnes. 
There  were  certaine  iewes  out  of  Asia  which  ought  to  be  here 
present  before  the/  and  accuse  me/  yf  they  had  ought  agaynst 
me  :  or  els  let  thes  same  here  saye/  if  they  have  founde  eny 
"^  evyll  doinge  in  me/  whill  I  stonde  here  in  the  counscll/  ex- 
cepte  it  be  for  this  one  voyce/  that  I  cryed  stondynge  amonge 
them  off  the  resurreccion  Irom  deeth  am  I  '"  iudged  off  you 
this  daye. 

When  Felix  herde  that  he  difTerdc  them/  ^^  for  he  knewe 
veiy  well  of  that  waye  and  sayde  :  when  Lisias  the  captayne 
is  come/  I  will  know  the  vt  most  of  youre  matters,  and  he 
commaunded  ^^  an  vndercaptayne  to  kepe  Paul/  and  that  he 
shuld  have  rest/  and  that  he  shulde  forbyd  none  of  his  ac- 
quayntaunce  to  minister  vnto  him/  or  to  come  vnto  him. 

After  a  certayne  dayes  cam  Felix/  and  his  wyfe  Drusilla 
which  was  a  iewes/  and  called  forth  Paul/  and  herde  hym  of 
the  fayth  which  is  toward  Christ.  And  as  he  -"^  preached  of 
21  Justice/  ^^  temperaunce/  and  Judgement  to  come/  Felix 

'"  Neither  making  uproare  among,  Gcm.  •'  Herein  I  endeavour 

always,  etc.  Gen.  '^  But  [Nowe,  G.  B  }  after  many  years  1  came, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '•'At  what  time,  certaine  Jews  of  Asia  founde 
me,  etc.  etc.  which  ought  to  have  been.  Gen.  ^*  Rumour,  Coc. 

'*  Tumult,  Gc/i.  "' Unjust  thing.  Gen.  '^Accused,  Gen. 

'*  And  saide.  When  I  shall  more  perfectly  know  the  thinges  which 
concerne  this  way  by  the  coming  of  Lysias,  etc.  I  will  decide  your 
matter,  Gen.  '"  A  centurion,  Gen.  '^  Disputed  [Spake, 

C.  Reasoned,  B]  of  righteousness,  Gov,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Righteous- 

ness, fr.         ^'^Chastitv,  Cop, 


So.  cvlfb.  Clje  ^ctcs  of  tt)e  Sfpostlcs. 

trembled/  and  answered :  ^3  thou  hast  done  ynough  att  this 
tyme/  departe/  when  I  have  a  convenient  tyme/  I  will  sende 
for  the.  He  hoped  also  that  money  shulde  be  geven  hym  oflf 
Paul  that  he  myght  lowse  hym/  wherfore  he  called  hym 
the  oftenner/  and  commened  with  hym.  After  two  yeare 
cam  Festus  Porcius  into  Felix  roume/  and  Felk  willynge 
to  24  shewe  the  Jewes  a  pleasure  lefte  Paul  -^  [in  preson] 
bounde. 


2'l)c  ^x'o.  C:i)aptfr. 

"Y/t/^ HEN  Festus  ^vas  come  into  the  ^  province/  after  thre 
dayes/  he  ascended  from  Cesarea  vnto  Jerusalem. 
Then  ^  enformed  hym  the  hye  prcstes/  and  the  chefe  off  the 
iewes  agaynst  Paul,  and  they  entreated  hym'  and  desired 
faveour  agaynst  hym  that  he  wolde  sende  for  him  to  Jerusa- 
lem/ and  layde  avvayte  for  hym  in  the  waye  for  to  kill  him. 
Festus  answered  that  Paul  shulde  be  kept  at  Cesarea  :  but 
that  he  hym  silfe  wold  shortly  departe  thither.  Lett  them 
therfore  (sayd  he)  whiche  amonge  you  are  able  to  do  it  come 
doune  with  vs  and  accuse  hym/  if  there  be  '^  eny  faute  in  the 
man. 

When  he  had  tarled  there  ^  moare  then  ten  dayes  he  de- 
parted vnto  Cesarea/  and  the  nexte  daye  sate  doune  in  the 
ludgement  seate/  and  commaunded  Paul  to  be  brought.  When 
he  was  come  the  iewes  which  were  come  from  Jerusalem/ 
cam  aboute  hym  and  layde  many  and  greveous  ^  complaintes 
agaynst  Paul/  which  they  could  nott  prove  '  aslonge  as  he  an- 
swered for  hym  silfe/  that  he  had  nether  agaynst  the  lawe  of 
the  iewes/  nether  agaynst  the  temple/  nor  yet  agaynst  Cesar 
offended  eny  thynge  att  all. 

Festus  willinge  to  do  the  iewes  a  pleasure/  answered  Paul/ 
and  sayde  :  Wilte  thou  goo  to  Jerusalem/  and  there  be  iudged 
of  these  thynges  before  me  ?  Then  sayd  Paul :  I  stonde  at 
Cesars  iudgement  seate/  where  I  ought  to  be  iudged.  To  the 
iewes  have  I  ^  no  harme  done/  as  thou  veiy  well  knowest.  If 
I  have  s  hurte  them/  or  committed  eny  thynge  worthy  of  deethy 
I  refuse  not  to  deye.     Yf  none  of  these  thyuges  ai'e/  where  of 

^  Go  thy  way  for  this  time,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^*  Get  favour  of  tlie 
Jews,  Gen.    [So  ch.  xxv.  t*.]  *^  Gen.  Eps.  omit.  '  Had  re- 

ceived the  office  after,  etc.  Cr.  *  Countrey,  Cop.  '  Appear- 

ed before,  Gen,  *  Ought,  Cor.    Any  wickednesse.  Gen.  '  No 

more,  etc.  Gen.  *  Quarrels,  Cov.  '  Forasmuch  as  he,  etQj 

Gen.  *  Done  no  wrong — done  wrong,  Gen.  Bj/s, 


8rj)c  ^ctcs  of  t\)e  Apostles.  C"|).  jrjrb. 

they  accuse  me/  no  man  ought  to  deUver  mc  to  them.  I  ap- 
j^eale  vnto  Cesar.  Then  spake  Festus  ^  with  dehberacion/  and 
answered  :  ^^  Thou  hast  appealed  vnto  Cesar :  vnto  Cesar  shall 
thou  goo. 

After  a  certayne  dayes  kynge  Agrippa  and  Bernicc  cam 
vnto  Cesarea  to  ^^  welcom  Festus.  And  when  they  had  ^~  bene 
there  a  good  ceason/  Festus  ^3  rehearsed  Paules  cause  vnto 
the  kynge  sayinge  :  There  is  a  certayne  man  leftc  in  preson 
off  Felix  about  whom  when  I  cam  to  Jerusalem  the  hye 
prestos/  and  scniours  of  the  Jewes  enformed  me/  and  desyr- 
ed  to  have  iiidgement  agaynst  hym.  To  whom  I  answered  : 
It  is  not  the  maner  off  the  Romayns  ^'^to  dclivere  eny  man 
^^thatt  he  shukle  perisshe/  before  that  he  which  is  accused/ 
have  hys  accusars  ^^  before  hym/  and  have  ^''  licence  to  answer 
for  hym  silfe/  '^as  pertaynynge  to  the  cryme  ^^  [wher  of  he 
is  accused.]  when  they  were  come  bidder/  with  out  delaye 
on  the  morowe  I  sate  to  geve  iudgement/  and  commaunde 
tlie  man  to  be  brought  forth,  agaynste  whom  when  the  ac- 
cusers stode  vppe/  they  brought  '■^^  none  accusacion  off  soche 
thynges  as  I  supposed  :  But  hadde  certayne  questions  agaynst 
liym  off  their  awne  supcrsticion/  and  of  one  Jesus  which  was 
ded.  whom  Paul  affirmed  to  be  alive.  Be  cause  I  douted  off 
-^  the  questions/  I  axed  hym  whither  he  wolde  goo  to  Jerusa- 
lem/ and  tliere  be  iudged  of  these  matters.  '-^"^Then  when 
Paul  had  appealed  to  be  kept  vnto  the  knowledge  off  -^  Cesar. 
1  commaunded  hym  to  be  kept  till  I  myglit  sende  hym  to 
Cesar. 

Agrippa  sayd  vnto  Festus :  I  wolde  also  heare  the  man  my 
silfe.  To  morowe  (sayde  he)  thou  shalt  heare  hym.  On 
the  morowe  when  Agrippa  was  come  and  Bernice  with  greate 
pompe/  and  were  entrede  in  to  the  ^'^  counsell  housse  with  the 
captaynes  and  chefe  men  of  the  cite/  at  Festus  commaundo- 
ment  Paul  was  brought  forth/  and  Festus  sayde  :  Kynge 
Agrippa/  and  all  men  which  are  heare  present  with  vs  :  Ye 
se  this  man  about  whom  all  the  multitude  of  Jewes  hath  ^  bene 

3  With  the  counsell,  Coi\  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Hast  thou.  etc.  Gen. 

lips.         "  Salute,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''^  Reiiiaincd  there  many 

tlays.  Gen.  '^  Proposed,  Gen.  '■•  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — for  favour. 
'^  To  death,  Gen.  '^  Face  to  face,  Bps.  ''  Place  to  defend 

hiinselfe,  6'fji.  **  To  the  accusation,  C'ozi.  '^  Layde  against 

him,  (Jr.  Bps.     Gew.  omits.  ''"  No  crime.  Gen.  "  Such  man- 

ner of,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  But  hecause  he  appealed  i  ,  be  re- 

ferred to  the  examination  of  Augustus,  Gen.  ^  Augustus,  Bps. 

'*  Conunon  hall,  Cor.  Gen.  *^  Entreated  me,  Coc.  Cr.  Bps. 


cplb.  2C1)C  ^ctfs  of  ti)c  Sfpostles. 

with  me/  both  at  Jerusalem  and  also  here/  cryinge  that  he 
ought  not  to  live  eny  lenger.  Yet  founde  I  nothynge  worthy 
of  deeth  that  he  had  committed.  Neverthelesse  seinge  that 
he  hath  appealed  to  -^  Cesar/ 1  have  dctermyned  to  sende  hym. 
OtTwhom  I  have  no  certayne  thynge  to  wiyte  vnto  my  lorde. 
Wherfore  I  have  bi'ought  hym  vnto  you/  and  specially  vnto 
the/  kvnge  Agrippa/  that  after  examinacion  had/ 1  myght  have 
sumwhat  to  write.  For  me  thynketh  it  vnreasoneble  forte 
sende  a  presoner/  and  not  to  shewe  the  causes/  which  are 
layde  agaynst  hym. 

E])c  ).7\);.  €"|)npt(rv. 

A  GRIPPA  sayde  vnto  Paul :  Thou  arte  permitted  to  speake 
-'^  for  thy  silfe.  Then  Paul  stretched  forth  his  honde/  and 
answered  for  hym  silfe :  I  thynke  my  silfe  happy  kynge 
Agrippa/  be  cause  I  shall  answere  this  daye  before  the  of  all 
the  thynges  where  of  I  am  accused  of  the  iewes/  ^  namely  be 
cause  thou  arte  experte  in  all  customes/  and  questions/  which 
are  amonge  the  iewes.  wheerfore  I  besethe  the  to  heare  me 
paciently. 

2  My  hvynge  off  a  child/  3  which  was  at  the  fyrst  amonge 
myne  awne  nacion  att  Jerusalem  knowe  all  the  iewes  which 
knewe  me  ^from  the  begynnynge/  yf  they  wolde  testifye  it. 
For  after  the  most  straytest  secte  of  oure  ^lawe  lived  I  a 
pharisaye  and  nowe  I  stond  and  am  iudged  for  the  hope  off 
the  promes  made  off  God  vnto  oure  fathers  vnto  which  prom- 
es/  oure  .xij.  tribes  instantly  servynge  God  daye  and  nyght/ 
hope  to  come.  For  which  hopes  sake/  kynge  Agrippa  am  I 
accused  oft'  the  iewes.  why  shulde  itt  be  thought  a  thynge 
vncredible  vnto  you/  ^  if  God  rayse  agayne  the  deed  ? 

I  also  verely  thought  in  my  silfe/  that  I  ought  to  do  many 
contrary  thynges/  clene  agaynst  the  name  off  Jesus  off  Naza- 
reth :  which  thynge  I  alsoo  did  in  Jerusalem.  And  many  of 
the  saynctes  shut  I  in  preson.  morover  I  receaved  auctorite 
off  the  bye  prestes  :  And  when  they  were  putt  to  decth  I ''  gave 
®  the  sentence.     And  I  punnysshed  them  ^  often  in  every  sina- 

**  Augustus,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Chiefly  because  thou  hast  knowledge 

of.  Gill.  ^  My  life  [living,  C]  tliat  I  have  ledde  of  achilde,  Cr. 

Bps.     As  touching  my  life  from  my  childhood.  Gen.  •"  And  what 

it  was  from  the  beginning,  Gen.  '*  Heretofore,  Gen.  ^  Jewish 

law,  (:.!V.   Religion,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  xjiat,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Brought,  Cor.  *  My  sentence,  Gen.  ^  Throughout  all  the 

Synagogues,  Gen. 


El)e  sirtes  of  tl)c  S^postlca.  €\>.  vrW- 

goge/  and  compelled  them  to  blaspheme,  and  was  yett  more 
mad  ai)on  them  and  persecuted  them/  even  vnto  straunge  cites. 
1*'  About  the  which  thynges  as  I  went  to  Damascon  whith  auc- 
torite/  and  ii  commission  from  the  hye  prestes/  even  at  myd 
daye  (kynge  Agrippa)  I  sawe  in  the  waye  a  lyght  from  heven/ 
^^  above  the  brightnes  of  the  sunne/  shyne  rounde  about  me 
and  them/  which  iorneyed  with  me. 

When  we  w^r  all  fallen  to  the  erth/  I  herde  a  voyce  speak- 
vnge  vnto  me/  and  sayingc  in  the  cbrue  tonge  :  Saul/  Saul/ 
why  persecutest  thou  me  ?  Hit  is  harde  for  the  to  kicke 
agaynst  the  pricke.  And  I  sayde  :  Who  arte  thou  lorde  ? 
And  he  sayde  :  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou  persecutest :  But  ryse 
and  stond  vppe  on  thy  fete.  For  I  have  apered  vnto  the  for 
this  purpose/  to  make  the  a  mynister/  and  a  witncs  both  otf 
the  thynges  which  tliou  hast  sene/  and  off  tho  thynges  in  the 
which  I  will  apere  vnto  the/  delyverynge  th.c  from  the  people/ 
and  from  the  gentyls/  vnto  the  which  nowe  I  sende  the/  to 
open  their  eyes  that  they  myght  turne  ffrom  darknes  vnto 
lyght/  and  ffrom  the  power  of  Satan  vnto  God/  that  they 
maye  receave  forgevenes  of  synnes/  and  inhoritaunce  amonge 
tiiem  which  arc  sanctyfyed  by  fayth  in  me. 

Wherfore  kynge  Agrippa  I  was  not  '-^  disobedient  vnto  the 
hevenly  vysion :  butt  shewed  fyrst  vnto  them  off  Damascoiv 
and  att  Jerusalem'  and  thorow  out  nil  the  costes  off  Jewry/ 
and  to  the  gentyls/  that  they  shulde  repent/  and  turne  to  God/ 
and  do  the  right  werkes  '"*  off  rcpentaunce.  For  this  cause 
the  iewes  caught  me  in  the  temple/  and  went  about  to  kill  me 
1^  Neverthelesse  I  obtained  helpe  off  God/  and  stond  vnto  this 
daye  witnessynge  bothe  to  small  and  to  greate/  saying  none 
other  thynges/  then  those  which  the  prophetes  and  Moses  did 
saye  shulde  come/  that  Christ  shulde  suffre/  and  that  he  shuld 
be  the  fyrst  that  shulde  ryse  from  deeth/  and  shulde  shewe 
lightt  vnto  the  people/  and  to  the  gentyls. 

As  he  thus  answered  for  hym  silfe  :  Festus  sayde  with  a 
lowde  voyce  :  Paul/  thou  arte  besides  thy  silfe.  Moche  learn- 
yngo  hath  made  the  mad.  And  Paul  sayde  :  I  am  not  mad 
^^  most  dere  Festus  :  but  speake  the  wordes  of  trueth  and  so- 
bernes     The  kynge  knoweth  of  these  thynges/  before  whom 

' '  At  which  time,  Gen.  "  Licence,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  '«  Pass- 

ing, Gen.         '•'  Faithless,  Cov.  '■*  Of  penance,  Coo.         '^  Seeino- 

therefore  tliat  I  liave  obtained,  Cr.  Bps.  '*  O  [Moat,  -B.]  noble", 

Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  c):Ibf.  STijc  Stctcs  of  tije  Slpostlcs. 

1"  I  speke  frely  nether  thjTike  I  that  eny  of  these  thynges 
are  hidden  from  hym.  For  this  thynge  was  not  done  in  a 
corner.  Kynge  Agrippa  belevest  thou  the  prophetes  ?  I  wote 
wele  thou  belevest.  Agrippa  sayde  vnto  Paul :  ^^  Sumwhatt 
thou  biyngest  me  in  mynde  fFor  to  be  come  christen.  And 
Paull  sayd  :  I  wolde  to  God  that  not  only  thou  :  but  also  all 
that  heare  me  to  daye/  were  ^^  not  sumwhat  only/  but  alto- 
gedder  soche  as  I  am  except  these  bondes.  And  when  he  had 
thus  spoken/  the  kynge  rose  vppe/  and  the  debite/  and  Ber- 
nice/  and  they  that  sate  with  them.  And  when  they  were 
gone  aparte/  they  talked  betwene  them  selves  sayinge  :  This 
man  doeth  nothynge  worthy  of  deeth/  nor  of  bondes.  Then 
sayde  Agrippa  vnto  festus  :  This  man  myght  have  bene  low- 
sed  yf  he  had  not  apealed  vnto  Cesar. 

Eiie  vv'ou-  <E'J)aptcr. 

\\[  HEN  it  was  concluded  that  we  shulde  sayle  into  italy/ 
'  they  delivered  Paul/  and  certayne  other  presoners  vnto 
won  named  Julius/  an  vndercaptayne  of  ^  Cesars  soudiars. 
And  we  entred  into  a  shippe  of  Adramicium/  and  lowsed  from 
lond/  2  apoynted  to  sayle  by  the  costes  off  Asia/  won  Aristar- 
cus  out  of  Macedonia/  of  the  centre  of  Thessalia/  ^  beinge  with 
vs.  The  nexte  daye  cam  we  to  sidon/  and  Julius  courteously 
entreated  Paul/  and  gave  him  liberte  to  goo  vnto  his  frendes/ 
and  to  refresshe  hym  silfe.  And  from  thence  lanched  we 
and  sayled  hai'de  by  Cypers/  be  cause  the  wyndes  were  con- 
trary. Then  sayled  we  over  the  see  ^  off  Cicill/  and  Pamphy- 
lia/  and  cam  to  Myra  a  cite  in  Lycia. 

And  there  the  vnder  captayne  founde  a  shippe  off  Alexan- 
dry  redy  to  sayle  in  Italy/  and  put  vs  there  in/  and  when  we 
had  sayled  slowly  many  dayes/  and  scace  were  come  over 
agaynst  Gnydon  (be  cause  the  wynde  ^  with  stode  vs)  we  sa- 
led  harde  by  the  ^  costes  off  Candy/  over  agaynste  Salmo/  and 
with  moche  "^  worke  sayled  beyonde  hytt/  and  cam  vnto  a 
place  called  ^  Goode  porte.  Neye  where  vnto  was  a  citte 
called  Lasea.     When  moche  tyme  was  spent/  and  saylynge 

*'  Also  I  speake  boldly  :  for  I  am  persuaded  that  none,  etc.  Gen. 
'*  Almost  [Somewhat,  B.]  thou  persuadest  me,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Both 
almost  and  altogether,  Gen.  Both  somewhat  and  also  in  a  great  dcale, 
Bps.  '  Augustus  bande,  Gen.  Bps,  ^  Purposing,  Gen. 

^  Tarying  still  with,  Cr.  Bps.  ■*  By  Cilicia,  Gen.  ^  Sufi'ered  us 
not,  Gen.  ^  Candie  neere  to  Salmone,  Gen.  ''  Ado,  Gen. 

s  Good  haven,  Cov.    The  Fair  Havens,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Cte  ^ctfs  of  tljc  Apostles.  GTlj.  yyhil. 

was  nowe  ieoperdeous/  because  alsoo  ^  thatt  we  hadcl  ovcr- 
longe  fasted/  Paul  ^'^  put  them  in  reniembraunce/  and  sayde 
vnto  them  :  Syre  I  pevccave  that  thys  vyagc  wilbe  with  iiurte 
and  doniage/  not  off  the  ladynge  and  shippc  only  :  but  also 
otr  ourc  lyucs.  But  the  vndercaptayne  belevcd  the  gouerner/ 
and  the  master  ^^  better  then  thoo  thyngcs  which  were  spoken 
off  Paul.  And  because  the  haven  was  nott  commodius  to 
wynter  in  many  toke  counsell  to  dcparte  thence/  yff  by  eny 
meanes  they  myght  atayne  to  Phenices  and  there  to  wynter/ 
whych  haven  pertayneth  to  Candy/  and  i-servith  to  the  sougth- 
west/  and  northwest  wynde.  When  the  sougth  wynde  blewe/ 
^3  they  supposynge  to  obtayne  theyr  purpose  lowsed  ^^  vnto 
Asson/  and  sayled  paste  all  Candy. 

Butt  anon  after  there  arose  ^^  (agaynstc  theyr  purpose)  a 
flawe  oft'  wynde  ^^  out  of  the  northeste  i^  When  the  shippe 
was  caught/  and  coulde  not  resist  the  wyiide/  we  lett  her  goo 
and  IS  drave  with  the  wedder.  We  ^'^  cam  vnto  an  yle  named 
Clauda/  And  20  had  moche  worke  to  come  by  aboote/  which 
they  toke  vppe/  and  vsed  helppe  -^  vndergerdynge  the  shippe/ 
feaiynge  lest  we  shulde  have  fallen  into  Syrtes/  and  we  let 
doune  a  vessell  and  soo  ware  caryed.  22 1'^g  nexte  daye 
when  we  were  tossed  with  an  excedynge  tempest/  they  light- 
ened the  shippe/  and  the  thyrde  daye  we  cast  out  with  oure 
awne  hondes  the  tacklinge  of  the  shippe.  When  at  the  last 
nether  sunne  nor  starre  in  many  dayes  apered/  And  no  smale 
tempest  laye  apon  vs/  all  hope  ^3  thatt  we  shulde  be  saved/ 
was  taken  awayc. 

Then  after  longe  abstinence  Paul  stode  forth  in  the  myddes 
of  them  and  sayde  :  Syrs  ye  shulde  have  herde  me/  and  not 
have  departed  from  Candy/  24  nether  to  have  brought  vnto  vs 
this  harme  and  losse.  And  nowe  I  exhorte  you  to  be  of 
good  chere/  ffbr  there  ^  shalbe  noo  losse  off  eny  mans  lyfe 

®  The  fast  was  now  passed,  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Exhorted  them,  Gen. 

"  More,  Cr.  Bps.  Rather,  Gen.  '-  Lyeth  towards  the   Southwest 

and  by  West,  and  Northwest  and  by  West,  Gen.  '^  Geji.  Bps. 

add — softly.  '■'  Neerer  and  sailed  by  Candie,  Gen.  ^^  By  it  a 

stormie  winde  called  Euroclydon,  Gen.  ^*  Called  North-east,  Gov. 
'^  Bps.  adds —  which  is  called  Euroclydon.  ^^  Were  caryed 

away,  Gen.  '^  Were  caryed  into,  Cr.  Bps.     Ranne  under.  Gen. 

'"  Coulde  scarce  [Had  much  ado  to.  Gen.]  get  a  boat,  Cor.  Gin. 
*'  And  bound  it  under  hand  to,  Cor.    And  made  fast,  Cr.  -^  And 

when  we  had  bidden  a  great  tempest,  on  the  next  day  they  made  an 
outcasting.  Cor.  ^  Of  our  life.  Car.  That  we  shoulde  escape,  Cr. 

^  So  shoulde  ye  have  gained,  Gen.  And  to  have  gained  unto  us,  Bps. 
*'  Shall  none  of  our  lives  perish,  Cr. 


^0.  c):lbf[.  2ri)c  airtes  of  t!)c  Slpostlts. 

amonge  you  :  Butt  off  the  shippe  only.  For  there  stode  by 
me  this  iiyght  the  angell  off  God  whose  I  am/  and  whom  I 
serve/  saying  :  feare  nott  Paul/  for  thou  must  be  brought  be- 
fore Cesar.  And  loo/  God  hath  geven  vnto  the  all  thatt  are 
in  the  shippe  with  the/  wherfore  Syrs  be  of  good  ^  chere/  for 
I  beleve  God  that  so  it  shalbe  even  as  it  was  tolde  me/  and 
we  must  be  cast  into  a  certayne  ylonde. 

But  when  the  fourtenthe  nyght  was  come  as  we  were  car- 
yed  27  in  Adria/  about  mydnyght  the  shipmen  demed  thatt 
^  there  apered  some  countre  vnto  them/ and  they  sounded/ 
and  founde  it  xx.  feddoms.  they  v,  ent  a  lytell  further  and 
sounded  agayne/  and  founde  xv.  feddoms.  Then  fearinge 
lest  they  shulde  have  fallen  ^  on  some  Rocke/  they  cast  iii], 
ancres  out  of  the  sterne/  and  wysshed  for  the  daye.  As  the 
20  shipmen  were  about  to  fle  out  of  the  shippe/  and  had  lett 
doune  the  bote  into  the  see/  vnder  a  colour  as  though  they 
wolde  have  cast  ancres  out  off  the  forshippe :  Paul  sayd  vnto 
the  vnder  captayne  and  the  soudiers :  excepte  these  abyde  in 
the  shippe  ye  cannot  be  safe.  Then  the  soudiers  cut  off  the 
rope  off  the  bote/  and  lett  yt  fall  awaye. 

31  And  in  the  meane  tyme/  bitwLxt  that  and  daye/  Paul  ^  be- 
sought them  all  to  take  meate/  sayinge  :  this  is  the  four- 
tenthe daye  that  ye  have  taried  and  continued  fasty-nge  re- 
ceavynge  no  thynge  at  all/  wherfore  I  praye  you  to  take 
meate.  for  this  ^3  no  dout  is  for  youre  helth/  for  there  shall 
not  an  heere  fall  from  the  heed  of  eny  of  you.  And  when 
he  had  thus  spoken  he  toke  breed  and  gave  thankes  to  God 
in  presence  off  them  all/  and  brake  it/  and  began  to  eate. 
Then  were  they  all  of  Good  cheare/  and  they  also  toke 
meate.  We  were  all  togedder  in  the  shippe/  two  hondred 
and  thre  score  and  sixtene  soules.  When  they  had  eaten 
ynough/  they  lightened  the  shippe  and  cast  oute  the  weate  in- 
to the  see. 

When  ytt  was  daye  they  knew  not  the  34iande/  butt  they 
spied  a  certayne  ^^  reache  with  a  banke/  in  to  the  which  they 
were  mynded  (yff  ytt  were  possible)  to  thrust  in  the  shippe. 
And  when  they  had  taken  vppe  the  ancres/  they  committed 

*®  Courage,  Gen.  [So  post.}  ^  To  and  fro  in  the  Adriatic  sea, 

Gen.  ^  Some  countrey  approched,  Gen.  They  drewe  near  to,  Bps. 
*•  Into  some  rough  places,  Gfn.  ^"Mariners,  Gen.  •'•And when 
the  daye  began  to  appear  [it  began  to  be  daye,  G.]  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'•  Exhorted,  Gen.    [So  vs.  34.]  ^  Is  for  your  safeguard.  Gen. 

**  Countrey,  Gen,        ^  flaven,  Cop.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.   Creek,  Gen. 


E^t  S^ctcs  of  tj)c  SIpostlcs.  <ti).  vvWfj. 

^''  them  selves  vnto  the  see/  and  lowsed  the  rudder  bondes  and 
hoysed  vppe  the  niaync  sayle  to  the  wynde  and  drue  to  londc/ 
and  they  fell  into  a  place/  ^'^  which  had  the  see  on  bothc  the 
sydes/  '-^^  and  thrust  in  the  shippe/  and  the  foore  parte  stucke 
fast/  and  moved  not/  and  the  hyndcrparte  brake  with  the  vio- 
lence of  the  waves. 

The  soudears  coimscll  was  to  kyll  the  prcsoners  lest  eny  olV 
them/  when  he  had  swomc  out  shoulde  fle  awaye  :  but  the 
vnder  captayne  willinge  to  save  Paul  kept  them  from  3'' their 
purpose/  and  commaunded  that  they  that  coulde  swymshuldc 
cast  them  selves  fyrst  into  the  see/  and  ■*"  scape  to  londe. 
And  the  other  he  commaunded  to  goo/  some  on  hordes/  and 
some  on  broken  {)cces  off  the  shippe.  And  so  cam  it  to  passe/ 
that  they  cam  all  safe  to  londe. 


Cljc  n'^li].  Cljnptcr. 


A" 


ND  when  they  were  ^  scaped  they  kncwe  that  the  yle  was 
called  Mileta.  The  ^  people  off  the  country  shewed  vs 
no  litell  kyndnos/  for  they  kyndled  a  fyre  and  receaved  vs 
every  one  be  cause  off  the  ^  present  rayne/  and  be  cause  off 
colde.  When  Paul  had  gaddered  a  ^  boundle  off  stickes/  And 
putt  them  into  the  fyre/  ■''a  viper  (be  cause  off  the  beet)  ci'eept 
out  and  lept  on  his  honde.  When  the  men  off  the  contre 
sawe  the  ^  worme  hange  on  hys  honde/  they  sayde  amonge 
them  selves  :  thys  man  ^  must  nodes  be  a  mortherer/  Whom 
(though  he  have  escaped  the  see)  yet  \engeaunce  suffrcth 
nott  to  live,  and  he  shuke  of  the  '^  vermin  into  the  fyre/  and 
felt  no  harme.  They  wayted  when  he  shulde  have  swolne/ 
or  fallen  doune  deed  sodently.  But  after  they  had  loked 
a  greate  \\  hyle/  and  sawe  no  ^  harme  come  to  hym/  they 
chaunged  their  myndes/  and  sayde  that  he  was  a  God. 

In  the  same  quarters/  the  chefe  man  off  the  yle  whose 
name  was  Publius/  had  ^^  a  lordshippe/  whych  receaved  vs/ 
and  lodged  vs  thi'e  dayes  courteously.  Hit  fortuned  that  the 
father  of  Publius  laye  sicke  off  a  fiever/  and  of  a  bluddy  flixe 

•^  The  ship.  Gen.  ^^  Where  two  seas  mot,  Gen.         •**  The  ship 

dashed  upon  it,  Cop.  39  fhis  counsell.  Gcti.  *°  Go  out,  Goi. 

'  Come  safe,  Gen.         ^Straungers,  Or.    Barbarians,  Gen.    Barbarous 
people,  B{)s.  ^  Rayne  that  was  come  upon  us.  Gov.    Present 

shoure,  Gen.  *  Number,  Gen.  ^  Came  a  viper  out  of  the 

heat.  Or.  Gen.  Dps.  *  Beast.  Cov.  '  Must  no  doubt,  Cr. 

Bps.    Is  surely,  Gere.         ^  Viper,  Cr.  Bps.  Worme,  Ge/i.         ^Incon- 
venience, Gen.  '°  Lande.  C'r.  Possessions,  Gtn.  Bps. 
Z* 


jTo.  orlbfff.  Ct)e  Slctes  of  tijc  MpostUs. 

to  whom  Paul  entred  in  and  prayde/  and  layde  his  hondes  on 
hym/  and  healed  hym.  when  this  was  done/  other  also  which 
were  diseased  in  the  yle/  cam  and  were  healed  :  and  they  did 
vs  grett  honour.  And  when  we  departed/  they  laded  vs  with 
thynges  necessary. 

After  thre  monethes  we  ^^  sayled  in  a  shippe  off  Alexandry/ 
which  had  wyntred  in  the  yle/  whos  badge  was  Castor  and 
pollux.  And  when  we  cam  to  Ciracuse/  we  taryed  there  iij. 
dayes/  from  whence  we  ^'^  sayled  about  and  cam  to  Regiunt, 
and  after  won  daye  the  sougth  wynde  blewe/  and  we  cam  the 
nexte  daye  to  Putiolus  where  we  founde  brethren/  and  were 
desyred  to  tary  wyth  them  seven  dayes/  and  so  we  came  to 
Rome.  And  from  thence/  when  the  brethren  herde  of  vs/ 
they  cam  ^^  to  Apiphorum/  and  thre  taverns/  and  met  vs. 
when  Paul  sawe  them  he  thanked  God/  and  wexed  boolde. 
When  we  cam  to  Rome/  the  vnder  captayne  delivered  the 
presoners  to  the  I'^chefe  captayne  of  the  host :  butt  Paul  was 
suffered  to  dwell  i^  alone  with  Avone  soudier  that  kept  him. 

Hit  fortuned  that  after  thre  dayes  Paul  called  the  chefe  of 
the  iewes  togedder.  When  they  were  come/  he  sayde  vnto 
them  :  Men  and  brethren/  though  I  have  committed  noo  thynge 
agaynst  the  people/  or  lawes  of  oure  fathers :  yett  was  I  de- 
livered presoner  from  Jerusalem  into  the  hondes  of  the  re- 
mains. Which  when  they  had  examened  me  wolde  have 
lett  me  goo/  be  cause  they  founde  no  cause  of  deeth  in  me  : 
but  when  the  iewes  cried  contrary  :  I  was  consti'ayned  to  ap- 
peale  vnto  Cesar.  Not  be  cause  I  had  ought  to  accuse  my 
^^  people  of.  For  this  cause  have  I  called  for  you  to  se  you/ 
and  to  speake  with  you.  For  I  ^'  be  cause  off  the  hope  off 
Israhel/  am  bounde  with  this  chayne. 

And  they  sayde  vnto  him  :  We  nether  receaved  letters  out 
of  Jewry  '^  pertayninge  vnto  the/  nether  cam  eny  of  the 
brethren  thatt  shewed  or  spake  eny  harme  of  the.  Butt  we 
woU  heare  of  the  what  thou  thynkest.  For  ^^  we  have  herde 
off  this  secte/  that  every  wheare  it  is  spoken  agaynst.  When 
they  had  apoynted  hym  a  daye/  there  cam  many  vnto  hym 
into  his  lodgynge :  to  whom  he  expouned  and  testifyed  the 
kyngdom  off  God.     and  preached  vnto  them  of  Jesu :  both 

"  Departed,  Gen.  "  Set  a  coinpasse,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'^  Against  us  to  Apiphora  [to  Appii  forum,  Tav."] ,  T.  M.  Tav.  To  meete 
us  at  the  market  of  Appius  [at  Appii  forum,  B.] ,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Gen- 
eral captaine,  Gen.  '^  By  himselfe,  T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Na- 
tion, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  For  the  sake  of,  Gen.  '*  Concerning, 
Gen.  Bps.         '*  Concerning  this  sect,  we  know,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


tEiic  Slctcs  of  ti)c  Slpostlrs.  €i).  n^U]. 

by  the  lawc  off  Moses/  and  also  by  the  prophetes  from  mom- 
ynge  to  nyght.  And  some  -^  beloved  the  thynges  which  were 
spoken/  and  some  beloved  not. 

When  they  agreed  not  amonge  them  selves/  they  departed/ 
after  thatt  Paul  had  spoken  one  worde  :  well  spake  the  holy 
goost  by  Esay  the  prophet  vnto  oure  fathers/  sayinge  :  Goo 
vnto  this  people  and  saye  :  ^^  with  youre  eares  shall  ye  heare/ 
and  shall  not  vnderstonde.  and  -^  with  youre  eyes  shall  ye  se 
and  shall  not  perceave.  For  the  hert  off  this  people  is  wexed 
grosse/  and  —  their  eares  wexe  thycke  of  hearinge/  and  their 
eyes  have  they  ^  closed/  lest  they  shulde  se  with  their  eyes/ 
and  heare  with  their  eares/  and  vnderstonde  with  their  hertes/ 
and  shulde  -■*  be  converted/  and  I  shulde  heale  them.  Be  it 
knowen  therfore  vnto  you/  that  this  ^  consolacion  of  God  is 
sent  to  the  gentjds/  and  they  shall  heare  it.  And  when  he  had 
sayde  that/  the  iewes  departed  from  hym/  and  had  gi'ete  ^  des- 
picions  amonge  them  selves. 

But  Paul  -^  dwelt  two  yeares  in  his  lodgynge.      And 

receaved  all  that  cam   to  hym/   preachynge    the 

kyngdome    off   God/    and    teachynge    those 

thynges  which  concerned  the  lorde  Jesus 

wyth  all  28  confidence/  noo  man 

foibyddynge  hym. 


W.evc  enTrctljc  tjc  Sfctcs  off  tf)c 
Slpostlcs. 

^  Were  perswaded  with,  Gen.  Bps.  *'  By  hearing — Seeing, 

Gen.  ^*  They  hear  hardly  with  their  ears.  Cor.    Wyth  their  ears 

have  they  had  no  hist  to  heare,  Cr.    Their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing, 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  Winked,  Gen.  ^  Returne,  that  I  might,  etc. 

Gen.  ^  Salvation.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Reasoning,  Gen. 

Bps.        ^  Remained  [Dwelt,  B.]  in  his  own  hired  house,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Boldness  of  speach,  without  let.  Gen. 


to  tfie  3Uomafincfii^ 


I^^IL  the  servaunte  off  Jesus  Christ/  called  ^  vnto  the 
office  off  an  apostle/  putt  a  parte  to  preache  the  gospell 
of  God/  which  he  promysed  afore  by  his  prophctes/  in  the  ho- 
ly scriptures  ^  that  make  mcnsion  of  his  sonne/  ^  the  which 
was  ^  begotten  of  the  seede  of  David  ^  as  pertaynynge  to  the 
flesshe  :  and  ^  declared  to  be  the  sonne  of  God  with  power 
"^  of  the  holy  goost/  that  sanctifieth/  ^  sence  the  tyme  that  Je- 
sus Christ  oure  lorde  rose  agayne  from  deeth/  by  whom  we 
have  receaved  grace  and  apostle  shippe/  ^  thatt  all  gentiles 
shulde  obeye  to  the  fayth  which  is  in  his  name/  of  the 
which  noumbre  are  ye  also/  ^°  which  are  Jesus  Christes  by 
vocacion. 

To  all  you  of  Rome  beloved  of  God/  and  ^^  sanctes  by  call- 
ynge.  Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God  oure  father/ 
and  from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

•  An  apostle,  Cor.  To  be  an  apostle,  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Con- 
cerning his  Sonne,  Gen.  Of  his  sonne,  Bps.  ^  Gen.  adds — Jesus 
Christ,  our  Lorde.  ••  Borne,  C'r.  Made,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  After, 
Cr.  Bps.  According  to.  Gen.  *  Declared  mightily,  Cor.  Gen. 
">  After  the  spirite  that  sanctifieth,  Cor.  Cr.  Bps  Touching  the  spir- 
ite  of  sanctification,  Gen.  ®  By  the  resurrection  from  the  dead. 
Gen.  Bps.  adds — of  our  Lord  Jesus  Clirist.  ^  To  set  up  the  obe- 
dience of  faith.  Cor.  To  bring  all  manner  hey  then  people  to  the 
obedience  of  the  faith,  T.  M.  That  obedience  might  be  given  to  the 
faith  in  his  name  among  all  the  heathen  [Gentiles,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
'"  The  electe  of  Jesus  Christ,  Cr.  ''  Saints  by  election,  Cr.  Call 
ed  to  be  saints,  Gtn. 


Srije  Hpfstlc  buto  tijc  SRomnmis.  CTJ),  f. 

Fyrst  verely  I  thanke  my  god  thorow  Jesus  Christ  for  you 
all/  be  cause  youre  faith  is  publisshed  through  out  all  the 
worlde.  For  god  is  my  witnes/  whom  I  serve  in  my  sprete/ 
in  the  gospell  of  his  sonne  that  with  out  ceasynge  I  make 
mencion  of  you  all  wayes  in  my  prayers/  besechynge  thatt  at 
one  tyme  or  another/  a  prosperous  iorney  (by  the  will  of  god) 
^'■^  myght  fortune  mc  to  come  vnto  you.  For  I  longe  to  see 
you/  that  I  myght  bcstowe  amonge  you  some  spirituall  gifte/ 
i3  to  strengthe  you  with  all  (thatt  ys)  that  I  myght  i"*  have 
consolacion  togedder  with  you/  ^^  through  the  commen  fayth/ 
which  bothe  ye  and  I  liave. 

I  wolde  that  ye  shulde  knowe/  brethren/  howe  that  I  have 
often  tymes  purposed  to  come  vnto  you  (but  have  bene  lett 
hidderto)  to  '^^  have  some  frute  amonge  you/  as  I  have  amonge 
other  of  the  gentyls.  For  I  am  detter  both  to  the  grekes/ 
and  to  ^"^  them  which  are  no  grekes/  vnto  the  ^"^  learned 
and  also  vnto  the  i^vnlearned,  I'JLykwyse/  as  moche  as 
in  me  is/ 1  am  redy  to  preache  the  gospell  to  you  of  Rome 
also. 

For  I  am  nott  a  shamed  of  the  gospell  of  Christ/  because  it 
is  the  power  of  God  vnto  salvacion  to  all  that  beleve/  namly 
to  the  iewe/  and  also  to  the  ^Ogentyle/  For  by  it  the  right - 
ewesness  which  commeth  of  God  is  opened/  from  faythe  to 
faythe.     As  it  is  written  :  The  iust  shall  live  by  fayth. 

For  the  wrath  of  god  ^^  of  heven  apereth  agaynst  all  vn- 
godlynes  and  vnrightewesnes  of  men  which  witholde  the  trueth 
in  vnrightewesnes/  seynge  that  that/  which  maye  be  knowen 
of  god/  is  manifest  amonge  them.  For  god  did  shewe  it  vnto 
them.  For  his  invisibile  thynges  (that  is  to  saye/  his  eternall 
power  and  godhed)  22  are  vnderstond  and  sene/  by  the  werkes 
from  the  creacion  of  the  worlde.  So  that  they  are  with  out 
excuse/  in  as  moche  as  when  they  ^  knewe  God  they  gloryfied 
hym  not  as  god/  nether  were  thankfull/  but  ^-i  wexed  full  of 
vanities  in  their  imaginacions.     And  their  folisshe  hertes  were 

''  By  some  means  1  might  have  [take,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  '^  That  ye 
might  be  stablished, Gen.  Bps.  '^  Be  comforted, GVw.  '*  Through 
our  mutual  faith  [Eacho  with  others  fayth,  /?.]  both  yours  and  mine, 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  Do  some  good,  Cor.  "  Un  greeks,  Coe.  Cr.  Bar- 
barians, Gen.  Bps.  '*  Wise — Unwise,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  So  that, 
Cr.  Bps.  Therefore,  Gen.  '^  Greek,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Appereth 
from  heaven,  T.  M.  Cr.  Isreveiled  from  heven.  Gen.  Bps.  "*  Might 
be  seen  while  they  are  considered  by  tlie  workes,etc.  Cov.  Are  sene 
for  as  much  as  they  are  understood  by,  etc.  Cr.  Are  seene  by  the  cre- 
ation of  the  worlde,  being  considered  in  his  workes,  Gen.  "^  Knewe 
that  there  is  a  God,  Car.         ^  Became  vaine,  Gcyi, 


Jfo.  cl.  STIjc  3apisHt  of  iDaul 

blynded.  When  they  ^5  counted  them  selves  wyse/  they  be- 
cam  foles  and  turned  the  glory  of  the  ^6  immortall  god/  vnto 
the  similitude  of  the  ymage  of  ^  mortall  man/  and  of  byrdes/ 
and  foure  foted  beastes  and  27serpentes. 

For  this  cause  god  gave  them  vppe  vnto  their  hertes  lustes 
vnto  vnclennes  to  defile  their  awne  boddies  bitwene  them 
selves  :  which  tourncd  his  trueth  vnto  a  lye/  and  worshipped 
and  served  the  creatures  ^8  more  then  the  maker/  which  is 
29  blessed  for  ever  Amen.  For  this  cause  god  gave  them 
vppe  vnto  •^'^  shamfull  lustes.  For  even  their  women  did 
chaunge  the  naturall  vse  vnto  ^^  vnnaturall.  And  lyke  wyse 
also  the  men  lefte  the  naturall  vse  of  the  woman/  and  brent 
in  lust  won  on  another  amonge  them  selves.  And  man  with 
man  wrought  filthynes/  and  receaved  in  them  selves  ^2  the 
rewarde  of  their  errour  as  it  was  accordynge. 

And  as  33  it  semed  not  good  vnto  them  to  be  aknowen 
of  god/  even  so  god  deliveryd  them  vppe  vnto  a  ^4  leawde 
mynd/  that  they  shulde  do  tho  thynges  which  wer  not  ^^  com- 
ly/  beynge  full  of  all  vnrighteous  doynge/  off  fornicacion/ 
wickednes/  coveteousness/  maliciousnes/  full  off  envie/  mor« 
ther/  debate/  dissayte/  ^6  evyll  condiciond/  whisperers/  back* 
biters/  37  haters  off  God/  ^8  doers  of  wronge/  proude/  bosters/ 
39  biyngers  vppe  of  evyll  thynges/  disobedient  to  their  fathers 
and  mothers/  with  out  vnderstondynge/  eovenaunte  breakers/ 
'"'  vnlovynge/  '^^  stouborne  and  merciles.  which  men/  though 
they  knew  the  '^~  rightewesnes  of  God/  howe  that  they  which 
soche  thinges  commyt  are  worthy  off  deeth/  yett  not  only  did 
the  same/  but  also  '^^  had  pleasure  in  them  that  did  them. 


nPHERFORE  arte  thou  inexcusable  o  man  whoever  thou 
be  that  iud^est.     For  in  that  same  where  in  thou  iudgest 


Eiie  scconlrc  ffi})apter. 

;e  thou  inexcusable  c 
For  in  that  same  w 
another/  thou  condemnest  thy  silfe.     For  thou  that  iudgest 

'^Professed,   Gen.  **  Incorruptible — corruptible,  (Ve;i.  By;*. 

27  Creeping  beasts   [thinges,  G.],  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^s  Forsaking  the 

Creator,  Gen.         ^  To  be  praised,  Cr.  Bps.         ^o  \\i^  affections,  Gen. 
SI  That  which  is   against  nature,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Such  recom- 

pense  of  their  errour  as  was  mete,  Gen.  ^^  They  regarded  not  to 

know  God,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'i Reprobate,  Gen.        ^Convenient, 

Gen.  2"^  Taking  all  things  in  the  evil  part,  Gen.  ^7  Despisers, 

Can.        3^  Dysdayneful,  Cr.  Despitefull,  Bps.        ^9  Inventers,  Gen. 
*'>  Withoute  natural  affection.  Gen.  •»'  Truce-breakers,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Bps.    Such   as   can   never  be  appeased,  Gen.  *^  Law,  Gat. 

43  Favour  them,  Gen, 


bnto  t|)c  3»omanns.  fiTf).  if. 

doest  even  the  same  silfe  thynges.  But  we  are  sure  that  the 
iudgement  of  God  is  accordynge  to  trueth/  agaynst  them 
which  commit  soche  thynges.  Thynkest  thou  O  man  that 
iudgest  them  which  do  soche  thynges  and  yet  dost  even  the 
very  same/  that  thou  shalt  escape  the  iudgement  of  God  : 
Other  despisest  thou  the  riches  otf  his  goodnes  and  pacicnce 
and  longe  sufferance  and  remembrest  not  how  that  the  ^  kynd- 
nes  of  God  ledith  the  to  rcpentaunce  ? 

But  thou  after  thyne  '-^harde  herte  that  cannott  repent/ 
iieapest  ^  the  togedder  the  treasure  of  wrath  agaynste  the  daye 
'^  of  vengeance/  when  shalbe  openned  the  rightewes  iudge- 
ment of  God/  whych  wyll  rewarde  every  man  accordynge  to 
hys  dedcs/  that  is  to  saye  ^  prayse/  honoure/  and  ''  immortaUte/ 
to  them  which  continuynge  in  goode  doynge/  soke  eternall 
lyfe  :  Butt  vnto  them  thatt  are  "^  rebelHous/  and  disobey  the 
trueth/  ^  yett  folowe  iniquytie/  shall  come  indignacion/  and 
wrathe  tribulacion  and  anguysshe  apon  the  soule  of  every 
mon  that  doth  evyll.  Of  the  Jewe  fyrst  And  also  off  the  gen- 
tyll.  To  every  man  that  doeth  good  shall  come  prayse/  hon- 
oure and  peace/  to  the  iewe  fyrst/  and  also  to  the  gentyll. 
For  there  is  no  ^  parcialite  with  god  :  But  whosoever  hath 
synned  with  out  lawe/  shall  perishe  with  out  lawe.  And  as 
many  as  have  synned  vnder  the  lawe/  shalbe  iudged  by  the 
lawe.  For  before  God  they  are  nott  righteous  which  hearo 
the  lawe  :  but  they  which  do  the  lawe  shalbe  iustifyed.  For 
if  the  gentyls  which  have  noo  lawe/  do  of  nature  the  thynges 
contayned  in  the  lawe  :  then  they  havynge  noo  lawe/  are  a 
lawe  vnto  them  selves/  which  shewe  the  ^"  dedc  oif  the  lawe 
written  in  theyr  hertes/  whyll  their  conscience  beareth  wit- 
nes  vnto  them/  and  also  their  thoughtes/  accusynge  won  an- 
other/ or  excus)-nge  at  the  daye  wen  God  shall  iudge  the  se- 
cretes off  men/  by  Jesus  Christ  accordynge  to  my  Gospell. 

11  Beholde/  thou  arte  called  a  Jewe/  and  ^^trustest  in  the 
lawe  and  ^^  reioysist  in  God/  and  knowest  his  will/  and  i'*  hast 

•  Loving-kindness,  Gov.   Bountifulness,  Gen.  ^  Stubbernesse, 

[Hardnesse,  G.]  and  heart  that  cannot,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Unto 

thyselfc,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of  wrath,  and  of  the  declaration  of  the 

just  [righteous,  B.]  judgment,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  them  which  by 

continuance,  etc.  seek  glory  and  honour  and  imniortalitie,  eternal  life, 
Grn.  Bps.  ^  Incorruption,  Cov.  '  Contentious,  Gen.  Bps. 

"*  But  obey  [folowe,  C]  unrighteousness,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Respect 

of  persons,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '°  Efiect,  Gen.  Work.  Bps.         "  But 

take  heed,  Cop.  '^  Restest,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Makest  thy  boast 

of,  Cr.  Bps.  Gloriest,  Gen.    [So  vs.  23.]  ^*  Provest  what  is  best 

to  do,  Cov.  Allowest  the  things  that  are  excellent,  Gen.  Bus. 


J?o.  elf.  Cljc  Hpfstlc  of  Daul 

experience  of  good  and  bad/  in  that  thou  arte  informed  by  the 
la  we  :  And  i^  belevest  that  thou  thy  silfe  arte  a  gyde  vnto  the 
blynde/  a  lyght  to  them  which  are  in  dercknes/  an  informer 
off  them  which  lacke  discrecion/  a  teacher  off  the  vnlearned/ 
which  haat  the  '*^  ensample  off  thatt  which  ought  to  be  knowen/ 
and  off  the  trueth  in  the  iawe.  ^^  Howe  teachest  thou  another  : 
but  teachest  nott  thy  silfe.  Thou  preachest/  a  man  shulde 
not  steale  :  and  yet  ^^  thou  stealest.  Thou  sayst/  a  man  shulde 
nott  commit  advoiitry  :  and  thou  breakest  wedlocke.  Thou 
abhorest  ymages/  ^9  and  robbest  God  of  his  honoure.  Thou 
rcioysest  in  the  Iawe/  and  thorow  breakynge  the  Iawe  dishon- 
ourest  God.  For  the  name  off  God  is  evy  11  spoken  off  amonge 
the  gentylls  thorowe  you  as  it  is  written. 

Circumcision  verely  ^^  avayleth  if  thou  kepe  the  Iawe  :  But 
if  thou  brcake  the  Iawe  thy  circumcision  is  made  vncircum- 
cision.  Therefore  yf  the  vncircumcised  kepe  the  ^^  right 
tliynges  contayned  in  the  Iawe  :  shall  nott  his  vncircumcision 
be  counted  for  circumcision  ?  And  shall  not  vncircumcision 
which  ys  by  nature  (yf  itt  kepe  the  Iawe)  iudge  the/  which 
^  beynge  vnder  the  Iawe  and  circumcision/  dost  transgresse 
the  Iawe  }  For  he  is  not  a  Jewe/  which  is  a  Jewe  outwarde. 
Nether  ia  that  thynge  circumcision/  which  is  outwarde  in  the 
flesshe  :  But  he  is  a  Jewe  which  is  ^  hid  within,  and  the 
circumcision  of  the  herte  ~^  [is  the  true  circumcision/]  which  is 
in  the  sprete/  and  nott  in  the  letter :  whose  pmyse  is  not  of 
men  but  of  god. 

E\)e  Z\)lxtse  (Ttjnptcr. 

T^HAT  1  preferment  then  hath  the  Jewe?  other  what 
avauntageth  circumcision  ?  ^  Surely  very  moche.  ^Fyi-sl 
vnto  them  was  committed  ■*  the  worde  off  God.  What  then 
though  some  of  them  did  not  beleve/  shall  their  vnbcleve  make 
the  ^  promes  of  god  without  effccte  }  god  forbid.  Lett  God 
betrue/  and  all  men  lyars/  as  it  is  written :  That  thou  myght- 

'^  Arte  confidt'iit,  Cov.  Pers\v»<li'st  thyselfe,  Gin.  "'  Form  fEn- 
samplo.  6'.]  of  knowledgo,  Cr.  Gen.  Bp^.  '"  Tliou  tlieretbre  wliich 
ti-.ichest  another,  teachest.  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  G<n.  Bjis.  '**  Dost 

thou  steale,  Gen.  Dps.  [G.  B.  use  the  intrrroir.  the  three  next  clauses.] 
'*  Conunittest  thou  sacrilege.  Gen.  ""  \i  profitable,  Gi  n.  '^  Or- 
dinances of,  (jVm.  Bps.  **  Being  under  the  letter.  Cr.  Bps.  By 
tlie  letter,  Grn.  ^  One  within.  Gm.  Bps.  *'  Gen.  omits. 
'  Furtherance,  Cor.  '^  Much  every  [Cr.adds — manerofj  way.GVn. 
Bpn.  ^  J^irst  because,  Cr.  i?/)5.  Chiefly  because,  Gui.  •'What 
God  spake,  Cor.    The  oracles  of  God,  Gen.         '  Fa^'th,  Gen.  Bps. 


bnto  ttic  ^omanns.  ff!).  fff. 

est  be  iustifyed  in  thy  saynges  and  shuldest  overcome  when 
thou  arte  iudged.  Yf  oure  vnrightewesnes  ^  make  the  right- 
ewesnes  off  God  more  excellent :  what  shall  we  saye  ?  Ys 
God  vnrighteous  '''  which  taketh  vengeaunce  ?  (I  speake  af- 
ter the  maner  of  men)  god  forbid.  For  howe  then  shall  god 
iudge  the  worlde  ?  yf  the  veritic  of  god  ^  apere  more  excellent 
thorow  my  lye/  vnto  his  prayse/  why  am  I  hence  forthe  iudg- 
ed as  a  synner  ?  and  saye  nott  rather  (^  as  men  evyll  speake 
of  vs/  and  as  some  afferme  that  we  saye)  ^^  lett  vs  do  ev- 
yll/ that  good  maye  come  therof.  whose  damnacion  is 
iiKie. 

Wliat  saye  we  then  ?  Are  we  ^^  better  then  they  ?  no/  in 
no  wyse.  For  we  have  all  redy  proved  how  that  both  Jewes 
and  gentyls  are  vnder  synne/  as  it  is  written  :  There  is  none 
righteous/  no  nott  one  :  There  is  none  that  vnderstondith/  there 
is  none  that  seketh  after  God/  they  are  all  gone  out  of  the 
waye/  they  are  all  made  vnproffitable/  there  is  none  that  doeth 
good/  no  not  won.  Their  throte  is  an  open  sepulcre/  with 
their  tounges  they  have  disceaved  :  the  poyson  of  Aspes  is 
vnder  their  lippes.  whose  mouthes  are  full  of  coursynge  and 
bitternes.  There  fete  are  swytfe  to  sheed  bloud.  i'^  Destruc- 
cion  ande  ^^  wretchednes  are  in  their  wayes.  And  the  waye 
of  peace  have  they  nott  knowen.  There  is  no  feare  of  God 
before  their  eyes. 

Ye  and  we  knowe  that  whatsoever  the  lawe  sayth/  he  sayth 
itt  to  them  which  are  vnder  the  lawe  :  That  all  mouthes  maye 
be  stopped/  and  all  the  worlde  be  ^"^  subdued  to  God/  be  cause 
that  by  the  dedes  of  the  lawe/  shall  no  flesshe  be  iustified  in 
the  sight  off  god.  For  by  the  lawe  commeth  the  knowledge 
off  synne. 

Nowe  verely  is  the  rightewesnes  that  commeth  of  God  ^^  de- 
clared with  out  the  fulfillinge  of  the  lawe  havynge  witnes 
yet  of  the  lawe/  and  of  the  prophetes.  ^^  The  rightewesnes 
no  dout  which  ys  goode  before  God  commeth  by  the  fayth  off 
Jesus  Christe  vnto  all/  and  apon  all  them  that  beleve, 

*  Commend,  Gen.  Setteth  fortli,  Bps.  ~  That  he  is  angry  there- 
for, Cov.  Which  punisheth.  Gen.  ^  Hath  more  abounded.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  As  we  are  blamed,  Gen.  As  we  are  slanderously  reported, 
Bps.  '"  Why  do  we  not  evyll  ?  Gen.  "  More  excellent,  Gere. 
•2  Hartes  griefe,  B/w.  ^^  Calamitie,  Gen.  Miserie,  JS/w.  '•*Det. 
ter,  Cov.  Culpable  before,  Gen.  Endangered,  Bps.  '=  Declared 
[Made  manifest,  G.]  without  the  law,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  -phe 
righteousness  of  God  commeth,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  To  icit,  the  righteous- 
ness  of  God  by  the  fayth,  etc.  Gen. 
AA 


Jfo.  clff.  a:i)e  ISpfstlc  of  3|aul 

For  there  is  no  difference/  all  have  synned/  and  '^'^  lacke 
the  prayse  that  is  off  '^valoure  before  God  :  but  are  iustified 
frely  by  his  grace/  through  the  redemcion  that  is  in  Christ 
Jesu/  whom  God  hath  ^^  made  a  seate  of  mercy  thorow 
faith  in  his  bloud/  to  shewe  the  rightewesnes  which  before 
hym  is  of  valoure/  in  that  he  forgeveth  the  synnes  thatt 
are  passhed/  20  which  God  did  suffre  to  shewe  at  this  tyme : 
"^  the  rightewesnes  that  is  alowed  off  hym/  that  he  myght 
be  counted  iuste/  and  a  iustifiar  of  hym  which  belevith  on 
Jesus, 

Where  is  then  thy  22  reioysynge  ?  Hitt  is  excluded.  By 
what  lawe  ?  by  the  lawe  of  workes  ?  Naye  :  but  by  the  lawe 
of  fayth. 

We  suppose  therfore  that  a  man  is  iustified  by  fayth  with 
out  the  dedes  of  the  lawe.  Ys  he  the  god  of  the  iewes  only  ? 
Ys  he  not  also  the  god  off  the  gentyls  ?  23  jje  is  noo  doute/ 
god  also  of  the  gentyls.  For  it  is  god  only  which  iustifieth 
circumcision/  ^4  which  is  off  faith  :  and  vncircumcision  throw 
fayth.  Do  we  then  ^ destroy e  the  lawe  throw  fayth  .^  God 
forbid.     We  rather  ^  mayntayne  the  lawe. 

E\)e  fiff.  Crjaptcr. 

"Y^/^HAT  shall  we  saye  then/  that  Abraham  oure  father  ^  as 
pertayninge  to  the  flesshe  dyd  fynde  .''  Yff  Abraham 
were  iustifyed  by  dedes/  then  hath  he  wher  in  to  reioyce  :  butt 
nott  with  god.  For  what  sayth  the  scripture  ?  Abraham  be- 
loved god/  and  it  was  counted  vnto  hym  for  rightewesnes. 
To  hym  that  worketh  ys  the  ^  rewarde  nott  reckoned  off  fa- 
vour :  but  of  3  duety.  Tho  him  that  worketh  not/  but  beleveth 
on  him  that  iustifieth  the  vngodly/  is  fayth  counted  for  right- 
ewesnes.'* Even  as  David  ^  desscribeth  the  blessedfulnes  of 
a  man/  vnto  whom  god  ^ascrybeth  rightewesnes  with  out 
dedes.     Blessed  are  they/  whose  vnrightewesnes  is  forgeven/ 

"'  Want  the  praise  that  God  should  have  of  them,  Cov.  Are  desti- 
tute [deprived,  G.  Have  nede,  B.]  of  the  glorie  of  God,  Or.  Gen.Bps. 
'®  [i.  e.  value.]  '^  Set  forthe  to  be  a  propitiation  [The  obtainer  of 
mercie,  C.  A  reconciliation,  G.]  through, etc.  Cr.  Gen.Bps.  ^Un- 
der the  sufferance  of  God,  Cov.  Through  the  patience  of  God,  Gen. 
*•  His  righteousness,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Boasting,  Bps.         ^  Yes, 

even  of  the,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  By  faith,  Bps.  ^  Make 
of  none  effect.  Gen.  ^  Establish,  Gen.  *  Hath  founde  con- 

cerning the  flesh.  Gen.  '  Wages,  Gen.  ^  Dette,  Gen.  *  Cr. 
adds — according  to  the  purpose  of  the  grace  of  God.  *  Declareth, 
Gen.         *  Imputeth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


bnto  tije  Uomajns.  ffiij.  ffif. 

and  whose  sjmnes  are  covered.  Blessed  is  that  man  to  whom 
the  lorde  imputeth  not  synne. 

Cam  this  blesPt  dnes  then  apon  the  circumcised  or  aponthe 
vncircumcised '''  ?  We  saye  verely  howe  that  fayth  was  reck- 
encd  to  Abraham/  for  rightewesnes.  Howe  was  it  reckoned  ? 
^  in  the  tyme  of  circumcision  ?  or  in  the  tyme  before  he  was 
circumcised  ?  Not  in  tyme  of  circumcision :  bvt  when  he 
was  yet  vncircumcised.  And  he  receaved  the  signe  of  cir- 
cumcision as  a  seale  of  that  rightewesnes  whych  is  by  fayth/ 
which  fayth  he  had  yett  beynge  vncircumcised/  that  he  shulde 
be  tlie  father  of  all  them  that  beleve/  though  they  be  nott  cir- 
cumcised/ that  righewesnes  myght  be  imputed  to  them  also/ 
And  that  he  myght  bo  the  father  of  the  circumcised :  ^not  be 
cause  they  are  circumcised  only :  but  be  cause  they  walke 
also  in  the  steppes  of  fayth/  which  was  ^^  in  oure  father  Abra- 
ham before  the  tyme  of  circumcision. 

For  the  promes  that  he  shulde  be  the  heyre  of  the  worlde 
was  not  geven  to  Abraham/  or  to  hys  seed  thorowe  the  lawe : 
but  thorow  the  rightewesnes  which  cometh  of  fayth.  For  yf 
they  which  are  of  the  lawe  be  heyres/  then  is  fayth  ^^  but 
vayne/  and  the  promes  of  none  effecte.  Because  the  lawe 
causeth  wrathe.  For  where  no  lawe  is/  there  is  no  transgres- 
sion. Therfore  ^^  by  fayth  is  the  enheritaunce  geven/  that  it 
myght  come  off  faveour  :  and  that  the  promes  myght  be  sure 
to  all  the  seed.  Not  to  them  only  which  are  of  the  lawe  :  but 
also  to  them  which  are  of  the  fayth  of  Abraham/  which  is  the 
father  of  vs  all.  As  hit  is  written :  I  have  ordeyned  the  a 
father  to  many  nacions/  before  God  whom  thou  hast  beleved/ 
which  '3  quyckeneth  the  deed  and  calleth  those  thynges  which 
be  not  as  though  they  were. 

Which  Abraham/  i"*  contrary  to  hope/  beleved  in  hope/  that 
he  shulde  be  the  father  of  many  nacions  accordynge  to  thatt 
whych  was  spoken :  So  shall  thy  seed  be/  and  ^^  he  faynted 
nott  in  the  fayth/  nor  yet  consydered  hys  awne  boddy/  which 
was  nowe  deed/  even  when  he  was  almost  an  hondred  yeare 
olde.     Nether  considered  he  ^^  the  barenes  off  Sara.     ^"^  He 

'  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — also.  ^  When  he  was  circumcised  or  un- 

fircumcised  ?   Gen.    [So  next  clause.]  ^  Not  to  them  only  which 

are,  etc.  but  to  them  also  which  walke,  Gen.  '"  In  the  uncircum- 

cision  of  ouriather  Abraham,  Cov.  "  Made  void,  Gen.  '*  Was 
the  promise  made  thro'  faith,  that  it  might,  etc.  Cov.  /?^■s  by  faith,  that 
it  miglU  come,  etc.  Gen.  i^  Restoreth  the  dead  unto  life,  Cr.  Bps. 
''»  Above,  Gen.  '*  He,  not  weak,  etc.  Gen.  '*  That  Sara  viras 

past  childe  bearing,  T.  M.  Cr.  The  deadnesse  of  Sara's  womb,  Gen. 
Bps.        '■'  Neither  did  he  doubte  of,  Gen. 


jTo.  clffj.  STije  Bpfstic  of  iiaul 

slackered  nott  at  the  promes  off  God  thorowe  vnbelefe  :  Butt 
was  made  stronge  in  the  fayth/  and  gave  honour  to  God  ^^  and 
stedfastly  beleved/  that  he  whych  had  nnade  the  pronfies  was 
able  also  ^^  to  make  it  good,  and  therfore  was  it  reckened  to 
hym  for  rightewesnes. 

Hit  is  nott  written  for  hym  only/  that  it  was  reckened  to 
hym  for  rightewesnes  :  butt  also  for  vs/  to  whom  ytt  shalbe 
counted  for  rightewesnes  so  we  beleve  on  hym  thatt  raysed 
vppe  Jesus  oure  lorde  from  deeth.  Which  was  delivered  for 
cure  synnes/  and  rose  agayne  forto  iustifye  vs. 


8ri&c  h.  <tWptet. 


B 


E  cause  therfore  thatt  we  are  iustifyed  by  fayth  we  are  a( 
peace  with  god  thorowe  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ :  by 
whom  ^  we  have  awaye  in  thorow  faith  vnto  this  faveour 
wherin  we  stonde  and  reioyse  in  hope  of  the  ^  prayse  that 
shalbe  geven  of  God.  Nether  do  we  so  only  :  but  also  we 
reioyce  in  tribulacion  :  For  we  know  that  tribulacion  bryngeth 
pacience/  pacience  bryngeth  ^  felynge/-  ^  felynge  brjoigeth 
hope,  and  hope  ^  maketh  vs  not  a  shamed/- be  cause  ^ihe 
love  that  god  hath  vnto  vs/  is  sheed  abrod  in  ouare  hertes/  by 
the  holy  gost/  which  is  geven  vnto  vs. 

6  For  when  we  were  yett  weake  accordynge  to  the  tyme  : 
Christ  dyed  for  vs  which  were  vngodly.  "^  Yett  scace  will  eny 
man  deye  for  a  rightewes  man.  Paraventure  for  a  good  man 
dui-st  a  man  deye.  Butt  God  setteth  out  hys  love  thatt  he  hath 
to  vs/  Seyinge  that  whyll  we  were  yett  synners/  ^  Christ 
deyed  for  vs.  Moche  more  then  nowe  (se3mge  we  are  iusti- 
fyed in  hys  bloud)  shall  we  be  ^  preserved  from  wrath  thorow 
hym. 

For  yf  when  we  were  enemys/  we  were  reconciled  to  God 
by  the  deeth  of  hys  sonne :  moche  more/  seynge  we  are 
reconciled/  we  shalbe  preservyd  by  his  life.     Not  only  so/ 

'^^  And  was  sure,  Cev.    Being  fully  assured,  Gen.  "-^  To  do  it. 

Gen.  To  perform,  Bps.  '  Also  it  cbaunsed  unto  us  to  be  brought 

in  through,  Cr.  Also  we  have  accesse  through,  Gen.  Also  we  have 
had  an  entrance  by,  Bps.  *  Glory  for  to  oome  which  God  shall  give, 
Gov.  Glory  (of  the  chyldren)  of  God,  Cr.  Of  tlie  glory  of  God,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^Experience,  Gen.  Proofe,  Bps.  ^  Letteth  us  not 

come  to  confusion.  Gov.  "  The  love  of  God  is  shed,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  For  Christ,  when  we  were  yet  of  no  strength,  at  his 

time.  Gen.  '  Doubtlesse  one  will  scarce  die.  Gen.  *  Cr.  adds — 
according  to  the  tyme.        '  Saved,  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  10.] 


bnto  tt)c  l^omaiins.  €1).  b. 

but  we  also  joye  in  God  by  the  meanes  off  ourc  lord  Jesus 
Christ/  by  whom  we  have  receavyd  this  attonmcnt. 

Whcrfore  as  by  one  man  synne  entrcd  into  the  worldc/ 
and  decth  by  the  meanes  off  synne.  And  so  deeth  went  over 
all  men/  in  somoche  that  all  men  synncd.  For  even  vnto  the 
tyme  of  the  lawe  was  synne  in  the  worlde  :  but  synne  ^^  was 
not  regarded/  as  longe  as  there  was  no  lawe.  neverthclcspe 
decth  rayncd  from  Adam  to  Moses/  even  over  them  also  that 
S3-nned  "not/  with  lyke  transgression  as  did  Adam  :  which  ^^  is 
the  similitude  off  hym  that  was  to  come. 

But  the  gyfte  is  not  lyke  as  is  the  i^  synne.  For  yf  thorow 
the  synne  of  one/  many  be  deed  :  moche  more  ^^  plenteous 
apon  many  was  the  faveour  of  God  and  gyfte  by  faveoure  : 
which  faveoure  was  geven  by  one  man  Jesus  Christ. 

I'^And  the  g\fte  is  nott  over  one  synne/  as  deeth  cam 
thorow  one  synne  of  one  that  synned.  For  ^^  damnacion  cam 
off  one  synne  vnto  condemnacion  :  But  the  g;y'ft  ^^  cam  to  iust- 
ify  from  many  synnes.  For  yff  by  the  synne  off  one/  deeth 
raigned  by  the  meanes  of  one/  moche  more  shall  they  which 
receave  aboundance  off  faveour  and  off  the  gyfte  of  rightew- 
esnes  raygne  in  lyfe  by  the  meanes  of  one  (that  is  to  saye) 
Jesus  Christe. 

Lyke  wyse  then  as  by  the  synne  of  one/  ^^  condemnacion 
cam  on  all  men  :  even  so  by  the  I'^iustifyinge  of  one  ^^  com- 
meth  the  rightewesnes  that  bryngeth  lyfe/  apon  all  men.  For 
as  by  one  mannes  disobedience  many  be  cam  synners :  so  by 
the  obedience  of  one  shall  many  be  made  righteous. 

The  lawe  in  the  meane  tyme  entred  in  thatt  synne  shuUIc 
encrease.  And  where  aboundaunce  off  synne  was/  there  was 
more  plenteousnes  of  grace.  That  as  sinne  had  raigned  vnto 
deeth/  even  so  might  grace  raynge  thorow  rightewesnes 
vnto  eternall  lyfe/   '^^  by  the   helpe  of  Jesu  Christ. 

'"  Is  not  imputed,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Was  the  figure,  Gen.  Bps. 

'■•'  Offence,  Gen.   [So  post.]  '•^  Hatli  abounded  unto  many,  G't/«. 

Bps.  '^  Neither  is  the  gift  so,  as  that  vhick  entered  in  by  one  that 

sinned,  Gen.  And  not  as  by  one  that  sinned  (cren  so)  the  gift,  Bps. 
'*  The  judgment,  Cov.  The  faulte.  Gen.  '^  Of  many   offences 

[sins,  B  ]  to  justification.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  The  fault  [sinne,  B.]  came 
on  all  men  to  condemnation.  Gen.  Bps.  "'  Righteousness,  2>7''^- 

"^  T/ic  benefit  abounded  toward  [Good  eiime  upon,  B.j  all  men,  to  the 
justification  [righteousnesse,  B.]  of  life,  Gen.  Bps.  =*"  Througli 

[By,  B.]  Jesus,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 

AA* 


So.  clfb.  Cl^e  Hjifstle  of  3|atil 


STJe  bj.  ffifjaptct. 


W 


HAT  shall  we  saye  then  ?  shall  we  continue  in  synne/ 
that  there  maye  be  aboundaunce  off  grace  ?  God  for- 
bid. Howe  shall  we  that  are  deed  as  touchjiige  synne  live 
eny  longer  therin  ?  Remember  ye  nott  thatt  all  we  which  are 
baptysed  in  the  name  off  Christ  Jesu/  are  baptised  ^  to  deye 
with  hym  ?  We  are  buryed  with  him  by  baptim  forto  deye  : 
That  as  Christ  was  raysed  vp  from  deeth  by  the  glory  of  the 
father  :  even  soo  we  also  shulde  walke  in  a  newe  lyfe.  For 
yff  we  be  graft  ^in  deeth  lyke  vnto  hym  :  even  soo  ^  must  we 
be  in  the  resurreccion.  Thys  we  must  remember/  that  oure 
olde  man  ys  crucified  wyth  hym  also/  that  the  body  of  synne 
myght  vtterly  be  destroyed/  that  hence  forth  we  shulde  not  be 
servauntes  off  synne.  For  he  that  is  deed/  ys  ^  iustified  from 
synne. 

Wherfore  yff  we  be  deed  with  Christ,  we  beleve  that  we 
sliall  live  with  hym  :  remembrynge  that  Christ  once  raysed 
from  deeth/  dieth  no  more.  Deeth  hath  no  more  power  over 
hym.  For  as  touchynge  that  he  died/  he  died  ^  as  concern- 
ynge  synne  once.  And  as  touchynge  that  he  liveth/  he  liveth 
vnto  God.  Lykewyse  "^  ymmagen  ye  also/  that  ye  are  deed 
as  concernynge  synne  :  but  are  alive  vnto  God  thorow  Jesus 
Christ  oure  lorde.  Lett  nott  synne  raigne  therfore  in  youre 
mortall  bodyes/  thatt  ye  shulde  there  vnto  obey  in  the  lustes 
off  it.  Nether  geve  ye  youre  members  as  "^  instrumentes  off 
vnrightewesnes  vnto  synne  :  Butt  geve  youre  selves  vnto  God/ 
as  they  that  are  alive  from  deeth.  And  geve  youre  members 
as  '''instrumentes  of  rightewesnes  vnto  god.  Synne  shall  not 
have  power  over  you.  For  ye  are  not  vnder  the  lawe/  but 
vnder  grace. 

What  then  ^  Shall  we  synne/  be  cause  we  are  not  vnder 
the  lawe  :  but  vnder  grace  .''  God  forbid.  Remember  ye  not 
howe  that  to  whomsoever  ye  commit  youre  selves  as  ser- 
vauntes to  obey/  hys  servauntes  ye  are  to  whom  ye  obey  : 
whether  it  be  of  synne  vnto  deeth/  or  of  obedience  vnto  right- 
ewesnes ?  God  be  thanked.  Ye  were  once  the  servauntes  of 
synne :  Butt  now  have  obeyd  wyth  youre  hertes  vnto  the 

>  Into  his  death,  Gen.  Bps.  *  With  him  to  the  similitude  pike- 

nesse,  B.]  of  his  death,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Shall  we  he  partakers  of,  etc. 

Cr.  Bps.        4  Made  righteous,  Cov.  Freed,  Gen.        *  Once  to  sinne, 
Gen.  [So  vs.  11.]  ^  Cons'ideT,  Cr.   Thinke,  Geji.  Recken  your- 

selves to  be,  Bps.        '  Weapons,  Cov.  Gen. 


bnto  tlje  3£loina»n!J.  (!t|&.  kfj. 

forme  ofFdoctryne  ^  where  vnto  ye  were  ^  delyA'ered.  ye  are 
then  made  fre  from  synne/  and  are  be  come  the  servauntes 
off  rightewcsnes. 

^^  1  wyll  speake  grossly  because  off  the  infirmilie  off  youre 
flesshe.  As  ye  have  geven  youre  members  servauntes  to  vn- 
clennes  and  to  iniquitie/  ^^  from  iniquytie  vnto  iniquytie  :  even 
so  nowe  geve  youre  members  servauntes  vnto  rightewcsnes/ 
^-  tliat  ye  maye  be  sanctified.  For  when  ye  were  the  ser- 
vauntes off  synne/  ye  were  ^-^  nott  vnder  rightewcsnes.  What 
frute  had  ye  then  in  tho  thynges/  where  off  ye  are  nowe 
ashamed.  For  the  ende  of  tho  thynges  is  deeth.  Butt  nowe 
are  ye  deHvered  from  sinne/  and  made  the  servauntes  off  God/ 
and  have  youre  frute  thatt  ye  shulde  be  sanctifyed/  and  the 
ende  everlastynge  lyfe.  For  the  ^^  rewarde  off  synne  is 
deeth  :  butt  eternall  lyfe  ys  the  gyfl  off  God/  thorow  Jesus 
Christ  cure  lorde. 

E\se  bf;'.  (!ri)aptct. 

T>  EMEMBER  ye  not  brethren  (I  speake  to  them  thatt  know 
the  lawe)  how  thatt  the  lawe  hath  power  over  a  man  as 
longe  as  ^  yt  enduereth  :  For  the  woman  which  is  in  subjec- 
cion  to  a  man/  is  bounde  by  the  lawe  to  the  man/  as  longe  as 
he  liveth.  Yff  the  man  be  deed/  she  is  lowsed  from  the  lawe 
of  the  man.  So  then  yf  whill  the  man  liveth  ^  she  couple 
her  silfe  with  another  man/  she  shalbe  counted  ^  a  wedlocke 
breaker.  But  yf  the  man  be  deed  she  is  free  from  the  lawe  : 
so  that  she  is  noo  ^  wedlocke  breaker/  though  she  couple  her 
silfe  with  another  man. 

Even  so  my  brethren/  ye  also  are  made  deed  as  concern- 
ynge  the  lawe  by  the  body  off  Christ/  that  ye  shulde  '^  be  cou- 
pled to  another  (I  meane  to  hym  that  is  rysen  agayne  from 
deeth)  that  we  shulde  brynge  forth  frute  vnto  God.  When 
we  were  in  the  flesshe/  the  ^  lustes  off  synne  whyche  were 
^stored  vppe  by  the  lawe/  '''raigned  in  oure  members/ to 
bringe  forth  frute  vnto  deeth.     Butt  now  are  we  delivered 

^  Unto  the  whyche  ye  were  brought,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Committed, 

Cov.  '"  I  speake  after  the  manner  of  men,  Gen.  Bps.  "  From 

one  iniquitie  to  another,  Cr.  To  commit  iniquitie,  Gen.  Unto  iniqui- 
tie, Bps.  '*  That  ye  may  be  holy,  Cov.  In  [Unto,  B.]  hoHnesse, 
Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  22.]  '^  Void  of,  Cr.    Free  from,  Gen.  Bps. 

>•»  Wages,  Gen.  >  He  liveth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  She  take.  Gen. 

'  An  adulteresse.  Gen.  ■»  Bee  unto  another.  Gen.  *  Motions, 

Gen.  ^  By  the  lawe,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Had  force,  Gen.   Wrought, 


ITo .  clb.  ffifjc  Hjjfstle  of  l&snl 

from  the  lawe/  and  deed  from  hit/  where  vnto  we  were  ^  in 
bondage/  that  we  shulde  serve  in  ^  an  newe  conversacion  of 
the  sprete/  and  nott  in  tlie  ^  olde  conversacion  off  the  letter. 

What  shall  we  saye  then  ?  is  the  lawe  synne  ?  God  for- 
bid :  but  I  knewe  nott  what  ^'^  synne  meand  butt  by  the  lawe. 
For  I  had  nott  knowne  what  lust  hadde  meant/  excepte  the 
lawe  hadde  sayde/  thou  shalt  not  lust.  Butt  synne  toke  an 
occasion  by  the  meanes  off  the  commaundement/  and  wrought 
in  me  all  manner  oif  concupiscence.  For  verily  with  out  the 
lawe  sinne  was  deed.  I  once  lived  with  out  lawe  :  butt  when 
the  commaundement  cam/  synne  revived/  and  I  was  deed. 
And  the  veiy  same  commaundement  which  was  ordeyned  vn- 
to lyfe/  was  founde  to  be  vnto  me  ^^  an  occasion  of  deeth. 
For  synne  toke  occasion  by  the  meanes  of  the  commaunde- 
ment and  so  disceaved  me/  and  by  the  silfe  commaundement 
slewe  me.  wherfore  the  lawe  is  holy/  and  the  commaunde- 
ment holy/  iust/  and  good. 

Was  that  then  which  is  good  made  deeth  vnto  me  ?  God 
forbyd.  ^-Naye  synne  was  deeth  vnto  me/  that  it  myght 
apere  how  thatt  synne  by  the  meanes  of  that  which  is  good/ 
had  wrought  deeth  in  me :  that  synne  ^^  which  is  vnder  the 
commaundement/  myght  be  out  of  measure  synfuU.  For  we 
knowe  that  the  lawe  is  spirituall :  butt  I  am  carnall/  solde  vn- 
der synne  :  ^"^  be  cause  I  wote  nott  what  I  doo.  For  what  I 
wold/  that  do  I  not :  but  what  I  hate/  that  do  I.  Yf  I  do  nowe 
that  which  I  wolde  not/  I  graunte  to  the  lawe  that  yt  ys  good. 
So  then  nowe  yt  is  nott  I  that  do  it/  butt  synne  that  dvvelleth  in 
me.  For  I  knowe  that  in  me  (that  is  to  saye  in  my  flesshe) 
dwelleth  no  good  thynge.  To  will  is  present  with  me :  butt 
I  fynde  no  meanes  to  performe  that  which  is  good.  Fori  doo 
not  that  goode  thynge  which  I  wold  :  but  that  evyll  do  1/ 
which  I  wolde  not.  Finally/  yff  I  do  that  I  wolde  not/  then 
is  it  nott  I  that  doo  it/  but  synne  that  dwelleth  in  me  doeth  it. 
I  fynde  then  by  the  lawe  that  when  I  wolde  do  good/  evyll  is 
present  with  me.  I  delite  in  the  lawe  off  God/  as  concern- 
ynge  the  inner  man.  Butt  I  se  another  lawe  in  my  members 
^5  rebellynge  agaynst  the  lawe  off  my  mynde/  and  ^'^  subdu- 

*  Holden,  Gen.  *  Newness — Oldnesse,  Gen.  Bps.         '"  Sinne, 

but  by,  etc.  For  I  had  not  knowen  lust,  Gen.  Bps.  '•  Unto  death, 

Gen.  '*  N^y !  't  was  sinne,  that  sinne  might  appeare  (by  that  which 
was  good)  to  worke  death,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  But  sinne,  that  it  might  ap- 
peare sinne,  wrought  death  in  me  by  that  which,  etc.  Gen.  "  By 
the  commaadment,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '■*  For  I  allowe  not,  Cr.  Geti, 
Bps.         ^'  Which  striveth,  Cov.        '^  Leading  me  captive,  Gen. 


bnto  t1)c  3£lomanns.  ^ft).  Wff. 

ynge  me  vnto  the  lawe  of  synne/  which  is  in  my  members. 
O  wretched  man  that  I  am  :  who  shall  delyver  me  from 
1^  this  boddy  of  deeth  ?  I  thanke  God  by  Jesus  Christ  oure 
lorde  :  So  then  I  my  silfe  in  my  mynde  serve  the  lawe  off 
God/  and  in  my  flesshe  the  lawe  of  synne. 

5!i)c  bffj.  <5:f)aptef. 

n^HERE  is  then  no  damnacion  to  them  which  are  in  Christ 
'*-  Jcsu/  which  walke  not  after  the  flesshe :  butt  after  the 
sprete.  For  the  lawe  of  the  sprete/  wherin  is  life  thorowe 
Jesus  Christ  hath  delivered  me  from  the  lawe  off  synne/  and 
deeth.  For  what  the  lawe  coidde  nott  doo  in  as  moche  as 
itt  was  weake  be  cause  off  the  flesshe  :  ^  that  performed  God/ 
and  sent  his  sonne  in  the  similitude  of  synfull  flesshe/  and 
2  by  synne  damned  synne  in  the  flesshe  :  that  the  rightewes- 
nes  3  requyred  of  the  lawe/  myght  be  fulfilled  in  vs/  whych 
walke  not  after  the  flesshe  :  butt  after  the  sprete. 

For  they  that  are  ^carnall/  are  carnally  mynded.  and  they 
that  are  '•  spirituall  are  gooslly  mynded.  ^  To  be  carnally  mynd- 
ed is  deeth.  and  ^  to  be  spiritualy  mynded  is  lyfe/  and  peace  : 
because  that  the  flesshly  mynde  is  enmyte  against  God  :  For 
it  is  not  obedient  to  the  lawe  of  God/  nether  can  be.  So  then 
they  that  are  ^  geven  to  the  flesshe/  cannot  please  god. 

But  ye  are  not  *^  geven  to  the  flesshe/  But  ^  to  the  sprete  :  "^  Yff 
soo  be  that  the  sprett  of  God  dwell  in  you.  if  there  be  eny 
man  that  hath  not  the  sprete  of  Christ/  the  same  is  none  of 
his/  Yf  Christ  be  in  you/  the  body  is  deed  be  cause  of  synne : 
But  the  sprete  is  lyfe  for  rightewesnes  sake.  Wherfore  if  the 
sprete  of  hym  that  raysed  vppe  Jesus  from  deeth/  dwell  in 
you :  even  he  that  raysed  vp  Christ  from  deeth/  shall  quicken 
youre  mortall  bodyes/  be  cause  that  his  sprete  dwelleth  in  you. 

Therfore  brethren  we  are  nowe  detters/  not  to  the  flesshe/ 
to  live  after  the  flesshe :  For  iff  ye  live  after  the  flesshe/  ye 
must  deye.  But  if  ye  mortifie  the  dedes  off  the  body/  by  the 
helpe  off  the  sprete  ye  shall  live/  for  as  many  as  are  ledde  by 
the  sprete  off  God/  are  the  sonnes  of  god.  For  ye  have  not 
receaved  the  sprete  of  bondage  to  feare  eny  moare/  but  ye 

"  Thys  body  subdued  unto  death,  Cr.  The  body  of  this  death,  Gew. 
Bps.  '  God  sending  his  owne,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '  For,  Gen. 

2  Of  the  law,  Cr.Gcn.  Bps.         ''After  the  flesh,  savour  the  things  of  the 
flesh — After  the  spirite,  the  thinges,  etc.  Gen.  *  For  the  wisdom 

of  the  flesh,  [so  vs.  7.] — The  wisdom  of  the  spirit,  Geji.         ^  In  the, 
etc.  Cr>  Gen.  B^s.  '  Because,  Gen. 


JTo.  clbf.  Srije  Epfstle  of  ^aul 

have  receaved  the  sprete  off  adopcion  wherby  we  crye  abba 
^  fatther.  The  same  sprete  ^certifieth  oure  sprete  that  we  are 
the  sonnes  of  god.  yf  we  be  the  sonnes/  we  are  also  the 
heyres  (the  heyres  I  meane  of  god)  and  lo  heyres  anexed 
with  Christ/  yf  so  be  that  we  suffer  togedder/  that  we  maye 
be  glorified  togedder. 

For  I  11  suppose  that  the  aifliccions  of  this  i^lyfe/  are  not 
worthy  of  the  glory  which  shalbe  shewed  apon  vs.  also  the 
fervent  desire  of  the  creatures  ^^  abideth  lokynge  when  the 
sonnes  of  God  shall  ape  re  because  the  creatures  are  i"!  sub- 
dued to  vanite  ^^agaynst  their  will:  but  for  his  will  which 
subdued  them  in  hope.  For  the  very  creatures  shalbe  deliv- 
ered from  the  bondage  ofFcoirupcion/  into  the  glorious  liber- 
tie  off  the  sonnes  of  god.  For  we  knowe  that  every  creature 
groneth  with  vs  also/  and  travayleth  in  payne  even  vnto  this 
tyme. 

Not  they  only/  but  even  we  also  which  have  the  fyrst  frutes 
of  the  sprete  ^^  morne  in  oure  selves  and  wayte  for  the  ^^  adop- 
cion/ 1^  and  loke  for  the  deliveraunce  of  oure  bodies.  For  we 
are  savyd  by  hope.  But  hope  that  is  sene  is  no  hope.  For 
how  can  a  man  hope  for  that  which  he  seyth  ?  but  and  if 
we  hope  for  that  we  se  not/  then  do  we  with  pacience  abyde 
for  it. 

Lyke  wyse  the  sprete  also  helpeth  oure  infirmities.  For 
we  knowe  nott/  what  ^^  to  desyre  as  we  ought :  but  the  sprete 
maketh  intercession  mightely  for  vs  with  -^  gronynges  which 
cannot  be  expressid  ^^  [withtonge.]  And  he  that  searchith  the 
herte  knoweth  what  is  the  meaninge  of  the  sprete  :  for  he  ma- 
keth 22  intercession  for  the  sayntes  accordinge  to  the  pleasure 
of  god.  For  we  knowe  wele  that  all  thynges  worke  for  the 
best  vnto  them  that  love  god/  which  also  are  called  of  purpose. 
For  those  which  he  knewe  before/  he  also  ^3  ordeyned  before/ 
that  they  shuld  be  like  fassioned  vnto  the  ^^  shape  of  his  sonne/ 
that  he  myght  be  the  ^  fyrst  begotten  sonne  amonge  many 
brethren.     Morover  which  he  ^Sapoynted  before/  them  he  al- 

*  Dear  Father,  Cov.  '  Beareth  witnesse  with,  Gen.  Bps. 

'°  Joynt  he3'res,  Bps.  "  Count,  Gen.    Am  certainly  persuaded, 

Bps.  '^  Present  time,  Gtn.  '•*  Wayteth  when  the  sonnes  of 

God  shall  be  revealed,  Gen.  '*  Subject,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Not  of  its 
own  will,  hnt  by  reason  of  him.  Gen.  '^  Even  we  do  sigh,  etc.  Gen. 
"  The  childship,  Cov.  The  adoption  (of  the  children  of  God),  Cr. 
'*  Even  the  redemption,  Gen.  '^  To  pray.  Gen.  ^  Sighs,  Gen. 
«'  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  **  Request,  Gen.  [So  vs.  34.]  ^  Dyd 

predestinate.  Gen.  Bps.        *•  Image,  Gen.  Bps.        ^  First  bornej  Gen. 


buto  tf)e  Xlomaj>ns.  C{).  (j:. 

so  called.  And  which  he  called/  them  he  ^  iustified.  which 
he  iustified/  them  he  also  glorified. 

What  shall  we  then  saye  vnto  these  thynges  ?  yf  god  be  on 
oure  syde  :  who  can  be  agaynst  vs  ?  which  spared  nott  his 
awne  sonne/  butt  gave  hym  for  vs  all :  Howe  shall  he  nott 
with  hym  geve  vs  all  thynges  also  ?  Who  shall  laye  eny 
thynge  to  the  charge  of  goddes  chosen  ?  Hit  is  God  that  ius- 
tifieth :  who  then  shall  condempne  ?  Hytt  is  Christ  which 
is  deed/  ye  rather  which  is  rysen  agayne/  which  is  also  on 
the  right  honde  of  god  and  maketh  intercession  for  vs. 

Who  shall  seperate  vs  from  ^7  goddes  love  ?  shall  tribula- 
cion  ?  or  anguysshe  ?  or  persecucion/  ^  other  honger  ?  other 
nakednesse  ?  other  parcU  ?  other  swearde  .'*  As  it  is  written  : 
For  thy  sake  are  we  kylled  all  daye  longe/  and  are  counted 
as  shepe  "-^  apoynted  to  be  slayne.  Neverthelesse  in  all  these 
thynges  we  •^'^  overcome  strongly  thorow  ^^  his  helpe  that  loved 
vs.  3-  Ye  and  I  am  sure  that  nether  deeth/  nether  lyfe/  neth- 
er angell/  nor  ^^  rule/  nether  power/  nether  thynges  present/ 
nether  thinges  to  come/  nether  heyth/  ^-i  nether  lowth/  nether 
eny  other  creature  shalbe  able  to  •'•*  departe  vs  from  Goddes 
love/  which  is  in  Christ  Jesu  oure  lorde. 

5ri)e  fv.  (?tj)aptcv. 

T  SAYE  the  thrueth  in  Christ  and  lye  nott/  in  thatt  wher  of 
my  concience  beareth  me  witnes  in  the  holy  goost/  that  I 
have  grett  hevynes/  and  continuall  sorowe  in  my  hert.  For  I 
have  wysshed  my  silfe  to  be  ^  cursed  from  Christ  for  my 
brethren/  which  are  my  kynsmen  as  pertayninge  to  the  flesshe. 
which  are  the  israhelites/  to  whom  pertayneth  the  adopcion/ 
and  the  glory/  and  the  testamentes/  and  the  ^  ordinaunce  oflf 
the  lawe/  and  the  service  of  God/  and  the  promyses/  whose 
also  are  the  fathers/  and  they  of  whom  (as  concernynge  the 
flesshe)  Christ  cam  :  which  is  God  over  all  thynges  blessed 
for  ever  Amen. 
3 1  speake  not  these  thynges  as  though  the  wordes  of  God 

26  Made   righteous,  Cov.  ^  The   love   of  Christ,  Gen.  Bps. 

^  Or  famine.  Gen.         ^  For  the  slaughter,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Overcome 

far,  Cov.  Are  more  than  conquerors.  Gen.  3'  Him,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'"^  For  I  am  sure  [persuaded,  G.],  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Principali- 

ties, Gen.  34  jifor  depth,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Separate,  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Separated,  Gen.        *  Lawe  that  was  gyven,  Or.  Bps.    Giving  of  the 
law,, Gen.  ^  Notwithstanding  [And,  1?  ]  it  cannot  be  that  the 

worde,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 


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loke  none  effecte.  For  they  are  not  all  israhelites  which  cam 
off  Israhel/  Nether  are  they  all  children  '^  stray ght  way  be 
cause  they  are  the  seede  of  Abraham  :  But  in  Isaac  shall  thy 
seede  be  called/  that  is  to  saye/  They  which  are  the  children 
of  the  flesshe/  are  not  the  children  of  God.  But  the  children 
off  promes/  ^  aboute  this  tyme  will  I  come/  and  Sara  shall 
have  a  sonne. 

6  Nether  was  it  soo  with  her  only  :  but  also  when  Rebecca 
was  with  chylde  by  won/  I  meane  by  oure  father  Isaac/  yeer/ 
the  children  were  borne'  when  they  had  nether  done  good 
nether  bad  (that  the  purpose  off  God  which  is  by  eleccion/ 
myght  stonde)  it  was  sayde  vnto  her/  not  by  the  reason  of 
workes/  but  "^  by  grace  of  the  caller/^  ^  the  elder  shall  serve 
9  the  yonger.  As  it  is  written  :  Jacob  he  loved/  but  Esau  he 
hated. 

What  shall  we  saye  then  ?  ys  there  eny  vnrightewesnes 
W'ith  god  ?  God  forbid.  For  he  sayth  to  Moses  :  I  will  shewe 
mercy  to  whom  I  shewe  mercy  :  And  will  have  compassion 
on  whom  I  have  compassion.  ^^  So  lieth  it  not  then  in  a  mans 
will/  or  runnynge/  butt  in  the  mercy  of  God.  For  the  scrip- 
ture sayth  vnto  Pahrao  :  Even  for  thys  same  purpose  have  I 
stored  the  vppe/  to  shewe  my  power  on  the/  and  that  my 
name  myght  be  declared  thorow  out  all  the  worlde.  Soo  hath 
he  mercy  on  whom  he  woU.  And  whom  he  woU  he  maketh 
herde  herted. 

Thou  wilt  saye  then  vnto  me  :  why  ^^  then  blameth  he  vs 
yet  ?  For  who  can  resist  his  will  ?  Butt  o  man  what  arte  thou/ 
which  ^2  disputest  with  God  ?  shall  the  i3  worke  saye  to  ^^  the 
workeman  :  why  hast  thou  made  me  i'*  on  this  fassion  ?  Hath 
nott  the  potter  power  over  the  claye/  even  off  the  same  lompe 
to  make  one  vessell  vnto  honours/  and  a  nother  vnto  dishon- 
oure  .''  1^  Even  soo/  God  willynge  to  shewe  his  wrath/  and  to 
make  hys  power  knowen/  suffered  with  longe  pacience  the 
vessels  of  wrath/  ^^  ordeyned  to  damnacion/  that  he  myght  de- 

*  Because,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Ml  the  Vers,  add — are  counted  the 

seede.     For  this  is  a  worde  of  promes.  ^  Not  onely  thys.  but  al- 

so Rebecca,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Neyther  he  onely  felt  this,  but  also,  etc.  Gfn. 
'  By  the  caller,  Or.  Bps.  By  him  that  calleth.  Gen.  *  Gen.  Bps. 

add  —  It  was  sayd  unto  her.  ^  The  greater  —  the  lesse,  Cor. 

'"  So  then  it  is  not  in  him  that  willeth  nor  in  him,  etc.  but  in  God  that 
sheweth  mercie.  Gen.  So  then  (election)  is  not  of  the  wyller,  nor  of 
the  runner,  but  of  God  that  taketh  mercie,  Bps.  "  Doth  he  yet 
complayne,  Gtn.  "  Pleadest  against,  Gen.  "  Thing  formed — 
Him  that  formed  it,  Gen.         ^*  Thus,  Gen.  '*  What  and  if  God 

would,  Gtn.         "  Prepared  to  destruction,  Gen. 


bnto  t\)c  3£loma»ns.  €!).  F- 

claro  the  riches  off  hys  glory  on  the  vessels  off  mercy/  which 
he  had  prepayred  vnto  glory  :  ^~  that  is  to  saye/  vs  which  he 
called/  nott  off  the  iewes  oiily/  butt  also  off  the  gentyls.  As 
he  sayth  in  Osee  :  I  will  call  them  my  people  which  were 
not  my  people  :  and  her  beloved  which  was  nott  beloved. 
And  it  shall  come  to  passe  in  the  place  where  it  was  sayd  vn- 
to tliem  :  Ye  are  nott  my  people/  that  there  shalbc  called  the 
sonnes  of  the  livynge  god. 

But  Esayas  cryeth  ^^  for  Israhel/  though  the  nomber  of  the 
children  of  Israel  be  as  the  sonde  of  the  see/  yet  shall  a  rem- 
naunt  be  saved.  '^  He  finnyssheth  the  worde  verely  and  ma- 
keth  it  short  in  rightewesnes.  For  a  short  ^o  worde  will  god 
make  on  erth  And  as  Esayas  sayd  before  :  Excepte  the  lorde 
of  sabaoth  hadde  left  vs  secde/  we  had  bene  made  as  Zodoma/ 
and  had  bene  lykened  to  Gomorra. 

What  shall  v/e  saye  then  ?  we  saye  that  the  gentyls  which 
folowed  not  rightewesnes/  have  ■^'  overtaken  rightewesnes  I 
mane  the  rightewesnes  which  commeth  of  fayth.  Butt  Israel 
which  folowed  the  lawe  of  rightewesnes/  coulde  not  attayne 
vnto  the  lawe  of  rightewesnes.  And  wherfore  ?  Because 
they  sought  it  not  by  fath  :  but  as  it  were  by  the  workes  of  the 
lawe.  For  they  have  stombled  at  the  stomblynge  stone.  As 
it  is  written  Beholde  I  put  in  syon  a  stomblynge  stone/  and  a 
rocke  2-  which  shall  make  men  faule,  and  none  that  belove 
on  hym  shalbe  '■^  a  shamed. 

2ri)c  ):.  ®l)aptcr. 

TJRETHREN  my  hertis  desyre/  and  prayer  to  god  for  Is- 
"^  rael  is  that  they  myght  be  saved.  For  I  beare  them  re- 
corde  that  they  have  ^  a  fervent  myndc  to  god  warde/  but  not 
acordynge  to  knowledge.  For  they  are  ignoraunt  of  the  right- 
ewesnes -  which  is  alowed  before  god/  and  goo  about  to  stab- 
lisshe  their  awne  rightewesnes  and  therfore  -^  are  not  obedient 
vnto  the  rightewesnes  which  is  of  value  before  god.  For 
Christ  is  the  ^  ende  of  the  lawe  ^  to  iustifie  all  that  beleve. 


'^  Even  us,  whom,  etc.  Gen.  •'*  Concerning,  Jill  the  Vers. 

'^  For  there  is  the  worde  that  finisheth  and  shorteneth  in  rigliteous- 
ness,  Cov.  For  he  will  make  his  account  and  gather  it  into  a  short 
summe  with  righteousness,  Gen.  ^^  Count,  Gen.  *'  At- 

tained unto,  Gen.  Obtained,  Bps.  "^  That  men  shall  be  offended 

at,  Cr.    Of  offence,  Bps.  ^  Confounded.  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.         '  The 

zeale  of  God,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  That  availcth  before,  Cop.    Of  God, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Are  not  subdued,  Cov.  Have  not  submitted,  Gen. 
*  Fulfylling,  Cr.  ^  For  righteousness  unto,  Gen.  Bps. 

BB 


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Moses  describeth  the  rightewesnes  which  commeth  off  the 
lawe/  howe  that  the  man  which  doth  the  thynges  of  the  lawe 
shall  live  therein.  But  the  rightewesnes  which  commeth  off 
fayth/  speaketh  on  this  wyse  :  Saye  nott  in  thyne  hert :  who 
shall  ascende  into  heven  ?  ^  (That  is  nothynge  els  then  to 
fetch  Christ  "^  doune).  O  ther  who  shall  descende  into  the 
depe  ?  6  That  is  nothynge  els  but  to  fetch  vppe  Chiist  from 
deeth.  Butt  whatt  sayth  ^  the  scripture  ?  The  worde  is  nye 
the/  even  in  thy  mougth  and  in  thyn  berth. 

This  worde  is  the  worde  off  fayth  which  we  preache.  For 
yf  thou  shalt  ^  knowledge  whith  thy  mought  that  Jesus  is  the 
lorde/  and  shalt  beleve  with  thyn  hert  that  God  raysed  hym 
vppe  from  deeth/  thou  shalt  be  safe.  For  ^^  the  belefe  off  the 
hert  iustifieth  :  and  to  knowledge  with  the  mougth  maketh  a 
man  safe.  For  the  scripture  sayth  :  whosoever  beleveth  on 
hym/  shall  not  be  ashamed. 

There  is  no  difference  bitwene  the  iewe  and  the  gentyll. 
For  won  is  lorde  of  all/  which  is  riche  vnto  all  that  call  on 
hym.  For  whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name  of  the  lorde 
shalbe  safe.  Howe  shall  they  call  on  hym/  on  whom  they 
beleved  not  ?  how  shall  they  beleve  on  hym  off  whom  they 
have  nott  herde  ?  howe  shall  they  heare  with  out  a  preacher  ? 
And  howe  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent  ?  As  hit  is 
written  :  howe  beautiful!  are  the  fete  of  them  which  ^^  brynge 
glad  tydynges  of  peace/  and  brynge  glad  tydynges  of  good 
thynges.  But  they  have  nott  all  obeyed  to  the  gospell.  For 
Esaj^as  sayth  :  Lorde  ^^  wo  shall  beleve  oure  sayinges  }  So 
then  fayth  commeth  by  heaiynge/  and  hearynge  commeth  by 
the  worde  of  god.  But  I  axe  :  have  tliey  nott  herde  ?  No 
dout/  their  sounde  went  out  ^3  into  all  londes :  and  their  wordes 
into  the  endes  of  the  worlde. 

But  I  demaunde  ^"^  whether  Israhcl  did  knowe  or  nott  ?  Fyrst 
Moses  sayth  :  I  will  provoke  you  forto  envy  by  '°  them  that 
are  no  people/  and  by  a  folisshe  nacion  I  will  anger  you. 
Esayas  after  that  is  bolde  and  sayth.  I  am  founde  off  them 
thatt  sought  me  nott/  and  have  apered  to  them  that  axed 
not  after  me.     And  against  Israhel  he  sayth :  All  daye  longe 

6  That  is,  to  bring  [fetcli,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  '  From  above. 

Gen.  Bjjs.  *  He,  Cr.  Bps.  It,  Gen.  ^  Confesse,  Gin.   [So 

vs.  10.]  '"  With  the  hart,  man  beleeveth  unto  rigliteousness, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Preach  peace,  Cov.  '^  Who  hath  believed  our 

sayings  [preaching,  Cov.  report,  G.]  Cor.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         '^Through 
all  the  earth,  Utn.  '■*  Did  not  Israel  know  God.  Gen.  '^  A 

nation  that  is  not  vnj  nation.  Gen. 


have  I  stretched  forth  my  hondes  vnto  a  ^^  people  that  belev- 
eth  not/  but  speaketh  agaynst  me. 

T  SAYE  then  :  hath  God  cast  awaye  his  people  ?  God  for- 
■^  bid.  For  even  I  verely  am  an  Israhelite  of  the  seed  of 
Abraham/  and  off  the  tribe  of  beniamin.  God  hath  not  cast 
awaye  his  people  which  he  knew  before.  O  ther  wote  ye  not 
what  the  scripture  sayth  by  the  mouth  off  Helias/  howe  he 
^  spake  to  god  agaynst  Israhel/  sayinge  :  Lorde  they  have 
killed  thy  propheltes  and  digged  doune  thyn  alters :  and  I  am 
lefte  only/  and  they  seke  my  ^  deeth.  Butt  what  sayth  the 
answer  off  God  to  hym  agayne  ?  I  have  reserved  vnto  me 
seven  thousande  men  whych  have  nott  bowed  their  knees  to 
baal.  Even  so  at  this  tyme  ys  there  a  remnaunt  lefte  thorow 
the  eleccion  of  grace.  Yff  hit  be  of  grace  then  is  it  not  by 
the  deservynge  of  workes.  For  then  were  faveour  no  fave- 
our.  Yff  it  be  by  deservynge  of  workes/  then  is  there  no 
faveour.     For  then  were  deserving  no  deservynge. 

What  then }  Israhel  hath  not  obtayned  that  that  he  sought. 
No  but  yet  the  eleccion  hath  obtayned  hit.  the  remnaunt  are 
3  blynded.  accordynge  as  it  is  written  :  God  hath  geven  them 
the  sprete  off  '^  vnquyetnes  :  eyes  thatt  they  shulde  nott  se/ 
and  eares  that  they  shulde  nott  heare/  even  vnto  this  day. 
And  David  sayth  :  Lett  their  table  be  made  a  snare  ^  to  take 
them  with  all/  and  an  occasion  to  faule/  and  a  rewarde  vnto 
them.  Lett  their  eyes  be  blynded  that  they  se  nott:  and  ever 
bowe  doune  their  backes. 

I  saye  then :  Have  they  therfore  stombled  that  they  shulde 
but  faule  only  ?  God  forbyd  :  but  thorowe  their  faule  is  helth 
happened  vnto  the  gentyls  forto  provoke  them  ^^yith  all. 
Wherfore  yf  the  faule  of  them/  be  the  riches  of  the  worlde  : 
and  the  mynnysshynge  of  them  the  riches  of  the  gentyls : 
Howe  moche  more  "^  shulde  it  be  soo  yf  ^  they  all  be- 
leved.  I  speake  to  you  gentyls/  in  as  moche  as  I  am  the 
apostle  off  the  gentyls  I  will  magnify  myn  office  that  I  myght 

'*  Disobedient  and  gainsaying  people,  Gen.  '  Maketh  inter- 

cession [request,  G.],  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Lyfe,  Ml  the  Vers. 

^  Hardened,  Ge?i.  ■*  Slumber,  Gn?.  Remorse,  J?/7S.  *  And  a  net 
[a  trap,  B.]  and  a  stumbling  blocke,  even  for  [and,  5.]  a  recompense 
unto  them.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  follow  them,  Gen.  ''  Their  per- 

fectnesse,  Cr.  Shal  their  abundance  be,  Gen.  Their  fulness,  Bps. 
*  Their  fulness  were  there,  Cor. 


Sfo.  diy:.  STljc  Hpfstlc  of  ^aul 

provoke  them  which  are  my  flesshe  ;^  and  myght  save  some 
of  them.  For  if  the  castynge  awaye  of  them/  be  the  recon- 
cilynge  of  the  worlde  :  vi'hat  shall  the  receavynge  of  them  be/ 
but  lyfe  agayne  from  deeth  ?  For  yf  ^°  one  pece  be  holy/ 
^^  the  whole  heepe  is  holy.  And  if  the  I'ote  be  holy/  the 
braunches  are  holy  also. 

Though  some  of  the  braunches  be  broken  of/  and  thou  be- 
ynge  a  wylde  olive  tree  arte  graft  in  ^^  amonge  them/  and 
made  part  taker  of  the  rote/  and  ^^  fatnes  off  the  olive  tree/ 
host  not  thy  sylfe  agaenst  the  braunches.  For  yf  thou  host 
thy  sylfe/  ^"^  [remember  that]  thou  bearest  not  the  rote/  but  the 
rote  the.  Thou  wilt  saye  then  :  the  braunches  are  broken  off/ 
thatt  I  myght  be  grafte  in.  Thou  sayest  wele  :  be  cause  of 
vnbeleve  they  are  broken  of/  and  thou  stondest  ^^  stedfast  in 
faythe.  Be  not  hye  mynded/  but  feare  :  seynge  that  god 
spared  not  the  naturall  braunches/  lest  haply  he  also  spare 
not  the. 

Beholde  the  ^^  kyndnes  and  rigorousnes  of  god  :  on  them 
which  fell/  rigorousnes :  but  towardes  the  kyndnes/  yf  ihou 
continue  in  his  kyndnes.  or  els  thou  shalt  be  hewen  of/  and 
they  yf  they  byde  nott  still  in  vnbeleve  shalbe  grafFed  in  agayne. 
For  God  is  of  power  to  grafte  them  in  agayne.  For  yf  thou 
wast  cut  out  of  '^  a  naturall  wilde  olive  tree/  and  wast  graffed 
contrary  to  nature  in  a  true  olyve  tree  :  howe  moche  more 
shall  ^8  the  naturall  braunches  be  graffed  in  their  a,wne  olyve 
tree  agayne. 

I  wolde  not  that  ^^  this  secrete  shulde  be  hid  from  you  my 
brethren  (lest  ye  shulde  be  ^^  wyse  in  youre  awne  consaytes) 
that  partly  ^^  blyndnes  ys  happened  in  Israhell/  vntill  the  ful- 
nes  off"  the  gentyls  be  come  in.  And  so  all  Israhel  shalbe 
saved,  as  it  is  written :  There  shall  come  oute  of  Syon  he 
that  doth  deliver/  and  shall  turne  awaye  the  vngodlynes  of 
Jacob.  And  this  is  my  testament  vnto  them/  when  I  shall 
take  awaye  their  synnes.  As  concernynge  the  gospell/  They 
are  enemies  for  youre  sakes  :  butjas  tochynge  the  eleccion/ 
22  they  are  loved  for  22  the  fathers  sakes. 

'  Ge7i.  adds — to  follow  them.  ^^  The  beginning,  Cov.  The  first 

fruits,  Gen.  Bps.  "  All  the  dough,  Cov.  The  whole  lump,  Gen. 

Bps.  '^  For  them,  Gen.  '^  Sap,  Coi\  '<  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

omit.  '*  By  faith,  Gen.  '®  Bountifulnesse  and  severitie.  Gen. 

[So,  next  clauses.]  '^  The  olive  tree  which  was  wild  by  nature, 

Gen.  ^*They  thatare  by  nature, Gen.  *^  Ye  should  be  ignorantof 
this  secret  [mysterie,  B.] ,  Gen.  Bps.  '"Arrogant  in  yourselves,  Gen, 
*'  Obstinacie,  Gen.  '^  I  loye  them — their  fathers'  sake,  Cop, 


bnto  ti)e  a^oinatjns.  fflj.  vff- 

For  vei'ely  the  gyftes  and  callynge  of  "od  are  ^  soche/  that 
it  cannot  repent  hym  of  them,  for  ^4  [loke/]  as  ye  in  tyme 
passed  have  not  be'leved  God/  yet  have  nowe  obtained  mercy 
thorow  their  vnbelefe  :  even  so  nowe  have  they  nott  beleved 
25  the  mercy  which  is  happened  vnto  you/  That  they  also  mayc 
obtayne  mercy.  God  hath  -^  wrapped  all  nacions  in  vnbc- 
leve/  that  he  myght  have  mercy  on  all. 

O  the  depnes  -^  off  the  aboundaunt  wisdom  and  knowledge 
of  God  :  howe  ^8  incomprehensible  are  iiis  iudgements/  and 
hys  waves  ^  vnserchable.  For  who  hath  knowen  the  myndc 
off  the  lorde  ?  or  who  was  his  counseller  ?  other  who  hathe 
geven  vnto  hym  fyrst/  30  that  he  myght  be  recompensed 
agayne  ?  For  of  hym/  and  thorowe  hym/  and  vnto  hym  are 
all  thynges.     To  hym  be  gloiy  for  ever  Amen, 

E]>e  T^i].  ©tajjtcr. 

T  BESECHE  you  therfore  brethren  by  the  ^  mercifulncs  of 
God/  that  ye  make  youre  bodyes  a  ^  quicke  sacrifise/  holy 
and  exceptable  vnto  God  which  is  youre  resonable  ^  servyngc 
off  god.  and  fassion  nott  youre  selves  lyke  vnto  this  worlde  : 
But  be  ye  chaunged  "*  [in  youre  shape/]  by  the  rcnuynge  of 
youre  ^  wittes/  that  ye  maye  ^  fele  what  thynge  that  good/  that 
acceptable/  and  perfaicte  will  of  god  is.  For  I  saye  (thorowe 
the  grace  that  vnto  me  geven  is)  to  every  man  amonge  you/ 
that  no  man  "^  esteme  off  hym  silfe  more  then  it  becommeth 
hym  to  esteme  :  But  that  he  *^  discretely  iudge  off  hym  silfe 
accordynge  as  god  hath  dealte  to  every  man  the  measur  of 
faith. 

As  we  have  many  members  in  one  body  :  and  all  members 
have  not  ^  one  office  :  So  we  beynge  many  are  one  body  in 
Christ :  and  every  man  i^  [amonge  oure  selves]  one  anothers 
members.     Seynge  that  we  have  divers  gyftes  accordynge  to 

^  Without  repentance,  Gen.  Bps.  -<  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  By 

tJie  mercy,  etc.  Gen.  ^'^  Shut  up,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of  tlx" 

richcsso  hoth  of  the  wisedome,  etc.  Cr.  Gen   Bps.  ^'  Unsearch- 

able, T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^o  p^st  fynding  out,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  *'  And  he  shal  be,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Mercies, 

Gni.  *  Living,  Gen.  ^  Service,  Bps.  ^  Gen.  oinits. 

^  Mynde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  «  Prove,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ">  Stand  high 

in  liis  own  conceit  more  than,  etc.  Cr.    Presume  to  understand  abov* 
tliat  wliich  is  meete  to  understand.  Gen.  *  So  judge  ofhimselfe 

th-it  he  be  gentle  and  sober,  Cr.  Understande  accordinge  to  sobriety, 
Gen.    So  estceme  (liimsflfe)  that  he  behave  himselfe  discreetly,  Bps. 
®  One  manner  of  operation,  Cov.         '"  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 
BB* 


Sfo.  cljr.  Clje  Hpfstle  of  J)aul 

the  grace  that  is  geven  vnto  vs/  yf  eny  man  have  the  gyft  off 
prophesy/  lett  hym  i^  have  it  that  itt  be  agreynge  vnto  the 
fayth.  Let  hym  that  hath  an  office/  wayte  on  his  office.  Let 
hym  that  teacheth  12  take  hede  to  his  doctryne.  Let  hym  thai 
exhorteth  ^^  geve  attendaunce  to  his  exhortacion.  ^^  Yf  eny 
man  geve/  lett  hym  do  it  with  singlenes.  Let  hym  that  rue- 
leth/  do  it  with  diligence.  Yf  eny  man  shewe  mercy  lett  hym 
do  itt  with  cherfulnes. 

Lett  love  be  without  dissimulacion.  ^^  Hate  that  which  is 
evyll/  and  cleave  vnto  that  which  is  good.  Be  ^^  kynde  one 
to  another/  with  brotherly  love.  In  gevynge  honoure  goo  one 
before  another.  ^"^  Let  not  that  busynes  which  ye  have  in 
honde  be  tedious  to  you.  Be  fervent  in  the  sprete.  ^^  Ap- 
plye  youre  selves  to  the  tyme.  Reioyce  in  hope.  Be  pa- 
cient  in  tribulacion/  continue  in  pi"ayer.  Distribute  vnto  the 
necesitte  off  the  saynctes.^'-*  Blesse  them  which  persecute 
you.  blesse  but  course  nott.  ^^  Be  mery  with  them  that  -"arc 
meiy.  wepe  with  them  that  wepe.  Be  off  lyke  affeccion  one 
towardes  another.  Be  nott  ^^  hye  mynded/  but  make  youre 
selves  equall  to  them  off  the  lower  sorte.  Be  nott  wyse 
in  22  youre  awne  opinions,  llecompence  to  no  man  evyll  for 
evyll.  23  Provyde  afore  honde  thynges  honest  -"*  in  the  sight 
of  all  men.  yf  itt  be  posible/  '^^  yet  on  youre  parte  '^^  have  peace 
with  all  men. 

Derly  beloved  avenge  nott  youre  selves  butt  geve  roume 
^~  vnto  the  wrath  of  god.  For  it  is  written  :  vengeance  is  myne/ 
and  I  will  rewarde  saith  the  lorde. 

Terfore  yf  thyn  enemy  honger  fede  hym :  yf  he  thui-st/ 
geve  hym  drynke.  For  in  so  doynge  thou  shalt  heape  coles 
off  fyre  on  hys  heed  :  Be  nott  overcome  off  evyll :  Butt  over- 
come evyll  -^  with  goodnes. 

"  Prophccie  according  to  the  proportion  of  faith,  Gen.  "  On 

teaching,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  On  exhortation,  Gen.  Bps.  ''•  He  that 

distributeth,  with  siin])licitie,  Gen.  '•"' Abhor,  etc.  Grn.  Hating 

evyll,  cleaving  to  good.  Bps.  '^  Affectioned  [G.  adds — to  love], 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Be  not  slotlifull  in  the  busyness  which  ye  have  in 

hand,  Cr.  Not  slothful!  to  do  service.  Gen.  Not  lyther  in  businesse, 
Bps.  '8  Serving  the  Lord,  Gen.  Bps,  '^  Cor.  T.  M.  Cr.  add— 

Be  redy  to  harboure.    Gen.  Bps. — Given  to  hospitalitie.  *"  Re- 

joice, Gen.  Bps.  "  Proud  in  your  own  conceits,  Gov.  **  Your- 

selves, Gen.  ^  Procure  things  honest.  Gen.  ^*  Cr.  adds — 

not  onely  before  God,  bnt  also.  ^  As  much  aa  in  you  is  [lyeth 

in  you,  B.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  Live  peaceablye,  Cr.  Bps.  "  Un- 
to wrath,  CY.  Gen-  Bps.  ^  With  good,  Bps, 


hnto  tjje  ^omasns.  a:^.  Tiff- 


T  ET  every  soule  '  submitt  hym  sylfe  vnto  the  auctoritte  off 
-^-^  the  hycr  powers.  There  is  no  power  but  of  God.  The 
powers  that  be/  are  ordeyned  off  God.  Whosoever  therforc 
resysteth  power/  resisteth  the  ordinaunce  off  God.  They  that 
resist/  shall  receave  to  them  silfe  ^  damnacion.  For  ruelars 
are  nott  to  be  feared  for  good  workes  but  for  evyll.  Wilt  thou 
be  with  out  feare  of  the  power  ?  Do  wele  then :  and  so  shalt 
thou  be  praysed  off  the  same.  For  he  is  the  minister  of  god/ 
for  thy  welth.  Butt  and  yff  thou  do  evyll/  then  feare.  for  he 
beareth  not  a  swearde  for  nought,  for  he  is  the  minister  off 
god/  to  take  vengeauncc  on  them  that  do  evyll.  Wherfore 
ye  must  nedes  obey/  nott  for  feare  off  ^  vengeance  only  :  but 
also  be  cause  of  conscience.  Even  for  this  cause  paye  ye 
tribute.  For  they  are  goddes  ministers/  '^  servynge  for  the 
same  purpose. 

Geve  to  every  man  therfore  his  duetie  :  Tribute  to  whom 
tribute  belongeth  :  Custom  to  whom  custom  is  due  :  feare  to 
whom  feare  belongeth  :  honoure  to  whom  honoure  pertayneth. 
Owe  no  thinge  to  eny  man  :  but  to  love  one  another.  For  he 
that  loveth  another/  fulfilleth  the  lawe.  For  these  com- 
maundementes  :  Thou  shalt  not  committ  advoutry  :  Thou 
shalt  nott  kill :  Thou  shalt  nott  steale  :  Thou  shalt  not  beare 
falce  witnes :  Thou  shalt  nott  ^  desyre  :  and  so  foith  yf  there 
be  eny  other  commaundement/  ^  are  all  comprehended  in  this 
sayinge  :  Love  thyne  neghbour  as  thy  silfe.  '''  Love  hurteth 
nott  his  neghbour  :  therfore  is  love  the  fulfillynge  off  the  lawe. 

^  This  also  we  knowe/  I  mean  the  season/  howe  that  it  is 
tyme  that  we  shoulde  nowe  awake  oute  off  slope.  For  nowe 
is  oure  hekh  nerer  then  when  we  beleved.  The  nyght  is 
passed  and  the  daye  is  come  nye.  Lett  vs  therfore  cast  awaye 
the  dedes  off  darcknes/  and  lett  vs  put  on  the  armour  off  light. 
lett  vs  walke  honestly  as  it  were  in  the  daye  light :  nott  in 
9  eatynge  and  drynkynge  :  nether  in  chamburynge  and  wan- 

•Besubject,  Gf7t.B/;5.  [Sovs.5.]  '^  Judgment,  Gf?j.  ^Wjath, 
Geti.    Punishment,  Bps.  ^  Whicli  maintain  the  same  defence, 

Cov.   Applying  themselves   for  the  same  thing,  Gen.  *  Covet, 

Gen.    Lust,  Bps.  ^  It  is  briefly,  Gen.     It  is  in  fewe  words,  Bps. 

^  Love  doeth  not  evil  to,  Gen.  Charitie  worketh  no  ill  to,  etc.  Bps. 
*  And  that  [chiefly,  B.}  considering  the  season,  howe,  etc.  Gen.  Bf/s. 
^  Excess  of  eating,  etc.  Cur.  Gluttonie  [Rioting,  B.]  and  drunkeu- 
nes,  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  tljrj.  STije  ^jji'stlc  of  ^atil 

tannes  :  nether  in  stryfe  and  envyinge  :  but  put  ye  on  the 
lorde  Jesus  Christ.  And  i"  make  not  provision  for  the  flesshe/ 
to  fulfill  the  lustes  off  hit. 


Cte  pb.  <?tijaptcr. 

TTYM  that  is  weake  in  the  faith/  receave  vnto  you/  ^  nott  in 
disputynge  and  troublynge  hys  conscience.  One  bele- 
veth  that  he  maye  cate  all  thynge.  Another  whych  ys  weake 
eateth  earbes.  let  nott  hym  thatt  eateth/  despyse  hym  thatt 
eateth  nott.  And  lett  nott  hym  whych  eateth  nott  iudge  hym 
thatt  eateth.  For  God  hath  receaved  hym.  What  arte  thou 
that  iudgest  another  mannes  servaunt .''  '^  Whether  he  stonde 
or  faule/  thatt  pertayneth  vnto  hys  master.  Yee/  he  ^  shall 
stonde.     For  God  is  able  to  make  hym  stonde. 

Thys  man  ^  putteth  difference  bitwene  daye  and  daye : 
another  man  counteth  all  dayes  alyke.  ^  Se  thatt  no  man  wa- 
ver in  hys  awne  mynde.  He  that  ^  observeth  one  daye  more 
then  another/  doth  ytt  for  the  lordes  pleasure.  And  he  that 
observeth  not  one  daye  more  then  another/  doeth  it  to  plase 
the  lorde  also.  He  that  eateth  '^  doth  it  to  plase  the  lorde/  for 
he  geveth  god  thankes.  and  he  that  eateth  not/  eateth  not  to 
please  the  lorde  with  all/  and  geveth  god  thankes.  For  none 
of  vs  liveth  ^  his  awne  servaunt.  and  also  none  of  vs  dyeth 
6  his  awne  servaunt.  Yf  we  live/  we  live  ^  to  be  at  the  lordes 
will,  yf  we  dye/  we  dye  ^  at  the  lordes  will.  Whether  we 
live  therfore  or  dye/  we  are  the  lordes.  For  Christ  therfore 
dyed  and  rose  agayne/  and  revived/  that  he  shulde  be  lorde 
both  of  deed  and  quickc. 

But  why  doest  thou  then  iudge  thy  brother  ?  other  why 
doest  thou  despyse  thy  brother  .'  We  shall  all  ^^  be  brought 
before  the  iudgement  seate  of  Christ.  For  it  is  written :  As 
truely  as  I  live  sayth  the  lorde/  all  knees  shall  bowe  to  me^ 

*°  Take  no  thought,  Gen.  '  But  trouble  not  the  consciences, 

Cov.  But  not  to  controversies  [doubtfuhiesse,  /?.]  of  disputations.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  lie  standeth  or  falleth  to  his  own  master,  Gen.  Bps. 

'  May  well  stand,  Cov.  Sliall  be  liolden  up  that  he  may  stand,  Cr. 
Shall  be  established,  Gen.  Shall  be  holdcn  up,  Bps.  *  Esteemcth 
one  day  above  another,  Gen.  *  Let  ever}'  man  be  sure  of  his  mean- 
ing, Cov.  Let  every  man's  mynde  satisfie  hym  selfe,  Cr.  Let  every 
man  be  fully  persuaded  in  his  own  mind,  Gen.  Bps.  ®  Observeth 

[Estccmeth,  B.]  the  day,  observeth  it  unto  the  Lord,  Gen.  Bps.  [So 
the  antithetical  clause.]  'Eateth  to  the  Lord,  etc.  Bps.  Gcn.\J\ke\ 
the  preceding.]  *  To  himselfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  Unto  the 

Lorde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         "^  Appear,  Gen.  Stand,  Bps. 


and  all  tonges  shall  i^geve  knowledge  to  god.  Soo  shall  every 
one  off  vs  geve  a  comptes  off  hym  silfe  to  God.  lett  vs  nott 
therfore/  iudge  one  another  eny  more. 

Butt  iudge  this  rather/  thatt  no  man  putt  a  stombllnge 
blocke/  or  an  occasion  to  faule  in  his  brothers  waye.  For  I 
knowe/  and  surly  beleve  in  the  lorde  Jesus/  that  there  is  no- 
thynge  commen  off  hit  silfe  :  but  vnto  hym  that  iudgeth  it  to 
be  commen/  to  hym  it  is  commen.  Yf  thy  brother  be  grcved 
with  thy  meate/  now  walkest  thou  not  charhablye.  Destroye 
not  hym  with  thy  meate/  for  whom  Christ  dyed.  ^-  Suffer  ye 
not  that  youre  treasure  be  evyll  spoken  of.  For  the  kyngdom 
off  god  is  not  meate  and  drynke/  but  rightewesnes/  peace  and 
ioye/  in  the  holy  goost.  For  whosoever  in  these  thynges 
serveth  Christ/  ^^  pleaseth  well  god:  and  is  i^  commended  of 
men. 

Let  vs  folowe  tho  thinges  which  make  for  peace  :  and 
thynges  wherwith  one  maye  edyfye  another.  Destroye  not 
the  worke  off  God  for  i"*  [a  lytell]  meates  sake.  All  thynges 
are  pure  :  butt  it  is  evyll  for  that  man/  which  eateth  with 
^^  hurte  off  his  conscience.  Hit  is  good  nether  to  eate  flesshe/ 
nether  to  drynke  wyne/  nether  eny  thynge/  wherby  thy  bra-, 
ther  stombleth/  other  falleth/  or  is  made  weake.  Hast  thou 
fayth  }  have  it  with  thy  silfe  before  god.  Happy  is  he  that 
condempneth  not  hym  silfe  in  that  thynge  which  he  aloweth. 
For  he  that  ^^  maketh  conscience/  ys  dampned  if  he  eate  : 
Because  he  doth  it  not  off  fayth,  For  whatsoever  is  not  of 
fayth/  that  same  is  synne, 

"Vl/^E  which  are  stronge  ought  to  beare  the  ^  fraylnes  of 
'  ^  them  which  are  weake/  and  not  to  ^  stonde  in  oure 
awne  consaytes.  Let  every  man  please  his  neghbour  ^  vnto 
his  welth  and  edifyinge.  For  Christ  pleased  not  hym  silfe  : 
but  as  it  is  written  :  The  rebukes  off  them  which  rebuked  the/ 
fell  on  me.  Whatsoever  thynges  are  written  afore  tyme/  are 
written  for  oure  learnynge  thatt  we  thorowe  pacience  and 
comforte  off  the  scripture  shulde  have  hope. 

•'  Give  praise,  Cr.  Bps.  Confesse,  Gen.  '*  Cause  not  your  com- 
moditie  [treasure,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Let  not  your  good,  Bps.  '^  Is  ac- 
ceptable unto — approved,  Gen.  ^*  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '^  Offence, 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  Doubteth,  Gcw.  >  Infirmities,  Gen.  Tlease 
ourselves,  Gen.          ^  In  that  that  is  good  to  edification,  Gen. 


Sti.  dxil  Z\)z  12pfstlc  of  ^aul 

^  God  which  is  lorde  of  pacience  and  consolation/  geve  vn- 
to  every  one  of  you/  that  ye  be  lyke  mynded  won  towardes 
another  ^  after  the  ensample  of  Jesu  Christ/  that  ye  ^  all  agre- 
ynge  to  gedder/  maye  with  one  mouth  eprayse  god  the  father 
of  oure  lorde  Jesus.  Wherfore  reccave  ye  one  another  as 
Christ  receaved  vs/  to  the  prayse  of  god. 

And  I  saye  that  Jesus  Christ  was  a  minister  of  the  circum- 
cision for  the  trueth  of  god/  to  conferme  the  promyses  made 
vnto  the  fathers.  And  let  the  gentyls  prayse  God  for  hys 
mercy.  As  itt  is  written  :  For  this  cause  I  will  ">  prayse  the 
nmonge  the  gentyls/  and  singe  ^in  thy  name.  And  agayne 
he  sayth :  ye  gentyls  reioyse  with  hys  people.  Agayne/ 
prayse  the  lorde  all  ye  gentyls/  and  laude  hym  all  nacions. 
And  in  another  place  Esaias  sayth  :  there  shalbe  the  rote  off 
Jesse/  and  he  that  shall  ryse  to  raygne  over  the  gentyls  :  in 
him  shall  the  gentyls  trust.  The  god  of  hope  fill  you  with  all 
ioye  and  peace  in  belevynge/  that  ye  maye  ^  be  ryche  in  hope 
lliorowe  the  power  of  the  holy  goost. 

I  my  silfe  am  lo  full  certified  of  you  my  brethren  that  ye 
youre  selves  are  full  of  goodnes/  and  filled  with  all  knowledge/ 
and  are  ^^  able  to  counsell  won  another.  Neverthelesse  breth- 
ren I  have  somwhat  boldly  written  vnto  you/  as  won  that  put- 
teth  you  in  remembraunce/  ffor  the  grace  which  is  geven  me 
pff  God  fax  this  purpose  that  I  shulde  be  the  minister  off  Jesu 
Christ  amonge  the  gentyls/  and  shulde  minister  ^^  the  gladde 
tydynges  off  God/  that  the  gentyls  myght  be  an  acceptable  of- 
feryngc/  sanctyfyed  by  the  holy  goost.  ^'^  I  have  therfore  where- 
off  I  maye  reioyse  in  Christ  Jesu/  in  the  thynges  whych  pertayne 
to  God.  For  I  dare  not  speake  ^^  off  eny  off  tho  thynges 
which  Christ  hath  nott  wrought  by  me  (to  make  the  gentyls 
obedient)  with  worde  and  dede/  ^^  in  myghty  sygnes  and  won- 
ders/ by  the  power  of  the  sprete  off  God/  so  that  from  Jeru- 
salem and  the  costes  rounde  aboute/  vnto  lUiricum/  I  have 
^6  filled  all  countres  with  the  gladde  tydynges  of  Christ. 

So  have  I  enfoi-sed  my  silfe  to  preache  the  gospell/  not 
where  Christ  was  named/  lest  I  shuld  have  bilt  on  another 

*  The  God  of  patience,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  » According  to  Christ 
Jesus,  Gen.  *  With  one  minde,  Gen.  ^  Confesse,  Gen. 

*  Unto,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  Be  plenteous,  Cop.    Abound,  Gen. 

'°  Persuaded,  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Able  [Willing,  C]  to  exhort  [admon- 

ish, G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >«  The  gospel,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         >*  There- 

fore  I  may  boast  myself  thro'  Jesus  Christ,  that  I  meddle  with  thynges, 
etc.  Cop.  '■•Ought,exceptChristhadwrought,  etc.  Cop.  '^With 
the  power  of  signs  [tokens,  C]  and  wonders,  Cov.  Gen.  '*  Caus- 

ed to  abound,  the  gospel,  etc.  Gen, 


bnto  ti)c  3iomattns.  <t\>.  irbf, 

manncs  foundacion :  butt  as  it  is  written :  To  whom  he  was 
not  spoken  of/  they  shall  se :  and  they  that  herdc  nott/  shall 
vnderstonde.  For  this  cause  1  have  bene  oftc  let  to  come 
vnto  you  :  but  now  seynge  I  have  no  moare  ^^to  do  in  these 
countres/  and  also  have  bene  desyrous  many  yeares  to  come 
vnto  you/  when  I  shall  take  my  iorney  into  spayne/  I  will 
come  to  you.  I  trust  to  see  you  in  my  iorney/  and  to  be 
brought  on  my  waye  thither  warde  by  you  ^^  after  that  I  have 
somwhat  ^^enioyed  you. 

Nowe  goo  I  to  Jerusalem/  and  minister  vnto  the  saynctes. 
For  ^  it  hath  pleased  them  off  Macedonia  and  Achaia/  to  make 
a  certayne  distribucion  apon  the  poore  sanctes  which  are  at 
.Jerusalem.  '-^'  Hitt  hath  pleased  them  verely/  and  their  dct- 
ters  are  they.  For  ytf  the  gentyls  be  made  parte  takers  oif 
their  spirituall  thynges/  their  dutye  ys  to  menister  vnto  them 
in  carnall  thynges.  When  I  have  performed  thys/  and  have 
"  shewed  them  this  frute/  I  wyll  -^  come  backe  agayne  by 
you  into  spayne.  And  I  am  sure  when  I  come/  thatt  I  shall 
come  with  ''^"' abound aunce  off  the  blessynge  off  the  gospell  off 
Christ. 

I  be  seche  you  brethren  for  oure  lorde  Jesu  Christes  sake/ 
and  for  the  love  of  the  sprete/  that  ye  ^  helpe  me  in  my  busy- 
nes/  with  youre  prayere  to  god  for  me/  that  I  maye  be  delyv- 
ered  from  them  which  26  beleve  not  in  Jewry,  and  that  this  my 
service/  which  I  have  to  Jerusalem/  maye  be  accepted  to  the 
sanctes/  that  I  maye  come  vnto  you  with  ioye/  by  the  will  off 
God/  and  maye  with  you  be  refresshed.  The  God  off  peace 
be  with  all  you  Amen. 

E\)e  ybf.  ©ijapter. 

T  COMMENDE  vnto  you  Phebe  oure  suster  (which  is  a  min- 
ister  of  the  congregacion  of  Chencrea)  that  ye  receave  her 
in  the  lorde  as  it  becommeth  saynctes/  and  that  ye  assist  her/  in 
whatsoever  busines  she  neadeth  of  youre  ayde.  For  she  ^  suck- 
ered  many/  and  myne  awne  silfe  also.    Grete  Prisca  emd  Aqui- 

'"  Place  in  these  quarters,  Gen.  '^  But  so  tliat  I  first  refresh 

myselfe  a  little  with  you,  Cop.  '"  Enjoyed  your  acquaintance,  Cr. 
livvn  tilled  with  your  compnnij  [witii  you,  /?.],  Ucn.  Bps.  *"  They 
oi' Mac.  etc.  Iiave  willingly  prepared  a  common  collection  together 
tor.  Cor.  '"  They  have  done  it  willingly.  Cot.  ''^  Brought  them 
sealed.  Cor.  T.M.  Cr.    Sealed  unto.  Gen.  Dps.  '^  Passe  by  you, 

Gen.  *'  The  full  blessing.  Cor.  ^''  Wouldc  strive  with  me  by 

prayers,  etc.  Gen.  -''  Are  disf>bedi?nt.  Gen.  '  Hath  given  lios- 

pitalitie  to,  Gen. 


Sfo.  cly:U].  Zit  Hpfstle  of  33aul  * 

la  my  helpers  in  Christ  Jesu  :  which  have  for  my  lyfe  layde 
doune  their  awne  neckes.  vnto  whom  not  I  only  geve  thankes  : 
but  also  all  the  congregacions  of  the  gentils,  Lyke  wyse 
grete  ^  all  the  company  that  is  in  their  housse.  Salute  my 
welbeloved  Epenetos/  which  is  the  fyrst  frute  ^  amonge  them 
of  Achaia.  Grete  Mary  which  bestowed  moch  labour  on  vs. 
Salute  Andronicus/  and  Junia  my  cosyns/  "*  which  were  pre- 
soners  with  me  also/  which  are  ^  wele  taken  amonge  the  apos- 
tles/ and  were  in  Christ  before  me.  Grete  Amplias  my  be- 
loved in  the  lorde.  Salute  Vrban  oure  helper  in  Christ/  and 
Stachys  my  beloved.  Salute  Apellas  approved  in  Christ. 
Salute  them  which  are  of  Aristobolus  ^  houssholde.  Salute 
Herodion  my  kynsman.  Grete  them  of  the  houshold  of  Nar- 
cissus which  are  in  the  lorde.  Salute  Triphena  and  Triphosa/ 
which  wemen  labour  in  the  lorde.  Salute  the  beloved  Persis/ 
which  laboured  moch  in  the  lorde.  Salute  Rufus  chosen  in 
the  lorde/  and  his  mother  and  myne.  Grete  Asincritus/  Phle- 
gon/  Hermas/  Palrobas/  Mercurius/  and  the  brethren  which 
are  with  them.  Salute  Philologus  and  Julia/  Nereus  and  his 
sister/  and  Olimpha/  and  all  the  saynctes  which  are  with 
them.  Salute  won  another  '''  [amonge  youre  selves]  with  an 
holy  kisse.     The  congregacions  of  Christ  salute  you. 

I  beseche  you  brethren  marke  them  which  cause  division/ 
and  ^  geve  occasions  of  evill  contrary  to  the  doctryne  which 
ye  have  learned  :  and  avoyde  them.  For  they  that  are  suche 
serve  nott  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ :  but  their  one  bellyes.  And 
by  9  swete  preachynges  and  flatterynge  wordes  deceave  the 
hertes  of  the  ^^  innocentes  :  for  youre  obedience  ys  spoken  off 
amonge  all  men.  I  am  ^^  glad  no  dout  off  you.  But  yet  I 
wolde  have  you  wyse  vnto  that  which  is  good.  And  to  be 
innocent  as  concernynge  evyll.  The  God  off  peace  shall 
treade  Satan  vnder  youre  fete  in  shorte  tyme.  The  grace  off 
oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  be  with  you. 

Thimotheus  my  ^~  worke  felow/  and  Lucius/  and  Jason/  and 
Sopater/  my  kynsmen  salute  you.  I  Tercius  i^  salute  you/ 
which  wrote  thys  epistle  in  the  lorde.     Gains  myn  hoste  and 

'The  congregation,  Cr.  The  Church,  Grn.  Bps.  •'  Of  Achaia 

in  Christ.  C'r.  Gcyi.Bps.  ■*  And  f'elowe-prisoncrs,  6V?i.  ^Antient, 
Cov.    Notable.  <7f;i.  «  Fronds,  Gm.   [So  vs.  11 .]  ">  Cr.  Gen. 

omit.  ^  Offences,  Gen.  '  Swete  and  flattering  woordes,  Cr. 

Bps.  Faire  speach and  flattering,  GV/j.  '"Simple,  Gc/i.  [So  vs.  19.] 
"  Glad  tliercfore  of  you  [on  yourbehalfe,  B.l,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Com- 

panion, Gen.  '■*  Which  wrote  this  epistle,  salute  you  in  the 

Lorde,  Gen.  Bps. 


bnto  tlje  K.oinai»ns.  €"!).  ):bf. 

the  hoste  off  all  the  congregacions/  saluteth  you.  Erastus  sa- 
luteth  you/  the  chamberlayne  off  the  cite.  And  Quartus  a 
brother/  saluteth  you.  The  grace  off  oure  lorde  Jesu  Christ 
be  wyth  you  all  Amen. 

To  hym  thatt  is  off  power  to  stablysshe  you  accordynge  to  my 
gospell/  wher  with  I  preache  Jesus  Chi-ist/  ^"^  in  openynge 
off  the  mistery  which  was  kept  ^^  closse  sence  the  worldc 
began/  ^^  and  nowe  is  openned  at  thys  tyme  and  ^^  de- 
clared in  the  scriptures  of  prophesy/  by  the  com- 
maundement  of  the  everlastynge  god/  ^^  to  store 
vppe  obedience  to  the  faythe  publisshed  amonge 
all  nacions  To  the  same  god/  whych  alone 
is  wise/  be  prayse  thorowe  Jesus  Christ 
for  ever   Amen. 

Ea  tljc  SioinaDttS. 

Sent  from  Chorinthum  by  Phebe/  she 

thatt  was  the  minister  vnto 

the  congregacion  at 

Chenchrea. 

'■•  In  utterynge,  T.M.  Cr.    By  the  revelation,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Se- 

cret, .ill  the  Vers.  **  But  nowe  is  opened  and  by  the  scriptures 

of  the  prophets,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Publislicd  among  all  nations  by  the 

scriptures  of  the  prophets  at  the,  etc.  Gen.  '*  For  the  obedience 

of  faith,  Gen.  Bps. 


CC 


iFfir^t  m^tU  of  pctttl  tilt  ^po^tlc 
to  tlie  eovraitlis)an^. 


j^2SIL  '  by  vocacion  the  Apostle  of  Jesus  Christ  thorowe 
the  will  of  god/  and  brother  Sostenes  Vnto  the'congrega- 
cion  of  God  which  is  at  Corinthum.  To  them  that  are  sane- 
tifyed  in  Jesus  christ/  sanctes  by  callynge/  with  all  them  thatt 
call  on  the  name  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  in  every  place/ 
both  of  theirs  and  of  ouers. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

I  thanke  my  god  all  wayes  on  youre  behalfe  for  the  faveour 
of  god  which  is  geven  you  by  Jesus  Christ/  that  in  all  thinges 
ye  are  made  ryche  by  him/  in  all  -speache  and  in  all  know- 
ledge (even  as  the  testimony  of  Jesus  Christ  was  conformed  in 
you)  so  that  ye  ^  are  bchynde  in  no  gyft/  and  wayte  for  the 
aperynge  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  which  shall  ■^  strengthe 
you  vnto  the  ende/  that  ye  may  be  blamlesse  in  the  daye  off 
oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ.  God  is  faythful/  by  whom  ye  are 
called  vnto  the  fellishyppe  off  his  sonne  Jesus  Christe  oure 
lorde. 

I  beseche  you  brethren  in  the  name  of  oure  lorde  Jesus 
Christ/  that  ye  all  speake  one  thynge/  and  that  there  be  no 
dissencion  amonge  you :  but  be  ye  ^  perfecte  in  one  mynde/ 

>  Called,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.    [G.  B.  add— io  be.]  «  Lerninge,  T.M. 

Utterance,  Cr.  Bps.  Kind  of  speach.  Gen.  ^Want  nothing  in  any 
gift,  etc.  Co».  Are  destitute,  Gf?i.  B/>5.  ^  Confirine,  GVw.  *  Per- 
fects in  one  meaning,  Co».  Knytte  together  in,  etc.  r.Jtf.  Gen.  A 
whole  body  of  one  mynde,  etc.  Cr.  Perfectly  joyned  together  in  the 
same  mind  and  tlie  same  meaning,  Bps. 


Srjc  iFi'vst  ISpfstle  to  tijc  CTorrfntJjjans.  <ti).  f. 

and  one  ^  meanynge.  hit  is  shewed  vnto  me  (by  brethren) 
off  you  by  them  that  are  of  the  liousse  of  Cloe/  that  there  is 
"^  stryfe  amonge  you/  I  speake  of  that  which  eveiy  one  of  you 
sayth  :  ^  I  holde  of  Paul/  Another  sayth  :  I  holde  of  Apollo  : 
Another  sayth  :  I  holde  off  Cephas,  and  another  sayth  I  holde 
of  Chi  ist.  Ys  Christ  divided  ^?  was  Paul  ci'ucified  for  you  ? 
other  were  ye  baptised  in  the  name  of  Paul  ?  I  thanke  god 
that  I  '"cristened  none  of  you/  but  Crispus  and  Gaius/ lest  eny 
shulde  saye  that  I  in  myn  awne  name  had  baptised.  I  bap- 
tised also  the  housse  of  Stephana.  Forthermore  knowe  I  not 
whether  I  baptised  ^^eny  man  or  noo. 

For  Christ  sent  me  not  to  baptise/  but  to  preache  the  gos- 
pell/  not  with  wisdom  of  wordes/  lest  the  crosse  of  Christ 
shulde  have  bene  made  of  none  effecte.  For  the  preachynge 
off  the  crosse  is  to  them  that  perisshe  folisshnes  :  but  vnto  vs 
which  are  saved/  it  is  the  power  off  God.  For  it  is  written  : 
I  will  destroye  the  wisdome  of  the  wyse  and  will  cast  awaye 
the  vnderstondynge  of  the  prudent.  Where  is  the  wyse  man  ? 
where  is  the  scrybe  .''  where  is  the  i~  searcher  of  this  worlde  ? 
hath  not  god  made  the  wisdom  of  this  worlde  folisshnes  ? 

For  when  the  worlde  thorow  wisdom  knew  not  god/  in  the 
wisdom  of  god  :  it  pleased  god  throw  folisshnes  off  preach- 
ynge to  to  save  them  that  beleve.  For  the  iewes  requyre  a 
signe/  and  the  grekes  seke  after  wisdom,  but  we  preach 
Ghi'ist  crucified/  vnto  the  iev/es  ^^  an  occasion  of  fallynge  and 
vnto  the  grekes  folisshnes.  but  vnto  them  which  are  called 
both  of  Jewes  and  grekes  we  preache  Christ  the  power  of  god/ 
and  the  wisdom  of  god.  For  ^^  Godly  folysshnes  is  wyser 
then  men  :  And  i"*  godly  weaknes  is  stronger  then  are  men. 

Brethren  ^^  loke  on  youre  callinge  howe  that  not  many  wyse 
men  after  the  flesshe/  not  many  myghty/  not  many  ^^  of  hye 
degre  are  called.  But  God  hath  chosen  the  folysshe  thynges 
of  the  worlde/  to  confounde  the  wyse.  and  hath  chosen  the 
weake  thynges  of  the  worlde/  to  confounde  the  thynges  which 
are  myghty.  And  vile  thynges  off  the  worlde/  and  thynges 
which  are  despysed/  hath  god  chosen  yee  and  thynges  ^^  of 
no  reputacion/  forto  brynge  to  nought  thynges  '^'^  off  reputacion/ 

*  Judgment,  Gen.  ''  Contention,  Gen.  Bps  *  I  am  of  Paul 

[Pauls,  G.],  Gen.  Bps.  [So,  the  next  clauses  and  ch.  iii.  4.]  *  Cov. 
adds — in  parts.  "^  Baptized,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Any  other, 

Gen.  Bps.  ''  Disputer,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  ^  stumbling  blocke, 

Gen.  Bps.  >■*  The  foolishness  of  God — The  weaknesse  of  God, 

All  the  Vers.  '*  You  see  your  calling,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  No- 

ble, Gen.  Bps.  "  Which  are  not — that  are,  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  cl):b.  2r|)e  iF»tst  lEpfstle  of  ^avl 

that  noo  flesshe  shulde  ^^  reioyce  in  his  presence,  and  ^^  vnto 
him  pertayne  ye/  in  Christ  Jesus/  which  off  god  is  made  vnto 
vs  wisdom/  and  also  rightewesnes/  and  sanctifiynge/  and  re- 
dempcion.  that  accordynge  as  it  is  written  :  he  which  reioy- 
ceth/  shulde  reioyce  in  the  lorde. 

A  ND  I  brethren  when  I  cam  to  you/  cam  not  ^  in  glorious- 
■^^  nes  of  wordes  or  of  wisdom/  shewynge  vnto  you  the  testi- 
mony of  God.  2  Nether  shewed  I  my  silfe  that  I  knew  eny 
thynge  amonge  you  save  Jesus  Christ/  ^  even  the  same  that 
was  crucified.  And  I  was  amonge  you  in  weaknes/  and  in 
feare/  and  in  moche  tremblynge.  And  my  wordes/  and  my 
preachinge  were  not  with  entysynge  wordes  of  mannes  wys- 
dom  :  but  in  ^  shewynge  of  the  sprete  of  power/  that  youre 
fayth  shulde  nott  ^  stonde  in  the  wisdom  off  men/  but  in  the 
power  of  god. 

We  speake  that  which  is  wisdom  amonge  them  that  are 
perfaicte  :  not  the  wisdom  of  this  worlde  nether  off  tlie  ruelars 
off  this  worlde  (which  goth  to  nought)  but  we  speake  the  wis- 
dom off  god/  which  is  ^  in  secrete  and  lieth  hid/  which  god 
'  ordeyned  before  the  worlde  vnto  oure  glory  :  which  wisdom 
none  of  the  ruelars  of  the  worlde  knewe.  For  had  they 
knowen  it/  they  wolde  not  have  crucified  the  lorde  of  glory  : 
but  as  it  is  written  The  eye  hath  not  sene/  and  the  eare  hath 
not  hearde/  nether  have  entred  into  the  herte  of  man/  the 
thynges  which  god  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  hym. 

But  God  hath  opened  them  vnto  vs  by  hys  sprete.  For  the 
sprete  searcheth  all  thynges/  yee  the  ^  bottom  of  goddes  se- 
cretes. For  what  man  knoweth  the  thynges  of  a  man  :  save 
the  sprete  off  a  man  whiche  is  with  in  hym  ?  Even  so  the 
thynges  off  god  knoweth  no  man/  but  the  sprete  of  god.  and 
we  have  nott  receaved  the  sprete  off  the  worlde  :  but  the  sprete 
which  commeth  of  god/  for  to  knowe  the  thynges  that  are 
geven  to  vs  of  god/  which  thynges  also  we  speake/  not  in  the 
^  connynge  wordes  off  mannes  wisdom/  but  ^with  the  connynge 

18  Glory,  Bps.  [So  vs.  31.]  '»  Of  him  are  ye,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  With  high  wordes,  Coe.  With  excellence  of  wordes,  Gen.  *  For 
I  esteemed  not  to  knowe,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  And  him  crucified,  Gen. 

Bps.  *  Plaine  evidence.  Gen.  °  Be,  Gen.  *  In  a  mys- 

terie,  e?5e?i  the  hid  icisedome,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Determined,  Gen. 

*  Deepe  things  of  God,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Wordes  which  man's  wis- 

dom teacheth — which  the  holy  ghost  teacheth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


to  tt)c  €"orrfnt!)sans.  (Ef).  fff- 

wordes  off  the  holy  goost/  i"  makynge  sprctuall  comparcsons 
of  spretiiall  thynges.  For  the  naturall  man  perccaveth  not 
the  tliynges  off  the  sprcte  off  god  :  For  they  are  but  folysshnes 
vnto  hym.  netlier  can  he  preceave  them  be  cause  ^^  he  Is 
spretually  examyned  :  butt  he  that  is  sprituall  ^~  discusseth 
all  thynges  :  yet  he  hym  silfc  is  iudged  of  no  man.  For  who 
knoweth  the  mynde  of  the  lorde/  ^^  other  who  shall  inforrnc 
hym  ?  but  we  ^"^  vnderstonde  the  mynde  off  Christ. 

E\)e  iff.  djnpter. 

A  ND  I  coulde  not  spcake  vnto  you  brethren  as  vnto  spirit- 
-^  uall :  butt  as  vnto  carnall/  even  as  it  were  vnto  babes  in 
Christ.  I  gave  you  mylke  to  diynke  and  not  meate.  For  ye 
then  were  not  ^  stronge/  noo  nether  yet  are  ^  stronge.  For 
ye  are  yet  carnall.  ^  ^gJQi^ggverely  as  there  is  amonge  you 
envyinge/  stryfe/  and -^  dissencion :  are  ye  not  carnall/ and 
walke  after  the  manner  of  men  .'  As  longe  as  one  sayth  :  I 
holde  of  Paul/  and  another/  I  am  of  apollo.  are  ye  not  car- 
nall ?  '^  What  is  Paul  ?  "^  wi;;it  -'[thinge]  is  apollo  ?  but  ministers 
by  whom  ye  beleeved  even  as  the  lorde  gave  ^  every  man 
grace.  I  have  planted  :  Apollo  watred  :  but  god  gave  the  in- 
creace.  So  then/  nether  is  he  that  planteth  eny  thynge/ 
nether  he  that  waircth  :  but  god  which  gave  the  increace. 

He  that  planteth/  and  he  that  watreth/  ''  are  nether  better 
then  the  other.  Every  man  yet  shall  rcceave  his  ^  rewarde 
acordynge  to  his  labour.  We  are  goddis  labourers  :  ye  are 
goddis  husbandrye/  ye  are  goddis  byldynge.  Acordynge  to 
the  grace  of  god  geven  vnto  me/  as  a  ^  wyse  bilder  have  I 
layde  the  foundacion/  another  hath  bylt  theron  :  but  let  every 
man  take  hede  howe  he  bildeth  apon.  For  other  foundacion 
can  no  man  laye/  then  that  which  is  layde/  which  is  Jesus 
Christ.  Yff  eny  man  bilde  on  this  foundacion/  golde/  silver/ 
precious  stones/  tymber/  haye/  or  stuble  :  every  mannes 
worke  shall  1°  apere.     for  the  daye  shall  declare   it/  and  it 

"*  And  judge  of  spiritual  matters  spiritually,  Cop.  Comparing  spir- 
itual things  v.'ith  spiritual,  etc.  Gen  Bps.  "  They  are  spiritually 
discerned  [examined,  C]  Cr.  Grn.  Bps.  '*  Discerneth,  Gen.  Bps. 
'■'  That  he  might  instruct  him,  Gen.  Bps.  '■'  Have,  Gen.  Bps. 
'  Able  to  beare  it — able,  Gen.  ^  For  whereas  there  is,  Gen.  See- 
ing then  there  is,  Bps.  ^  Sectes,  Cr.  Bps.  Divisions,  Gen. 
*  Who,  Gen.  *  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  To  every  man,  Gen.  Bps. 
'  The  one  is  as  the  other,  Cov.  Are  one,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps  "  Wages, 
Gen.  [So  vs.  14.]  »  Skilfull  [Wise,  B.]  master  builder,  Gen. 
Bps.  '"Be  made  manifest,  Gen.  Bps. 
CO* 


Sfo.  tlpal  Stic  iFjtst  3Epfstlc  of  19aul 

shalbe  shewed  in  fyre/  and  the  fyre  shall  trye  every  mannes 
worke  what  it  is.  Yf  eny  mannes  worke  that  he  hath  bylt 
apon  byde/  he  shall  receave  a  rewarde.  Yf  eny  mannes 
worke  burne/  he  shall  suffre  losse  :  but  he  shalbe  safe  hym 
sylfe.     neverthelesse  yet  as  itt  were  thorow  fyre. 

^^  Are  ye  nott  ware  that  ye  are  the  temple  of  god/  and 
howe  that  the  sprete  of  god  dwelleth  in  you  ?  Yf  eny  man 
^^  defyle  the  temple  of  god/  hym  shall  god  destroye.  For  the 
temple  off  God  is  holy/  which  temple  are  ye.  Lett  no  man 
deceave  hym  silfe/  yf  eny  man  ^^  seme  wyse  amonge  you/ 
let  him  be  a  fole  in  thys  worlde/  that  he  maye  be  wyse.  For 
the  wisdom  of  this  worlde  is  folyssnes  with  God.  For  it  is 
written  :  He  ^"^  compaseth  the  wyse  in  their  craftynes.  And 
agayne/  God  knoweth  the  thoughtes  of  the  wyse  that  they  be 
vayne.  Therfore  let  no  man  reioyce  in  men.  For  all  thynges 
are  youres/  whether  it  be  Paul/  other  Apollo/  other  Cephas  : 
wether  it  be  the  worlde/  other  lyfe/  other  deeth/  whether  they 
be  present  thynges  or  thynges  to  come  :  all  are  youres/  and 
ye  are  Christes/  and  Christ  is  goddis. 

E\)e  lb.  Cljapter. 

X  ET  ^  men  this  wyse  esteme  vs/  even  as  the  ministers  of 
•^  Christ/  and  disposers  of  the  secretes  of  god.  ^  further- 
more it  is  required  of  the  disposers  that  they  be  founde  faith- 
full.  With  me  ^  is  it  but  a  very  small  thinge/  that  I  shulde  be 
iudged  of  you/  other  of  mans  "^  daye.  No  I  iudge  not  myn 
awne  selfe.  I  know  nought  by  my  silfe  :  yet  am  I  not  ther- 
by  iustified.  hit  is  the  lorde  that  iudgeth  me.  Therfore  iudge 
no  thynge  before  the  tyme/  vntill  the  lorde  come/  which  will 
lighten  thynges  that  are  hid  in  darcknes  :  and  ^  open  the  coun- 
sels of  the  hertes.     and  then  shall  every  man  have  prayse  off 

God.  y  i-  y 

These  thinges  brethren  I  have  ^  described  in  myn  awne 
person/  and  Apollos  :  for  youre  sakes/  that  ye  myght  learne 
by  vs  thatt  no  man  '''  counte  off  hym  silfe  beyonde  that  which 
is  above  written  :  that  one  ^  swell  nott  agaynst  another  for  eny 

"  Knowe  ye  not,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *' Destroy,  Gen.  "Among 

you,  seeme  [B.  adds  —  (to  him  selfc)]  to  be  wise  in  this  world,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^*  Catcheth,  Gen.  '  A  man  so  tiiink  of  [esteeme,  B.] 

us,  Gen.  Bps.  *  And  as  for  the  rest.  Gen.  •'  1  passe  very  lit- 

tle, Gen.  *  Judgment,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Make  manifest,  Gen. 

®  For  an  ensample  described,  Cr.  Figuratively  applied  unto  myne 
owne  selfe.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Presume  above  that,  etc.  Gen.    Be  wise 

above  that,  etc.  Bps.  *  Be  not  puffed  up,  Cov. 


to  Hjc  (forrfntijwans.  (EJ).  (to. 

mans  cause.  For  who  ^  preferreth  the  ?  What  hast  thou/ 
that  thou  hast  not  receaved  ?  yf  thou  liave  receaved  it :  why 
reioysest  thou  as  though  thou  haddcst  not  receaved  it  ?  Nowe 
ye  are  full :  nowe  ye  are  made  rych.  ye  raygne  as  kynges 
with  out  vs  :  and  I  wold  to  god  ye  did  raygne/  that  we  myght 
raygne  with  you. 

^•^My  thynketh  that  god  hath  ^^  shewed  vs  which  are  apos- 
tles/ for  the  ^-  hynmost  off  all/  as  it  were  men  apoynted  to 
death/  for  we  ai'c  a  gazingstocke  vnto  the  worlde/  and  to  the 
angels/  and  to  men/  we  are  foles  for  Christes  sake/  and  ye 
are  wyse  thorow  Christ :  we  are  weake/  and  ye  are  stronge. 
ye  are  honorable  and  we  are  despised.  Even  vnto  this  daye 
we  honger  and  thyrst/  and  are  naked/  and  are  boffetted 
^•^  [with  fistes/]  and  have  no  certayne  dwellynge  place/  and 
labour  workynge  with  oure  owne  hondes.  We  are  reviled/ 
and  yet  we  blesse.  we  are  persecuted/  and  suffer  it.  ^'^  We 
are  evyll  spoken  off/  and  we  praye.  we  are  made  as  it  were 
the  filthynes  off  the  worlde/  the  of  scowrynge  of  all  thynges/ 
even  vnto  thys  tyme. 

I  write  not  these  thynges  to  shame  you  :  but  as  my  beloved 
sonnes  I  i^  warne  vou.  For  though  ye  have  ten  thousande 
instructours  in  Christ :  yet  have  ye  nott  many  fathers.  In 
Christ  Jesu/  I  have  begotten  you  thorowe  the  gospell.  Wher- 
fore  I  desyre  you  ^^  to  conterfayte  me.  For  this  cause  have 
I  sent  vnto  you  Timotheus/  which  is  my  deare  sonne/  and 
faithfull  in  the  lorde/  which  shall  put  you  in  remembraunce 
off  my  wayes  which  I  have  in  Christ/  even  as  I  teach  every 
where  in  all  congregacions.  Some  swell  as  though  I  wolde 
^~  come  no  more  at  you  :  but  I  will  come  to  you  shortely/  yf 
god  will/  and  will  knowe/  not  the  wordes  off  them  whiche 
swell/  but  the  power.  For  the  kyngdom  off  God  is  not  in 
wordes/  but  in  power.  What  will  ye  .''  Shall  I  come  vnto 
you  with  a  rodde/  or  els  in  love/  and  in  the  sprete  of  ^^  meke- 
nes  ? 

^  Separateth,  Gen.  Bps.  >"  For  me  ihinke  [I  thinke,  G.]  that 

God  hath  set  forth  us,  the  last  apostles,  as  men  appointed,  etc.  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  "  Set  forth,  T.  M.    Sent  forth,  Tav.  >*  Lowest 

of  all,  Cov.  T.  M.  '3  Gc7i.  Bps.  omit.  ^^  Being  defamed,  Bps. 

'^  Admonish,  Gen.  '®  To  folowe  me  as  I  folowe  Christ,  Cr. 

Be  ye  followers  of  rac,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Not  come  to  you,  Gen. 

"*  Softnesse,  Cr. 


jFo.  djrbfj.  E\>t  jFjrst  Hpfstle  of  ^aul 

CTfje  b.  ^Ijaptcr. 

^  T^HERE  goeth  a  commen  saynge  that  there  is  fornicacion 
amonge  you/  and  soche  fornicacion  as  is  not  once  na- 
med amonge  the  gentyls  :  that  won  shulde  have  his  fathers 
wyfe.  and  ye  swell  and  have  not  rather  sorowed/  that  he 
■which  hath  done  this  dede  myght  be  put  from  amonge  you. 
For  I  verely  as  absent  in  body/  even  so  present  in  sprete/ 
have  determined  all  redy  (as  though  I  were  present)  of  hym 
that  hath  done  this  dede/  ^  [in  the  name  of  oure  lorde  Jesu 
Christ/]  when  ye  are  gaddered  togedder/  and  my  sprete/  with 
the  power  off  the  lord  Jesus  Christ/  to  deliver  hym  vnto  Sa- 
tan/ for  the  destruccion  of  the  flesshe  that  the  sprete  maye  be 
saved  in  the  daye  off  the  lorde  Jesus. 

Youre  reioysynge  is  not  good.  Knowe  ye  nott  that  a  lytell 
leven  ■^  sowereth  the  whole  lompe  of  dowe  ?  pourge  therfore 
the  olde  leven/  that  ye  may  be  ■*  newe  dowe  as  ye  are  swete 
breed.  For  Christe  oure  ester  lambe  is  ^  offered  vppe  for  us. 
Therfore  let  vs  kepe  ^  holydaye/  not  with  olde  leven/  nether 
with  the  leven  of  maliciousnes  and  wickednes  but  with  the 
swete   breed  of  ^  purenes  and  trueth. 

I  wrote  vnto  you  in  a  pistle  that  ye  shulde  not  company  ^  with 
fornicatours.  And  ^  I  meante  nott  atall  of  the  fornicatours 
of  this  world'  other  off  the  coveteous/  or  of  extorsioners/  other 
of  the  ydolaters  :  for  then  muste  ye  nedes  have  gone  out  of 
the  worlde :  but  now  I  have  written  vnto  you  that  ye  compa- 
ny not  togedder.  Yf  eny  that  is  called  a  brother/  be  a  forni- 
cator/ or  covetous/  or  a  worshipper  of  ymages/  other  a  ray- 
lar/  other  a  dronkard/  or  an  extortionar :  with  hym  that  is 
soche  se  that  ye  eate  not.  For  what  have  I  to  do  to  iudge 
them  which  are  with  out  ?  Do  ye  not  iudge  them  that  are 
within  ?  Them  that  are  with  out/  god  shall  iudge.  Put  awaye 
from  amonge  you  ^^  that  cvyll  parsone. 

erijc  bj.  ertja^jtcr. 

'  "TTOWE  dare  one  of  you  havinge  busines  with  another/ 
2gQQ  to  lawe  vnder  the  wicked  ?  and  not  rather  vnder 

'  It  is  heard  certaincly  that,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Got.  reads  this  clause 

after — mtf  sprete.  ^  Leaveneth   the  wiiole  hunpe,  Gen.  Bps. 

*  A  new  lumpe,  Gen.  Bps.         -  Sacrificed.  Gen.         ^  Tlie  feast.  Gen. 
'  Sincerity,  Gen.  ^  With  fornicatours  of  tJiis  worlde,  eyther  of, 

etc.  Cr.  8  Not  altogetlier  with  tlie  fornicatours,  etc.  or  with,  etc. 

Gen.  '"  The  evell,  Cr.    That  wicked  man.  Gen.  '  Dare  any 

of  you,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Bee  judged  under  the  unjust,  Gen.  Bps. 


to  tt)c  ^ovrfnUjBans.  <tt).  kf. 

the  sanctes  ?  Do  ye  not  know  that  the  saynctcs  shall  iudge 
the  worlde  ?  Yf  the  worlde  shalhe  iudged  by  you  :  are  ye 
^  nott  goode  ynought  to  iudge  "*  small  tryfles.  Knowe  ye  not 
howe  that  we  shall  iudge  the  angels  ?  Howe  moche  more 
maye  we  iudge  thynges  that  pertayne  to  ^  the  lyfe  ?  yf  ye 
have  iudgementes  off  ^  worldely  matters/  take  them  which  are 
despised  in  the  congregacion/  and  make  them  iudges.  This 
I  saye  to  youre  shame  Ys  there  vtterly  nowyse  man  amonge 
you  ?  what  not  one  att  all  ?  that  can  iudge  bitwene  "  brother 
and  brother  ?  but  one  brother  goeth  to  lawe  with  another  :  and 
tliat  vnder  the  ^  vnbelevers  ? 

Nowe  therfore  is  there  vtterly  a  faute  amonge  you/  be  cause 
ye  goo  to  lawe  one  with  another.  Why  rather  suffer  ye  not 
wronge  ?  why  rather  ^  suf!re  ye  not  youre  selves  to  be  rob- 
bed ?  Naye  ye  youre  selves  do  wronge/  and  i*"  robbe  :  and 
that  the  brethren.  Do  ye  remember  howe  that  the  vnrigh. 
teous  shall  not  inheret  the  kyngdom  of  god  ?  Be  not  deceav- 
ed.  For  nether  fornicators/  nether  worshyppers  ofTymagesr 
nether  ^^  whormongers/ nether  12  weaklinges/ nether  ^^abusars 
of  them  selves  with  the  mankynde/  nether  theves/  nether  the 
coveteous/  nether  dronkardes/  nether  ^"^  cursed  speakers/ 
nether  i^pillers/  shall  inheret  the  kyngdom  off  god.  And 
soche  ware  ye  verely  :  but  ye  are  wesshed  :  ye  are  sanctified  : 
ye  are  iustified  by  the  name  off  the  lorde  Jesus :  And  by  the 
sprete  of  oure  God. 

'^  All  thynges  are  lawful!  vnto  me  :  but  all  thynges  are  not 
profitable.  I  maye  do  all  thynges  :  but  I  will  be  brought  vnder 
1"  nomans  power.  meates  are  ordeyned  for  the  belly/  and 
the  belly  for  meates  :  but  God  shall  destroye  bothe  hym  and 
them.  ^^  Lett  nott  the  body  be  applied  vnto  foniicacion/  but 
vnto  the  lorde/  and  the  lorde  vnto  the  body.  God  hath  rays- 
ed  vppe  the  lorde/  and  shall  rayse  vs  vppe  by  his  power.  O 
ther  remember  ye  nott/  that  youre  bodyesare  the  members  of 
Christe  ?  Shall  I  nowe  take  the  members  off  Christ/  and 
make  them  the  members  of  an  harlott  ?     God  forbid.     Do  ye 

'Unworthy,  GVw.  Bps.  ■'The  smallest  matters,   Gen.  Bps. 

^  The  temporal  life,  Cov.  ^  Of  things  pertaining  to  this  life  set 

up  them  [B.adds — to  judge]  which  are  least  esteemed,  etc.  Ge7i.  Bps. 
7  His  brethren,  Gen.  Bps.  »  Infidels,  Giii.  ^  Suffre  fSus- 

teine,  G.]  ye  not  harme,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Doe  harme.  Gen.  Bps. 

!•  Adulterers,   Cr.   Gen.  '«  Wantons,  Gen.    Effeminate,  Bps. 

"  Buggerers,  Gen.  '^  Railers,  Gen.  Revilers,  Bps.  '^  Extor- 

tioners, Gen.  '*  I  may  do  all  things.  Cor.  Cr.  ^^  No  thing, 

Gen.  '®  The  hoAj  is  not  for  fornication,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  cl):bfff.  E\)e  JFnrst  Hprstle  of  3la«l 

nott  vnderstonde  thatt  he  whych  coupleth  hym  silfe  with  an 
harlott/  is  be  come  one  body.  For  two  (sayth  he)  shalbe  one 
flesshe  :  butt  he  that  is  ioyned  vnto  the  lorde  is  one  sprete. 

Fie  fornicacion.  All  synnes  that  a  man  dothe/  are  with  out 
the  body.  Butt  he  that  is  a  fornicator/  synneth  agaynst  his 
awne  body.  Knowe  ye  not  howe  thatt  youre  boddyes  are  the 
temple  off  the  holy  goost/  which  is  in  you/  whom  ye  have  of 
God/  and  howe  that  ye  are  not  youi'e  awne  ?  For  ye  are 
^9  dearly  bought.  Therfore  glorifye  ye  god  in  youre  bodyes 
and  in  youre  spretes/  for  they  are  goddis. 

B'^e  bfj.  ^ijaptct. 

A  S  concernynge  the  thynges  wher  of  ye  wrote  vnto  me  : 
"^  Hitt  isgood  for  a  man/  nott  to  touche  a  wo  man.  Never- 
thelesse  to  avode  fornicacion/  lett  every  man  have  his  wyfe  : 
and  lett  eveiy  woman  have  her  husbande.  Let  the  ^  man 
geve  vnto  the  wyfe  due  benevolence.  Lykwyse  also  the  wyfe 
vnto  the  the  ^  man.  The  wyfe  hath  nott  power  over  her 
awne  body :  butt  the  husbande :  And  lykewyse  the  ^  man 
hath  not  power  over  his  awne  body  :  but  the  wyfe.  ^  With- 
dmwe  not  youre  selves  one  from  another  excepte  itt  be  with 
consent  for  a  tyme/  forto  geve  youre  selves  to  fastynge  and 
prayer/  and  ^  afterwarde  come  agayne  to  the  same  thynge/ 
lest  Satan  tempt  you  for  youre  incontinency. 

This  I  saye  ^  of  faveour/  not  of  commaundment.  For  I 
wolde  that  all  men  were  as  I  my  silfe  am  :  but  every  man 
hath  his  proper  gifte  off  god/  won  after  this  manner/  a  nother 
after  that.  I  saye  vnto  the  vnmarried  men/  and  widdowes  : 
it  is  good  for  them  yf  they  abyde  even  as  I  do  :  but  and  yf 
they  cannot  abstayne/  let  them  mary.  For  it  is  better  to 
Mary  then  to  bourne. 

Vnto  the  maried  commaunde  not  1/  but  the  lorde  :  that  the 
wyfe  ^  separate  nott  her  silfe  from  the  man.  yf  she  separate 
her  silfe/  let  her  remayne  vnmaried,  or  be  reconciled  vnto  her 
husbande  agayne.  Ajid  lett  not  the  husbande  put  awaye  his 
wyfe  from  hym. 

To  the  remnaunt  speake  1/  and  nott  the  lorde  :  yfeny  broth- 
er have  a  wyfe  that  beleveth  nott/  yf  she  be  content  to  dwell 

>9Boughtfor  [with,  B.]  a  price,  GcM.B^s.  [Soch.  vii.23.]  >  Hus- 
bande, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Defraude  not  one  another.  Gen.  Bps. 
3  Again  come  together,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  By  permission,  Gen. 
*  Departe  not,  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  11.] 


to  ti)c  ®orrfntt)sans.  €"f).  bff. 

with  hym/  lett  hym  not  ^  putt  her  awaye.  And  the  woman 
which  hath  "^  to  her  husbando  an  infidell/  yff  he  consent  to 
dwell  with  her/  lett  her  nott  '^  putt  hym  away.  For  the  vnbe- 
levynge  husbanrle  is  sanctifyed  by  the  wyfe  :  and  the  vnbe- 
levynge  wyfe  ys  sanctifyed  by  the  husbande.  Or  els  were 
youre  chyldren  vnclene  :  but  nowe  are  they  pure.  Butt  and 
yiFthe  vnbelevynge  departe/  lett  hym  departe.  A  brother  or 
a  sister  ys  not  in  subieccion  ^  to  soche.  God  hath  called  vs 
in  peace.  For  howe  knowest  thou  o  ^  woman/  whether  thou 
shalt  save  thy  husbande  ^"^  [or  not  ?]  O  ther  howe  knowest 
thou  o  man/  whether  thou  shalt  save  the  wyfe  or  not  .'*  but 
even  as  god  hath  distributed  to  every  man. 

11  As  the  lorde  hath  called  every  person  so  let  him  walke : 
and  so  orden  I  in  all  congregacions.  yf  eny  man  be  called 
beynge  cii'cumcised/  let  hym  i-  adde  nothynge  therto.  yf  eny 
man  be  called  vncircumcised :  let  hym  not  be  circumcised. 
Circumcision  is  nothynge.  vncircumclsion  is  nothynge  :  but 
the  keppyng  of  the  commaundmentes  of  god  ^^  [is  altogedder.] 
Let  every  man  abide  in  the  same  state  werin  he  was  called. 
Arte  thou  called  a  servaunt }  care  not  for  hit.  Neverthe- 
lesse  if  thou  mayst  be  fre/  vse  it  rather.  For  he  that  is  call- 
ed in  the  lorde  beynge  a  servaunt/  is  the  lordes  freman. 
Lykwyse  he  that  is  called  beynge  fre/  is  Christes  servaunt. 
Ye  are  dearly  bought,  be  not  mennes  servauntes.  Breth- 
ren lett  evere  man  wherin  he  is  called/  therin  abyde  with  god. 

As  concernynge  virgins/  I  have  noo  commaundment  of  the 
lorde  :  yet  geve  I  i'*  counsel  1  as  won  that  hath  obtayned  ^^  off 
the  lorde  to  be  failhfuU.  I  suppose  that  it  is  good  for  the 
present  necessite  :  i'^  for  it  is  good  for  a  man  so  to  be.  Arte 
thou  bounde  vnto  a  wyfe  }  seke  nott  to  be  lowsed.  Arte  thou 
lowsed  from  a  wife  .''  seke  not  awyfe.  but  and  yf  thou  take 
a  wyfe/  thou  hast  not  sinned.  Lykwyse  if  a  virgin  mary/ 
she  hath  not  sinned  :  neverthelesse  soche  shall  have  trouble 
in  their  flesshe  :  but  I  ^"^  faver  you. 

This  saye  I  brethren/  ^^  the  tyme  is  shorte.  Hitt  remayn- 
eth  that  they  which  have  wyves/  be  as  though  they  had  none  : 

^  Forsake  her — him,  Gen.  '  An  husbande  that  beleeveth  not, 

Gen.  *  In  such  things,  Gen.  Bps.  'Wife,  Gen.  '"  Gen.  Bps. 
omit.  ''  To  every  man,  as  the  Lord,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Not 

add  uncircumcision,  Cr.  Bps.  Not  gather  his  uncircumcision,  Gen. 
'•'  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  **  Good  meaning.  Gov.    Advice,  Gen. 

'^  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — mercy.  '®  /  meane  it  is.  Gen.    That 

(I say)  it  is,  Bps.  '^  Spare,  Gen.  Beare  with,  Bps.  '^  Be- 

cause the  time,  etc.,  hereafter  that  they,  Gc7i.  By  cause  the  time  is 
short :  it,  etc.  Bps. 


Sfo.  cljrfv-  2rt)e  jFnrst  Hpfstle  of  3^nul 

and  Ihey  that  wepe/  be  as  though  they  wept  not :  and  they 
that  reioyce/  be  as  though  they  reioysed  nott :  and  they  that 
bye/  be  as  though  they  possessed  nott :  And  they  that  vse 
this  worlde/  be  as  though  they  vsed  it  not :  For  the  fassion  of 
this  worlde  goeth  awaye. 

I  wolde  have  you  with  out  care/  the  ^  syngle  man  careth 
for  the  thynges  of  the  lorde/  hovve  he  may  please  the  lorde : 
but  he  that  hath  maried/  careth  for  the  thynges  off  the  worlde/ 
howe  he  maye  please  '2'  his  wyfe.  There  is  difference  bi- 
twene  a  virgen  and  a  wyfe.  The  single  woman  careth  for 
the  thynges  of  the  lorde/  that  she  may  be  pure  both  in  body 
and  also  in  sprcte  :  but  she  that  is  maried/  careth  for  thynges 
off  the  worlde/  howe  she  maye  please  her  husband.  This 
speake  I  for  youre  2-  proffit/  not  to  ^  tangle  you  in  a  snare  : 
but  ■2"*  for  that  which  is  honest  and  comly  vnto  you  And  that 
ye  maye  quyetly  cleave  vnto  the  lorde  with  out  ^  separacion. 

Yf  eny  man  thynke  that  it  is  vncomly  for  his  virgen  if  she 
passe  the  ^^  tyme  off  mariage/  and  iff  so  nede  requyre/  let 
him  do  what  he  listeth/  he  synneth  not :  let  them  be  coupled 
in  mariage.  Neverthelesse/  he  that  ^'^  purposeth  surely  in  his 
herte/  havynge  none  nede  :  but  hath  power  over  his  awne  will : 
and  hath  so  decreed  in  his  herte  that  he  will  kepe  his  virgen/ 
doth  wele.  So  then  he  that  ^  ioyneth  not  his  virgen  in  mariage 
doth  wele.  And  he  that  ^  ioyneth  not  his  virgen  in  mariage 
doth  better.  The  wyfe  is  bounde  to  the  lawe  as  longe  as  her 
husband  liveth.  Yf  her  husbande  slepe/  she  is  at  her  liberte 
to  mary  with  whom  she  woU  only  in  the  lorde.  but  she  is 
^  happiar  yf  she  so  abyde/  in  my  iudgement.  And  I  thynke 
verely  that  I  have  the  sprete  off  God. 

2Li)e  bfff.  eri)ajptcr. 

^  nnO  speake  off  thynges  dedicate  vnto  -ydols/  we  are  sure 

that  we  all  have  knowledge.      Knowledge  maketh  a 

man  swell  :  but  love  edifieth.      yf  eny  man  thynke  that  he 

knoweth  eny  thynge/  he  knoweth  nothynge  yett  as  he  ought 

^  Unmarried,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.   [Ho  vs.  34.]  *'  His  wyfe  and 

is  divided.  A  woman  and  a  virgin  that  is  single  careth,  etc.  Cov. 
*'  Owne  commoditie.  Gen.  ^  Cast  a  snare  upon  you,  Bps. 

^  That  ye  followe  that  which  is  honest  and  that  ye,  etc.  Gc7i.  For 
comelinesse  sake  and  sittingfast  unto  the  Lorde,  etc.  Bps.  ''^  Hin- 

drance, Cov.  ^  Flowre  of  her  age,  Gen.  *'  Standeth  firm 

[stedfast,  B],  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Giveth,  Gen.  Bps.  »  jyiojg 

Slessed,  Gen.  '  As  touching  things  offered  [sacrificed,  G.],  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  [So  post.]  ^  Images,  Cr.  [So  post.] 


to  tl)c  (!rorvfnt1)i)ans.  (ft),  f^. 

to  knowe.     but  yff  eny  man  love  god/  the  same  is  knowen  of 
hym. 

To  speake  of  meate  dedicat  vnlo  ydols/  we  are  sure  that 
3  there  is  none  ydoU  in  the  worlde  :  and  that  ther  is  none  other 
god  but  one.  And  though  there  be  that  are  called  goddes/ 
whether  in  heven  other  in  erth  (as  there  be  goddes  many  and 
lordes  many)  but  vnto  vs  is  there  one  god/  which  is  the  father/ 
off  whom  arc  all  thyngcs/  and  we  in  hym  :  and  one  lorde 
Jesus  Christ/  by  whom  arc  all  thyngcs/  and  we  by  hyvn. 

But"*  every  man  hath  not  knowledge,  for  some -^suppost 
that  there  is  an  ydoll/  vntill  this  hourc/  and  eate  as  off  a  thynge 
offered  vnto  the  ydolc/  and  so  their  consciences  beynge  yet 
weake  are  defyled.  Meate  ^  maketh  vs  not  accepted  to  god  : 
nether  yff  we  eate  "are  we  the  better  :  Nether yf  we  eate  not 
"  are  we  the  worsse. 

But  take  hcde  ^  that  youre  libertie  cause  nott  the  weake  to 
faule.  For  yf  some  man  se  the  which  hast  knowledge  sitt  at 
mate  in  the  ydols  temple  shall  not  the  conscience  off  hym 
which  is  weake  be  ^  boldened  to  eate  those  thynges  which  are 
offered  vnto  the  ydole  ?  And  so  thorow  thy  knowledge  shall 
the  weake  brother  perisshe  for  whom  christ  dyed.  When  we 
synne  so  agaynst  the  brethren  and  wounde  their  weake  con- 
sciencies/  we  synne  agaynst  Christ.  Wherfore  yf  meate  hurt 
my  brother/  I  will  ^"^  eate  no  flesshe  whill  the  worlde  stondeth/ 
be  cause  I  will  not  hurte  my  brother, 

tE\)c  f;-.  C'ljaptcv. 

A  M  I  not  an  Apostle  ?  Am  I  nott  fre  ?  have  I  not  sene  Jesus 
Christ  oure  lorde  ?  Are  not  ye  my  worke  in  the  lorde. 
Yf  I  be  nott  an  Apostle  vnto  other/  yet  am  I  vnto  you.  For 
the  scale  off  myne  Aposdeshippe  are  ye  in  the  lorde.  ^  Myne 
answer  to  them  that  ^  axe  me/  is  this  :  Have  we  not  power  to 
eate  and  to  drynke  ?  other  have  we  nott  power  to  leade  about 
•*  a  sister  to  wyfe  as  well  as  other  Apostles/  and  as  the  breth- 
ren off  the  lorde/  and  Cephas.''  ^O  ther  only  I  and  Barnabas 

■'  An  idole  is  nothing,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  There  is  not  in,  etc. 

that  knowledge,  Bps.  *  Having  conscience  of  the  idole,  untel, 

etc.  Cr.  Gen.  lips.  ^  Furthereth  us  not,  Cov.  '  Have  we  more 

. .  .have  we  lesse,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Lest  by  any  means  this  libertie 

[power,  G.]  of  yours,  be  an  occasion  of  falling  [become  a  stumbling, 
/?],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Occasioned,  Co?;.  '**  Never  eate  flesh,  lest, 

etc.  Cov.  Cr.         >  My  defence.  Gen.         ^  Examine,  Gen.         '  A  wo- 
man a  syster,  Cr.  A  wife  being  a  sister.  Gen.    A  sister  a  woman,  Bps. 
•*  Is  the  libertie  of  not  labouring,  taken  from  me  and  Barnabas  only  .'  Bps. 
BD 


ffo.  dTpy:.  Srte  iFjrst  3Spfstlc  of  J3aul 

have  not  ^  power  this  to  do  ?  who  goeth  a  warfare  eny  tyme 
att  his  awne  cost  ?  who  planteth  a  vynearde  and  eateth  nott 
of  the  frute  ?  or  who  fedeth  a  flocke  and  eateth  nott  off  the 
mylke.*^ 

Saye  I  these  thinges  after  the  manner  of  men  ?  or  sayth 
nott  the  lawe  the  same  also  ?  For  itt  ys  written  in  the  la  we  of 
Moses  :  Thou  shall  not  mosell  the  mouth  of  the  oxe  that  tread- 
eth  out  the  corne.  doth  god  take  thought  for  oxen  ?  other 
sayth  he  it  nott  all  togedder  for  oure  sakes  ?  For  oure  sakes 
no  doubt  this  is  written  :  that  he  which  eareth  shulde  eare  in 
hope :  and  that  he  which  throssheth  in  hope/  shulde  be  part 
taker  of  his  hope.  Yf  we  sowe  vnto  you  spirituall  thynges  : 
is  it  a  greate  thynge  yf  we  reepe  youre  carnal!  thynges  ?  yf 
other  be  part  takers  of  this  power  over  you  ?  wherfore  are 
not  we  rather. 

Neverthelesse  we  have  not  vsed  this  power  :  but  sufTre  all 
thinges  lest  we  shulde  hynder  the  gospell  of  Christ.  Do  ye 
not  vnderstonde  howe  that  they  which  minister  '''  in  the  tem- 
ple :  have  their  fyndynge  of  the  temple  ?  And  they  which 
wayte  att  the  ^  aulter  ^  are  parttakers  with  the  ^aultre  .''  Even 
so  also  dyd  the  lorde  ordayne/  thatt  they  whych  preache  the 
gospell/  shulde  live  off  the  gospell :  But  I  have  vsed  none  of 
these  thynges. 

Nether  wrote  I  these  thynges  that  it  shulde  be  soo  done 
vnto  me.  Hit  were  better  for  me  to  deye/  then  that  eny  man 
shulde  1"  take  this  reioysynge  from  me.  In  that  I  preache  the 
gospell  I  ^^have  nothinge  to  reioyce  of.  For  necessile  is  putt 
vnto  me.  wo  is  it  vnto  me  yf  I  preache  not  the  gospell.  yf  I 
do  it  with  a  good  will/ 1  have  my  rewarde.  yf  I  do  it  agaynst 
my  will/  ^^  an  office  is  committed  vnto  me.  w  hat  is  my  re- 
warde then  .''  Verely  that  I  ^-^  misvse  not  ^'^  myne  auctorite  in 
the  gospell. 

For  though  I  be  fre  from  all  men/  yet  have  I  made  my 
silfe  servaunt  vnto  all  men/  tliat  I  myght  wyn  the  mooe.  And 
vnto  the  iewes/  I  be  cam  as  a  iewe/  to  wyn  the  iewcs.  To 
them  that  were  vnder  the  lawe/  was  I  made  as  though  I  had 
bene  und'  the  lawe/  to  wyn  them  that  were  vnder  the  lawe. 
To  them  that  were  with  out  lawe/  becam  I  as  though  I  had 

*  We  power  not  to  worke,  Geii.  ^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — of  tlie 

flocke.  ''  Aboute  the  holy  tilings,  eat  of  the  thynges  of  the  temple 
[live  of  the  sacrifice,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Temple,  Cr.   [So  ch. 

X.  18.]  *  Enjoy,  Cov.  '"  Make  my  rejoycing  vaine,  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Need  not  boast,  Cov.  '^  [G.  adds — noUcitlisUmding]  the  dis- 

pensation, Gen.  Bps.  '^  Abuse,  Gen.  ^^  My  libertie,  Cov. 


to  ti)c  CCorrfntljnans.  ffi|).  y. 

bene  with  out  lawe  (when  I  was  not  with  out  lawe  as  perteyn- 
inge  to  god/  but  ^^  vnder  a  lawe  as  concernynge  Chi-isl)  to 
wyn  them  thatt  were  with  out  lawe.  To  the  weake  be  cam 
I  as  weake/  to  wyn  the  weake.  ^''In  all  thynge  I  fassioned 
my  silfe  to  all  men/  to  save  ^'^  att  the  lest  waye  some.  And 
this  I  do  for  the  gospels  sake/  that  I  myght  have  my  parte 
ther  of. 

Perceave  ye  not  howe  that  they  which  runne  in  a  ^^  course/ 
runne  all/  yet  butt  one  rcceaveth  the  ^^  I'ewarde.  So  runne 
that  ye  maye  obtayne.  Every  man  that  proveth  mastres  ab- 
staineth  from  all  thynges.  and  they  do  itt  to  obtayne  a  cor- 
ruptible croune  :  but  we  -'^  to  obtayne  an  everlastinge  croune. 
I  therfore  soo  runne/  nott  as  21  at  an  vncertayne  thynge.  So 
fyght  1/  not  as  won  that  beateth  the  aier :  but  I  ^^  tame  my 
body  and  brynge  hym  into  subieccion/  lest  after  that  I  have 
preached  to  other/  I  my  silfe  shulde  be  ^^  a  castawaye. 

TJRETHREN  I  wolde  not  thatt  ye  shulde  be  ignoraunt  off 
"^  this/  howe  thatt  oure  fathers  were  all  vnder  a  cloude/  and 
all  passed  thorowe  the  see/  and  wer  all  baptised  vnder  Moses 
in  the  cloude/  and  in  the  see.  and  did  eate  ^  of  one  spirituall 
meate/  and  did  all  drynke  ^  off  one  maner  of  spirituall  drynke. 
^  And  they  dronke  oiT  that  spretuall  rocke  that  folowed  them/ 
which  rocke  was  Christ,  but  in  many  of  them  had  god  no 
delite.     For  they  were  3  overthrowen  in  the  wildernes. 

These  are  ensamples  to  vs  that  we  shulde  not  lust  after 
evyll  thynges/  as  they  lusted.  Nether  be  ye  worshippers  of 
Images  as  were  some  off  them  accordynge  as  ytt  is  written  : 
The  people  sote  doune  to  eate  and  drynke/  and  rose  vppe 
agayne  to  playe.  Nether  let  vs  ^  commit  fornicacion  as  some 
of  them  committed  fornicacion/  and  ^  were  destroyed  in  one 
daye  xxiij.  thousande.  Nether  let  us  tempte  Christ/  as  some 
off  them  tempted  and  were  destroyed  of  serpentes.  Nether 
murmure  ye  as  some  of  them  murmured/  and  were  destroyed 
off  the  destroyer. 

'^  Under  [In,  B.]  the  law  of  Christ,  Cr.  Bps.  Am,  in  the  Law  through 
Christ,  Gen.  '^  I  am  become  of  all  fashions,  Cov.    I  am  made  all 

things,  Qcii.  Bps.  '"  By  al  meanes.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Race, 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  Prize,  Gen.  20  Yot  an  incorruptible,  T.  M.  Gen. 

Bps.  *'  Uncertainely,  Gen.  ^^  Beate  down,  Gen.  ^^  Re- 

proved, Gen.  '  The  same,  Gen.  Bps.  2  Yqx,  Gen.  Bps. 

3  Smitten  downe,  Cov.  ••  Be  defiled  with,  Cov.  ^  Fell,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  tlnl  Bite  Sfstst  Hpfstlc  of  llaul 

All  these  thynges  happened  vnto  them  for  ensambles/  and 
were  written  to  *^put  vs  in  remcmbraunce/  whom  the  endes  off 
the  worlde  are  come  apon,  Wherfore  lett  hym  thatt  thynketh 
he  stondeth/  take  hede  lest  he  fall.  There  hath  none  other 
temptacion  taken  you/  but  soche  as  "^  foloweth  tlie  nature  of 
man.  God  is  faythfull/  which  shall  not  suffer  you  to  be  tempt- 
ed above  ^youre  strengthe  :  but  ^  shall  in  the  myddes  off' the 
temptacion  make  awaye  ^^  to  escape  out.  Wherfore  my  deare 
beloved/  fle  from  worshippynge  of  ydols. 

I  speake  as  vnto  them  which  have  discrecion/  Judge  ye 
what  I  saye.  Ys  not  the  cuppe  of  ^^  blessinge  which  we  blysse/ 
12  partakynge  of  the  bloude  of  Christ  ?  ys  not  the  breed  which 
we  breake/  ^~  partetakynge  of  the  body  of  Christ .''  ^^  be  cause 
that  we  (though  we  be  many)  yet  are  one  breed/  and  one 
body  in  as  moch  as  we  all  are  partetakers  off  one  breed.  ^^  Be- 
holde  Israhell  which  walketh  carnally.  Are  not  they  which 
eate  of  the  sacryfyse/  partetakers  off  the  aultre  .'' 

What  saye  I  then .'  that  the  ymage  is  eny  thinge  ?  or  that 
it  which  is  offered  to  ymages  is  eny  thinge?  Naye?  but  I 
saye/  that  those  thenges  which  the  gentyls  offer/  they  offer 
to  devyls/  and  not  to  god.  And  I  wolde  not  tliat  ye  shulde 
have  fellishippe  with  the  devyls.  Ye  cannot  dvynl<e  of  the 
cuppe  off  the  lorde/  and  of  the  cuppe  off  the  devyls.  Ye  can- 
not be  parte  takers  off  the  lordes  table/  and  off  the  table  off 
devyls.  ^^  Other  shall  we  provoke  the  lorde  .''  other  are  we 
stronger  then  he  .''  ^^  All  thynges  are  laufuU  vnto  me,  but  all 
thynges  are  not  expedient.  ^^  All  thynges  are  lawful!/  but  all 
thynges  edifye  not.  Lett  noman  seke  his  awne  ^^  [prophet]  : 
but  lett  every  man  seke  ^^  his  neghbours  welthe. 

What  soever  is  solde  in  the  ^^  market/  that  eate/  and  aske 
no  questions  for  conscience  sake.  For  the  erth  is  the  lordis/ 
and  all  that  therein  is.  Yf  eny  off  them  which  beleve  not  bid 
you  to  afeast/  and  yff  ye  be  disposed  to  goo/  whatsoever  is 
seet  before  you  eate/  axynge  no  question  for  conscience  sake  : 

^  To  warn  us,  Coil.  To  admonish  us,  Gt«.  For  our  admonition,  B;;5. 
'  Appertaineth  to  man,  Gen.  *  That  you  are   able.  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Will  even  give  the  issue  [make  a  way  to  escape,  B  ]  with  the  tenta- 
tion,  that  yee  may  be  able  to  beare  it.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  That  ye  may 

be  able  to  beare  it,  Cr.         "  Thanksgiving,  Coi\  *-  The  commu- 

nion. Gen.  Bps.  '^  For  we  that  are  manie.  Gen.         '^  Cr.  adds — 

and  of  one  cup.  ^^  Eyther  do  we  [13o  we,  G.]  provoke  the  Lorde 

to  anger,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  I  may  doo  all  thinges,  Or.  "  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  omit — prophet,  [i.  e.  profit.]  '^  Another's  welth,  T.M.  Gen. 

Bps.  That  which  belongeth  to  another,  Cr.  '^  Flesh  market,  Cr. 

Shambles. 


to  tile  erorrfnttjnns.  ffij).  %]. 

but  and  yff  eny  man  saye  vnto  you  :  this  is  detlicate  vnto 
ydols/  eate  not  off  it  for  his  sake  that  showed  it/  and  for  hurt- 
ynge  off  conscience  :  the  crth  is  the  lordcs  and  all  that  there 
in  is.  Conscience  I  saye/  not  thyne  :  but  the  conscience  of 
that  other.  Why  shulde  my  Hberte  be  iudged  of  another 
manncs  conscience  ?  For  yf  I  '^"  take  my  parte  with  thankes  : 
why  am  I  evell  spoken  off  for  that  thynge  wher  fore  I  geve 
thankes. 

Whether  therfore  ye  eate  or  drynkc/  or  whatsoever  ye  do/ 
do  all  to  the  prayse  off  God.  Se  that  ye  geve  occasion  off 
evell/  nether  to  the  iewes/  nor  yet  to  the  gentyls/  nether  to 
the  congregacion  of  god  :  even  as  I  please  all  men  in  all 
thynges  not  sekynge  myne  awne  proffet/  but  the  proffet  of 
many/  that  they  myght  be  saved.    ^^  Folowe  me  as  1  do  Christ. 

2ri)c  y:\.  Cljaptrr. 

T  COMMENDE  you  brethren  that  ye  remember  me  in  all 
thynges/  and  kepe  the  ordinaunces  '  which  I  gave  you.  I 
wolde  ye  knowe  that  Christ  is  the  heed  of  every  man.  and 
the  womans  heed  is  the  man/  and  Christes  heed  is  God.  Ev- 
ery man  prayinge  or  prophesyinge  havynge  eny  thynge  on 
his  heed/  ^shameth  his  heed.  Every  woman  that  prayeth  or 
prophesieth  bare  bedded  dishonesteth  her  heede.  For  it  is 
even  allwon/  and  the  very  same  thynge  even  as  though  she 
were  shaven  Yf  the  woman  be  not  covered/  lelt  her  also  be- 
shaven.  Yf  it  be  3  shame  for  a  woman  to  be  shaven  or  shorne/ 
let  her  cover  her  heed. 

A  man  ought  not  to  cover  his  heed/  for  as  moche  as  he  is 
the  ymage  and  glory  of  god.  The  woman  is  the  glory  of  the 
man.  For  the  man  is  not  of  the  woman/  but  the  woman  of 
the  man.  Nether  was  the  man  created  for  the  womans  sake  : 
but  the  woman  for  the  mannes  sake.  For  this  cause  ought 
the  woman  to  have  power  in  her  heed/  for  the  angels  sakes. 
Neverthelessc/  nether  is  the  man  with  oute  the  woman/  nether 
the  woman  with  out  the  man  in  the  lorde.  For  as  the  woman 
is  of  the  man/  even  soo  is  the  man  by  the  woman  :  but  all  is 
of  god. 

Judge  in  youre  selves  whether  it  be  comly  that  a  woman 


'^  Through  God's  benefit,  bee  partaker,  Gnt.  Bps.  *'  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  connect  this  vs.  with  ch.  xi.  Be  ye  followers  of  me, etc.  C.  G.  B. 
'  As  I  delivered  them,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.    [So  vs.  23.]  *  Dishon- 

oureth,  Gen.  [So  vs.  5.]  •*  Uncomely,  Cov. 


DD' 


iFo.  clpvi;'.  S:f)e  jfsvst  JSpistle  of  ^ml 

praye  vnto  god  "^  bare  bedded.  Or  els  dotb  not  nature  teach 
you/  tbat  it  is  a  sbame  for  a  man/  if  be  bave  longe  beere  : 
^  [and  a  prayse  to  woman  if  sbe  bave  longe  beere  ?]  For  ber 
heere  is  geven  ber  to  cover  her  with  all.  yf  there  be  eny 
man  amonge  you  tbat  lusteth  to  ^  stry ve/  let  him  knowe  that 
we  have  no  soche  customes/  nether  the  congregacions  of  God. 

'''  This  I  warne  you  of/  and  commande  not  that  ye  come  to- 
gedder  ^  after  a  worsse  manner/  and  nott  after  a  better.  Fyrst 
of  all  when  ye  come  togedder  in  the  congregacion/  I  heare 
tbat  tbere  is  dissencion  amonge  you  :  And  I  partly  beleve  it. 
For  tbere  must  be  ^sectes  amonge  you/  tbat  they  which 
amonge  you  are  ^^perfaict  myght  be  knowen.  When  we 
come  togedder  in  one  place/  ^^  aman  cannot  eate  the  lordes 
supper.  For  every  man  ^^  begynneth  a  fore  to  eate  bis  awne 
supper,  and  one  is  hongrye/  and  another  is  dronken.  Have 
ye  nott  bouses  to  eate  and  to  drynke  in  .''  Or  els  despyse  ye 
the  congregacion  off  God  ?  and  shame  them  that  have  nott  .•' 
what  shall  I  saye  vnto  you  .''  shall  I  prayse  you  }  in  this  prayse 
I  you  not. 

Tbat  which  I  gave  vnto  you  I  receaved  off  the  lorde.  For 
the  lorde  Jesus  the  same  nyght  in  the  which  he  was  betrayed/ 
toke  breed  :  and  thanked  and  brake/  and  sayde :  Take  ye/ 
and  eate  ye  this  is  my  body  which  is  broken  for  you.  This 
do  ye  in  the  remembraunce  of  me.  After  the  same  manner 
he  toke  the  cuppe  when  sopper  was  done  sayinge  :  This  cuppe 
is  the  newe  testament  in  my  bloud/  this  do  as  oft  as  ye  drinke 
it/  in  the  remembraunce  off  me.  For  as  often  as  ye  shall 
eate  tbis  breed/  and  drynke  thys  cuppe/  ye  shall  shewe  the 
lordes  deeth/  till  be  come.  Wberfore  whosoever  shall  eate 
off  this  bred/  or  drynke  off  the  cuppe  ^^  vnwortbely/  shalbe 
giitie  off  the  body  and  blout  off  the  lorde.  Let  a  man  ther- 
fore  examen  hym  silfe/  and  so  let  hym  eate  off  the  breed  and 
drynke  off  the  cuppe.  For  be  tbat  eateth  or  drynketh  vnwor- 
tbely/ eateth  and  drynketh  his  awne  damnacion/  be  cause  be 
1^  maketh  no  differenceof  the  lordis  body. 

For  this  cause  many  are  weake  and  sicke  amonge  you/  and 

*  Uncovered,  Gen.  ^  Cov.  omits.  ®  Be  contentious,  Gen. 

"^  Nowe  in  this  I  declare,  I  praise  you  not,  Gen.  ^  Not  with  pro- 

fit, but  with  hurt.  Gen.  ^  Heresies,  Gen.  Bps.  '"Approved, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  The  Lord's  supper  cannot  be  eaten  [kept,  (,'oi'.^,  Cov. 
Cr.    This  is  not  to  eate,  etc.  Gen.  ''^  Taketh  his  own   supper 

afore,  Cot\  When  they  should  eat,  taketh,  etc.  (as  Cov.),  Gen.  Pre- 
venteth  other  in  eating,  Bps.  '^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — of  the  Lorde. 

"  Discerneth  not,  Gen. 


to  tljc  ffiorrmtljnans.  €"{).  vi'J- 

many  slepe.  Yff  we  had  truly  iudged  oure  selves/  we  shulde 
not  have  bene  iudged.  When  we  ^^  iudged  of  the  lordc  we 
are  chastened/  be  cause  we  shulde  not  be  ^^'  damned  with  the 
worldo.  Wherfore  my  brethren/  when  ye  come  togedder  to 
eate/  tary  one  for  another,  yff  eny  man  honger  let  hym  eate 
at  home/  that  ye  come  not  togedder  vnto  condemnacion.  We- 
ther thynges  will  I  set  in  order  when  I  come. 

2Ci)e  pj.  CCljnpter. 

1 TN  spretuall  thynges  brethren  I  wolde  not  have  you  igno- 
raunt.  ye  knowe  that  ye  were  gentyls/  and  ^  went  youre 
wayes  vnto  dom  ydoles/  even  as  ye  were  ledde.  Wherfore 
I  declare  vnto  you  that  no  man  speakynge  in  the  sprete  of 
god  2  ditffieth  Jesus.  Also  no  man  can  saye  that  Jesus  is  the 
loi'de  :  but  by  the  holy  gonst. 

There  are  diversities  of  gyftes  verely/  yet  but  one  sprete. 
And  there  are  ^  differences  of  ^  administracions/  and  yet  but 
one  lorde.  And  there  are  divers  manners  off  operacions/ 
^  and  yet  but  one  God/  which  worketh  '''  all  thynges  that  are 
wrought  in  all  creatures.  ^  The  gyftes  off  the  sprete  are  gev- 
en  to  every  man  ^  to  proffit  the  congregacion.  To  won  is 
geven  the  ^°  vtteraunce  off  wisdom  :  to  another  is  geven  the 
^^  vtteraunce  off  knowledge  by  the  same  sprete  :  to  another  is 
geven  fayth/  by  the  sanae  sprete.  To  another  the  gyftes  of 
healynge/  by  the  same  sprete.  To  another  ^^  power  to  do 
miracles  :  To  another  prophesy/  To  another  i~  iudgement  of 
spretes/  To  another  divers  tonges  :  To  another  the  interpre- 
tacion  off  tonges :  and  these  all  worketh  even  the  silfe  same 
sprete/  ^-^  devidynge  to  every  man  ^"^  severall  gyftes  even  as 
he  woU. 

For  as  the  body  is  one/  and  hath  many  membres/  and  all 
the  membres  of  one  body  though  they  be  many/  yet  are  but 
one  body  :  even  soo  is  Christ.     For  in  one  sprete  are  we  all 


'*  Are  judged,  wee  are  chastened  of  the  Lorde,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Con- 
demned, Gen.  '  Concernin;^  spiritual  giftes.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Were 
caryed  away,  Gen.  Bps.         *  Calleth  Jesus  execrable,  Geii.  *  Di- 

versities, Gtn.  [So  vs.  5  ]  ^  Offices,  Gov.  ^  But  God  is 

the  sauie,  Gcti.  '  All  in  all,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  manifestation  of 

the  spirit  is  given  to  every  man  to  profit  withall,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To 

edifi"  withal,  Cr.  '"Wnrde,  Gen.  Pps.  "  The  operations  of 

gre'it  workes,  Gen.  '^Judgment  to  discerne  spirits,  Cov.  Or.  Dis- 
cern n^  of  spirits.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Distributing,  Gen.  ^*  A 
several  gift,  Cr.    Severally,  Gen.  Bps. 


^a.  cljrjrfff.  ffjje  jFijrst  Hpfstle  of  ^aul 

baptised  '^to  make  one  body/  whether  we  be  iewes  or  gen- 
tyls  :  whether  we  be  bonde  or  fre.  and  have  all  dronke  of  one 
sprete.  For  the  body  is  not  one  member/  but  many.  Yf  the 
fote  saye  :  I  am  not  the  honde/  therfore  I  am  not  of  the  body  : 
is  he  therfore  not  of  the  body  ?  and  if  the  eare  saye  I  am  not 
the  eye  :  therfore  I  am  not  of  the  body :  is  he  therfore  not  of 
the  body  ?  yf  all  the  body  were  an  eye  :  where  were  the 
'^  eare  ?   if  all  were  hearinge  :  where  were  the  smellynge  ? 

But  nowe  hath  god  disposed  the  members/  every  one  of 
them  in  the  body/  at  his  awne  pleasure  Yf  they  were  all  won 
member :  where  wer  the  body  ?  nowe  are  there  many  mem- 
bers/ yet  but  one  body,  and  the  eye  cannot  saye  vnto  the 
honde  :  I  have  no  nede  of  the  :  nor  the  heed  also  to  the  fete  : 
I  have  no  nede  of  you.  Ye  ^''  rather  a  greate  dele  those  mem- 
bres  off  the  body  which  seme  to  be  most  feble/  are  most  ne- 
cessary. And  apon  those  members  of  the  body  which  we 
thynke  ^^  jest  honest/  put  we  most  honestie  on.  And  our 
^9  vngoodly  parties  have  most  '^  beauty  on.  for  oure  ^^  honest 
members  nede  it  not :  but  God  hath  so  ^f  disposed  the  body/ 
and  hath  geven  most  honoure  to  that  parte  which  laked/  lest 
there  shulde  be  eny  ^i  strj'fe  in  the  body  :  butt  that  the  mem- 
bers shulde  ^^  indifferently  care  one  for  another.  And  iff  one 
member  suffer  all  suffer  with  hym  :  ylf  one  member  be  had 
in  honoure/  all  members  ^  be  glad  also. 

Ye  are  the  body  off  Christ/  and  members  won  off  another. 
And  God  hath  also  ordeyned  in  the  congregacion/  fyrst  the 
Apostels/  secondarely  prophetes/  thyrdly  teachers/  then  them 
that  do  miracles/  after  that  the  gyftes  off  healynge/  helpers/ 
governers/  diversite  off  tonges. 

Are  all  apostles  ?  are  all  prophetes  ?  Are  all  teachers } 
are  all  doars  off  miracles  ?  have  all  the  gyftes  off  healynge  .•' 
Do  all  speake  with  tonges  ?  do  all  interprete  ?  -**  Covet  af- 
ter the  best  gyftes.  And  yet  shewe  I  vnto  you  a  moare  ex- 
cellent waye. 

5rt)c  jrfff.  Cttajptcr- 

'T^ HOUGH  I  speake  with  the  tonges  of  men  and  angels/ 
and  yet  had  no  ^  love/  I  were  even  as  soundynge  brasse  : 

'*  To  be,  Cov.    Into,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Hearing,  Gen.  "  Much 

rather  those,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Most  unhonest,  Gen.  Lesse  honourable, 

Bps.  '^Uncomly  .  .  Comelenesse  .  .  Comely, Gew.  Bps.  ^°  Mea- 
sured, Cov.  Tempered,  Gen.  Bps.  ='  Division,  Gen.  22  Have 
the  same  care.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Rejoice,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  But  desire 
you,  Gen.            »  Charitie,  Bps.  [So  post  through  the  chapter.] 


to  tijc  Covvfntijwaits.  €"!).  rffff- 

and  as  a  tynklynge  Cynball.  and  though  I  coulde  prophesy/ 
and  vnderstode  all  secretes/  and  all  knowledge  :  yee/  if  I  had 
all  fayth  so  that  I  coulde  '^  move  mountayns  [oute  of  there  pla- 
ces/] and  yet  had  no  love/  I  were  nothynge.  And  though  I 
3  bestowed  all  my  gooddes  to  fede  the  poore/  and  though  I 
gave  my  body  even  that  I  burned/  and  yet  have  no  love/  it 
profeteth  me  nothynge. 

Love  ■*  suffreth  longe/  and  ^  is  corteous.  love  envieth  nott. 
Love  doth  nott  *•  frawardly/  swelleth  not/  "^  dealeth  not  dishon- 
estly/ seketh  nott  her  awne/  is  not  provoked  to  anger/  thynk- 
eth  not  evyll  reioyseth  not  in  iniquitie :  but  rcioyseth  in  the 
trueth/  suffreth  all  thynge/  beleveth  all  thynges  hopeth  all 
thynges/  endureth  in  all  thynges.  Though  that  prophesyinge 
^fayle/  other  tonges  shall  cease/  or  knowledge  vanysslie 
awaye  :  yet  love  falleth  never  awaye. 

For  ^  oure  knowledge  is  vnparfet/  and  oure  prophesyinge  is 
vnperfei :  but  when  thatt  which  is  parfet  is  come  :  then  that 
which  is  1"  vnparfet  shall  be  done  awaye.  When  I  was  a 
chylde/  I  spake  as  a  chyide/ 1  vndei'stode  as  a  childe/  I  '^  ym- 
magened  as  a  chylde  :  but  as  sone  as  I  was  a  man  1  put  awaye 
^2  all  childesshnes.  Nowe  we  se  ^^  in  a  glasse  even  in  a  darke 
speakynge  :  but  then  shall  we  se  face  to  face.  Nowe  1  knowe 
vnparfectly :  but  then  shall  I  knowe  even  as  I  am  knowen, 
Nowe  abideth  fayth/  hope/  and  love/  even  these  thre  :  but  the 
chefe  of  these  is  love. 

Bi)c  vffff.  <8"!)a¥t£T:. 

1  X  ABOUR  for  love/  and  covet  spretuall  giftes :  and  most 
"^  chefly  forto  prophesy.  For  he  that  speaketh  ^  with  tonges 
speaketh  not  vnto  men/  but  vnto  god.  No  man  heareth  him: 
For  in  the  sprete  he  speaketh  ^  misteris.  But  he  that  prophe- 
sieth  speaketh  vnto  men/  ''  for  their  edifyinge  and  comforte. 
He  that  speaketh  with  tonges/  proffiteth  him  silfe :  he  that 
prophesyeth  edifieth  the  congregacion.  I  wolde  that  ye  all 
spake  with  tonges  :  but  rather  that  ye  prophesied.     For  great- 

^Kemove,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.   G.  B.  omit  what  follows.  'Feede 

the  poor  with  all,  etc.  Ge7i.  *  Is  patient,  Cov.  ^  Is  bountiful, 

Gen.  ^  Boast  itselfe,  Ge«.  '  It  disdaineth  not,  Gen.  *  Be 

abolished.  Gen.  [So  vs.  10  ]  *  We  knowe  in  parte  and  we  prophe- 
cie  in  parte.  Gen.  "^  In  parte,  Gen.  [So  vs.  12. ]  "Thought, 

Gen.  ^^  Childish  things,  Gen.  '^  Through  a  glass  darkly, 

Gen.  '  Follow  after,  Gen.  Bps.  ^Strange  language.  Gen. 

[So post.']  '  Secret  things, Gc«.  *  To  edifying  and  to  exhorta- 

tion y.nd  to  comfort,  Gen, 


i^o.  cljrvfb.  2ri)c  JFgrst  fSpistle  of  39aul 

er  is  he  that  prophesieth/  then  he  that  speaketh  ^  with  tonges/ 
except  he  expound  hit  also/  that  the  congregacion  maye  have 
edifyinge.  Nowe  brethren  if  I  come  vnto  you  speakinge 
withtonges:  what  sliall  I  proffit  you  ?  exceptelspeake  vntoyou/ 
other  by  revelacion/  or  knowledge/  or  prophesyinge/  or  doctrine: 

More  over  when  thynges  with  out  lyfe  geve  sounde  :  wheth- 
er itt  be  a  pypc/  or  an  harpe  :  except  they  make  a  distinccion  in 
the  soundes  :  howe  shall  it  be  knowen  what  is  pyped  or  harp- 
ed ?  And  also  if  the  trompe  geve  an  vncertayne  voyce/  who 
shall  prepare  hym  silfe  to  ^  fyght  ?  Even  so  lykwyse  when 
ye  speake  with  tonges/  excepte  ye  speake  wordes  '''  that  have 
significacion/  howe  shall  ytt  be  vnderstonde  what  is  spoken  ? 
For  ye  shall  but  speake  in  the  ayer. 

Many  kyndes  off  voyces  ^  are  in  the  worlde/  and  none  off 
them  ^  are  with  out  significacion.  Yf  I  knowe  not  what  the 
voyce  meaneth/  I  shalbe  vnto  hym  that  speaketh  ^^an  alient : 
and  he  thatt  speaketh  shallbe  ^^  an  alient  vnto  me.  Even  so 
ye  (for  as  moche  as  ye  couvet  spretuall  giftes)  soke  that  ye 
may  ^^  have  plenty  vnto  the  edifyinge  off  the  congregacion. 

VVherfore  lett  him  that  speaketh  with  tonges/  praye  that  he 
maye  interpret  also.  Yff  I  praye  with  tonges/  my  sprete 
prayeth  :  butt  my  ^^  mynde  ys  with  out  frute.  What  is  it 
then  ?  I  will  praye  with  my  sprete/  and  will  pray  with  ^^  my 
mynde  also.  I  will  singe  with  my  sprete/  and  will  singe  with 
I3ij,y  niynde  also. 

For  els  when  thou  i-*  blessest  with  the  sprete/  howe  shall  he 
that  occupieth  the  roume  off  the  vnlearned  saye  a  men  att  thy 
gevynge  off  thankes  ?  seynge  he  vnderstondeth  nott  w  hat  thou 
sayest.  Thou  verely  gevest  thankes  wele  :  butt  the  other  ys 
nott  edyfied.  I  thanke  my  god/  I  speake  with  tonges  moare 
then  ye  all.  yett  had  I  '^  lever  in  the  congregacion  to  speake 
five  wordes  with  my  mynde  to  the  informacion  of  other/  rather 
then  ten  thousande  wordes  with  the  tonge. 

Brethren  be  not  chrildren  in  witte  :  as  concernynge  ^'^  ma- 
liciousnes  be  children :  but  in  witt  be  ^'^  perfet.  In  the  lawe 
it  is  written/  ^^  with  other  tonges/  and  with  otlier  lippes  wyll  I 

*  Divers  tongues,  Gen.    [So  vs.  C]  ^  The  warre,  Cr.  Bps. 

Battel,  Gen.  ''  Easy  to  be  understood,  Bps.  ®  Gcii.  adds — 

(as  it  conieth  to  passe.)         *  Is  dotnine.  Gen.  '"  A  barbarian.  Gen. 

"  Excel,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >-  Understandynge   doeth   no  good, 

Cr.    Understandynge,  etc.  Gen.    Understanding  is  unfruitf'ull,  Bps, 
'•''The  understanding,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.   [So  post.]  '••  Givest  thanks, 

Gov.         '^  Rather,  Geii.  Bps.  '^  Noughtincssc,  Bps.  '^  Of  a 

ripe  age,  Gen.         '^  With  sundry  tongues,  etc.  Cov.  By  men  of  other 
tongues  and  by  other  languages,  Gen, 


to  U)c  tTovvintljijans.  CTlj.  vfi'ff- 

speake  vnto  thys  people/  and  yett  for  all  tliatt  will  they  nott 
heare  me  sayth  the  lorde.  Wherfore  tonges  are  for  a  signe/ 
not  to  them  that  beleve  :  but  to  them  that  beleve  nott.  con- 
trary wyse  prophcsyinge  serveth  not  for  them  that  beleve  nott : 
but  for  them  which  beleve. 

Yf  therfore  when  all  the  congregacion  is  come  to  gedder/ 
and  all  speake  with  tonges/  there  come  in  they  thatt  are  vnlearn- 
ed/  or  they  whych  beleve  nott:  will  they  not  saye  that  ^^ye 
are  out  off  youre  wittes  ?  Butt  and  yff  all  prophesy/  and 
there  come  in  one  that  beleveth  nott/  or  one  vnlearned/  he  ys 
2*^  reproved  off"  all  men/  and  ys  iudged  of  every  man  :  and  so 
are  the  secretes  off'  hys  hert  openned  :  and  then  falleth  he 
doune  on  hys  face/  and  worshippeth  god/  and  sayth  that  god 
is  with  you  in  dede. 

Howe  is  it  then  brethren  ?  when  ye  come  togedder  eveiy 
man  hath  ^^  his  songe/  hath  his  doctryne/  hath  his  tongc/  hath 
hys  revlacion/  hathe  his  interpretacion :  Lett  all  thynges  be 
vnto  edyfyinge  :  Yff'  eny  man  speake  with  tonges/  lett  ytt  be 
two  atonce  :  or  at  the  most  thre  atonce  :  and  that  by  course, 
and  lett  another  interprete  it :  Butt  yf  there  be  no  interpreter/ 
lett  hym  kepe  silence  in  the  congegacion/  and  let  hym  speake 
to  hym  silfe/  and  to  god. 

Lett  the  prophetes  speake  '-^^  two  atonce/  or  thre  atonce/  and 
let  other  iudge.  Yf  eny  revelacion  be  made  to  another  that 
sitteth  by/  lett  the  fyrst  holde  his  peace.  For  ye  maye  all 
prophesy  one  by  one/  thatt  all  maye  learne/  and  all  maye  have 
comforte.  For  the  spretes  off"  the  prophets  are  ^•^  in  the  power 
off'  the  prophetes.  For  god  is  nott  ^'^  causer  of  stryfe  :  but  of 
peace/  ^^  as  he  is  in  all  other  congregacions  of  sanctes. 

Lett  youre  ^o  wy ves  kepe  silence  in  the  congregacions. 
For  it  is  not  permitted  vnto  them  to  speake  :  butt  lett  them 
be  2^  be  vnder  obedience/  as  sayth  the  lawe  :  yf  they  will 
learne  eny  thinge/  let  them  axe  their  husbandes  att  home. 
For  it  is  a  shame  for  wemen  to  speake  in  the  congregacion. 
^«*  Spronge  the  worde  off"  God  from  you  .'  other  cam  ytt  vnto 
you  only  ?  Yf  eny  man  thynke  him  sylfe  a  prophet  other 
spirituall :  lett  hym  ^  vnderstonde/  what  thynges  I  write  vnto 

"  Ye  are  madde,  Bps.  ^^  Rebuked,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  A  psalme, 
6'.- 71.  Bps.  22  Two  or  three  and  let.  etc.  Cr-  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Subject 
to.  Gen.  Bps.  2*  The  author  of  conhision  [dissention,  C],  Gc7i.  Bps. 
*^  As  (I  teach)  in  all,  etc.  Cr.    As  ire  see  in  all,  etc.  Gen.  '*  Wo- 

men, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Subject,   Gen.  ^  Came,  Gen. 

^'■'  Knowe,  Cov.  Cr.  Acknowledge  [Knowe,  B.]  that  the  things,  etc. 
arc  the  commaundments  of  the  Lord,  Gen.  Bps. 


So.  cly):b.  arjc  JFBrst  iSpfstle  of  iJatil 

you.  For  they  are  the  commaundmentes  of  the  lorde.  Butt 
and  yf  eny  man  be  ignorant/  lett  hym  be  ignorant.  Wherfore 
brethren  covet  to  prophesy/  and  forbyd  nott  to  speake  with 
tonges.     Lett  all  thynges  be  done  honestly  and  in  order. 

2ri)c  r'o.  €"t)aptcr. 

1  "ORETHREN  as  pertaynynge  to  the  gospel!  which  I 
-^  preached  unto  you/  which  ye  have  also  -  accepted/  and 
in  the  which  ye  continue :  by  the  which  also  ye  are  saved/ 
3  I  do  you  to  witt  after  what  maner  I  preached  vnto  you/  [yf 
ye  kepe  it/]  except  ye  have  beloved  in  vayne. 

For  fyrst  of  all  I  gave  vnto  you  that  which  I  receaved  : 
howe  that  Christ  deyed  for  oure  synnes/  ^agreynge  to  the 
scriptures  :  and  thatt  he  was  buried/  and  thatt  he  arose  agayne 
the  thyrd  daye  accordynge  to  the  scriptures  :  and  thatt  he  was 
sene  of  Cephas/  then  of  the  twelve/  after  thatt  he  was  sene  off 
moo  than  five  liondred  brethren  atonce  :  off  the  which  •''  many 
6  remayne  vnto  ^  thys  daye/  and  '^  many  are  fallen  a  slope. 
After  that  ^  apered  he  to  James/  then  to  all  the  Apostles. 

And  last  off  all  he  was  sene  off  me/  as  off  one  thatt  was 
borne  out  off  due  tyme.  For  I  am  the  lest  off  all  tlie  Apos- 
tles/ which  am  nott  worthy  to  be  called  an  apostle/  be  cause  I 
persecuted  the  congregacion  of  God  :  but  by  the  faveour  of 
God  I  am  tliat  I  am.  And  his  faveour  whych  is  in  me  was 
not  in  wayne  :  butt  I  labored  moare  aboundauntly  then  they 
all/  not  1/  butt  the  faveour  of  God  which  is  with  me.  Wheth- 
er ytt  were  I  or  they/  so  have  we  preached/  and  so  have  ye 
beleved. 

Yf  Christ  be  preached  howe  that  he  rose  from  deeth  :  howe 
saye  some  that  are  amonge  you/  that  there  ys  no  resurreccion 
from  deeth  ?  Yff  there  be  no  rysynge  agayne  from  deeth  : 
then  is  Christ  nott  rysen.  Yfi  Christ  be  nott  rysen/  then  ys 
oure  preachynge  vayne/  and  youre  fayth  is  also  vayne :  Yee/ 
and  we  are  founde  falce  witnesses  of  God.  For  we  have  tes- 
tified 1"  agaynste  god  howe  that  he  raysed  vppe  Christ/  whom 
he  raysyd  nott  uppe/  yf  it  be  so  that  the  deed  ^^  ryse  nott  vppe 

'  Moreover,  brethren,  I  declare  unto  you  the  gospel,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Received,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  It  ye  keepe  in  meniorie  after,  etc.  Gen. 
If  ye  kepe  the  doctrine  which,  etc.  Bps.  [G.  B.  omit  the  clause  in 
crotchets.]             ■•  According,  Gen.  Bps.  *  The  more  part,  Bps. 

*  Are  alive,  Cov.  '  This  present,  Gen.  ^  Some,  Gen.  Bps. 

*  He  was  seene  of.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Of  God,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
"  Be  not  raised,  Geji.   [So  post  through  the  chapter.] 


to  tlje  ffioi-rfittl)i»ans.  €"!).  j:b. 

aonyne.  For  yf  the  deed  ryse  nott  agayne/  then  is  Christ  not 
rysen  agayne.  Yf  it  be  so  thatt  Christ  rose  not/  then  is  youre 
fayth  in  vaync.  and  yet  are  ye  in  youre  synncs.  Also  they 
wiiiche  are"  fallen  a  slepe  in  Christ/  are  perrished.  Yf  in  thys 
lyfe  only  we  ^^  beleve  on  Christ/  then  are  we  off  all  men  the 
miserablest. 

Nowe  is  Christ  rysen  from  deoth/  and  is  be  come  the  fyrst 
frutes  off  them  that  slept.  For  ^^  by  a  man  cam  deeth/  and 
by  a  man  cam  resurrection  from  deeth.  For  as  by  Adam  all 
deye  :  even  so  by  Christ/  shall  all  be  made  alive/  and  every 
man  in  his  awne  order  :  The  i"*  fyrst  is  Christ/  then  they  that 
are  Christis  att  his  commynge.  Then  commeth  the  ende/ 
when  he  hath  delivered  v])pe  the  kyngdome  to  God  the  father/ 
when  he  hath  putt  doiine  all  rule/  auctorite  and  power.  For 
he  must  ruele  till  he  have  putt  all  his  enemys  vnd'  his  fete. 

The  last  enemy  that  shalbe  destroyed  is  deeth  For  he 
hath  put  all  thynges  vnder  his  fete,  butt  when  he  sayth/  all 
thynges  are  ^^  putt  vnder  hym/  it  is  manifest  that  he  is  except- 
ed/ which  did  putt  all  thynges  vnder  him.  When  all  thynges 
are  subdued  vnto  hym  :  then  shall  the  sonne  also  hym  s  (fe  be 
subiecte  vnto  hym  thatt  ^-^  put  all  thynges  vnder  hym/  that 
God  maye  be  all  in  all  thynges. 

Other  els  what  do  they  which  are  baptised  ^'^  over  the  deed/ 
if  the  deed  ryse  not  at  all  ?  why  are  they  baptised  ^^  over  the 
deed  ?  And  why  stonde  we  in  ieoperdy  every  houre  .''  by 
cure  reioysynge  which  I  have  in  Christ  Jesu  oure  lorde/ 1  deye 
dayly.  ^^  That  1  have  fought  witli  beastes  att  Ephesus  after 
the  maner  of  men/  what  avauntageth  it  me/  yf  the  deed  ryse 
not  agayne  ?  Lett  vs  eate  and  drynke/  to  morowe  we  shall 
deye.  Be  not  deceaved  :  ^^  malicious  speakynges  corrupte 
good  manners.  Awake  ^^  truely  out  off  slope/  and  synne  nott : 
For  some  liave  not  the  knowledge  off  God.  I  speake  this  vn- 
to youre  '^'^  rebuke. 

But  some  man  will  saye  :  howe  shall  the  deed  aryse  .''  with 
what  body  shall  they  come  .'  Thou  fole/  thatt  which  thou  sow- 
est/  is  nott  quickened  except  it  deye.  And  ^^  what  sowest 
thovve.''  Thowe  sowest  not  that  body  that  shalbe  :  but  bare 

'*  Have  hope  in.  Gen.  Biis.  '■*  Since  by  man,  etc.  even  so  by 

man,  etc.  G'e«.  lijis.  '^  First  fruites.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Subdued  to 

.  .  did  subdue,  Gen.  '"For,  Gcti.  Iiji$  '^  If  I  have,  Gen.  Bps. 

"*  Evill  wordes  [speajunjrs,  fr.],  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  To  live  right- 

t'ouslj',  Gen.    To  rigliteousnesse,  Bj)s.  ^  Shame,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

^'  That  which  thou  sowest,  thou  sowest  not,  Gen.  Bps, 

EE 


jTo.  clpjrbf.  Srte  jTsrst  Hpfstlc  of  ^aul 

corne  ^  (I  meane  other  off  wheet/  or  of  some  other)  and  God 
geveth  it  a  body  att  his  pleasure/  to  every  seed  ^3  a  severall 
body. 

AH  flesshe  is  not  24  one  manner  of  flesshe :  but  there  is 
2^  one  maner  flesshe  off  men/  another  manor  flesshe  of  beastes/ 
another  maner  flesshe  of  fysshes/  and  another  of  byrdes. 
There  are  ^  celestiall  bodyes/  and  there  are  bodyes  ^7  terres- 
trial :  Butt  the  glory  of  the  ^^  celestiall  is  one/  and  the  glory  of 
the  ^  terrestriall  is  another.  There  is  one  maner  glory  of  the 
Sonne/  and  another  gloiy  of  the  mone/  and  another  glory  of 
the  starres.  For  one  starre  differeth  from  another  in  glory. 
So  is  the  resurreccion  of  the  deed.  Hit  is  sowen  in  corrap- 
cion/  and  lyseth  in  incorrupcion.  Hitt  is  sowen  in  dishonoure/ 
and  lyseth  in  honoure.  It  is  sowen  in  weaknes/  and  ryseth  in 
power.  Hit  is  sowne  a  natural  1  body/  and  ryseth  a  spretuall 
body. 

There  is  a  naturall  bodye  and  there  is  a  spretuall  body, 
as  it  is  written :  The  fyrst  man  Adam  was  made  a  livynge 
soule  :  and  the  last  Adam  was  made  a  quickenynge  sprete  : 
but  that  is  nott  fyrst  which  is  spiriluall :  but  that  which  is  nat- 
urall/ and  then  that  which  is  spretuall.  The  fyrst  man  is  of 
the  erth/  erthy  :  The  seconde  is  '^*^  from  heven/  hevenly.  As 
is  the  erthy/  soche  are  they  that  are  erthy  :  And  as  is  the  hev- 
enly/ soche  are  they  that  are  hevenly.  And  as  we  have  borne 
the  ymage  off  the  erthy/  so  shall  we  beare  the  ymage  of  the 
hevenly. 

This  saye  I  brethren/  that  flesshe  and  bloud  cannot  inheret 
the  kyngdom  of  god.  Nether  corrupcion  inhereteth  vncorrup- 
cion.  Beholde  I  shewe  -^  a  mistery  vnto  you  :  we  shall  not 
all  slepe  :  butt  we  shall  all  be  chaunged/  and  that  in  a  mo- 
ment/ and  the  twincklynge  of  an  eye/  at  ■^^  [the  sounde  of] 
the  last  trompc.  For  the  trompe  shall  blowe/  and  the  deed 
shall  ryse  incorruptible  :  And  we  shalbe  chaunged.  For  this 
corruptible  must  put  on  ^^  incorruptibilite  :  and  this  morlall 
must  put  on  immortalite. 

When  this  corruptible  hath  put  on  ^i  incorruptibilite  :  and  this 
mortall  hath  putt  on  immortalite  :  then  shalbe  brought  to  passe 

**  As  of  wheat,  Cr.  As  itfalleth  [It  may  chanco,  B.}  of  wheate,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  His  owne,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  *^  The  same,  Gen.  Bps. 

2*  One  flesh,  Gen.  Bps.  [So,  Cr.  next  clauses]  2"  Heavenly,  Gen. 
27  Earthly,  Gen.  ^^  The  Lorde  from  heven,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

C.  adds — (hevenly).  *^  A  secret  thing.  Gen.  ^°  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

omit,  ''  Incorruption,  Gen.  [So  vs.  54.] 


to  ti)e  <!tortfut!)j).ins.  Ctl).  ):bf. 

the  sayinge  that  is  written  :  Deeth  is  ^'■^  consumed  into  vic- 
tory. Deeth  where  is  thy  stynge  ?  ^^  Hell  where  is  thy  vic- 
tory ?  The  stynge  of  deeth  is  synne. 

The  strengthe  off  synne  ys  the  lawe  :  butt  thankes  be  vn- 
to  God/  wliych  hath  geven  vs  victory/  thorowe  oure  lorde  Jesus 
Christ.  Therfore  my  deare  brethren/  be  ye  stedfast  and  vn- 
movable/  alwayes  -*'*  ryche  in  the  workes  of  the  lorde/  for  as 
moch  as  ye  knowe  howe  that  youre  labour  is  not  in  vayne  in 
the  lorde. 

Cte  jrbj.  <E|)ai»tEt. 

/^F  the  gaddei-ynge  for  the  saynctes/  as  I  have  ordeyned 
^-^  in  the  congregacion  off  Galacia/  even  so  do  ye.  ^  In 
some  saboth  daye  let  every  one  off  you  put  a  syde  ^  at  home/ 
and  laye  vppe  ^  whatsoever  he  thynketh  mete/  thatt  "*  there  be 
no  gadderynges  when  I  come.  When  I  am  come/  whosoever 
ye  shall  alowe  by  youre  letters/  them  will  I  sende  to  brynge 
youre  liberalite  vnto  Jerusalem.  And  yff  yt  be  mete  thatt  I 
goo/  they  shall  goo  with  me.  I  will  come  vnto  you  after  I 
have  gone  over  Macedonia.  For  I  wyll  goo  thorow  out  Ma- 
cedonia. With  you  °  paraventure  I  wyll  abyde  a  whyle  :  or 
els  wynter/  thatt  ye  maye  brynge  me  on  my  waye  whither 
soever  I  goo. 

I  will  nott  se  you  nowe  in  my  passage  :  butt  I  trust  to  abyde 
a  whyle  with  you/  yff  ^  god  shall  suffre  me.  I  wyll  tary  att 
Ephesus  vntill  "^  witsontyde.  For  a  greate  dore  and  ^  a  frut- 
full  is  openned  vnto  me  :  and  there  are  many  adversaris. 
Yff  Timotheus  come/  se  thatt  he  be  with  out  feare  with  you. 
For  he  worketh  the  worke  of  the  lorde  as  I  doo.  Lett  no 
man  despyse  him  :  but  convaye  hym  forthe  in  peace/  that  he 
maye  come  vnto  me.     for  I  loke  for  hym  with  the  brethren. 

^  To  speake  of  brother  Apollo  :  ^°  I  greatly  desyred  hym 
to  come  vnto  you  with  the  brethren/  but  his  mynde  was  nott 
at  all  to  come  at  this  tyme.  He  woll  come  when  he  shall 
have  a  convenient  tyme.     Watche  ye/  stonde  fast  in  the  fayth/ 

^'  Swallowed  up,Cr.  Ge7i.  Bps.  ^^  Grave,  Gen.  ^^  Abun- 

dant, Gen.  Bps.  '  Upon  some  Sondaye,  T.  M.  Every  first  day  of 
the  weeke.  Gen.  ^  By  him  selfe.  Coi\  Gen.  Bps.  ^  As  God 

liath  prospered  him,  Geti.  Bps.  ^  The  collection  be  not  to  gather, 

Cov.  *  It  may  be.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  Lorde  permit,  Gen. 

'  The  fyflieth  daye,  Cr.    Pentecost,  Ge7i.  *  Effectual,  Gen.  Bps. 

'  As  touching,  Gen.  Bps.  "*  Cov.  adds — Be  ye  sure  that.  Cr. — (I 

certifie  you  that.) 


jFo.  cI)T:\)fJ.      Ei)e  JF^itst  ISpistlt  to  tt)e  ®ovrmt|)nans. 

quyte  you  lyke  men/  and  be  stronge.  Lett  all  youre  busynes 
be  done  ^^  in  love. 

Brethren  (ye  knowe  the  housse  of  Stephana  howe  that  they 
are  the  fyrst  frutes  of  Achaia/  and  that  they  have  ^^  apoynted 
them  selves  to  minister  vnto  the  saynctes)  I  beseche  you  that 
ye  be  obedient  vnto  soche/  and  to  all  that  helpe  and  labour. 
I  am  gladde  of  the  commynge  of  Stephana/  and  Fortunatus/ 
and  Achaichus  :  for  ^^  that  which  was  lackinge  on  youre  parte 
they  have  supplied.  They  have  comforted  my  sprete  and 
youres.     ^^  Loke  therfore  that  ye  knowe  them  that  are  soche. 

The  congregacions  of  Asia  salute  you.  Aquila  and  Pris- 
cilla  salute  you  moche  in  the  lorde/  and  so  doeth  the  congre- 
gacion  that  is  in  their  housse.  All  the  brethren  grete  you. 
Grete  ye  one  another  with  an  holy  kysse.  The  salutacion  of 
me  Paul  with  myne  awne  hande  :  Yf  eny  man  love  not  the 
lorde  Jesus  Christ/'^  the  same  be  anathema  maranatha.  The 
favoure  of  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ  be  with  you  all.  My  love 
be  with  you  all  in  Christ  Jesu/  Amen, 


The  pistle  vnto  the  Corrinthyans  sent 

from   Philippos/  By  Stephana/ 

and  Fortunatus/  and  Acai- 

chus  and  Timo- 

theus. 

12  With  charitie,  Bps.         '^  Given,  Gen.    Addicted,  Bps.         '^  The 
want  of  you,  Gen.  ^^  Acknowledge  therefore  such  men,  Gen. 

^*  Let  him  be  had  in  execration,  yea,  excommunicate  to  death,  Gen. 


accoutre  ^iotle  off  llaul  Uxt  ^m^tU 
to  tlie  Covriutligau!^* 


^i)0  fSCBt  ^l^ciptCt, 

^^  ^31IL  an  Apostle  off  Jesus  Christ  by  the  will  off  God/ 
"^r    and  brother  Timotheous. 

Vnto  the  congregacion  of  god/  which  is  at  Corinthum/  with 
all  the  saynctes  which  are  in  all  Achaia :  Grace  be  with  you 
and  peace  from  God  oure  father/  and  from  the  lorde  Jesus 
Christ. 

Blessed  be  god  the  father  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  the 
father  of  mercy/  and  the  god  of  all  comforte/  which  comfort- 
eth  vs  in  all  oure  tribulacion/  ^  insomoche  that  we  are  able  to 
comforte  them  which  are  ^  troubled/  in  what  soever  tribula- 
cion it  be/  with  the  same  comforte  wher  with  we  oure  selves 
are  comforted  of  god.  For  as  the  affliccions  of  Christ -^  are 
plenteous  in  vs  :  even  so  is  oure  consolacion  plenteous  by 
Christ. 

Whether  we  be  troubled  ■*  for  your  consolacion/  and  heltii/ 
^  which  helth  sheweth  her  power  in  that  ye  sofFre  the  same 
affliccions  which  we  also  suffre  :  or  whether  we  be  comforted 
•*  foryoure  consolacion  and  helth  :  yet  oure  hope  is  stedfast  for 
you  inasmoch  as  we  knowe  howe  that  as  ye  have  youre  parte 
in  affliccions/  so  shall  yc  be  part  takers  of  consolacion. 

Brethren  I  wolde  not  have  you  ignoraunt  of  oure  trouble/ 
which  happened  vnto  vs  in  Asia.      For  we  were  ^  greved  out 

'  That  we  may  be  able,  Gen.  Bps.  *  In  any  [all,  i?.]  maner  of 

trouble,  CV.  Bps.    In  any  affliction.  Gen.  ^  Abound,  Gtn.  [So 

next   clause.]  ■•  It  is  for,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Which  is 

wrought  in  the  induring  [by  the  suffering,  B.}  of  the  same,  etc.  Gen, 
Bps.  ^  Pressed,  Gen. 

EE* 


^0.  cljrvbff  j.  srte  Serontrc  lEjifstle  of  3i)aul 

of  measure  passynge  strengthe/  '  so  greatly  that  we  despaer- 
ed  even  off  lyfe.  ^  Also  we  receaved  9  an  answer  of  deeth  in 
oure  selves/  and  that  was  done  be  cause  we  shulde  not  put 
oure  trust  in  our  selves :  but  in  god/  which  rayseth  the  deed 
to  lyfe  egayne  :  Which  delivered  vs  from  so  grett  a  deeth/ 
and  doth  delivre/  on  whom  we  trust/  that  yet  here  after  he 
Avill  delivre  vs/  ^^  by  the  helpe  of  youre  prayer  for  vs :  ^^  That 
by  the  meanes  of  many  occasions/  thankes  maye  be  geven  of 
many  on  oure  behalfe/  For  the  grace  geven  vnto  vs. 

Oure  reioysynge  is  this/  the  testimony  of  oure  conscience/ 
that  we  ^2  with  out  doublenes/  but  with  godly  purenes  :  not  in 
flesshly  wysdom/  but  by  the  grace  of  god/  have  had  oure  con- 
versacion  in  the  worlde/  and  most  of  all  to  you  wardes.  We 
write  no  nother  thynges  vnto  you/  then  that  ye  rede  and 
'3  also  knowe.  Yee  and  I  trust  ye  shall  ^^  fynde  vs  vnto 
the  ende  even  as  ye  have  ^^  founde  vs  partly/  for  we  are  youre 
reioysynge/  even  as  ye  are  oures  in  the  daye  of  the  lorde 
Jesus. 

And  in  this  confidence  was  I  mynded  i"*  the  other  tyme  to 
have  come  vnto  you  (that  ^^  ye  myght  have  had  a  double 
^^  pleasure)  and  to  have  passed  by  you  into  Macedonia/  and 
to  have  come  agayne  out  of  Macedonia  vnto  you/  and  to  have 
bene  ledde  forth  to  Jewry  warde  of  you. 

When  I  thus  wyse  was  mynded  :  Did  I  vse  lightnes  }  Or 
^"^  thynke  I  carnally  those  thynges  which  I  thynke  }  that  with 
me  shulde  be  ye  ye/  and  naye  naye.  ^^  God  is  faithfuU  : 
^9  For  oure  preachynge  vnto  you/  was  not  ye  and  naye.  For 
goddis  Sonne  Jesus  Christ  which  was  preached  amonge  you 
by  vs  (that  is  to  saye  by  me  and  Silvanus  and  Thimothevs) 
was  not  ye  and  naye  :  but  in  hym  it  was  ye  :  For  all  the  pro- 
mises of  God/  in  hym  are  ye  :  and  are  in  hym  Amen/  vnto 
the  lawde  of  god   thorow  vs.     Hit  is  god  which  stabilissheth 

'  So  that  we  altogether  doubted,  Gc7i.  Insomuch  that  we  were  in 
mrreat  doubt,  Bps.  *  And  had  concluded  in  ourselves  that  we  must 
needs  die,  Cov.  '  The  sentence,  Gen.  Bps.  i"  So  that  ye 

labour  together,  in  prayer,  etc.  Gen.  "  That  for  the  gift  [benefits, 

B.]  bestowed  upon  us  by  the  means  of  many  persons  [for  many,  G.~\ 
thanks  may  be  given  of  many  persons  on  our  behalfe  [for  us,  G.],  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  >*  In  singlenesse,  T.  M.  Cr.  [C.  adds — of  heart.]   In 

simplicitie.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Acknowledge  .  .  .  Acknowledged,  Gen. 

Bps.  "  First,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  I  [Ye,  B.]  might  have  had 

one  pleasure  more  [C.  adds — with  youj,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Grace,  Gen. 

"  Mynde  I  those  things  which  I  minde  accordinge  to  the  flesh  [car- 
nally, B.],  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  O  faithful  God,  that  oure  worde  unto 
you  hath  not  been  yea  and  nay,  Cov.        '*  That  our  worde,  etc.  Gen. 


to  tf)t  <H:otrfnti)»an».  (?ri).  ff. 

vs  and  you  in  Christ/  and  hath  annoynted  vs/  which  hath  also 
sealed  vs/  and  hath  geven  the  ei'nest  of  the  sprete  into  oure 
hertes. 

E^e  ij.  (Kijapter. 

^  T  CALL  god  for  a  recorde  vnto  my  soule/  that  forto  ^  favcr 
-*■  you  with  all/  I  cam  not  ^  eny  moare  vnto  Corinthum.  Not 
that  we  4  be  lordes  over  youre  fayth  :  but  helpers  of  youre 
ioye.  For  by  faith  ye  stonde.  but  I  determened  this  in  my 
silfe/  that  I  wolde  nott  come  agayne  to  you  in  hevines.  For 
yf  I  make  you  sory  :  who  is  it  that  shulde  make  me  glad/  but 
the  same  which  is  made  sory  by  me  ?  And  I  wrote  ^  this 
same  pistle  vnto  you/  lest  yf  I  cam/  I  shulde  take  ^  hevines  of 
them/  of  whom  I  ought  to  rcioycc.  Certaynly  this  confidence 
have  I  in  you  all/  that  my  ioye  is  the  ioye  of  you  all.  For  in 
grett  affliccion  and  anguisshe  of  hert  I  wrote  vnto  you  with 
many  teares  :  not  to  make  you  sory/  butt  that  ye  myght  per- 
ceave  the  love  which  I  have  most  specially  vnto  you. 

Yf  eny  man  hath  caused  sorowe/-  the  same  hath  not  made 
me  sory  :  but  "^  partly/  lest  I  shuld  greve  you  all.  Hit  is  suf- 
ficient vnto  the  same  man  that  he  was  rebuked  off  many. 
So  that  ^  nowe  contrary  wyse  ye  ought  to  forgeve  hym  and 
comforte  hym :  lest  the  same  persone  shulde  be  swalowed 
vpp  with  moch  hevines.  Wherfore  ^  I  exhorte  you/  that  ^^  love 
maye  have  strengthe  over  hym.  For  this  cause  verely  did  I 
write/  that  I  myght  knowe  the  profe  olf  you/  whether  ye  shulde 
be  obediente  in  all  thynges.  To  whom  ye  forgeve  eny 
thynge/  I  forgeve  also.  And  verely  if  I  forgave  eny  thinge/ 
to  whom  I  forgave  it  for  youi'e  sakes  forgave  I  it/  in  the 
11  roume  of  Christ/  lest  Satan  shulde  '-  prevent  us.  For  ^^  his 
thoughtes  are  not  vnknowen  vnto  vs. 

When  I  was  come  to  Troada  i^  for  Christes  gospels  sake 
(and  a  grett  dore  was  openned  vnto  me  of  the  lorde)  I  had  no 
rest  in  my  sprete/  be  cause  I  foundc  not  Titus  my  brother  : 
but  toke  my  leave  of  them  and  went  my  waye  into  Macedonia. 

*  [Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  read  these  two  first  vvs.  as  part  of  ch.  i.]  ''^  Spare, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  K^  yet,  Gen.  Bps.  •*  Have  dominion,  Gen. 

*  This  same  unto  j^ou,  Cr.  Bps.  This  same  thing,  etc  Gen.  ®Hev- 
inesse  (upon  heavinesse)  of  them,  Cr.  '  Partly,  (lest  I  should  more 
charge  him)  you  all,  Gen.  *  P'rom  henceforth,  Cov.  ^  I  pray 

you  that  you  woulde  confirme  your  love  towards  him.  Gen.  Bps. 
'"  Ye  show  love  upon  him,  Cov.  "  Sight,  Tue.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"Circumvent,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  We  are  not  ignorant  of  his  enter- 

prises [devices,  B.J,  Gen.  Bps.  '■'  To  preach  Christes  Gospellj 

Gen.  Bps. 


iFo.  cljiT^lf.  2ri)e  Scconiie  SS^jfstle  of  ^Daiil 

Thankes  be  vnto  God  which  alwayes  ^^  geveth  vs  the  victory 
in  Christ/  and  openeth  the  saver  off  his  knowledge  by  vs  in 
every  place.  For  we  are  vnto  god  the  swete  saver  of  Christ/ 
both  amonge  them  that  are  saved/  and  also  amonge  them 
which  perisshe  :  to  the  one  parte  are  we  the  saver  of  deeth 
vnto  deeth  :  vnto  the  other  parte  are  we  the  saver  of  lyfe  vnto 
lyfe.  And  who  is  ^^  mete  vnto  these  thynges  ?  For  we  are 
not  as  ^"^  many  are  which  ^^  choppe  and  chaunge  with  the 
worde  of  god  :  but  ^^  as  ^o  [they  which  speake]  ofT^^  purenes/ 
and  as  ^o  [they  which  speake]  of  God  in  the  sight  off  God/  so 
speake  we  in  Christ. 

E])t  iff.  cri)ai)tct:. 

••  "V^E  begyn  to  prayse  oure  selves  agayne.  Nede  we  as 
some  other  of  pistles  of  recommendacion  vnto  you  ? 
or  letters  of  recommendacion  from  you  ?  ye  are  oure  pistle 
written  in  oure  hertes/  which  is  vnderstoude  and  reed  of  all 
men/  ^  in  that  ye  are  knowen  howe  that  ye  are  the  pistle  of 
Christ/  ministred  by  vs  and  written'  not  with  ynke  :  but  with 
the  sprete  of  the  livynge  god/  not  in  tables  of  stone/  butt  in 
flesshy  tables  of  the  herte.  suche  trust  have  we  thorow  Christ 
to  god  ward/  nor  that  we  are  sufficient  otT  oure  selves  to  thynke 
eny  thynge  as  it  were  of  oure  selves  :  but  ^  oure  ablenes  com- 
meth  of  god/  which  hath  made  vs  '*  able  to  minister  the  newe 
testament/  not  off  the  letter/  but  off  the  sprete  :  For  the  letter 
killeth/  but  the  sprete  geveth  lyfe. 

Yf  the  ministracion  ^  of  deeth  ^  thorowe  the  letters  figured 
in  stones  was  glorius/  so  that  the  children  of  Israel  coulde 
not  beholde  the  face  otf  Moses  for  the  glory  of  his  countenaunce 
(which  glory  neverthelesse  is  done  avvaye)  why  shall  not  the 
ministracion  off  the  sprete  be  moche  more  glorious  ?  For  if 
the  ministrynge  of  condempnacion  be  glorious  :  moche  more 
shall   the  administracion  off  rightewesnes  excede  in  glory. 


'*  Maketh  [Causeth,  B.]  us  to  triumph,  Gen.  Bps.         '^  Sufficient. 
Gen.  ^"^  The  moste  parte,  Cr.  '*  Make  marchandize  of.  Gen. 

''  Even  out  of  purenes  and  by  the  power  of  God  in  the,  etc.  Cr. 
*"'  Gen.  Bj).''.  omit.  -'  Synceritie,  Gen.  ^  Doe  -we  beginne, 

etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Forasmuch  as  ye  do'clare  [are  manifestly  decla- 

red, B.]  that  ye  are,  Cr.  Bps.  In  that  ye  are  manifest,  to  bee,  Geyi. 
^  If  we  are  able  unto  any  thing,  it  commeth,  etc.  Cr.  Our  sufficiency, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Able  ministers  of  the,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  That 

killeth  thro'  the  letter  and  was  figured,  etc.  Cov.  *  Written  with 

letters  and  engraven,  etc.  Gen. 


to  tfje  iStovvintijnans.  (ffij.  Ui\. 

For  "  no  dout  that  which  was  glorified  was  ^  not  once  glorified 
in  rcspecte  off'this  excedynge  glory.  Then  ift' that  which  is 
9  destroyed  was  glorious/  moche  more  shall  that  which  re- 
niayneth  be  glorious. 

Sey  nge  then  that  we  have  soche  trust  we  vse  gret  boldiies/  '^ 
and  not  as  Moses/  which  put  a  vayle  over  his  face  that  the 
children  of  Israeli  shullde  not  ^^  se  for  what  purpose  that  serv- 
ed whiche  is  not  put  awaye.  But  their  mindes  are  blynded. 
For  vntill  this  daye  remayneth  the  same  coverynge  vntaken 
awaye  in  the  olde  testament  when  they  rede  hyt,  which  in 
Christ  is  put  awaye  :  But  even  vnto  this  daye/  wheii  Moses 
is  redde  the  vayle  ^^  hangeth  before  their  hartes.  Neverthe- 
lesse  when  they  tourne  to  the  lorde/  the  vayle  shalbe  taken 
awaye.  The  lorde  no  dout  is  a  sprete.  And  where  the  sprete 
off  the  lorde  is/  there  is  libertie.  ^"^  And  nowe  the  lordis  glory 
apereth  in  vs  all/  '■*  as  in  a  glasse  :  and  we  are  chaunged  vnto 
the  same  ^^  similitude/  from  ^^  to  glory  to  glory/  even  ^"^  otTthe 
lorde  which  is  a  sprete, 

2rt)c  iff  J.  ^Ijaptcr. 

'T'HEREFORE  seynge  that  we  have  soche  an  office/  even 
as  ^  mercy  is  come  on  vs/  we  fayncte  not :  but  have  cast 
from  vs  the  clokes  of  ^  vnhonestie/  and  walke  not  in  craftnes/ 
nether  ^  corrupte  we  the  worde  of  God  :  but  •*  walke  in  open 
trueth/  and  reporte  oure  selves  to  every  mannes  conscience 
in  the  sight  of  God. 

Yff"  oure  gospell  be  yet  hid/  it  is  hid  amonge  them  that  are 
lost/  in  whom  the  god  of  this  worlde  hath  blynded  the  myndes 
off"  ^  them  which  beleve  nott/  lest  shulde  shyne  vnto  them  the 
light  off  the  6  glorious  gospell  off  Christ/  which  is  the  ymage 

''  The  other  part  that  was,  etc.  was  nothing  glorified,  Cov.  "  Not 

in  tliis  point  [in  tliis  behalfe,  B.]  glorified,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Abolished, 
Gen.  Put  awa}',  Bps.  "*  Gen.  Bps.  add — of  speech.  "  See  the 

end  of  that  which  is  done  awa}',  Coi^.  Look  [Stedfastly  look,  B.]  un- 
to the  ende  of  that  which  is  abolished.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Is  laid  up- 
on, Gen.  Bps.  '•^  But  we  all  beholde  as  in  a  inirrour  [T.  M. 
omits — as  in  a  mirrour]  the  glorie  of  the  Lorde,  with  his  face  open, 
T.  M.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  With  open  face,  Cov.  '•'  Image,  Cor. 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  One  clearness  unto  another,  Cov.  "  As  of  the 
spirite  of  the  Lorde,  Jill  the  Vers.  '  God  hath  had  mercy  on  us, 
Cr.  We  have  received  mercy.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Shame,  Gen.  ^  Han- 
dle we  deceitfully,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Open  the  trueth,  etc.  Cr. 
In  declaration  [opening,  B.l  of  the  truth,  we  appove  [commending, 
.B.]  ourselves, etc,  Gcw.  5/'i.  *  The  infidels,  6'c7i.  *  Gos- 
pell of  the  glorye,  Cr. 


off  God/  for  we  preache  nott  oure  selves/  but  Christ  Jesus  th6 
lorde/  and  preache  oure  selves  youre  servauntes  for  Jesus 
sake.  For  it  is  god  that  commaunded  the  light  to  shyne  out 
off  darknes/  which  hath  shyned  in  oure  hertes/  for  to  geve  the 
light  of  knowledge  off  the  ^  glorious  god/  in  the  face  off  Jesus 
Christ. 

But  we  have  this  treasure  in  erthen  vesseles  that  the  ^  ex- 
cellent power  off  it  myght  apere  to  be  off  Gode/  and  nott  off 
vs.  We  are  trowbeled  on  every  syde/  yett  are  we  nott  ^  with 
out  shyft.  We  are  in  povertie  :  but  not  ^"^  vtterly  without 
somwhat.  We  are  persecuted  :  but  are  not  forsaken.  We 
are  ^^  cast  doune  :  ncverthelesse  we  perisshe  not  And  we 
allvvayes  beare  in  oure  bodyes  the  deyinge  of  the  lorde  Jesus/ 
that  the  lyfe  of  Jesu  myght  apeare  in  oure  bodyes. 

For  we  which  live  are  always  delyvered  vnto  deeth  for 
Jesus  sake/  that  the  lyfe  also  of  Jesu  myght  apere  in  oure 
mortall  flesshe.  So  then  deoth  worketh  in  vs/  and  lyfe  in  you. 
Seynge  then  that  we  have  the  same  sprete  of  fayth/  accordynge 
as  it  is  written  (I  beleved  andtherfore  have  I  spoken)  we  also 
beleve/  and  therfore  speake.  For  we  knewe  that  he  which 
raysed  vppe  the  lorde  Jesus/  shall  rayse  vppe  vs  also  by  the 
meanes  of  Jesus/  and  shall  sect  vs  with  you/  for  all  thynges 
do  I  for  youre  sakes/  that  the  plenteous  grace  by  thankes 
geven  of  many/  maye  redound  to  the  prayse  of  God. 

Wberfore  ^^  we  are  not  weried/  but  though  our  uttward 
man  '-^  perisshe  yet  the  inwarde  man  is  renewed  daye  by 
daye.  For  oure  ^'^  excedynge  tribulacion/  which  is  momen- 
tarry  and  light/ ^^prepareth  an  excedynge/ and  an  eternall 
wayght  off  gloiy  vnto  vs/  whill  we  loke  not  on  the  thynges 
which  are  sene/  but  on  the  thynges  which  are  not  sene  For 
thynges  which  are  sene  are  temperall  :  and  thynges  whiche 
are  not  sene  are  eternall. 

E\)t  b.  «"t)nptcr. 

T\/E  knowe  surely  yff oure  ^  erthy  mancion  ~  wherin  we  now 
dwell/  were  destroyed/  that  we  have  a  bildinge  ^  ordeyn- 

^  Glorie  of  God,  jIU  the  Vers.  *  Power  tliat  excelleth,  Cov. 

Excellencie  of  the  power,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  distress.  Gen. 

'"  Overcome  of  poverty,  Gen.  In  extreme  poverty,  Bjis.  "  Op- 

pressed, Cop.  '''We  are  weried.    But,  etc.  Cr.  We  faynte  not,  Grn. 

'^  Be  corrupt,  Cor.  '■*  Trouble  which  is  but  temporal  and  light, 

Cov.  Light  affliction  which  is  but  for  a  moment,  Gen.  Momentarie 
lightnesse  of  tribulation,  Bps.  '^  Causeth  unto  us  a  far  most  ex- 

cellent. Gen.  '  Earthly  house   of  this   tabernacle.  Gen.  Bps. 

«  Of  this  dwelling,  Cr.  ^  Of  God,  Cr.  Bps.   Given  of  God,  Gen. 


to  ti)e  <!!rorrfnt!)))anB.  ffit).  b. 

cd  of  god/  an  habitacion  not  made  with  hondcs/  but  eternall  in 
heven.  and  therefore  sigh  we/  desyringe  "^to  be  clothed  with 
cure  •"' mansion  which  is  from  heven  :  ''yffyt  hapen  that  we 
be  founde  clothed/  and  nott  naked.  For  as  longe  as  we  are 
in  tliis  tabernacle/  we  sigh  "^  and  are  greved  :  for  we  wold  not 
be  vnclothed :  butt  wolde  be  clothed  apon/  thatt  mortalite 
myght  be  swalowed  vppe  of  lyfe.  He  that  hath  ^  ordeyned  vs 
for  this  thynge  ys  god :  which  very  same  hath  geven  vnto  vs 
the  ernest  of  the  sprete. 

We  are  alwaye  ^  of  good  chere/  and  knowe  wele  thatt  as 
longe  as  we  are  att  home  in  the  body  we  are  absent  from  God. 
For  we  walke  in  fayth  and  "*  se  nott.  Neverthclesse  we  arc 
^  off  goode  comforte/  and  ^^  had  lever  to  be  absent  from  the 
body  and  to  be  present  with  God.  Wherfore  we  ^^  endevre 
oure  selves/  whether  we  be  at  home  or  from  home/  ^-^  to  please 
God.  For  we  must  all  be  brought  before  the  iudgement  seate 
off  Christ  that  every  man  rnaye  receave  the  workes  oft*  his 
body  accordynge  to  that  he  hath  done/  whether  it  be  good  or 
badde.  ^^  Seynge  then  that  we  knowe  howe  the  lorde  is  to 
be  feared/  we  ^^fare  fayre  with  men.  For  we  are  ^^  knowen 
^•ele  ynough  vnto  God.  I  trust  also  thatt  we  are  ^^  knowen 
in  youre  consciences. 

We  prayse  not  oure  selves  agayne  vnto  you/  but  geve  you 
an  occasion  to  reioyce  off  vs/  that  we  maye  have  somwhat 
agaynst  them/  which  reioyce  ^~  in  the  face/  and  not  in  the 
hert.  '^  For  yf  we  be  too  fervent/  to  God  are  we  to  fervent : 
ytf  we  kepe  measure/  for  oure  cause  kepe  we  measure.  For 
the  love  of  Christ  constrayneth  vs/  be  cause  we  thus  iudge/  yf 
one  be  deed  for  all/  thatt  then  are  all  deed/  and  that  he  died 
for  all/  be  cause  that  they  which  live/  shulde  not  hence  forth 
live  vnto  them  selves :  butt  vnto  hym  which  died  for  them 
and  rose  agayne. 

*  {Upon  ovr  clothing)  to  be  further  clothed, 5/75.  *  House,  Gcn.Bps. 
*  Because  that  if  we  be  [If  so  be  th.it  we  being,  Z?.]  clothed,  shall  not 
be  found  naked.  Gen.  Bps.  '  And  we  are  burdened,  Gai.    Being 

burthened,  Bps.  *  Created,  Gen.  "  Bold,  Gtn.  "•  Not 

after  outward  appearance,  Cr.  Bps.    Not  by  sight.  Gen.  "  Love 

rather  to  remove  out  of  the  body  and  to  dwell  with  the  Lord,  Gen. 
'*  Covet,  that  both  dwelling  at  home  and  removing  from  home.  Gen. 
'•*  To  be  accepted  [acceptable,  G.]  to  hirn,  Gen.  Bps.  '■•  Knowing 

therefore  the  terroure  [feare,  B.]  of  the  Lorde,  we  perswade  men, 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  Deal  fairly  with.  Gov.  "*  Made  manifest.  Gen. 

"  After  the  outward  appearance,  Cor.  '^  For  whether  we  be  out 

of  our  wit,  ICC  arc  it  to  God  ;  or  whether  we  be  in  our  ryght  minde. 
we  arc  it  unto  you,  Gen. 


j^o.  rlvFn-  ^])c  Sccontre  22pfstlc  of  ^aul 

Wherfore  henceforth  knowe  we  no  man  after  the  flesshe. 
In  somoche  that  though  we  have  knowen  Christ  after  the 
flesshe/  nowe  hence  forthe  knowe  we  hym  so  no  more.  Ther- 
fore  yff  eny  man  be  in  Christ/  he  is  a  newe  creature.  Olde 
thynges  are  passed  awaye/  beholde  all  thinges  are  be  come 
newe/  Neverthelesse  all  thynges  are  of  god/  whych  hath  re- 
conciled vs  vnto  hym  sylfe  by  Jesus  Christ/  and  hath  geven 
vnto  vs  the  ^^  office  to  preache  the  atonement.  For  god  was 
in  Christ/  and  20  made  agrement  bitwene  the  worlde  and  hym 
sylfe/  and  imputed  not  their  synnes  vnto  them  :  and  hath 
committed  to  vs  the  ^^  preachynge  of  the  atonment. 

Nowe  then  are  we  '-^^  messengers  in  the  rounie  of  Christ : 
even  as  though  God  did  beseche  you  thorowe  vs  :  So  praye 
we  you  in  Christes  stede/  that  ye  be  ^3  atone  with  God :  for 
he  hath  made  him  to  be  synne  for  us/  which  knewe  no  synne/ 
thatt  we  ^■^  [by  his  meanes]  shoulde  be  ^^  that  rightewesnes 
which  before  God  is  alowed. 


E\)t  bj.  0:!)ni)tcv. 


"V^E  as  1  helpers  thcrfore  exhorte  you/  that  ye  receave 
the  a;race  of  sod  in  vavne.    For  he  saith  :  I  have  hei 


not 
vayne.  For  he  saith  :  I  have  herde 
the  in  a  tyme  accepted  :  and  in  the  daye  off  health/  have  I 
suckered  the.  Beholde  nowe  is  that  wele  accepted  tyme  : 
beholde  nowe  is  that  daye  off  helthe.  Let  vs  geve  no  '^  man 
occasion  of  evyll/  that  ^  in  oure  office  be  founde  no  faute  : 
but  in  all  thynges  '^  lett  vs  be  have  oure  selves  as  the  ministers 
of  God. 

In  moche  paciencc/  in  affliccions/  in  necessite/  in  ^  an- 
guysshe/  in  strypes/  in  presonment/  in  ^  stryfe/  in  labour/  in 
watche/  in  fastyng/  in  purenes/  in  knowledge/  in  longe  suffer- 
ynge/  in  kyndnes/  in  the  holy  goost/  in  love  vnfayned/  in  the 
wordes  of  trueth/  in  the  power  off  God/  by  the  armure  off 
rightewesnes  on  the  right  honde  and  on  the  lyfte  honde/  in 
honoure  and  dishonoure/  in  evyll  reporte  and  good  reporte/  as 
desceavers  and  yet  true/  as  vnknowen/  and  yet  knowen :  as 

"  Minister'e  of  reconciliation,  G'n.  Bps.  -^  Reconciled  tlio 

worlde   to  hiiiiselfe,  Gen.  -'  Worde  of  reconciliation,  Gen. 

"*  Anibassadours  for.  Gen.  "-^  Reconciled  unto,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Gen.  Bps.  oinit  ^^  The  righteousnesse  of  God  in  hiin,  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Workers  toirether  beseech  ij'tii.  Gen,  ^  Occasion  of  oftence  in  any 

thing  that  our  ministerio  should  not  be  reprehended,  Ge7i.  ^  Our 

office  be  not  evyll  spoken  of,  Gov.  •*  Wee  approve  ourselves,  Gen. 

*  Distresses,  Gen.  ®  Uproares,  Cor.    Tumults,  Gen. 


to  tljc  Covvmtljimns.  €"1).  ^rff. 

dcyingc  and  beliolde  we  yett  live  :  as  chastened  and  not  kill- 
ed :  as  sorowynge  and  yet  alwaye  mery  :  as  povre  and  yett 
make  many  rychc  :  as  liavynge  no  thynge  and  yett  possess- 
ynge  all  thynges. 

O  ye  Corrinthyans/  oure  mougth  is  open  vnto  you.  oure 
herte  is  made  large  :  ye  are  "^  nott  brought  into  combraunce 
by  vs/  ^  though  that  ye  vexe  youre  selves  off  a  true  mean- 
ynge.  ^  I  speake  vnto  you  as  vnto  chyldren/  whych  have 
lyke  rewarde  wyth  vs  :  '"stretche  youre  selves  therfoie  out. 
1*  beare  nott  the  yookc  wyth  the  vnbelevers.  For  what  felli- 
shippc  hath  rightewcsnes  with  vnrightewesnes  .^  What  '~com- 
|)any  have  light  with  darcknes  }  What  coneorde  hath  Christ 
with  bcliall  ?  OUier  what  parte  hath  he  that  beleveth  with 
an  infidele  ?  howc  agreeth  the  temple  of  god  with  ymages  } 
And  ye  are  the  temple  of  the  lyvynge  god/  as  sayde  god  :  I 
will  dwell  amonge  them/  and  walke  amonge  them/  and  wilbe 
their  god  :  and  they  shalbe  my  people.  Wherfore  come  out 
from  amonge  them/  and  separate  youre  selves  from  them 
(sayth  the  lorde)  and  touch  none  vnclcan  tliynge  :  so  wyll  I 
receave  you/  and  wilbe  a  father  vnto  you/  and  ye  shalbe  vnto 
me  sonnes  and  doughters/  sayth  the  lorde  almyghty. 

STijc  bu.  CljcT^jtcv. 

CEYINGE  that  we  have  soche  promeses  dercly  beloved/ 
lett  vs  dense  oure  selves  from  all  fylthynes  off  the  flesshe 
and  sprete/  and  growe  vppe  to  full  holynes  in  the  feare  of 
God.  1  Vndei-stonde  vs  :  we  have  hurte  no  man  :  we  have 
-corrupte  no  man  :  we  have  defrauded  no  man.  I  speake 
not  this  to  condempne  you  :  for  I  have  shewed  you  before 
that  ye  are  in  oure  hertes  to  deye  and  live  with  you.  ^  I  am 
very  bolde  over  you/  and  reioyce  gi'eatly  in  you.  I  am  fdled 
with  comforte/  my  ioye  is  excedynge  in  all  oure  tribalacions. 
For  when  we  were  come  into  Macedonia/  oure  flesshe  had 


'  In  no  straitness  on  our  behalfe,  Cov.  In  no  strait  in  us,  T.  M.  Or. 
Not  kept  strait  in  us,  Gen.  Not  pressed  into  a  narrow  room  in  us,  Bps. 
*  But  ye  are,  etc.  [severally  as  above]  in  your  ownbowelis,  T.  M.  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  *  I  promise  unto  you  like  rewarde  as  unto  children 

[with  me,  as  my  children,  T.  M.],  T.  M.  Cr.  Nowe  for  the  same  re- 
compense, I  speake  as  unto  my  children,  be  ye  also  enlarged,  Gen. 
Bps.  '**  Set  yourselves  therefore  at  large,   Cov.  T.  M.  Cr. 

"  Beare  not  astraungers  [a  strange,  C]  yoke,  Cov.  T.M.   Be  not  un- 
equally yoked,  Gen.  ^^  Communion,  Gen.  Bps.  i  Under 
stande  us  right.  Cor.    Receive  us,  Gen.  Bps.            '  Consumed,  Gen. 
^  I  use  great  boldnesse  of  speach  towards,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 
FF 


jfo.  cl):v):ff.  STfte  Sccontic  ISpfstle  of  ^aul 

no  rest/  but  we  were  troubled  on  every  syde  :  outwarde  was 
fightynge/  in  warde  was  feare.  Neverthelesse  he  thatt  com- 
fortith  the  ^  abiecte/  comforted  vs  at  the  commynge  of  Titus. 

And  nott  with  his  commynge  only  :  butt  also  with  the  con- 
solacion  wher  with  he  was  comforted  of  you.  For  he  tolde 
vs  youre  desyre/  youre  ^  mornynge/  youre  fervent  mynde  to 
me  warde.  So  that  I  novve  reioyce  the  more.  Wherfore 
though  I  made  you  sory  with  a  letter  I  repent  not  :  though  I 
did  repent.  For  I  perceave  that  that  same  Epistle  made  you 
sory  though  it  were  but  for  a  ceason.  but  I  nowe  reioyce/ 
not  that  ye  were  sory/  but  that  ye  so  sorowed/  that  ye  re- 
pented. For  ye  sorowed  godly  :  so  that  in  nothynge  were 
ye  hurte  by  vs.  for  godly  sorowe  causeth  repentaunce  vnto 
health/  not  to  be  repented  off :  when  worldly  sorowe  causeth 
deeth. 

^  Beholde  what  diligence  this  godly  sorowe  that  ye  toke  hath 
wrought  in  you ''^ :  yee  it  caused  you  to  cleare  youre  selves. 
Hit  caused  ^  indignacion/  it  caused  feare/  ytt  caused  desyre/ 
hit  caused  a  fervent  mynde/  itt  caused  punnysshment.  For 
in  all  thynges  ye  have  shewed  youre  selves  thatt  ye  were 
cleare  in  that  busynes.  Wherfore  though  I  have  written  vnto 
you/  I  did  itt  nott  for  his  cause  that  did  hurte/  nether  for  his 
cause  that  was  hurte  :  but  that  ^  oure  good  mynde  whych  we 
have  towarde  you  in  the  sight  of  god/  myght  apere  vnto  you. 

Therfore  we  are  conforted/  because  ye  are  comforted  :  yee 
and  excedyngly  the  moare  ioyed  we/  for  the  ioye  thatt  Titus 
had  :  be  cause  his  sprete  was  refresshed  of  you  all.  I  am 
therfore  not  nowe  a  shamed/  though  I  bostede  my  sylfe  to  hym 
of  you.  For  as  all  thynges  which  ^^  I  preached  vnto  you  are 
true/  even  so  is  oure  bostynge  :  thatt  I  hosted  my  silfe  to  Ti- 
tus with  all/  ffounde  true.  And  nowe  is  his  inwarde  afieccion 
more  aboundant  towarde  you/  when  he  remembreth  the  obe- 
dience off  every  one  off  you  :  howe  with  feare  and  trymblynge 
ye  receaved  hym.  I  reioyce  that  I  maye  ^^  be  bolde  over  you 
in  all  thynges, 

*  Humble,  Bps.  ^  Wepying,  Cr.  ^  For  beholde  this  thing 

that  ^e  have  been  godly  sorie,  what  great  care  [sorieto  Godward,how 
m  -ii  carefulnesse,  B.]  it  hatli  wrought,  etc.  yea,  what  clearing,  etc. 
Yea,  what,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Cr.  adds — gladnes.    Yee,  a  suthcient 

answer,  Cov.  ^  Displeasure,  Cov.  ^  Your  diligence  which  ye 

have  for  us,  Cov.  Your  good  mind  to  us  warde,  Cr.  Bps.  Our  care 
towards  you,  etc.  Gen.  '"  We  spake,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Have 

confidence  in  you,  etc.  Gen.  Bj)s. 


to  ti)e  Covrmt!)«cins.  ®t)-  bfff. 


Srtc  biff.  (Tljnptrr. 


r  DO  you  to  witt  brethren  of  the  grace  of  god/  which  is  geven 

in  the  congregacions  of  Macedonia/  ^  howe  thattthe  aboun- 
daunce  off  their  reioysinge  is/  that  they  are  tried  with  moche 
tribulacion.  And  ^howe  that  their  povertie/  though  yt  be 
depe/  yet  hath  folovved  over/  and  is  become  vnto  them  ryches 
in  synglenes.  For  to  their  powers  (I  beare  them  recorde) 
yee  and  beyonde  their  power/  they  were  willynge  off  their 
owne  accorde/  and  prayed  vs  with  grett  instaunce  that  we 
wolde  receave  ^  their  benefite/  and  suffre  them  to  be  part  ta- 
kers with  other  in  ministi-ynge  to  the  saynctes.  And  this  they 
did/  not  as  we  loked  for :  but  gave  their  awne  selves  fyrst  to 
the  lorde/  and  after  vnto  vs  by  the  will  off  God  :  ''  so  that  we 
coulde  nott  butt  desyre  Titus  to  accomplysshe  the  same  bene- 
volence amonge  you  also/  even  as  he  had  begonne. 

Nowe  therfore/  as  ye  are  ryche  in  all  parties/  in  fayth/  in 
worde/  in  knowledge/  in  all  ^ferventnes/  and  in  love/  which 
ye  have  to  vs  :  even  so  se  that  ye  be  plenteous  in  this  benivo- 
lence.  Thys  saye  I  nott  as  commaundynge :  but  be  cause 
other  are  so  fervent/  therfore  prove  I  ^  youre  love/  whether  it 
be  perfait  or  no.  Ye  knowe  the  liberalitie  of  oure  lorde  Je- 
sus Christ/  which  though  he  were  riche/  yet  for  oure  sakes  be 
cam  povre :  that  ye  thorowe  his  povertie  myght  be  made 
ryche. 

And  I  "^  geve  counsell  hereto  :  For  this  is  expedient  for  you/ 
which  began/  nott  to  do  only :  butt  also  to  will/  a  yeare  agoo. 
Nowe  therfore  performe  the  dede/  that  as  there  was  in  you  a 
redines  to  will/  even  so  ye  maye  performe  the  dede/  of  that 
which  ye  have.  For  if  there  be  fyrst  a  willynge  mynde/  it  is 
accepted  accordynge  to  thatt  a  man  hath/  and  not  accordynge 
to  that  he  hath  not. 

^  Hit  is  not  my  mynde  that  wother  be  set  at  ease/  and  ye 

'  For  their  rejoicing  was  most  abundant,  when  they  were  tried,  Cov. 
Because  [How  that,  B.]  in  great  trial  of  atHiction,  tlieir  joy  abound- 
ed, Ge)i.  Bps.  ^  Though  they  were  exceeding  poor,  yet  have 
they  given  exceeding  richly,  and  that  in  singleness,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr. 
Their  most  extreme  [depe,  B.]  poverty  abounded  unto  their  rich  lib- 
eralitie, Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  grace,  and  fellowship  [societie,  5.]  of 
the  ministerie  towards  the  saintes,  Grn.  Bps.  *  That  we  should 
exhort  [desire,  B.]  Titus,  etc.  Gen.  B/is.  ^  Diligence,  Cov.  Gen. 
[So  vs.  8.]  ®  The  naturalnesse  [unfaynednesse,  B.]  of  your  love, 
Gen.Bps.         ''  Shew  my  mind  herein,  Gen.        ^  Neither ijtf, that, Gen. 


jfo.  rlFjrvifj.  E\)e  Sccoutic  Hjjistlc  of  |3aul 

9  brought  into  combmunce  :  [butt  thatt  there  be  equalnes.]  Let 
youre  aboundaunce  sockor  their  lacke  att  this  present  tyme 
off  deerth  :  thatt  their  aboundauuce  maye  supplye  youre  lacke  : 
thatt  their  may  be  equahtie/  agreynge  to  thatt  which  is  writ- 
ten :  He  thAt  gaddered  moche  had  '^  never  the  more  abound- 
aunce/  and  he  that  gaddered  lytell/  had  ^^  neverthelesse. 
Thankes  be  vnto  god/  whicli  put  in  the  hcrt  of  Titus  tlie  same 
^^  good  myude  towarde  you.  For  he  accepted  i^  oure  request, 
yee  ^"'  rather  he  was  so  wele  willynge/  thatt  he  off  his  awnc 
accorde  cam  vnto  you. 

We  have  sent  with  him  that  brother  whose  laude  is  in  the 
gospell  thorowe  out  all  the  congregacions :  and  not  so  only/ 
but  is  also  chosen  of  the  congregacions  to  be  a  felow  e  with  vs 
in  our  iorney/  as  concerningc  this  benivolence  that  is  minis- 
tred  by  us  vnto  the  prayse  of  the  lorde/  and  ^«'>to  stere  vppe 
youre  prompt  mynde. 

^^And  thys  we  eschue  thatt  eny  man  shulde  rebuke  vs  in 
this  aboundaiuice/  thatt  is  ministred  by  vs/  and  make  provis- 
ion for  honest  thynges/  nott  in  the  sight  of  god  only/  but  also 
in  the  sight  of  men. 

We  have  sent  with  them  a  brother  off  oures  whom  we  have 
ofte  tymes  proved  diligent  in  many  thynges/  butt  nowe  moche 
more  diligent.  The  grete  confidence  which  I  have  in  you 
hath  caused  me  this  to  do  :  '^^  partly  for  Titus  sake  which  is 
my  fclowe/  and  helper  as  concernynge  you :  partly  be  cause 
off  wother  which  are  oure  brethren/  ^^  and  the  messengei-s  off 
the  congregacions/  and  the  glory  off  Christ.  Wherfore  shewc 
vnto  them  ^^  the  proffe  off  youre  love/  and  off  the  reioysynge 
that  we  have  off  you/  -^  thatt  the  congregacions  maye  se  it, 

2rije  fj:.  Cfijaptcr. 

i^F  the  ministrynge  to  the  saynctes/  it  is  butt  superfluus  for 
^^^  me  to  write  vnto  you  :  for  I  knowe  youre  rcdynes  off 
mynde/  wherof  I  host  my  silfe  vnto  them  of  Macedonia/  and 

3  Grieved.  But  upon  lyke  condition,  at  this  time  your  abundance, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.  [G.  B.  omit  the  clause  in  crotchets.]  '''  Not  the 

more,  Cor.  Nothing  over.  Gen.  Bps.  "  No  lacke,  Bps.  '*  Ear- 
nest care,  Gm.  Bps.  "  The  exhortation,  Gen.  Bps.  '<  He  was 
so  careful,  Gen.  Being  the  more  careful,  Bps.  ^'^  Deeluration  of, 
Gen.  Bps.  "^  Avoyding  this,  Gen.  "  Whether  any  do  enquire 
ofTitus,  he  is,  etc.  or  of  our  brethren,  they,  eic.Gen.  Bps.  '^  Which 
are  apostles,  etc.  Cov.  ''  Gni.  reads  (clause  below  transposed) — 
and  before  the  churches,  the  proof'e,  etc.  *  In  the  sight  of  the 
churches  [congregations,  C],  Ct.Bps. 


to  t!)c  (Torrfiitfipnus.  (ZTl).  fi:- 

sayc  that  Achaia  was  prepared  a  yeare  a  goo/  and  yourc  i  i^ev- 
ventnes  liath  provoked  many.  Ncvcrthelessc  yet  liave  T  sent 
these  brethren/  lest  oure  reioysynge  over  you  sliuldc  be  in 
vayne  in  this  behalfe.  and  that  ye  (as  I  have  sayd)  prepare 
yourc  selves/  lest  paravcnturo  yf  they  of  IMacedonia  come 
with  me  and  fynde  you  vnprepared/  -  the  boost  that  I  mad  in 
this  matter  shulde  be  a  shame  to  us  :  I  sayc  not  vnto  you. 

^\'herfore  I  thought  it  necessary  to  exhortc  the  brethren/  to 
come  before  honde  vnto  you/  forto  [)repare  youre  ^  good  blesr?- 
ynge  promysed  a  fore/  that  it  myght  be  redy :  so  that  it  be  a 
blessynge/  and  not  ''  a  defraudynge.  This  yet  remember/ 
howe  that  he  which  soweth  •''lytcll/ shall  reepe  ^lytell :  and 
lie  that  soweth  '^  plenteously/  shall  rcepe  plentcously.  and 
let  every  man  do  accordynge  as  he  hath  purposed  in  his  hertc/ 
not  groudgyngly/  or  of  necessite.  For  god  loveth  a  chearfull 
gever. 

God  is  able  to  make  you  "  ryche  in  all  grace/  that  ye  in  all 
ihynges  havynge  sufiicient  vnto  the  vttmostc/  maye  be  "ryche 
vnto  all  manner  good  workes/  as  it  is  written  :  He  hath  spars- 
ed  abroadc  and  hath  gevcn  to  the  povre/  his  ^  rightewesness 
remayneth  for  ever.  He  that  fyndeth  the  sower  sede/  shall 
minister  breed  for  fode/  and  shall  multiplic  youre  sede/  and 
increace  the  frutes  of  youre  "^  rightewesnes  that  on  all  parties/ 
ye  maye  be  made  ryche  ^  in  all  synglenes/  which  causeth 
throwe  vs/  thankes  gevynge  vnto  god. 

For  the  otlce  ofV  this  ministracion/  not  only  supplieth  the 
nede  off  the  sayntes  :  but  also  is  aboinidaunt  herein/  that  "^  [for 
this  laudable  ministrynge/]  thankes  myght  be  geven  to  god  of 
many/  whiche  ^^  prayse  god  for  youre  ^-obedience  in  know- 
ledgynge  the  gospell  ofChrist.  and  for  youre  '-'synglenes/  in  dis- 
tributynge  to  them/  and  to  all  men.  and  in  their  prayers  to  God 
for  you/  longe  after  you/  for  the  aboundaunt  grace  otf  God  gev- 
cn vnto  you.  Thankes  be  vnto  God  for  his  '■^  ineffable  gyfte. 

'  Eiioainplc,  Cr.  Zeal,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  We  (I  will  not  [noed  not, 

fr.]  sa,y,  ye)  should  be  ashamed   in  this  my  constant  [matter  of,  C. 
holdnesse  of,  />'.]  bo-.stinjr,  Cr.  Gni   Bjts.  ^  Benevolence,  Giii. 

Beneficence,  Hpg.  *  As  of  sparing.  Gen.    As  an  extortion,  Bjiit. 

'-'  Sparinjrly.  Gen.  Bjis.  "  In  giving  (largely),  Cr.  Liberall3^  Geir.. 

BonntifnIl3-,  />//.«.  "^  Plentiful],  lips.  *"  Benevolence,  Geti. 

'  Unto  all  Iiber;il!tie.  Gin.  '"  Grn.  Bps.  transpose.  "  Grn.  Bps. 

read  here  (See  note  10)  —  By  tlie  experiment  of   this  ministration, 
jiraise  God,  etc.  "  Obedient  professing  of,  etc.  C'cr.  P^'or  tin* 

obedience   of  3'our  consentyiig  to,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.    For  yonr  voluntary 
submission  to,  Gen.  '■'  Liberal  distribution,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Un- 

speakable, T.  M.  Cr.  Gen   Bps. 

FF* 


JFo.  dfm'o.  Srtc  Sccoulic  ^pfstlc  of  i3aul 


2ri)e  p.  Cljaptcc. 

T  PAULE  my  silfe  beseche  you  by  the  mekenes  ^  [and  soft- 
ness] of  Christ  which  when  I  am  present  amonge  you/ 
am  ^  of  no  reputacion/  but  am  bolde  towarde  you  beynge  ab- 
sent. I  ^  besech  you  that  I  nede  not  to  be  bold  when  I  am 
present  (with  that  same  confidence/  wherwith  '^I  am  supposed 
to  be  bolde)  against  some  which  repute  vs  as  though  we  walk- 
ed ^  carnally.  Neverthelesse  though  we  walke  ^  compased 
with  the  ffesshe/  yet  we  warre  not  ^  flesshly.  For  the  weapens 
of  oure  warre  are  not  carnall  thinges/  but  thynges  myghty  in 
god  to  '''  cast  doune  stronge  holdes/  ^  wher  with  we  overthrowe 
ymagenacions/  and  every  hye  thynge  that  exalteih  it  silfe 
against  the  knowledge  of  god/  and  bringe  into  captivhe  ^  all 
vnderstaundynge  to  the  obedience  of  Christ/  and  are  redy  to 
take  vengeaunce  on  all  disobedience/  when  your  obedience  is 
fulfilled.     Loke  ye  on  thynges  after  the  vtter  apparence.  ^'^ 

YfFeny  man  trust  in  hym  silfe  that  he  is  Christis/  let  the 
same  also  considre  oft'  hym  silfe/  that  as  he  is  Christis/  even 
so  are  we  Christes.  And  though  I  shoulde  host  my  silfe  som- 
what  moare  of  oure  auctorite  which  the  lorde  hath  geven  vs 
to  edifie  and  nott  to  destroye  you/  it  shulde  not  be  to  my 
shame.  This  save/  I  lest  I  shulde  seme  as  though  I  went  a 
bout  11  to  make  you  a  frayde  with  letters.  For  the  pistles 
(saylh  he)  are  sore  and  stronge  :  but  his  bodyly  presence  is 
weake/  and  his  speache  '-whomly.  Let  hym  that  is  soche 
thynke  on  this  wyse/  that  as  we  are  in  wordes  by  letters  when 
we  are  absent/  soche  are  we  in  dedes  when  we  are  present. 
For  we  i-'  cannot  fynde  in  oure  hertes  to  make  oure  selves 
of  the  nombre  of  them/  or  to  compare  oure  selves  to  them/ 
which  laude  them  selves  :  but  ^^  whill  they  measure  them 
selves  with  them  selves/  and  compare  them  selves  with  them 
selves/  they  vnderstonde  nought.  But  we  woU  not  reioyce 
1^  above  measure :  but  accordynge  to  the  ^^  quantitie  of  the 

*  T.  M.  omits.  And  gentlenessc,  Gen  Bps.  *  Base,  Gen.  Low- 
ly, Bps.  ^  Require,  Gen.  *  1  think.  Gen.  =  According  to 
the  flesh.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  the  flesh  .  .  after  [according  to,  B.}  the 
flesh,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Overthrow,  Bps.  "  Casting  down,  Gen. 
®  All  imaginations,  Or.  Bps.  Every  thought,  Gen.  '"  ^//  the  Vers. 
read  this — ?  "To  feare  you,  Gen.  '^  Rude,  Cov.  T.  M. 
Cr.  Of  no  value.  Gen.  Nothing  worth,  Bps.  '•'  Dare  not  make 
ourselvesof  the  number,  Ge?i.  Dare  not  number  or  compare,  etc.  Bps. 
'*  They  understand  not  that  they  measure,  etc.  Gen.  '*  Of  things 
which  are  not  within  otir  measure.  Gen.  '®  Measure  of  the  rule 
[line,  G.   So  vs.  15],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


to  t!u-  Cirorrfntljrntts.  dj.  vf- 

measure  which  god  hath  distributed  vnto  vs/  a  measure  that 
reacheth  even  vnto  you.  For  we  stretche  not  oure  selves 
beyonde  measure  as  though  we  had  not  reached  vnto  you. 
For  even  vnto  you  have  we  come  with  the  gospell  off  Christ/ 
and  we  bost  not  ^'^  oure  selves  out  off  measure  in  other  mens 
labours :  ye  and  we  hope/  When  youre  fayth  is  increased 
amonge  you/  to  be  magnified  accordynge  to  oure  measure 
18  niore  largely :  And  to  preache  the  gospell  in  those  regions 
which  are  beyonde  you  :  and  nott  to  reioyce  i^  off  that  which 
is  by  anothers  mans  measure  prepared  all  redy.  '^^  Let  hym 
that  reioyseth/  reioyce  in  the  lorde.  For  he  that  2'  prayseth 
hym  silfe/  is  nott  alowed  :  butt  he  whom  the  lorde  2'  prayseth. 

2ri)e  x\-  ®!)aptrr. 

"Y^OLDE  to  god/  ye  coulde  suffre  me  a  lytell  in  my 
'  *  folysshnes  :  ^  yee/  and  I  praye  you  forbeare  me.  For  I 
am  gelous  over  you  with  godly  gelousy.  Fori  ^coupled  you 
to  one  man/  to  make  you  a  chaste  virgin  to  Christ :  but  I 
feare  lest  as  the  serpent  begyled  Eve/  thorowe  his  sutteltie/ 
even  so  youre  ^  wittes  shulde  be  corrupte  from  the  "*  singlenes 
that  is  in  Christ.  For  iff  he  that  commeth  to  you  preache 
another  Jesus  then  hym  whom  we  preached  :  or  if  ye  receave 
another  sprete  then  that  which  ye  have  receaved  :  other  an- 
other gospell  then  that  ye  have  receaved/  ye  myght  ^  right 
wele  have  bene  content. 

I  suppose  that  I  "^  was  nott  be  hynde  the  chefe  apostles. 
Though  I  be  rude  in  speakynge/  yet  I  am  not  so  in  knowledge. 
Howe  be  it  amonge  you  we  are  knowen  to  the  vtmost  '''  what 
we  are  in  all  thynges.  Did  I  therein  ^  synne  be  cause  I  ^  sub- 
mitted my  silfe/  that  ye  myght  be  exalted  ?  and  because  I 
preached  the  gospell  to  you  fre  ?  I  robbed  wother  congrega- 
cions/  and  toke  wages  of  them/  ^'^  to  do  you  service  with  all. 
And  when  I  was  present  with  you  andhadnede/  I  was  ^^  gre- 

"  Of  things  which  are  without  our  measure  :  t/iot  is,  of  other  men's 
labours,  Gen.  '*  Abundantly,  Gen.  Bps.  '®  In  anollier  man's 

line,  tliHt  is  in  the  things  prepared  already,  Gtn.  ^  [Cor.  here 

begins  ch   xi.]  '^'  Commendeth,  i?^s.  '  Yea,  ye  do  also  for- 

beare ine,  Cr.  And  in  deede  ye  suffer  me,  Gen.  And  in  deede  suffer 
me,  Bps.  2  Have  prepared  you  for  one  husband,  Gen.  ^  Myndes, 
Gen.  Bjis.  ■*  Siinplicitie,  Gen.  *  Well  have  suffred  Idni, 

Gen.  lips.  ^  Am  no  lesse  than.  Gov.  Was  not  inferior  to,  Gen. 

''  In  all  things,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Commit  an  offence.   Gen.  Bps. 

*  Abased,  Gen.  ^'^  To  preach  unto  you,  Cov.  "  Chargeable 

to  no  man,  Cr.  Bps.  B.  adds — by  my  idlencsse.  Notslothfull  to  the 
hindrance  of  any  man,  Gen. 


Sfo.  rlvjrxb.  Cijc  Seconte  Hpfstlr  of  J3aul 

veous  to  no  man.  For  that  which  was  lakynge  vnto  me/  the 
brethren  which  cam  from  Macedonia  supplied  :  and  in  all 
thynges  I  kept  my  silfe  that  I  shulde  not  be  '-  greveous  to  you  : 
and  so  will  I  kepe  my  silfe. 

Yif  the  trueth  off  Christ  be  in  me/  this  reioysnge  shall  nott 
be  1"^  taken  from  me  in  the  regions  of  Achaia.  Wherfore  ? 
be  cause  I  love  you  not  ?  God  knoweth.  Neverthelcsse  what 
I  doo/  that  will  I  do  to  cut  awaye  occasion  from  them  which 
desyre  occasion/  that  they  myght  be  founde  lyke  vnto  us  in 
that  wher  in  they  reioyce  :  for  these  falce  apostles  are  disceate- 
full  workers/  and  ^^  fassion  them  selves  lyke  vnto  the  apos- 
tles of  Christ.  And  no  marvayle/  for  satan  hym  silfe  is 
i"*  chaunged  into  the  fassion  of  an  an2;ell  of  light.  Therfore  it 
is  no  grett  thynge/  though  his  ministers  i'*  fassion  them  selves 
as  though  they  were  the  ministers  of  rightewesnes :  whose 
ende  shalbe  accordynge  to  their  dedcs. 

I  saye  agayne  lest  eny  man  thynke  that  I  am  folishe  :  or 
els  even  nowe  take  me  as  a  fole/  that  I  maye  host  my  silfe  a 
lytell.  That  I  speake/  I  speake  it  not  ^^  after  the  waves  of 
the  lorde  :  but  as  it  were  folysshy/  ^^  whill  we  are  nowe  come 
to  bostynyge.  Seynge  that  many  reioyce  after  the  flesslic  I 
will  reioyce  also.  For  ye  suflre  folcs  gladly  be  cause  ye 
youre  selves  are  wyse.  For  ye  suifre  even  if  a  man  brynge 
you  into  bondage  :  yf  a  man  i"  devoure  :  yf  a  man  take  ^*^ : 
yf  a  man  exalt  hym  sife  :  yf  a  man  smyte  you  on  the  face  : 
1  speake  concernynge  ^'■^  rebuke/  us  though  we  had  bene 
weake. 

Wherin  soever  eny  man  dare  be  bolde  (I  speake  folisshly) 
I  dare  be  bolde  also.  They  are  Ebrues/  so  am  1 :  They  are 
Israelites/  even  so  am  I :  They  arc  the  sede  off  Abraham/ 
even  so  am  I.  They  are  the  ministers  off  Christ  (I  speake  as 
a  fole)  I  am  moare  :  In  labours  moarc  aboundant :  In  strypes 
above  measure  :  In  preson  more  plenteously :  In  dccth  ofte. 
Of  the  Jewes  five  tymes  receaved  I  every  tymes  xl.  strypes/ 
one  excepte.  Thryse  was  beten  with  roddes.  I  was  once 
stoned.  I  suffred  thryse  shipwracke.  Nyght  and  daye  have 
I  bene  in  the  depc  oil'  the  see.  In  iorneyinge  often  :  In  par- 
rels of  waters  In  parrels  of  robbers.     In  -^  ieorperdies  -^  ofi' 

•*  Chargeable,  Cr.  Bps.  '''  Shut  up  against  me,  Gen.  BjiS. 

'■*  Transform  .  .  transformed.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  After  the  Lorde,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  In  this  matter  [boldnesse,  />  ]  of  boasting.  Cr.  Bps, 

In  this  7Hi/  great  boasting,  Gen.  '"  Put  you  to  dlshoni'sty,  Cop. 

'^  Gen.  adds — your  li-ovils.  '"  Reproach,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'^  Perils, 

Gc7i.  Bps.  *'  Among  the  Jews,  Coc. 


to  tl)c  CTovvintljiians.  (fflj.  rU- 

raync  awne  nacion  :  In  -'^  icorpcrdies  aiiionge  the  hethen.  1 
have  bene  in  parrels  in  cities/  in  parrels  in  wilderness/  in  par- 
rels in  the  see/  in  parrels  amonge  falce  brethren/  in  ^~  labourc 
and  travayle/  in  watchynge  often/  in  honger/  in  thirst/  in  fast- 
ynges  often/  in  colde  and  in  nakednes. 

Besyde  the  thynges  which  outwardly  happen  vnto  me/  ^I 
am  combred  dayly  and  care  for  all  congregacions.  AMio  is 
-4  sicke  :  and  I  am  not  -^  sicke  ?  Who  is  hurte  in  the  fayth  : 
and  my  hert  burnetii  not  ?  Yf  I  must  nedes  reioyce/  I  m  ill 
reioyce  of  myne  infirmities. 

?r!)c  vi'f.  (Tijaptfr. 

/^OD  the  father  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  which  is  blessed 
^-^  for  evermore/  knoweth  that  I  lye  nott.  In  the  citie  of  Da- 
maschon/  the  governer  of  the  people/  vnder  kynge  Aretas/ 
layde  watche  in  the  citie  of  the  Damascens/  and  wolde  have 
caught  me/  and  at  a  wyndowe  was  I  let  doune  in  a  basket 
Ihorowe  the  wall/  and  so  scaped  his  hondes. 

'  Hit  is  not  expedient  for  me  no  dout  to  reioyce/  -  Nevcr- 
thelesse  I  will  come  to  visions  and  revelacions  of  the  lorde. 
I  knowe  a  man  in  Christ  above  xiiij  yeares  agone  (whether  he 
were  in  the  body  I  cannot  tell/  or  whether  he  were  outc  off" 
the  body  I  cannot  tell/  god  knoweth)  which  was  taken  vppc 
into  the  thyrd  heven.  And  I  knowe  ^  the  same  man  (whether 
in  the  body/  or  out  of  the  body/  I  cannot  tell/  god  knoweth) 
howe  that  he  was  taken  vppe  into  paradise/  and  herde  "^  wordes 
not  to  be  spoken/  which  ^  no  man  can  vtter.  Of  this  man  will 
I  reioyce/  of  my  silfe  will  I  not  reioyce/  except  it  be  of  myne 
infirmities  :  and  though  I  wolde  reioyce  I  shulde  not  be  a 
fole  :  fori  will  saye  the  trueth.  ^  Neverthelesse  I  spare/  ^  lest 
eny  man  shulde  thinke  off  me  above  that  he  scith  me  to  be/ 
or  heareth  of  me. 

And  lest  1  shulde  be  exalted  out  of  measure  thorowe  the 
aboundance  of  revelacions/  there  was  geven  vnto  me  ^  [of  god] 

--  Wearincsse  and  painefulnesse,  Gen.  "■^  Namely,  my  dayly 

cumbrance,  my  daily  care  for  all,  etc.  Cor.  The  trouble  which  pri- 
vily conspireth  against  me  dayly  (is)  the  care, etc.  Bps.  '^•i  AVeake, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  [Gen.  Bps.  begin  the  chapter  here.]  ^  For, 

Gen.  ■^  Suchaman,  6Vw.  ■*  Secreat  [unspeakable, /?.]  wordes, 

Cr.Bps.  Words  which  cannot  be  spoken,  Gen.  ^  Are  not  possible 

[lawful,  i?.]  for  man  to  utter,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  But  I  refraine.  Gov. 

Gen.  Bps.    C.  adds — myselfe.  ^  Cr.  adds — you.  *  T.  M.  Cr. 

omit. 


JFo.  rlvvvbj.  E\)c  ;Sccontic  Hjpfstle  of  33aul 

^vnquyetnes  of  the  flesshe/  the  messenger  of  Satan  to  buffet 
me  :  be  cause  I  shulde  not  be  cxahed  out  of  measure.  For 
this  thynge  besought  I  the  lorde  thryse/  that  it  myght  depart 
from  me  :  and  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  my  grace  is  sufficient  for 
the.  For  my  'Ogtrengthe  is  made  perfait  throu  weaknes. 
Very  gladly  thcrforc  will  I  reioyce  '^  of  my  weaknes  that  the 
^°  strengthe  of  Christ  maye  dwell  in  me.  Therefore  i^have 
delectacion  in  infirmities/  in  rebukes/  in  nede/  in  persecutions/ 
in  anguysshe/  for  Christis  sake.  For  when  I  am  weake/  then 
am  I  stronge. 

I  am  made  a  fole  in  bostynge  my  silfe.  Ye  liave  compel- 
led me/  I  ought  to  have  bene  commended  of  you.  For  in 
nothynge  was  I  inferior  vnto  the  chefe  apostles.  Though  I  be 
nothynge/  yet  the  tokens  of  an  apostle  were  wrought  amonge 
you  with  all  pacience  :  with  signes/  and  wonders/  and 
^^myghty  dedes.  For  what  is  it  wherein  ye  were  inferiors 
vnto  wother  congregacions  .'*  excepte  it  be  therein  that  I  was 
not  14  greveous  vnto  you.  Forgeve  me  this  wronge  done 
vnto  you.  Beholde  nowe  the  thyrde  tyme  I  am  redy  to  come 
vnto  you/  nether  will  I  be  ^"^  grevous  vnto  you.  For  I  seke 
not  youres  but  you.  Also  the  children  ought  nottto  laye  vppe 
for  the  ''^  fathers  [and  mothers  :]  but  the  '^  fathers  [and  mo- 
thers] for  the  children. 

I  will  very  gladly  bestowe/  and  wilbe  bestowed  for  youre 
soules  :  though  the  moare  I  love  you/  the  lesse  I  am  loved 
agayne.  But  be  it  that  I  ^^  greved  you  not :  nev'thelesse  I 
was  crafty  and  loke  you  with  gile.  Did  I  pill  you  by  eny  of 
them  which  I  sent  vnto  you  ?  I  desyred  Titus/  and  with  him 
I  sent  a  brother  :  Did  Titus  i"  defraude  you  of  eny  thynge  .-* 
walked  ye  not  in  one  sprete  .•'  walked  we  not  in  lyke  steppes  .'' 
Agayne/  thynke  ye  that  we  excuse  oure  selves  .''  we  speake 
in  Christ  in  the  sight  of  God. 

But  we  do  all  thynges  dearly  beloved  for  youre  edifyinge. 
For  I  feare  lest  it  come  to  passe/  that  when  I  come/ 1  shall 
not  fynde  you  soche  as  I  vvolde  :  and  I  shalbe  founde  vnto 
you  soche  as  ye  wolde  not.  I  feare  lest  there  be  found  amonge 
you  1^  lawynge/ envyinge/ wrath/  '^stryfe/backbytnges/ whis- 
perynges/  swellynges/  and  ^'^  debate.  I  feare  lest  when  I  come 

^  A  prick  [warning,  C]  in  the  flesh,  Cov.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Power, 

Cr.  Gen.  "  In  my  infirmities,  Gen.  Bps.  "  I  take  pleasure, 

Gen.  '^  Great  workes,  Grn.  '•*  Slouthfull  to  your  hinderance, 

Gen.  '*  Parents, /J/>s      (irw  omits — and  mothers.  '^Wasnot 

chargeable  unto  vou,  CV.  B/;.«.  Charged,  etc  Gen.  '^Pill,  Gen. 

>*  Debates,  Cr.  Bps.  Strife.  Gen.  '^  Contentions,  Gen.         ^  Up- 

roars, Cov.  Seditions,  Cr.  Bps.  Discorde,  T.  M.  Gen. 


to  tl)c  CC'ovvlutlJiiau'j.  C!ri).  pff- 

agayne/  God  -'  bryngo  mc  lovvc  amonge  you/  and  I  ^be  con- 
strayned  to  bewalye  many  of  them  which  have  synned  all 
redy/  and  have  nott  repented  of  the  vnclenees/  and  fornica- 
cion/  and  wantannes  whicli  they  have  committed. 


(Tljc  vii'f.  (!ri;n4itfv. 

TVfOWE  come  I  the  thyrd  tymc  vnto  yon  :  In  the  mouth  of 
two  or  thre  witnesses  shall  every  worde  stonde.  I  tolde 
you  before/  and  tell  you  before/ '  as  I  sayd  when  I  was  pres- 
ent with  you  the  seconde  tyme/  so  wryte  I  nowe  beynge  ab- 
sent to  them  which  in  tyme  past  have  synned/  and  to  all  woth- 
er  :  \fl  come  agayne/  I  will  not  spare  seynge  that  ye  seke 
experience  of  Christ  which  speaketh  in  me/  which  amonge 
you  is  not  weake/  but  is  myghty  in  you.  And  verely  though 
2  it  cam  off  vveaknes  that  he  was  crucified/  yet  liveth  he 
thorowe  the  power  of  god  :  and  we  no  dout  are  weake  in  hym  : 
but  we  shall  live  with  him/  ^  by  the  myght  that  god  gave  us 
to  you  warde. 

Prove  your  selves  whether  ye  are  in  the  fayth  or  not.  ex- 
amcn  youre  owne  selves,  knowe  ye  nott  youre  awne  selves/ 
ho  we  that  Jesus  Christ  is  in  you  ?  excepte  ye  be  castaway  es. 
I  trust  that  ye  shall  knowe  that  we  are  not  ^  castawayes.  I 
desyre  before  god  that  ye  do  none  evyll/  not  that  we  shulde 
seme  ^commendable :  but  that  ye  shulde  do/  that  which  is 
honest :  ^  and  let  vs  be  counted  as  ~  leawde  persons.  We 
can  do  no  thynge  agaynst  the  trueth/  but  for  thetrueth.  We 
are  glad  when  we  are  weake/  and  ye  stronge.  This  also  we 
wisshe  fore/  even  ^  that  ye  were  perfect.  Therfore  write  I 
these  thynges  beynge  absent/  lest  when  I  am  present  I  shulde 
vse  sharpnes  accordynge  to  the  power  which  the  lorde  hath 
geven  me/  to  edifie/  and  not  to  destroye. 

9  Furthermore  brethren  ^'^  fare  ye  wele/  be  perfect/  be  of 
good  comforte/  be  of  one  mynde/  ^^  live  in  peace/  and  the 
god  of  love  and  peace/  shalbe  wit  you.     Grete  one  another 

^'  Abase  me,  Gen.  -^  Shall  bewayle,  Gen.  Bps.         *  As  tho  gh 

I  had  been  present,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  He  was  crucified  of  weake- 

nesse  [concerning  liis  infirniitie,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Through 

the  power  [might,  B.]  of  God  towards  you,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Re- 

probates, Gen.  Bps.  *  Approved,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Though  we  be, 

etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '' Castaways,  CV.  Reprobates,  Gc?;..  Bps.  ^  Your 
perfection  [perfectnesse,  C.^jCr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Finally ,  Ml  the  Vers. 
'"  Rejoice,  Cov.  ''  Love  [.'']  in  peace,  Gen. 


So.  cljrpvbff.    <El)c  ^crontic  Hpfstlc  to  tljr  (JTovvfntJjiinns. 

in  an  holy  kysse.  All  the  saynctcs  salute  you.  The  fa- 
\eour  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  and  the  love  of  god/  and  the 
1-  fellishippe  of  the  holy  goost/  be  with  you  all   Amen. 


The  seconde  pistle  to  the  Corrinthyans 

Sent  from  Phillippos  a  citie 

in  Macedonia  by  Titus 

and  Lucas. 


■'  Communion.  Gen.  Bps. 


^piotle  off  Uaul  i>iUo  ti\t 


^f^t  far  St  crijaptei*. 

|^03L  an  Apostle/  nott  ofl'mcn/  nether  by  man/  but  by 
Jesus  Christ/  and  by  god  the  father  which  raysed  him 
from  deeth/  and  all  the  brethren  whych  are  with  nie.  Vnto 
the  congregacion  off  Galacia, 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  god  the  father/  and 
from  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  which  gave  him  silfe  for  oure 
synnes/  to  deliver  vs  from  this  present  evill  worlde/  thorowe  the 
will  of  God  oure  father/  to  whom  be  prayse  for  ever  Amen. 

I  marvayle  that  ye  are  so  sone  ^  tourned  from  hym  that 
called  you  in  the  grace  of  Christ/  vnto  another  gospell/  which 
is  ~  nothynge  els/  but  that  thei'e  be  some  which  trouble  you/ 
and  intende  to  pervert  the  gospell  oft'  Christ.  Neverthelesse 
though  we  oure  selves/  or  an  angcU  from  heven/  preache  ^eny 
other  gospell  vnto  you  then  that  which  we  have  preached  vnto 
you/  ■*  holde  hym  as  acursed.  As  I  sayde  before/  so  saye  I 
nowe  agayne/  yf  ene  man  preache  eny  other  thinge  vnto  you/ 
then  that  ye  have  reccaved/  ''  holde  hym  acursed.  ^  Sekc 
nowe  faveour  off"  men/  or  off'  God  ?  Other  go  I  abut  to  please 
men  ?  Yf  I  stodyed  to  please  men/ 1  were  not  the  servaunt  of 
Christ. 

I  certifie  you  brethren/  that  the  gospell  which  was  preach- 
ed of  me/  was  not  after  the  manner  of  men/  nether  receaved 
I  it  of  man/  neiher^was  I  taught  it :  but  receaved  it  by  the  reve- 

'  Removed,  Gen.  *  Not  another  Gospel,  Gen.  Bjis.         ^  Other- 

wise, Gen.  *  Let  him  be,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Do  I  now  preach 

man's  doctrive  or  God's  ?  T.  M.  Gen.    Do  I  now  pcrswade  men  or 
God  ?  Cr.  Hps. 

GG 


J?o.  clvvvWff.  E\)t  ISpistlc  of  i3aul 

lacion  of  Jesus  Christ,  ye  have  herde  of  my  conversacion  in 
tymes  past  in  ^  the  Jewes  wayes/  howe  that  "^  be  yonde  measure 
I  persecuted  the  congregacion  off  god/  and  ^  spoyled  it :  and 
^prevayled  in  ^the  iewes  lawe/  above  many  of  my  compan- 
ions/ which  were  of  myne  awne  nacion/  and  ^^  moche  more 
fervently  mayntayned  the  tradicions  of  i^  the  elders. 

But  when  it  pleased  god/  which  seperated  me  from  my 
mothers  wombe/  and  called  me  by  his  grace/  forto  ^^  declare 
his  Sonne  by  me/  that  I  shulde  preache  hym  amonge  the  heth- 
en :  ImmediaUy  I  '^  commended  not  of  the  matter  with 
flesshe  and  bloud/  nether  returned  to  Jerusalem  to  them  which 
were  Apostles  before  me  :  but  went  my  wayes  into  Arabia/ 
and  cam  agayne  vnto  Damascon.  Then  after  thre  yeare  I 
returned  to  Jerusalem  vnto  Peter  and  abode  with  him  .xv 
dayes/  no  nother  off  the  Apostles  sawe  1/  save  James  the 
lordes  brother.  The  thynges  which  I  write/  beholde/  ^'^  god 
knoweth  I  lye  not. 

After  that  I  went  into  the  costes  of  Siria  and  Cicill :  and 
was  unknowen  as  touchynge  my  person  vnto  the  congregacions 
of  Jewry/  which  were  in  Christ.  But  they  herde  only/  that 
he  which  persecuted  vs  in  tyme  past/  nowe  preacheth  the 
fayth/  which  ^^  before  he  destroyed.     And  they  glorifyed  god 


Ef)e  sccontie  (irijaptcv. 

nPHEN  xiiij.  yeares  after  that/  I  went  agayne  to  Jerusalem 
with  Barnabas/  and  toke  with  me  Titus  also.  Yee/  and  I 
went  by  revelacion/  and  commened  with  them  of  the  gospell/ 
which  I  preache  amonge  the  gentyls  :  but  i  apart  with  them 
which  are  ^  counted  chefe/  lest  it  shulde  have  bene  thought 
that  I  shulde  runne/  or  had  runne  in  vayne.  Also  Titus  which 
was  with  me/  though  he  were  a  greke/  yet  was  not  compel- 
led to  be  circumcised/  ^  and  be  cause  of  incommers  beynge 
falce  brethren/  which  cam  in  amonge  wother  to  spye  out  oure 
libertie  whych  we  have  in  Christ  Jesus/  that  they  might  brynge 
vs  mto  bondage.     To  whome  we  gave  ^  no  roume/  no  not  for 

*  Jewship,  C'oi\    The  Jewish  reWgion,  Gen.  Bps.  "Extremely. 

Gen.  «  Wasted,  Gen.  »  Profited,  Gen.  Bps.  'o  W.as 

much  more  zealous  of.  Gcii.  "  My  fathers,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Re- 

veile,  Gen.  ^■^  Communicated  [Communed,  B.]  not  with.  Gen. 

Bps.  '■*  Before  God.  Cr.  Bps.    I  ^ritnesse  before   God,  Gen. 

'*  Some  time,  Cor.  '  Between  ourselves,  T.  M.  Specially,  Cor. 

Cr.  Particularly,  GcM.  Privately,  B;>*.  *  Esteemed ,  Bps.         'For 

all  the  false  brethren  that  crept  in,  who  came  in  privily  to  spye,  etc. 
Gen.  •*  Not  place  by  subjection,  for  an  hour,  Gen.  Bps. 


to  tljc  «;allat|)»ans.  <t\).  ff. 

the  space  of  an  houre/  as  concernynge  to  be  brought  into 
subieccion  :  and  thatt  be  cause  that  the  trueth  of  the  gospell 
niyght  continue  with  you. 

Of  them  which  seme  to  be  grett  (what  they  were  in  tyme 
passed  it  maketh  no  matter  to  me  :  god  •''  loketh  on  no  mans 
^  persone)  ncvei'thelesse  they  which  ~  seme  grett/  added  noth- 
3'nge  to  me  :  Butt  contrary  wyse/  when  they  sawe  that  the 
gospell  over  the  vncircumcision  was  committed  vnto  me/  as 
the  gospell  over  the  circumcision  was  vnto  Peter  (For  he  that 
was  myghty  in  Peter  in  the  Apostle  shi{)pe  over  the  circum- 
cision/ the  same  was  myghty  in  me  amonge  the  gentyls)  and 
as  sone  as  James/  Cephas/  and  Jhon/  which  semed  to  be  pil- 
lares/  perceaved  the  grace  thatt  was  geven  vnto  me/  they 
gave  to  me  and  Barnabas  ^  their  hondes)  and  agreed  with  vs 
thatt  we  shulde  preache  amonge  the  hethen/  and  they  ^  amonge 
the  Jewes :  warnynge  only  that  we  shulde  remember  the 
povre/  which  thynge  also  I  was  diligent  to  do. 

When  Peter  was  come  to  Antioche/  I  withstode  him  ^^  in 
the  face/  for  he  was  worthy  to  be  blamed.  For  ^^  yerre  that 
certayne  cam  from  James/  he  ate  with  the  gentyls  :  butt  when 
they  were  come/  he  withdrue  and  seperated  hym  silfe/  fear- 
ynge  them  which  were  off  the  circumcision/  and  the  wother 
Jewes  dissembled  lykewyse/  In  so  moche  that  Barnabas  was 
brought  into  their  simulacion  also.  Butt  when  I  sawe/  thatt 
they  went  nott  the  ryght  waye  after  the  trueth  of  the  gospell/ 
I  sayde  vnto  Peter  before  all  men/  yff  thou  beynge  a  Jewe/ 
livest  after  the  manner  off  the  gentyls  and  not  as  do  the  Jewe  : 
why  ^^  causest  thou  the  gentyls  to  ^^  folowe  the  Jewes  .-*  we 
which  are  Jewes  by  nature  and  not  synners  off  the  gentyls/ 
knowe  thatt  a  man  is  nott  iustified  by  the  dedes  off  the  lawe  : 
but  by  the  fayth  of  Jesus  Christ :  and  we  have  beleved  on 
.lesus  Christ/  that  we  myght  be  iustified  by  the  fayth  of  Christ 
and  not  by  the  dedes  of  the  lawe  :  be  cause  thatt  noo  flesshe 
shalbe  iustified  by  the  dedes  of  the  lawe. 

Yf  then  whill  we  seke  to  be  made  rightewes  by  Christ/  we 
oure  selves  are  founde  synners/  ^^  is  not  then  Christ  the  min- 

*  Acceptcth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Outward  appearance,  Gov.  Cr. 

'  Are  [Seemed,  5.]  the  chiefe,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Their  ryght  handes 

and  agreed,  T.  M.  The  right   hand  of  fellowsliip,  that  we  should  br. 
apostles,  [that  we  slioulde preach,  G.],  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  Unto 

the  circumcision,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Openly,  Cr.  "  Before, 

Gen.  Bps.  '*  Constrainest,  Gen.  Compellest,  Bps.  '^  J^yve 

as  do  [Do  lyke,  G.]  the  Jews,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Is  Christ 

therefore,  the.  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  tljrvTfi:.  2^t)c  ISpfstle  off  t3aul 

ister  of  sinne  ?  god  forbid.  For  yf  I  bilde  agayne  that  which 
I  destroyed/  then  make  I  my  silfe  a  treaspaser.  But  I  thorowe 
the  lawe  am  deed  to  the  lawe/  that  I  myght  hve  vnto  God.  I 
am  crucified  with  Christ.  I  hve  verely/  yet  no  we  not  1/  but 
Christ  hveth  in  me.     The  lyfe  which  I  nowe  Uve  in  the  flesshe/ 

1  Uve  by  the  fayth  of  the  sonne  off  god/  which  loved  me/  and 
gave  hym  silfe  for  me.  I  ^^  despyse  not  the  grace  of  god:  For  if 
rightewesnes  come  of  the  lawe/  then  ^^  is  Christ  deed  in  vayne. 

2:i)c  fij.  ^f)aptff. 

^  FOLISSHE  Galathyans  :  who  hath  bewlched  you/  that 
^-^   ye  shulde  not  ^  beleve  the  trueth  ?  to  whom  Jesus  Christ 

2  was  described  before  the  eyes/  and  amonge  you  crucified  ? 
This  only  wolde  I  learne  of  you.  receaved  ye  the  sprete  by 
dedes  of  the  lawe  ?  or  els  by  ^  preachinge  of  the  faith  ?  Are 
ye  *  so  vnwyse/  that  after  ye  have  begon  in  the  sprete/  ye 
wolde  nowe  ^  ende  in  the  flesshe  ?  So  many  thynges  ye 
have  suffred  in  vayne.  Yf  it  be  so  that  ye  have  suffered  in 
vayne.  Which  ministered  to  you  the  sprete/  and  worketh 
miracles  amonge  you  doth  he  itt  thorowe  the  dedes  off  the 
lawe  .''  or  by  preachinge  of  the  faith  ?  Even  as  Abraham  be- 
leved  god/  and  it  was  ^  a  scribed  to  him  for  rightewesnes. 
Vnderstonde  therfore/  thatt  they  which  are  off  fayth/  are  the 
children  of  Abraham. 

The  scripture  sawe  Etfore  honde/  that  god  wolde  iustifie  the 
hethen  thorow  fayth/  and  "^  shewed  before  honde  glad  tydynges 
vnto  Abraham  :  In  the  shall  all  ^  nacions  be  blessed.  So  then 
they  which  be  of  fayth/  are  blessed  with  fajihfuU  Abraham. 
For  as  many  as  are  und'  the  dedes  of  the  lawe/  are  ^  vnder 
malediccion.  For  it  is  written  :  cursed  is  every  man  that 
continueth  not  in  all  thynges  which  are  written  in  the  boke  of 
the  lawe  to  fulfill  them.  That  no  man  is  iustified  by  the  lawe 
in  the  sight  of  god  is  evident.  For  the  iust  shall  live  by  faith. 
The  lawe  is  not  of  fayth  :  butt  the  man  that  ^^  fulfilleth  the 
thinges  contayned  in  the  lawe/  shall  live  in  them.  Christ  hath 
11  delivered  vs  from  the  curse  of  the  lawe/  and  was  made  a 

'*  Cast  away,  Cov.    Abrogate,  Gc7i.  Reject,  Bps.  '*  Christ  di- 

ed without  a  cause,  Gen.  '  Obey.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Before  was 

described  in  your  sight,  Gen.  '  The  hearing  of  faith  preached, 

Gen.  *  Such  fooles,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Be  made  perfect  by,  Gen. 

*  Imputed,  GeK.  '  Preached  before  the  Gospel,  Gen.  ®  Tlie 

Gentiles,  Gen.  ^  Under  [Subject  to,  C]  the  curse,  Cr.Gen.  Bps. 

^^  Shall  do  these  things,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Redeemed,  Gen.  Bps. 


to  tfje  CSallatljiinns.  Cti.  ffj. 

cursed  for  vs  (for  it  is  written  :  Cursed  is  every  one  that  hang- 
cth  on  tree)  that  the  blessynge  of  Abmham  might  come  on 
the  gentyls  throwe  Jesus  Christe/  that  we  miglit  receave  the 
promes  of  the  sprete  thorowe  fayth. 

Brethren  I  will  speake  after  the  manner  of  men  :  Though  it 
be  but  a  mans  testament/  yet  no  man  i-despyseth  it/  or  addeth 
eny  thynge  therto  when  it  is  i^once  alowed.  To  Abraham 
and  his  seede  were  the  promyses  made.  He  saith  not/  in  thy 
seedes  as  in  many  :  But  in  thy  scde/  as  in  won/  which  is 
Christ.  This  I  saye  that  the  la  we  which  '^  began  aftcrwardc/ 
beyonde  iiij  C.  and  xxx.  yeares/  doth  not  disanuU  the  testament/ 
that  was  conformed  of  god  ^^  vnto  Christ  ward/  to  make  the 
promes  of  none  efiect.  For  yf  the  inheritaunce  ^'^  come  off 
the  lawe/  hit  commeth  not  of  promes  :  but  god  gave  it  vnto 
Abraham  by  promes. 

Wherfore  then  servcth  the  lawe  ?  Tlie  lawe  was  added  be 
cause  of  transgression  (till  the  seede  cam  vnto  which  seede 
the  promes  was  made)  and  it  was  ordeyned  by  angels  in  the 
lionde  of  a  mediator.  A  mediator  is  nott  a  mediator  of  one. 
Butt  god  is  one.  Ys  the  lawe  then  agaynst  the  promes  off 
god  ?  God  forbid.  Yff  there  had  bene  a  lawe  gcven  which 
coulde  have  geven  lyfe  :  ^'  then  no  doute  rightewesnes  shuldc 
have  come  by  the  lawe  :  but  the  scripture  concluded  all  thinges 
vndcr  sinnc/  that  the  {)romes  by  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ/ 
shulde  be  geven  vnto  them  that  belcve.  Before  that  fayth 
cam/  we  were  kept  i'^  and  shut  vppe  vnder  the  lawe/  vnto  "the 
fayth  which  shulde  afterwarde  be  ^^  declared. 

Wherfore  the  lawe  was  oure  scolemastcr  ^Oynto  the  tyme 
of  Christ/  that  we  myght  be  made  rightewes  by  fayth.  But 
after  that  faith  is  come/  nowe  are  we  no  longer  vndcr  a  scole- 
mastcr. For  ye  are  all  the  sonncs  of  god/  -'  by  the  faith  which 
is  in  Cin-ist  Jesus.  For  all  ye  thatt  arc  baptised/—  have  put 
Christ  on  you.  Nowe  is  there  no  Jewe/  nether  greke  :  there 
is  nether  bonde/  nether  fre  :  there  is  nether  "-^  man/  nether 
woman  :  for  all  are  one  thynge  in  Christ  Jesu.  yf  ye  be 
Christes/  then  are  ye  Abrahams  seede/  and  heyres  by  promes. 

'*  Doth  .ibrogate.  Gen.  Rejectoth,  Bj/s.  "  ConSnned,  Gen. 

'^  Waj5  fmir  hundred. etc.  after.  Gen.  ^'^  In  respect  of  Christ.  Gen. 

"^  Be  begotten  liy,  Coc.  '"  Surely,  GV?*.  '»  Under  the  law 

and  shut  up  unto  the  faith,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Revelled,  Gen. 

Bps.  "'  To  brinsr  us  to  Christ.  Gen.  -'  Because  ye  believe 

in,  etc.  Cr.  *-  Gen.  adds— into  Christ.  ="  Male  nor  female, 

Gen.  Bps. 

GG* 


Sfo.  cj:c.  ffije  3HpfstIc  off  J3aul 


E'^e  iiff.  Cljaptcr. 

A  ND  I  saye  that  the  heyre  as  longe  as  he  ys  a  chylde  dif- 
ferth  not  from  a  servaunt/  though  he  be  lorde  of  all/  but 
is  vnder  tuters  and  governers/  vntill  the  tyme  apoynled  of  the 
father.  Even  so  we/  as  longe  as  we  were  children/  wer  in 
bondage  vnder  the  ^  ordinacions  of  the  worlde  :  but  when  the 
-  tyme  was  full  come/  god  sent  his  sonne  borne  of  a  woman/ 
and  2  made  bonde  vnto  the  lawe/  to  redeme  them  which  were 
vnder  the  lawe  :  that  we  ^  thorowe  eleccion  shulde  receave  the 
inheritaunce  that  belongeth  vnto  the  naturall  sonnes.  Be 
cause  ye  are  sonnes/  God  hath  sent  the  sprete  of  his  sonne  in 
to  oure  hertes/  which  cryeth  abba  ^  father.  Wherfore  nowe 
arte  thou  not  a  servaunt/  but  a  sonne.  yfF  thou  be  the  sonne/ 
thou  arte  also  the  heyre  of  God  thorowe  Christ. 

^  Notwithstondynge/  when  ye  knewe  not  god/  ye  did  ser- 
vice vnto  them/  which  by  nature  were  not  goddes :  butt  nowe 
seynge  ye  knowe  god  (ye  rather  are  knowen  of  God)  howe  is 
it  that  ye  tourne  agayne  vnto  the  '''  weake  and  bedgarly  ^  cer- 
imones/  where  vnto  ^  agayne  ye  desyre  afresshe  to  be  in  bon- 
dage ?  ye  observe  the  dayes/  and  monethes/  and  tymes/  and 
yeares.  I  feare  off  you/  lest  I  have  bestowed  on  you  laboure 
in  vayne. 

Brethren  I  besech  you/  be  ye  as  I  am  :  for  I  am  as  ye  are.^** 
Ye  have  not  hurte  me.  Ye  knowe  wele  howe  that  thorowe 
infirmitie  of  the  flesshe/  I  preached  the  gospell  vnto  you  at  the 
fyrst :  and  ^^  my  temptacion  which  I  suffered  by  reason  of  the 

flesshe/  ye  despysed  not/  nether  abhorred  :  but  receaved  me  as 
an  angell  of  God  :  ye  as  Christ  Jesus.  i^Howe  happy  were 
ye  then  }  for  I  beare  you  recorde  that  yf  it  hat  bene  possible/ 
ye  wolde  have  ^^  digged  out  youre  awne  eyes/  and  have  geven 

them  to  me.     Am  I   '■*so  greatly  become  youre  enemye/  be 

cause  1  tell  you  the  trueth  ^ 

'  Outward  traditions,  Cor.    Rudiments,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ful- 

nesse  of  the  tynic.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Put  under,  C'ov.  Made  under, 

etc.  GcH.  Bps  ■•  Might  receive  the  adoption  of  sons  [children, 

B.].  Gen  Bps.  *  Dear  father,  Con.  ^  But  even  then,  when, 

etc.  Gen.  '  Impotent.  Gen.  *  Ordinaunces,  Or.    Rudiments, 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  .Is  from  the  beginning  ye  will  bee  in  bondage 

again  ?   Gen.  '"  Gen.  reads  here  (transposed) — Brethren,  I  beseech 

you.  "  My  temptation  [The  trial  of  me,  G  ]  which  was  in  the 

flesh,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  What  was  then  your  felicitie .'   Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  >3  Plucked,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '•*  Therefore  become, 

T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


to  t!)c  ffiaUati)nnns.  (t%  ffff. 

They  are  gelous  over  you  amysse.  Ye  they  ^^  intende  to 
exclude  you  that  yc  shulde  i**  be  fervent  to  themwarde.  lit  is 
good  alwayes  to  ^"^  be  fervent/  so  it  be  in  a  good  thynge/  and 
not  only  when  I  am  present  with  you. 

My  littel  children  (of  whome  I  travayle  in  birth  agayne  vn- 
till  Christ  be  ^^  fassioned  in  you)  I  wolde  I  were  with  you  nowe/ 
and  coulde  chaunge  my  voyce/  for  I  stonde  in  a  doute  of  you. 

Tell  me  ye  that  '^  desyre  to  be  vnder  the  lawe  :  -**  have  ye 
not  herde  of  the  lawe  ?  For  it  is  written  that  Abraham  had 
two  sonnes/  the  one  by  ^^  a  bonde  mayde/  the  wother  by  a  fre 
woman.  Yee  and  he  which  was  of  the  bonde  woman/  was 
borne  after  the  flesshe :  but  he  which  was  of  the  fre  woman/ 
was  borne  by  promes.  ^^  Which  thynges  ^3  betoken  mistery. 
For  -"*  these  wemen  are  two  testamentes/  the  one  from  the 
mounte  Sina/  which  gendreth  vnto  bondage/  which  is  Agar 
(25  For  mounte  Sina  is  called  Agar  in  Arabia/  and  ^'^  bordreth 
apon  the  citie  which  is  nowe  Jerusalem)  and  is  in  bondage 
with  her  Children. 

But  Jerusalem/  which  is  above/  is  fre  :  which  is  the  mother 
of  vs  all.  For  it  is  written  :  reioyce  thou  baren/  that  bearest 
no  children  :  breake  forthe  and  crye/  thou  that  travelest  not. 
For  the  desolate  hath  many  moo  children/  then  she  which  hath 
an  husbande.  Brethren  we  are  ^^  after  ^8  [^the  maner  off] 
Isaac  children  of  promes  :  But  as  then  he  that  was  borne  ^  car- 
nally/ persecuted  hym  that  was  borne  ^  spiritually.  Even  so  is 
it  nowe.  Neverthelesse  what  sayth  the  scripture  :  ^oQaste  a 
waye  the  bonde  woman  and  her  sonne.  For  the  sonne  of  the 
bonde  woman  shall  not  be  heyre  with  the  sonne  off  the  fre 
woman.  So  then  brethren  we  are  not  children  of  the  bonde 
woman  :  but  off  the  fre  woman. 

1^  Would  make  you  to  fall  back,  Cor.  Would  exclude,  etc.  GcJi. 
'*  Altogether  love  them,  Geti.  "  Love  earnestly,  Gen.  Be  zeal- 

ous, Bps.  '*  Formed,  Gen.  '^  Will  be.  Gen.  ^  Do  ye 

not  hear  the  law  ?   Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  A  servant,  Gen.  [So^o*^] 

^'^  By  the  which  things  another  thing  is  meant.  Gen.  ^  Betoken 

somewhat.  Gov.  Are  spoken  by  an  allegoric,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  These 

are,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  These  mothers  are.  Gen.  ^For  Agar  or  Sina  is  a 

mountaine  in  Arabia,  Gen.  ^  It  reacheth  [answereth,  G.]  unto 

Jerusalem,  Cov.  Gen.  ^  The  children  of  Isaac  according  to  the 

promise,  Cov.  *^  Cr.  Bps.  omit.  ^  After  the  flesh  .  .  After 

the  spirit,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^°  Put  away,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.    Put  out, 

Gen. 


ffo.  cjrcj.  etc  Hpf&tle  off  ^iJaul 


E\]e  b.  {JTfjaptcv. 

CTOND  fast  therfore  in  the  libcitie  wherwith  Christ  hath 
made  vs  frc/  and  ^  wrappe  nott  youre  selves  agayne  in  the 
yoke  of  bondage.  Be  hold  I  Paul  saye  vnto  you/  that  if  yc 
be  circumcised/  Christ  shall  proffit  you  nothynge  at  all.  I 
testifie  agayne  to  every  man  which  is  circumcised  that  he  is 
-  bounde  to  kepe  the  whole  lawc.  -^  Ye  are  gone  quytc  from 
Christ  as  many  as  are  iustified  by  the  lawe/  '^  and  are  fallen 
from  grace.  ^  We  lokefor  and  hope  ^  to  be  iustified  by  the 
sprete  which  comnieth  of  fayth.  For  in  Jesu  Christ/  nether 
'''  is  circumcision  eny  thynge  worth/  nether  yet  vncircumcis- 
ion/  but  fayth  which  ^  by  love  is  myghty  in  operacion.  Ye 
did  runne  wele.  Who  was  a  lett  vnto  you/  that  ye  shulde  not 
obey  the  trueth  .''  ^  Even  that  counsel!  that  is  not  of  hym  that 
called  you.  A  lytel  Icven  doth  levcn  the  whole  lompc  of  dowe. 

I  have  trust  towarde  you  in  god/  that  ye  will  be  none 
other  wyse  niynded.  He  that  troubleth  you  shall  beare  his 
^°  iudgement/  what  soever  hebe.  Brethren  yf  I  ycl  preachc 
circumcision  :  why  do  I  then  suffre  persecucion  ?  For  then 
^1  had  the  offence  which  the  crosse  geveth  ceased.  I  wolde  to 
god  they  were  -i^sondred  from  you  which  ^•'trouble  you 
Brethren  ye  were  called  in  to  libertie/  only  let  not  your  liber- 
tie  be  an  occasion  vnto  the  flesshe  but  ^'^  in  lovje  serve  onp 
another.  For  all  the  lawe  is  fulfilled  in  one  word/  which  is 
this  :  Thou  shall  love  thyne  neghbour  as  thy  silfe.  Yf  ye 
byte  and  devour  one  another :  take  hede  lest  ye  be  consumed 
one  of  another. 

I  saye  walke  in  the  sprete/  and  fulfill  not  the  lustes  of  the 
flesshe.  For  the  flesshe  lustelh  ^-^  contrary  to  the  sprete/  and 
the  sprete  ^^  contrary  to  the  flesshe.  These  are  contrary  one 
to  the  other/  so  that  ye  cannot  do  that  which  ye  wolde.     But 


'  Be  not  intangled  againe,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  A  debtor  to  doc,  Bps. 

^  Christ  is  become  but  vaync  to  you,  C'r.  Bps.  Ye  are  abolished  from 
Christ,  Gen.  ■*  Are  fallen,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Ye  arc  fallen,  etc.  Gvn. 

^  We  wait  in  the  spirit  of  hope  to  be  made  righteous  by  fayth.  Cot. 
For  we  through  the  spirit  waite  for  the  hope  of  righteousnesse  by 
fayth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  thespirite  to  be  justified  through  faith,  <Jr. 

''  Circumcision  availeth  any  thing.  Gen.  "  Worketh  by  love,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  This  persuasion  Cometh  not,  etc.  Ge7i.  JS/75.         '"Con- 

demnation, Gen.  ''  Is  the  slaunder  of  the  crosse  ceased  [abol- 

ished, G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Rooted  out,  Cov.  Separated  from  you, 
T.  M.  Cr.  Cut  off,  Gen.  Bps.         '^  Disquiet,   Gen.  '^  By  love  of 

(the  spirite),  Cr.  '*  Against,  Gen. 


to  t^c  <5aUatf)snns.  ®t).  bj. 

and  yf  ye  be  leddc  off  tlie  spretc/  then  arc  ye  not  vnder  the 
lawe.  The  dedes  of  the  flesshe  are  manyfest/  whiclie  are 
these/  advoutrie/  fornicacion/  vnclennes'  wanlanncs/  ydolatrie/ 
witchecraft/  hatred/  ^*>  lawynge/  ^"^  Zele/  wrath/  ^^  stiyfe/  se- 
dicion/   '^  parte  takynges/    envyingc/    murther/  dronkennes/ 

flottony/  and  soche  lyke  :  off  the  which  I  tell  you  before/  as 
have  toldc  you  '^'^  in  t3ane  past/  that  they  which  commit 
soche  tynges  shall  not  be  the  in  heritours  of  the  kyngdom  of 
God  :  but  the  frute  off  the  sprete  is/  love/  ioye/  peace/  longe 
sufierynge/  gentlenes/  goodnes/  ^^  faythfulticss/  meknes/  tem- 
perancy :  Agaynst  sucho  is  there  no  lawe.  They  that  are 
Christis/  have  crucified  the  flesshe  with  the  —appetites  and 
lustes.  -■^  Yf  we  live  in  the  sprete  let  vs  walke  in  the  spretc. 
Lett  vs  nott  be  -■^  vayne  glorious/  provokynge  one  another/ 
and  envyinge  one  another, 

B'oc  \)j.  (tlmpUv. 

"ORETHREN  yff  cny  man  be  ^  faullen  by  chaunce  into 
"^  eny  faute  :  ye  which  are  spretuall/  ^  helpe  to  amende 
hym/  in  the  sprete  of  meknes :  consyderynge  thy  silfe/  lest 
thou  also  be  tempted.  Beare  one  anothers  burthen  :  and  so 
fulfill  ye  the  lawe  of  Christ.  Yff  a  man  seme  to  hym  silfe 
that  he  is  somwhat  when  in  dede  he  is  nothynge/  the  same 
deceaveth  ■^  hym  silfe  in  his  ymaginacion.  Let  every  man 
prove  his  awne  worke/  and  then  shall  he  have  reioysynge  in 
his  awne  silfe/  and  not  in  another.  For  every  man  shcill 
beare  his  awne  burthen. 

Let  hym  that  is  taught  in  the  worde/  ^  minister  vnto  hym 
that  teacheth  hym  in  all  good  thynges.  Be  not  deceaved/  god 
is  not  mocked.  For  what  soever  a  man  soweth/  that  shall  he 
reepe.  He  that  soweth  in  the  flesshe/  shall  of  the  flesshe 
reepe  corrupcion :  but  he  that  soweth  in  the  sprete/  shall  of 
the  sprete  reepe  lyfe  everlastynge.  ^  Let  vs  do  good/  and  let 
vs  not  faynte.     For  ^  when  the  tyme  is  come  we  shall  repe 

•^  Variance,  T.M.  Cr.  Bps.  Debate,  Gni.  '^  Emulations,  Gen. 

Bps.  '^  Contentions,  Gen.  '^  Sectes,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps. 

Heresies,  Gfi/i.  *"  Before,  6'c7i.  "^  Fn.ylh,  Gen.  Bps.  ^- Lusts 
and  desires.  Cor.  Affections,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  [Cop.  here  begins 

oil.  vi]  ^*  Desirous  of  vayne  glory,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Taken 

[Prevented,  B.]  in  an}%  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  Fallen  by  occasion  into,  Gen. 
*  Inform,  Cor.  Restore,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  His  owne  mind,  Cr.    Him- 

selfe  in  his  owne  fantasie,  Bps.  *  Make  him  that  hath  taught 

him,  partaker  of  all  his  goods.  Gen.  '  Let  us  not  be  wery  of  well- 

doing, Cr.  Gtn.  Bps.  ^  In  due  season,  Gen.  Bps. 


jfo.  cprff.  STijc  ISffstlt  to  tl)c  ffiallattnnns. 

'  with  out  werynes.  Whill  we  have  therfore  tyme  lett  vs  do 
good  vnto  all  men/  and  specially/  vnto  them  which  are  off  the 
housholde  of  fayth. 

Beholde  how  large  a  letter  I  have  written  vnto  you  with 
myne  awne  honde.  As  many  as  ^  desyre  with  vttwarde  ape- 
raunce  to  please  carnally/  they  constraync  you  to  be  circum- 
cised/ only  be  cause  they  wolde  nott  suffre  persecucion  ^  with 
the  crosse  off  Christ.  For  they  them  selves  which  ai'e  cir- 
cumcised kepe  not  the  lawe :  but  desire  to  have  you  circum- 
cised that  they  myght  reioyce  in  youre  flesshe.  God  forbid 
that  I  shulde  reioyce  but  in  the  crosse  of  oure  lorde  Jesu 
Christ/  wher  by  the  vvorlde  is  crucified  ^'^  as  touchynge  me/ 
and  I  as  concernynge  the  worlde.  For  in  Christ  Jesu  nether 
circumcision  avayleth  eny  thynge  at  all  nor  vncircumcision : 
but  a  newe  creature.  And  as  many  as  walke  acordynge  to 
this  rule/  peace  be  on  them/  and  mercy/  and  apon  ^^  Israhel 
that  pertayneth  to  god.  From  hence  forth/  let  no  man  put 
me  to  busynes.  For  I  beare  in  my  bodye  the  markes  of  the 
lorde  Jesu.  Brethren  the  grace  off  oure  lorde 
Jesu  Christe  be  with  youre  sprete/ 
Amen. 


Vnto  the  Galathyans  written 
from  Rome. 

'  Without  ceasing,  Cov.    If  we  faint  not,  Grn.  Bps.  *  Will 

please,  etc.  Con.  Desire  to  make  a  fayre  shew  in  the  flesh,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  For.  Or.  Gen..  Bps.  '°  Unto  ine  and  I  unto  the  world.  C'r.  Gen. 

Bps,  "  The  Israel  of  God,  Gen.  Bps. 


Aptotic  oe  llaul  to  tin  IB^^ntman^. 


|^2EIL  an  apostle  offJesu  Christ/  by  the  will  off  God. 
To  the  saynctes  at  Ephesus/  and  to  ^  them  whiche  be- 
leve  on  Jesus  Christ. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  god  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ, 

Blessed  be  God  the  father  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  which 
hath  blessed  vs  with  all  maner  of  spirituall  blessinges  in  hev- 
enly  thynges  by  Christ/  accordynge  as  he  had  chosen  vs  in 
hym  thorowe  love/  before  the  foundacion  of  the  worlde  was 
layde/  that  we  shuldebe  ^  sayntes/  and  ^  with  out  blame  in  his 
sight.  "*  And  ordeyned  vs  before  ^  vnto  him  silfe  that  we 
shulde  be  chosen  to  heyres  thorowe  Jesus  Christ/  accordynge 
to  the  pleasuer  of  his  will/  to  the  prayse  of  ^  his  glorious  grace/ 
where  with  he  hath  made  vs  accepted  in  the  beloved. 

By  whom  we  have  rcdempcion  thorow  his  blud/  that  is  to 
saye  the  forgevenes  off  synnes/  accordynge  to  the  riches  of 
his  grace/  "  which  grace  he  shed  on  vs  aboundantly  in  all 
wisdom/  and  ^  prudency.  And  hath  opeimed  unto  vs  the  mis- 
teiy  of  his  will  accordynge  to  his  pleasure/  and  perposed  the 
same  in  hym  silfe  ^  to  have  it  declared  when  the  tyme  were 
full  come/  ^''that  all  thynges/  bot  the  thynges  which  are  in 

•  The  faithful  in,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  «  Holy,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  With- 
out blame  before  him,  through  [in,  G.]1ovp,  All  the  Vers.  ['Thorowe 
love'  transposed.     See  the  text.]  "•  Who  hath  predestinate  us  to 

be  adopted  [to  the  adoption  of  children,  B.]  by  Jesus  Christ  unto  hini- 
selfe,  Gtn.  Bps.  *  To  receive  us  as  chyldren  thro'  Jesus  Christ, 

etc.  Cov.  •  The  glorie  of  his  grace,  All  the  Vers.  '  Where- 

of he  hath  ministered  to  us  abundantly,  Cr.  Wheren  he  hath  abound- 
ed [been  abundant,  G  J  toward  us.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Understanding, 
Gca.  '  That  in  the  dispensation  of  the  fulnesse  of  the  times, 
Gen.  Bps.  '"  That  he  might  setup  all  things  perfectly  by  Christe, 
bothe  the  thinges  which,  etc.  Cr. 


5o.  cjrcfif.  Etc  Hpfstif  of  ^aul 

heven/  and  also  the  thynges  which  are  in  erthe/  shulde  be 
gaddered  togedder/  even  in  Christ :  'i  that  is  to  saye  in  hym 
in  whom  we  are  ^~  made  heyres/  and  were  therto  predestinate 
accordynge  to  the  purpose  ofT  hym  which  worketh  all  thynges 
after  the  purpose  otThis  owne  will/  that  we  shulde  be  vnto  the 
prayse  off"  his  gloiy/  which  ^^  before  hoped  in  Christ. 

In  whom  also  ye  (after  that  ye  herde  the  worde  off  trueth/ 
I  mean  the  gospell  off  youre  health/  wherin  ye  beleved)  were 
sealed  with  that  holy  sprete  off  promes/  which  is  the  ernest 
off  oure  inheritaunce/  ^'^  to  redeme  the  possession  purchased 
vnto  the  laude  of  his  glory. 

Wherfore  even  I  (after  that  I  herde  off  the  fayth  which  ye 
have  in  the  lorde  Jesu/  and  love  vnto  all  the  saynctes)  cease 
not  to  geve  thankes  for  you/  makynge  mencion  off  you  in  my 
prayers/  that  the  God  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  and  the  fa- 
ther off  glory/  myght  geve  vnto  you  the  sprete  of  wisdom/ 
and  1°  open  to  you  the  knowledge  of  hym  silfe/  and  lighten 
the  eyes  of  youre  myndes/  that  ye  myght  knowe  what 
^s  thynge  that  hope  is/  where  vnto  he  hath  called  you/  and 
^"  howe  glorious  the  riches  of  his  inheritaunce  is  apon  the 
saynctes/  and  what  is  the  excedynge  greatnes  off  his  power 
to  vs  warde/  which  beleve  accordynge  to  the  workynge  off 
that  his  mighty  power/  which  he  wrought  in  Christ/  when  he 
raysed  hym  from  deeth/  and  sett  hym  on  his  right  honde  in 
hevenly  thynges/  above  all  ^^  rule/  power/  and  myght/  and 
dominacion/  and  above  all  names  that  are  named/  nott  in  this 
worlde  only/  but  also  in  the  worlde  to  come.  And  hath  '^put 
all  things  under  his  fete/  And  -'^  hath  made  him  above  all 
thynges/  the  heed  of  the  congregacion/  which  is  his  body/  and 
fulnes  of  hym/  that  filleth  all  in  all  thynges. 


A 


JCljc  f;.  <?rj)aptcr. 

ND  hath  quickened  you  also  that  were  decdd  in  treaspasse 
and  synne/  in  the  which  in  tyme  passed  ye  walked/  ac- 


"  In    whom   also  we    are  chosen,  being  predestinate,   Gen.  Bps. 
'^  Come  to  the  inlieritanee,  Cov.  '^  Before  believed,  Cr.  Bps. 

First  trusted,  (icn.  '■•  For  tiie  recovering  ot'.  Cr.    Until  the  re- 

demption of,  Gcti.  Bps.  '•^  Revelation  through  the  knowledge  of 

liim,  Cr.  G(ti.  Bps.  '"  Is  ilie  liope  of  his  calling.  Gen.  Bps. 

'"What  the  riches  of  his  glorious  inheritance  [of  the  glory  of  his  in- 
heritance, B.],  Gen.  Bps.  ''^  Principalities,  Gen.  '^  Made  all 
things  subject  under,  etc.  Gen.  ^  Hath  appointed.  Gen.  Gave 
him  {to  be),  Bps. 


t*  tljc  H|)l)cs(.nn3.  CtlJ.  ff. 

cordynge  to  the  course  of  tliis  workle/  and  after  the  '  govcrner/ 
that  rueleth  in  the  aycr/  the  sprete  that  worketh  in  the  chil- 
dren olf  vnhelefe/  ainonge  the  which  we  also  had  oure  conver- 
sacion  in  tyme  past/  in  the  lustes  of  oure  flesshe/and  fullfiUed 
tlie  will  off  the  flesshe/  and  of  the  mynde  :  and  were  -natur- 
ally the  children  of  wrath/  even  as  wele  as  worther. 

But  God  which  is  rich  in  mercy  thorow  the  greate  love  whcr- 
with  he  loved  vs/  even  when  we  were  deed  by  synne/  hath 
cjuickened  vs  with  Christ  •*  (For  by  grace  are  ye  saved)  and 
with  hym  hath  raysed  vs  vppe/  and  with  hym  hath  made  vs 
sitte  ■*  in  heevenly  thynges/  thorowe  Jesus  Christ/  For  to  shewe 
in  ^  tymes  to  come  the  excedynge  ryches  of  his  grace/  in 
kyndiies  to  vs  vvarde/  thorowe  Christ  Jesus.  For  by  grace 
are  ye  made  safe  throwe  fayth/  and  that  not  off  youre  selves  : 
For  it  is  the  gyfte  of  God/  and  commeth  not  of  workes/  lest 
eny  man  shulde  host  hym  silfe.  For  we  are  his  worckman- 
shippe/  created  in  Christ  Jesu  vnto  good  workes/  vnto  the 
which  god  ordeyned  vs  before/  that  we  shulde  walke  in  them. 

Wherfore  remember  tliat  ye  beynge  in  tyme  passed  gentyls 
in  the  flesshe,  and  were  called  vncircumcision  off  them  which 
are  called  circumcision  in  the  flesshe/  which  circumcision  is 
made  by  hondes  :  Remember  I  saye/  that  ye  were  att  that 
tyme  with  outen  Christ/  ^  and  were  reputed  aliantes  from  the 
commen  welth  of  Israhel/  and  were  "^  freede  from  the  testamen- 
tes  of  promes/  and  had  nohope/  and  were  with  out  god  in  this 
workle.  but  nowe  ^  in  Christ  Jesu/  ye  whych  '-^  a  vvhyle  agoo 
were  farre  off/  are  made  neye  by  the  bloude  off  Christ. 

For  he  is  oure  peace/  whych  hath  made  off  both  wone/  and 
hath  broken  doune  ^'^  the  wall  in  the  myddes/  that  was  a  stoppe 
bitwene  vs/  ^^  and  hath  also  put  awaye  thorowe  his  flesshe/ 
the  cause  of  hatred  (ihatt  is  to  saye/  the  lawe  of  commaunde- 
mente/  ^-contayned  in  the  lawe  written)  for  to  make  of  twayne 
wone  newe  man  in  hym  silfe/  so  makynge  peace  :  and  to  re- 
concile bothe  vnto  god  in  one  body  throwe  his  crosse/  and 
slewe  hattred  '^thei'by  :  and  cam  and  preached  peace  to  you 

'  Prince,  Cov.  Gen.  *  By  nature,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  •*  Ry 

{ichose)  grace  ye  are  saved,  Gen.  Bjis.  *  Among  them  of  heaven, 

Cr.  '  Ages,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Being  aliauntes,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Straungers,  .'^(7  the  Vers.  ^  By  means  of,  Cr.  *  Sometime, 

Cr.  Bps.  Once,  Gen.  '"  The  wall  that  was  a  stoppe,  Cov.  T.  M. 

Cr.  TJie  titoppe  of  the  partition  wall.  Gen.  The  middle  wall  that  was 
a  stop,  Bps.  "  In  abrogating  [Taking  away,  B.]  through  his 

flesh,  the  hatred,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  "*  Which  standcth  [Contcyned, 

/?.]  in  ordinances,  Gen.  Bps.  '•'  Through  his  owne  selfe,  Cov. 

HH 


JFo.  c):cib.  SJe  ISpfstle  of  39aul 

which  were  a  farre  of/  and  to  them  that  were  neye.  For 
thorowe  hym  we  bothe  have  an  ^^  open  waye  in/  in  one  sprete 
vnto  the  father. 

Nowe  therfore  ye  are  no  moare  ^^  strangers  and  foreners : 
but  citesyns  with  the  saynctes/  and  of  the  housholde  of  god  : 
and  are  bilt  apon  the  foundacion  of  the  apostles  and  prophetes/ 
Jesus  Christ  beynge  the  heed  corner  stone/  in  whom  ^^  every 
bildynge  coupled  togedder/  groweth  vnto  an  holy  temple  in 
the  lorde/  in  whom  ye  also  are  bilt  togedder/  and  made  an 
habitacion  for  god  in  the  sprete. 

E\)t  II j.  Ctjaptcr. 

T^OR  this  cause  I  Paul  ^the  servaunt  of  Jesus  am  in  bondes/ 
-■-  For  youre  sakes  which  are  gentyls.  Yf  ye  have 
herde  of  the  ^  ministracion  of  the  grace  of  god  which  is  geven 
me  to  you  warde  :  For  by  revelacion  shewed  he  this  mistery 
vnto  me/  as  I  wrote  above  in  feawe  wordes/  wher  by/  when 
ye  rede  ye  maye  ^  knowe  myne  vnderstondynge  in  the  mis- 
tery of  Christ/  which  mistery  ^  in  tymes  passed  was  nott  open- 
ed vnto  the  sonnes  of  men  as  it  is  nowe  ^  declared  vnto  his 
holy  apostles  and  prophetes  by  the  sprete  :  that  the  gentyls 
shvdde  be  inheritours  also/  and  of  the  same  body/  and  parta- 
kers off  his  promis  that  is  in  Christ/  be  the  meanes  of  the  gos- 
pell/  wherof  I  am  made  a  minister/  by  the  gyfte  of  the  grace 
of  god  geven  vnto  me/  after  the  workynge  of  his  power. 

Vnto  me  the  lest  of  all  sayntes  is  this  grace  geven/  thatt  I 
shulde  preache  amonge  the  gentyls  the  vnseaichable  ryches 
off  Christ/  and  to  ^  geve  light  to  all  men/  that  they  myght 
knowe  what  is  the  felyshippe  of  the  mistery/  which  from  the 
begynnynge  off  the  worlde  hath  bene  hid  in  God  which  made 
all  thynges  thorowe  Jesus  Christ/  to  the  intent/  that  nowe  vnto 
'  the  ruelars  and  powers  in  ^  heven  myght  be  knowen  by  the 
congregacion  the  manyfolde  wisdom  of  god/  accordynge  to 
the  eternall  purpose/  which  he  purposed  in  Christ  Jesu  oure 

^*  Entrance,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Guests  and  strangers,   Cov. 

^8  What  buyldyng  soever  is  coupled  together,  it  groweth,  etc.  Cr.  All 
the  building,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Avi  a  prisoner  of  Jesus  Christ, 

for  you,  etc.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  [Jill  the  Vers,  omit — 'the  servant.']  *  Of- 
fice, Coc.  Dispensation,  Gen.  '  Understande  my  knowledge,  Cr. 
Bps.  *  In  other  ages.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Reveiled,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Make  all  men  see  what  is,  etc.  T.  M.  Make  cleare  unto  all  men 
what,  etc.  Gen.  Bring  to  light  to  all  men  what,  etc.  Bps.  ''  Prin- 
cipalities, Gen.            *  Heavenly  thyngs  [plMes,  G.],  Cr.  Gen. 


to  t!)c  lSpf)csfans.  <t\f.  ff(f. 

lorde/  by  whom  we  ^  are  bolde  to  drawe  neye  in  that  trust/ 
whichc  we  have  by  fayth  on  hym.  Wherfore  I  desire/  that 
ye  faynt  not  ^^  because  of  ^^  myne  adversities  which  I  suffre 
for  you  :  which  is  youre  prayse. 

For  this  cause  I  bowe  my  knees  vnto  the  father  of  oure 
lorde  Jesus  Christ/  ^^  which  is  father  over  all  thatt  ys  called 
father  In  heven  and  in  erth/  that  he  wolde  graunt  you  acord- 
ynee  to  the  ryches  of  his  glory/  thatt  ye  maye  be  strenghted 
^3  [with  myght]  by  his  sprete  m  the  inner  man/  that  Christ 
maye  dwell  in  youre  hertes  by  fayth/  that  ye  beynge  roted 
and  grounded  in  lowe/  myght  be  able  to  comprehende  wyth 
all  sayntes/  what  ys  thatt  bredth  and  length/  deepth  and  heyth  : 
and  to  knowe  i"*  what  is  the  love  off  Christ/  which  love  passeth 
knowledge :  that  ye  might  be  fulfilled  with  ^^  all  maner  off 
fulnes  which  commeth  off  God. 

Vnto  hym  that  ys  able  to  do  excedynge  aboundantly/  above 
all  that  we  axe  or  thynke/  accordynge  to  the  power  thatt  work- 
eth  in  vs/  be  prayse  in  the  congregacion  by  Jesus  Christ/ 
'^  thorowe  out  all  generacions  from  tyme  to  tyme  Amen, 

Sj&c  ffff.  (Etaptet. 

T  THERFORE  ^  which  am  in  bondes  for  the  lordes  sake 
■*■  2  exhorte  you/  thatt  ye  walke  worthy  off  the  vocation  wher 
with  ye  are  called/  in  all  humblenes  of  mynde/  and  meknes/ 
and  longe  sufferynge/  3  forbearinge  one  another  thorowe  love/ 
^  and  that  ye  be  dyligent  to  kepe  the  vnitie  of  the  sprete  in 
the  bonde  of  peace/  beynge  one  body/  and  one  sprete/  even 
as  ye  are  called  in  one  hope  of  youre  callynge.  Let  therbe 
but  one  lorde/  one  fayth/  one  baptim  :  one  god  and  father  of 
all/  whiche  is  above  all/  thorowe  all/  and  in  vs  all. 

Vnto  every  one  of  vs  is  geven  grace  acordinge  to  the  meas- 
ure of  the  gyft  of  Christ,  wherfore  he  sayth :  ^  He  is  gone 
vppe  an  hye/  and  hath  ledde  captivitie  captive/  and  hath  geven 

'Have  boldnesse  and  entrance  with  confidence  by  fayth,  etc.  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  *"  At  my  tribulations  for  you,  Gen.  Bps.  >'  My 

tribulations,  Cr.  "*  Which  is  in  erth,  that  he  wolde  graunt,  etc. 

T.M.  Of  whom  all  the  family  is  named  in  heaven,  etc.  Geri.  Bps. 
'•^  Gen.  omits.  ^*  The  excellent  love  of  the  knowledge  of  Christ, 

Cr.  '^  All  the  fulnesse  of  God,  Ge7i.  Bps.  '*  At  all  times  for- 

ever and  ever,  Cov.  Throughout  all  ages  worlde  without  ende  [all 
generations  for  ever,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  A  prisoner  in  the 

Lorde  [of  the  Lordes,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Pray,  Gen.  ^  Sup- 

porting, Gen.  *  Endeavouring  to  keepe,  Gen.  Bps.  *  When 

Jie  went  up  [ascended,  G.]  on  high,  he  ledde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFe.  cvcb.  Eiie  Hpistlc  of  i3aul 

gyftes  vnto  men.  That  he  ascended  :  what  meaneth  it/  butt 
that  he  also  descended  fyrst  into  the  lowest  parties  of  the  erth  ? 
He  that  descended/  is  even  the  same  also  that  ascended  vppe/ 
even  above  all  hevens/  ^  to  fulfill  all  thynges. 

And  ''  the  very  same/  made  some  Apostles/  some  prophetes/ 
some  Evangelistes/  some  ^Shepperdes/  some  Teachers: 
9  that  the  sainctes  might  have  all  thynges  necessary  to  worke 
and  minister  with  all/  to  the  edifyinge  of  the  body  of  Christ/ 
tyll  we  1*^  every  wone  (^^  in  the  vnitie  of  fayth/  and  knowledge 
of  the  Sonne  of  god)  [growe  vppe]  vnto  a  parfayte  man/  after 
the  measure  ^~  of  age  which  is  in  the  fulnes  ofTChrist :  Thatt  we 
hence  forth  be  no  moare  chyldren  waverynge  and  carried 
with  every  wynde  of  doctryne/  by  the  ^^  wylynes  of  men  and 
craftynes/  ^"^  wher  by  they  laye  a  wayte  for  vs  to  deceave  vs. 

Butt  lett  vs  folowe  the  trueth  in  lowe/  and  in  all  thynges 
growe  in  hym  which  is  the  heed/  that  ys  to  saye  Christ/  in 
whom  all  the  body  ys  ^^  coupled  and  knet  togedder/  in  every 
ioynt/  1^  wherewith  one  ministreth  to  another  (accordynge  to 
the  1"  operacion  as  every  parte  hath  his  measure)  and  ^^in- 
creaseth  the  body/  vnto  the  edifyinge  of  it  silfe  in  love. 

This  1  saye  therfore/  and  testifie  in  the  lorde/  that  ye  hence 
forth  walke  not  as  wother  gentyls  walke/  in  vanities  off  their 
mynde/  ^^  blynded  in  their  vnderstondynge/  beynge  straungers 
from  the  lyfe  which  is  in  god/  thorowe  the  ignorancy  that  is 
in  them/  be  cause  off  the  blyndnes  off  their  hertes  :  which  be- 
ynge past  -"  repentaunce  have  geven  them  selves  vnto  wan- 
tannes/  to  worke  all  manner  of  vnclennes  even  with  gredynes. 
But  ye  have  not  so  learned  Christ/  Yf  so  be  ye  have  herde  off 
hym/  and  are  taught  in  hym/  even  as  the  trueth  is  in  Jesu  : 
21  so  as  concernynge  the  conversation  in  tyme  past/  laye  from 

®  That  he  might  fill,  Gen.  ">  He  gave  some,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Pastours,  Gen.  ^  Whereby  the  saints  might  be  coupled  together 

by  commune  service,  Cov.  To  the  eriifyinge  of  the  saintes,  to  tlie 
work  and  ministration,  Cr.  To  the  gathering  togetlier  of  tlie  saintes, 
for  [into,  5.]  the  worke  of  the  ministrie  [of  ministration,  B.'].  Gen. 
Bps.  '°  All  come,  C.  All  meete  together, etc.  Gen.  Bps.  [C.  G.  B. 

omit — 'grow  uppe  "]  "  Unto  one  manner  of  fayth,  Cov.  '*  Of 

the  full  perfect  [the  perfect,  Cov  ]  age  of  Christ,  Cov.  Cr.  '•*  De- 

ceit, Gcji.  '■' To  the  laying  wayte  of  deceit,  By;.s.  '*  Coupled 

together,  and  one  member  hangeth  by  another  throughout  all  the 
joints,  Cov.  '®  For  the  furniture  thereof,  Gen       Yeelding  nour- 

ishment, Bps.  •''  Effectual  power  in  the  measure  of  every  part, 

Gen.  Bps  '^Maketh  that  the  body  groweth,  Co».  "Darkened 

in  their  cogitation.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Feeling,  Gen.  Bps.  *' To 

laye  downe,  accordinge  to  the  former  conversation,  Bps, 


to  tl}c  HjplKsfnns.  €"f).  b. 

you  that  olde  man/  which  is  corruptc  thorowe  the  ™  deceava- 
ble  Uistes/  and  be  ye  renued  in  the  sprete  off  yourc  myndes/ 
and  put  on  that  newe  man/  which  -•'  after  a  godly  wyse/  is 
shapen  in  rightewcsnes/  and  -'*  true  holynes.  Whcrfore  putt 
awaye  lyinge/  and  speake  eveiy  man  tructh  vnto  his  neighbour/ 
for  as  moche  as  we  are  members  one  off  another.  Be  angry/ 
but  synne  nott :  lett  nott  the  sonne  goo  doune  apon  youre 
wrathe/  geve  noplace  vnto  ^  the  backbyter/  let  hym  that  stole 
steale  no  moare/  but  let  hym  rather  laboure  ^  with  his  hondes 
some  good  thinge/  that  he  mayo  have  to  geve  vnto  hym  that 
nedeth. 

Let  no  filthy  communicacion  procede  out  of  youre  mouthes  : 
but  thatt  whych  is  good  ^'^  to  edefye  with  all/  when  necle  ys  : 
that  it  maye  -'^  have  faveour  with  the  hearcs.  And  greve  not 
the  holy  sprete  oiY  God/  by  whome  ye  are  sealed  vnto  the 
daye  of  redempcion.  Let  all  bitternes/  fearsnes  and  wrath/ 
^  roiyngc  and  cursyd  speakynge/  be  put  awaye  from  you/ 
with  all  '■^^  maliciousnes.  be  ye  courteouse  one  to  another/ 
be  31  mercifuU  forgevynge  one  another/  even  as  God  ■^^  for 
Christes  sake  forgave  you. 

STfjc  b.  djnjitrv. 

"O  E  ye  ^  counterfeters  of  god  as  dere  children/  and  walke  in 
"^  love  even  as  Christ  loved  us/  and  gave  hym  silfe  for  vs/ 
an  offerynge  and  a  sacrifyce  of  a  swete  saver  to  god.  So  that 
fornicacion/  and  all  vnclennes/  or  coveteousnes/  be  not  once/ 
named  amonge  you/  as  it  be  commeth  saynctes :  nether  filthy- 
ncs/  nether  folishe  talkyng/  nether  gestinge/  which  are  not 
comly  :  but  rather  gevynge  of  thankes.  For  tiiis  ye  knowe/ 
that  no  whormonger/  other  vnclene  person/  or  coveteous  per- 
son (which  is  the  worshipper  off  ymages)  hath  any  inheri- 
taunce  in  the  kyngdom  of  Christ/  and  of  god. 

Lett  no  man  deceave  you  with  vayne  wordes.  For  thorowe 
soche  Ihynges  commeth  the  wrath  off  god  apon  the  chyldren 
ofvnbelefe.  Be  not  therefore  companions  with  them.  Ye 
were  once  dercknes/  but  are  nowe  light  in  the  lorde. 

^'-  Lusts  of  error,  Bps.  -^  Atler  [T.  M.  adds — the  image  of]  God 

is  shapen  [created, G  ],  T.M.  Cr.  Ge.n.  Bps.  ^  True  in  holynes,  Cr. 
Holynesse  of trueth,  Bps.  ^  The  devyll,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Work- 

inge  with  his  handes  the  thing  that  is  good,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  the 

use   of  edifying.  Gen.  ^  Be  gracious  to  hear,  Cor.    Minister 

grace  unto,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *•  Crying  and  evil  speaking,  Gen, 

•"'  Noughtinesse.  ^'  Tender  hearted,  Gen.  ^*  In  Christ, 

Cov.  '  Followers,  .^11  the  Vers. 

HH* 


Walke  as  Children  of  light.  For  thefrute  off  the  sprete  is/ 
in  all  goodnes/  rightewesnes/  and  trueth.  ^  Accept  thatt  which 
is  3  pleasynge  to  the  lorde  :  and  have  no  fellishippe  with  the 
vnfrutful  workes  of  dercknes  :  but  rather  rebuke  them.  For 
it  is  shame  even  ^  to  name  those  thynges  which  are  done  of 
them  in  secrete  :  but  all  thinges/  when  they  are  rebuked  of 
the  light/  are  manifest.  For  whatsoever  is  manifest/  that  same 
is  light.  Wherfore  he  sayth  :  awake  thou  that  slepest/  and 
stond  vppe  from  deeth/  and  Christ  shall  geve  the  light. 

Take  hede  therfore  that  ye  walke  circumspectly  :  not  as 
foles  :  but  as  wyse/  ^  redemynge  the  tyme  :  for  ^  the  dayes 
are  evyll :  wherfore/  be  ye  nott  vnwyse  :  but  vnderstond  what 
the  will  of  the  lorde  is/  and  be  not  dronke  with  wyne/  wherein 
is  excesse  :  but  be  fulfilled  with  the  sprete/  speakynge  vnto 
youre  selves  in  psalmes/  and  ymmes/  and  spretuall  songes/ 
syngynge  and  ''  playinge  to  the  lorde  in  youre  hertes/  gevynge 
thankes  all  wayes  for  all  thynges  in  the  name  of  oure  lorde 
Jesu  Christ  to  god  the  father :  submittynge  youre  selves  one 
to  another  in  the  feare  of  god. 

Wemen  submit  youre  selves  vnto  youre  awne  husbandes/ 
as  vnto  the  lorde  :  For  the  husbande  is  the  wyves  heed/  even 
as  Christ  is  the  heed  off  the  congregacion/  and  the  same  is 
^  the  saveoure  ^  off  the  body.  Therfore  as  the  congregacion 
is  in  subieccion  to  Christ/  lykwyse  let  the  wyves  be  in  subiec- 
cion  to  their  husbandes  in  all  thinges.  Husbandes  love  youre 
wyves/  even  as  Christ  loved  the  congregacion/  and  gave  him 
silfe  for  it/  to  sanctifie  it/  and  clensed  it  ^'^  in  the  fountayne  of 
water  thorowe  the  worde/  ^^  to  make  it  vnto  hym  silfe/  a 
glorious  congregacion  with  oute  spote/  or  wrynckle  or  eny 
soch  thynge  :  but  that  it  shulde  be  holy  and  with  out  blame. 

So  ought  men  to  love  their  wyves/  as  their  awne  bodies. 
He  that  loveth  his  wyfe/  loveth  hym  sylfe.  For  no  man  ever 
yet/  hated  his  awne  flesshe  :  Butt  norysshith/  and  cherisith  itt : 
even  as  the  lorde  doth  the  congregacion  :  for  we  ar  members 
of  hys  body/  off  his  flesshe/  and  of  his  bones.  For  this  cause 
shall  a  man  leave  father  and  mother/  and  shall  ^-continue 
with  hys  wyfe/  and  two  shalbe  made  one  flesshe.  This  is  a 
grett  secrete/  but  I  speake  bitwene  Christ  and  the  congrega- 

*  Serchynge,  Cr.   Approving,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Acceptable,  Bps. 

*  To  speak  of,  Gen.  *  Winning  occasion,  Cov.  *  It  is  a 

miserable  time,  Cov.  ''  Making  melodic,  Jill  the  Vers.  *  He 

that  ministreth  salvation  to,  Cr.         '  Of  Lis  bodie,  Gen.  '"  With 

the  washing  of  water,  Gen.  >'  That  he  might  present,  Bps. 

'*  Cleave  unto,  Cov.  Be  joyned,  Cr.  Bps. 


to  tijc  1Sj)|)esians.  <!!rt.  bf. 

cion.  ^^  Neverthelesse  do  ye  so  that  every  one  off  you  love 
hys  wyfe  truely  even  as  hym  sylfe  :  And  lett  the  wyfe  se  that 
she  feare  her  husbande. 

E\)e  bf.  <!rj)ai)tcr. 

/^  HYLDREN  obey  youre  fathers  and  mothers  in  the  lorde  : 
for  so  is  it  right.  Honoure  father  and  mother/  that  is 
the  fyrst  commaundement  that  hath  eny  promes/  that  ^  thou 
mayest  be  in  goode  estate/  and  hve  longe  on  the  erthe.  Fa- 
thers/ move  not  youre  chyldren  to  wrath  :  butt  brynge  them 
vppe  2  with  the  norter  and  informacion  off  the  lorde.  Ser- 
vauntes  be  obedient  vnto  youre  ^  carnall  masters/  with  feare 
and  tremblynge/  in  synglenes  of  youre  hertes/  as  vnto  Christ : 
not  ^  with  service  ^  in  the  eye  sight  as  ^  men  pleasars  :  butt  as 
the  servauntes  of  Christ/  doynge  the  wyll  off  god  from  the 
herte  with  good  will/  even  as  though  ye  served  the  lorde/  and 
not  men.  And  remember  that  what  soever  good  thynge  eny 
man  doeth/  thatt  shall  he  receave  agayne  off  the  lorde/  whether 
he  be  bonde  or  fre.  And  ye  masters/  do  even  the  same 
thynges  vnto  them/  puttynge  awaye  threatenynges  :  and  re- 
member thatt  even  your  master  also  is  in  heven/  nether  is 
there  eny  respecte  off  persone  with  hym. 

Finally/  my  brethren  be  stronge  in  the  lorde/  and  in  the 
power  of  his  myght.  Put  on  the  armour  of  god/  that  ye  maye 
'''  stonde  stedfast  agaynst  the  crafty  assautes  off  the  devyll. 
For  we  wrestle  not  agaynst  flesshe  and  bloud  :  but  agaynst 
^  ruele/  agaynst  power/  and  agaynst  ^  worldly  ruelars  of  the 
darcknes  of  this  worlde/  agaynst  ^^  spretuall  wickednes  ^^  in 
hevenly  thynges. 

For  this  cause  take  vnto  you  the  armoure  off  god/  that  ye 
maye  be  able  to  resist  in  the  evyll  daye/  and  ^^to  stonde  per- 
fect in  all  thinges. 

'^  Therefore,every  one  of  yoUjrfo  j/e  so  ;  let  every  one  love, Gen. Bp5. 
'  Thou  niayst  prosper,  Cr.  Bps.  It  may  be  well  with  thee,  Gen. 
'  Through  the  doctrine,  Cr.  For  the  instruction,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Bod- 
ilye  masters,  Cr.  Bps.  Masters  according  to  the  flesh.  Gen.  *  Do- 

yng  service  to  the  eie,  Cr.  .^  To  the  eye,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  They 

that  go  about  to  please  men,  Cr.  '  Stand  [Be  able  to  stand,  G.] 

against  the  assaultS;  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Principalities,  Gen. 

^  The  rulers  of  the  world,  of  the  darkness,  etc.  Cov.  Worldly  rulers, 
even  govemours  of  the,ctc.  Cr.  The  worldly  governours  [G.  adds — 
the  prinrcs]  of  the   dnrkness,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  The  spirit  of 

wickedness^,  Cop.    Spirittial  craftinesse,  Cr.  "  Under  the  heven, 

Cov.  For  hevenly  things,  T.  M.  In  the  hie  places.  Gen.  In  heaven- 
ly places,  Bps.  '*  Having  finished  all  things,  stand  fast,  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  cpcbff.  B't)t  Hpistle  to  tf)c  Epijcsijnns. 

Stonde  therfore  and  youre  loynes  gyrd  aboute  with  veritie/ 
havyngc  on  the  brest  plate  of  rightewesnes/  and  ^^  shood  with 
shewes  prepared  by  the  gospell  of  peace.  Above  all  take  to 
you  the  shelde  off  fayth/  wherwith  ye  maye  qiienche  all  the 
fyrie  dartes  of  the  wicked,  and  take  the  helmet  off  heelth/  and 
the  swearde  of  the  sprete/  which  is  the  worde  of  god/  and 
praye  all  wayes  with  all  manner  prayer  and  supplicacion  :  and 
that  in  the  sprete  :  and  watch  thervnto  with  all  ^'*  instance  and 
supplicacion  for  all  saynctes/  and  for  me  that  vtteraunce  maye 
be  geven  vnto  me/  that  I  maye  open  my  mought  boldly/  to 
^^vtter  the  secretes  of  the  gospell/  wher  of  I  am  ^^a  messen- 
ger in  bondes/  that  there  in  I  maye  speake  ^^  frely/  as  it  be- 
commeth  me  to  speake. 

But  that  ye  maye  also  knowe  ^^  what  condicion  I  am  in/ 
and  what  I  do/  Tichicus  my  deare  brother  and  faythfull  min- 
ister in  the  lorde/  shall  shewe  you  off  all  thynges/  whom  1 
sent  vnto  you  for  the  same  purpose/  that  ye  myght  knowe 
^^  what  case  I  stonde  in/  and  that  he  myght  comfort  youre 
hertes. 

Peace  be  with  the  brethren/  and  love  with  fayth  from  god  the 

father/  and  from  the  lorde  Jesu  Christ.     Grace  be  with 

all  them  which  love  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ 

^7  in  puernes/  Amen. 


Sent  from  Rome  vnto  the  Ephe- 
syans  by  Tichicus. 

'^  Shod  upon  your  fete  with  the  gospel  of  peace,  that  ye  may  he 
prepared,  Coc.  And  having  shoes  on  your  fete,  that  ye  may  he  pre- 
pared for.  etc.  Cr.  Your  feete  sJiod  with  the  preparation  of, etc.  Cun. 
Bps.  '■•  Perseverance,  Gen.  '^  Publisli  .  .  the  ambassadour 

.  .  boldly,  Gen.  '*  My  affairs.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  Unfaynedlv,  Coc. 

In  sinceritie,  Cr.  Bps.  To  their  immortalitic.  Gen. 


nicotic  of  JJaul  to  tin  mMUpm^nn, 


m)t  (ijrst  <K!japtcr. 

^|5^2E2L  and  Timotheus  the  servauntes  of  Jesu  Christ. 
nlr  To  all  ^  [the  saynctes  in  Christ  Jesu]  which  are  at  Phi- 
lippos/  with  the  bisshaps/  and  ~  deacons. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christe. 

I  thanke  my  god  ^  with  all  remembraunce  off  you/  all  wayes 
in  my  prayers  for  you  all/  and  praye  with  gladnes/  be  cause 
of  the  fellowship  which  ye  have  in  the  gospell  from  the  fyrst 
daye  vnto  nowe/  and  am  ■*  suerly  certified  off  this/  that  he 
which  began  a  god  worke  in  you  shall  performe  it  vntill  the 
daye  off  Jesus  Christ/  as  it  becommeth  me  so  to  iudge  off  you 
all/  because  I  have  you  ^  in  my  herte/  ^  and  have  you  also 
every  one  companions  off  grace  with  me/  even  in  my  bondes 
as  I  defende/  and  stablisshe  the  gospell. 

God  beareth  me  recorde  howe  greatly  I  longe  after  you  all 
'''  from  the  very  herte  rote  in  Jesus  Christ.  And  this  I  praye/ 
that  youre  love  maye  increase  more  and  more  in  knowledge/ 
and  in  all  ^  fealynge/  that  ye  myght  ^  accepte  thinges  most 
excellent/  that  ye  myght  be  pure  and  I'^soche  as  shulde  hurte 
nomannes  conscience/  vntill  the  daye  of  Christ/  filled  with  the 
frutes  of  rightewesnes/  which  frutes  come  by  Jesus  Christ  vn- 
to the  glory  and  laude  of  GJod. 

'  Cov.  omits.  2  Ministers,  Cor.  ^  As  oft  as  I  remember 

you  (which  I  always  do)  in  all  my  prayers,  etc.  Cov.  Having  you  in 
perfect  memorie.  Gen.  ■'Persuaded,  Gen.  Bjys.  *  In  my  heart 

and  in  my  bondes  [In  remembrance  that  both  in  my  bandes,  and,  G.] 
in  the  defence  and  confirmation,  etc.  ye  all  were  [all  being,  B.]  par- 
takers of  my  grace,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Forasmuch  as  ye  are  all,  etc.  Cr. 
'  In  the  bowels  of,  Bps.  *  Experience,  Cov.  Understanding,  Cr. 
Bps.  Judgement,  Gen.  *  Prove  what  is  best,  Cov.  Discern  things 
that  differ.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  Such  as  offende  no  man,  Cr.  Without 
offence,  Gen.  Bps, 


Sfo.  cj:cbfff.  e:i)c  Hpfstle  of  ^aul 

I  wolde  ye  vnderstode  brethern  that  i^  my  busynes  is  hap- 
pened vnto  the  gretter  furtherynge  off  the  gospell.  So  that 
my  bondes  in  Christ  are  ^'^  manifest  thorowe  out  all  the  iudge- 
ment  hall :  and  in  all  wother  places/  in  so  moche  that  many 
off  the  brethren  in  the  lorde  ^^  are  boldned  thorowe  my  bondes/ 
and  dare  more  '**  largely  speake  the  worde  ^^  [without  feare.] 
Some  there  are  which  preache  Christ  of  envie  and  stryfe/  and 
some  off  good  will.  The  one  parte  preacheth  Christ  off 
1''  stryfe/  and  not  purely/  supposynge  to  adde  more  ^"^  adversi- 
tie  to  my  bondes.  The  wother  parte  of  love/  be  cause  they 
se  that  1^  I  am  sett  to  defend  the  gospell. 

19  What  thinge  is  this  ?  ^o  Notwithstondynge  by  all  maner 
wayse/  whether  it  be  ^^  by  occasion  or  ^^  of  trueth/  yet  Christ 
is  preached  :  and  therefore  I  ioye.  Yee  and  will  ioye.  For 
I  knowe  that  this  shalbe  for  my  health/  thorowe  youre  prayer/ 
and  23  ministringe  of  the  sprete  of  Jesu  Christ/  as  I  hertely 
loke  fore  and  hope/  that  in  nothinge  I  shall  be  ashamed  :  but 
that  with  all  confidence/  as  all  wayes  in  tymes  past/  even  soo 
nowe  Christ  shalbe  magnified  in  my  body/  whether  it  be 
thorowe  lyfe/  or  els  deeth.  For  Christ  is  in  me  ^'♦lyfe/  and 
deeth  is  to  me  avauntage. 

25  Yf  it  chaunce  me  to  live  in  the  flesshe/  that  is  to  me  frut- 
fuU  forto  worke/  and  what  to  chose  I  wote  not.  ^6  j  am  con- 
strayned  of  two  thynges  :  ^v  I  desyre  to  be  lowsed/  and  to  be 
with  Christ/  which  thinge  is  best  of  all.  Neverthelesse  to 
abyde  in  the  flesshe  is  moare  nedfull  for  you.  And  this  am  I 
sure  of/  that  I  shall  abyde/  and  with  you  all  continue/  for  the 
furtherence  and  ioye  of  youre  fayth/  that  ye  may  moare 
aboundantly  reioyce  in  Jesus  Christ  thorowe  me/  by  my  com- 
mynge  to  you  agayne. 

Only  let  your  conversacion  be/  as  it  be  commeth  the  gos- 


"  The  thingcs   which  came  [happened,  C]  unto  me,  have  turned 
[chaunged,  C.  come,  B.]  to  the,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps-  '*  Famous, 

Gen.  '^  Being  encouraged,  Cr.  Bps.  >•»  Boldly,  Cr.  Frank- 

ly, Gen.    Plentifully,  Bps.  '^  Gen.  omits.  >*  Contention,  Gen. 

"  Affliction,  Gen.  Bps.  '»  I  lie  here,  Cov.  '^  What  then.^* 

All  the  Vers.  ''^  So  that  Christ  be  preached,  all  [any,  JB.]  maner 

wayes,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  ^'  Under  a  pretence  or  sincerely  [by  truth, 
B.],  Gen.  Bps.  22  of  true  meaning,  Cav.  T.  M.  Cr.  ^  By  the 

helpe  of.  Gen.  ^  Both  in  life  and  in  death  advantage.  Gen. 

^  But  inasmuch  as  to  live  in  the  flesh  is  fruitful  to  me,  Cov.  And 
whether  to  live,  etc.  were  profitable  for  me  [this  be  the  fruit  of  ray  la- 
boure,  Z?.],  Gen.  Bps.  ^  For  both  these  thmgs  lie  hard  upon  me,  etc. 
Cov.  I  am  greatly  in  doubt  on  both  sides.  Gen.  I  am  in  a  straight 
betwixt  two,  Bps.  ^  Having  a  desire  to  depart,  Bps. 


to  ti)c  331)fllippi)<ins.  eri).  ff. 

pell  of  Christ :  that  whether  I  come  and  se  you/  or  els  be 
absent/  I  maye  yet  heare  of  ^8  you/  that  ye  continue  in  one 
sprete/  and  in  one  soule  ^  labouryng  as  we  do  to  mayntayne 
the  fayth  of  the  gospell/  and  in  nothynge  fearynge  youre  ad- 
versaries :  which  is  to  them  a  token  of  perdicion/  and  to  you 
a  signe  of  health/  and  that  of  god  For  vnto  you  it  is  geven/ 
that  not  only  ye  shulde  beleve  on  Christ :  but  also  suffre  for 
his  sake/  and  have  even  the  same  fyght  which  ye  sawe  me 
have  and  nowe  heare  of  me. 

STije  f).  (HCIjaptrv. 

TF  there  be  amonge  you  eny  consolacion  in  Christ/  yf  there 
be  eny  i  comfortable  love/  yf  there  be  eny  fellishippe  of 
the  sprete/  ytf  there  be  eny  compassion  ^  on  mercy/  fulfill  my 
ioye/  that  ye  ^  drawe  one  waye/  havynge  one  love/  beynge  of 
one  acorde/  and  of  one  mynde/  that  nothynge  bedone  thorowe 
stryfe  or  vayne  glory/  but  in  mcknes  of  mynde.  Let  every 
person  thynke  every  other  man  better  then  hym  silfe/  '*  so  that 
ye  considre  every  man/  not  what  is  in  hym  silfe  :  But  what  is 
in  wother  men. 

Let  the  same  mynde  be  in  you  the  which  was  in  Christ 
Jesu  :  Which  beynge  in  the  ^  shape  off  god/  and  thought  it 
not  robbery  to  be  equall  with  god.  Neverthelesse  he  made 
hym  silfe  of  no  reputacion/  and  toke  on  hym  the  ^  shape  of  a 
servaunte/  and  ^  became  lyke  vnto  men/  and  was  founde  in 
'  his  aparell  as  a  man.  He  humbled  hym  silfe  and  becam 
obedient  vnto  the  deeth/  even  the  deeth  of  the  crosse.  Wher- 
fore  God  hath  exalted  hym/  and  geven  hym  a  name  above 
all  names  :  that  in  the  name  off  Jesus  shulde  every  knee  bowe/ 
both  of  thynges  in  heven/  and  thynges  in  erth  and  thynges 
vnder  erth/  and  that  all  tonges  shulde  confesse  that  Jesus 
Christ  is  the  lorde  vnto  the  prayse  of  god  the  father. 

Wherfore  my  dearly  beloved/  as  ye  have  always  obeyed/ 
not  when  I  was  present  only/  but  nowe  moche  more  in  myn 
absence/  even  so  ^performe  youre  owne  health  with  feare 

^  Your  condition,  Cr.  Your  matters,  Gen.  Bps.  *'  Fighting 

together  through  the  fayth,  etc.  Gen.    Holding  together  in  defence 
of  the  fayth,  Bps.  '  Comfort  of  love,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  'Of  mer- 

cy, T.  Jit.  Or  mercy,  Tav.    And  mercy.  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Be  lyke 

minded,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Look  not  every  man  on  his  own  things, 

and  every  man  also  on  the  things  of  others,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Form, 

Gen.  Bps.  ®  Was  made  Ij'ke  unto  [in  the  likeness  of,  B.],  Gen. 

Bps.  '  Shape,  Gen.   Figure,  Bps.  *  Worke  out  [Make  an 

ende  of,  G.]  youre  owne  salvation,  etc.  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  t^ci^.  E])e  Hpfstle  off  33aul 

and  trembly nge.  For  it  is  god  which  worketh  in  you/  both 
^  the  will  and  also  the  dede/  even  of  ^'^  good  will. 

Do  all  thynge  with  out  murmuiynge  and  ^^  disputynge/  that 
ye  maye  be  ^^faute  lesse/  and  pure/  and  the  sonnes  of  God/ 
with  out  rebuke/  in  the  middes  of  a  ^^  croked/  and  a  perverse 
nacion/  amonge  which  ^'*  se  that  ye  shyne  as  lightes  in  the 
worlde/  ^^  holdinge  fast  the  worde  of  lyfe/  vnto  my  reioysynge 
in  the  daye  of  Christ/  that  I  have  not  runne  in  vayne/  nether 
have  labored  in  vayne.  Yee  and  though  I  be  offered  vppe  on 
^^  youre  sacrifice  and.  youre  servinge  of  god  in  the  fayth  :  I 
1"  reioyce  with  you  all.  For  the  same  cause  also/  ^''  reioyce 
ye/  and  reioyce  ye  with  me. 

I  trust  in  the  lorde  Jesus  forto  sende  Timotheus  shortly/  vn- 
to you/  that  I  also  maye  be  off  good  comforte/  when  I  knowe 
^®  what  case  ye  stonde  in.  For  I  have  no  man  that  is  so  lyke 
mynded  to  me/  ^^  which  with  so  pure  affeccion  careth  for 
youre  matters.  For  all  wother  seke  their  awne/  and  not  that 
which  is  Jesus  Christes.  Ye  knowe  the  proffe  of  hym/  howe 
that  as  a  sonne  with  the  father/  -^  so  with  me  bestowed  he  his 
labour  apon  the  gospell.  Hym  trust  I  to  sende  as  sone  as  I 
knowe  ^i  howe  it  will  go  with  me.  1  trust  in  the  lorde  that  I 
also  my  silfe  shall  come  shortly. 

I  supposed  it  necessary  to  sende  brother  Epaphroditus  vnto 
vou/  my  companion  in  laboure  and  felowesodier/  youre 
^^  Apostle/  and  '-^  my  minister  at  my  nedes.  For  he  longed 
after  you/  and  was  full  off  hevines/  be  cause  that  ye  had  herde 
saye  that  he  ^"^  shulde  be  sicke/  and  no  doute  he  was  sicke/ 
and  that  neye  vnto  deeth/  but  god  had  mercy  on  hym :  not 
on  hym  only/  but  on  me  also/  lest  I  shulde  have  had  sorowe 
opon  sorowe. 

I  sent  hym  therfore  the  ^sdiligentliar/  that  when  ye  shulde 
se  hym/  ye  myght  reioyce  agayne/  and  I  myght  be  the  lesse 
sorowfull.     Receave  hym  therfore  in  the  lorde  with  all  glad- 

*  To  will  and  to  do,  Bps.         "*  His  good  pleasure,  Gen.  "  Rea- 

sonings, Gen.  ''  Such  as  no  man  can  complain  on  :  and  un- 

fayned  sonnes  of  God,  Cr.  '•*  iNaughtie  and  crooked,  Geji. 

'*  Ye  shine,  Ge/i.  Shine  ye,  Bps.  '■>  Holding- foorth,  Ge«.  ^*The 
offering  and  sacrifice  [The  sacrifice  and  service,  G.  B.]  of  j'our  fayth, 
^itl  the.  Vers.  "  1  am  glad  .  .  be  ye  glad,  Gc7i.  *^  Your  state, 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  Who  will  faithfully  [naturally,  B.]  care.  Gen.  Bps. 

^  He  hath  served  with  me  in.  Gen.  Bps.  *'  My  stale,  Bps. 

'^  Messenger,  Gen.  ^■^  Which  ministered  unto  me  at  nede  [such 

things  as  f  wanted,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  *^  Had  been,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

^  More  diligently,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


to  t!)c  33l)fllipp5ans.  ©I),  if  j. 

nes/  and  make  moche  off  soche  :  be  cause  that  for  the  worke 
off  Christ  26  [he  went  so  farre/  that]  he  was  nye  vnto  deeth/ 
and  regarded  not  his  lyfe/  to  fulfill  that  service  which  was 
lakynge  on  youre  parte  towarde  me. 

5ri)e  fX).  (E|)apter. 

TiTOROVER  brethren  myne/  reioyce  in  the  lorde/  It  gre- 
■^  -*■  veth  me  not  to  write  ^  the  very  same  thynges  vnto  you. 
For  to  you  it  is  asure  thynge.  Beware  of  dogges/  beware  off 
evyll  workers  Beware  of  ^  dissencion  :  For  we  are  circum- 
cision which  worshippe  god  in  the  sprete/  and  reioyce  in 
Christ  Jesu/  and  have  no  confidence  in  the  flesshe :  though 
I  ^  have  wher  off  I  myght  reioyce  in  the  flesshe.  Yf  eny 
worther  man  thynketh  that  he  hath  wer  off  he  myght  trust  in 
the  flesshe  :  moche  moare  I :  circumcised  the  eyght  daye/ 
offthekyndred  offlsrahell/  off  the  try  be  ofBeniamynan  Ebrue 
borne  of  the  Ebrues :  as  concernynge  the  lawe/  a  pharisaye/  and 
as  concernynge  "*  ferventnesi  persecuted  the  congregacion/  and 
as  touchynge  the  rightewesnes  which  is  in  the  lawe  I  was  ^  soche 
a  won  as  no  man  coulde  complayne  on. 

But  the  thynges  that  were  ^  wynnynge  vnto  me  I  counted 
losse  for  Christes  sake.  Ye  I  thynke  all  thynges  but  losse 
for  "^  that  excellent  knowledges  sake  of  Christ  Jesu  my  lorde  : 
For  whom  I  have  counted  all  thynge  losse/  and  do  iudge  them 
but  donge/  that  I  myght  wynne  Christ/  and  myght  be  founde 
in  hym/  nott  havynge  myne  awne  rightewesnes  which  is  off 
the  lawe  :  But  that  which  spryngeth  off  the  ffayth  which  is 
in  Christ.  I  mean  the  rightewesnes  which  commeth  of  God 
throwe  fayth  ^  in  knowynge  hym/  and  the  ^  vertue  of  his  re- 
surreccion/  and  the  fellowshippe  of  his  ^^  passions/  that  I  myght 
be  conformable  vnto  his  deeth/  yf  by  eny  meanes  I  myght  at- 
tayne  vnto  the  resurreccion  from  deeth. 

Not  as  though  I  had  all  redy  ^^  receaved  it/  other  were  all 
redy  parfect :  but  I  folowe/  yf  that  I  maye  comprehende  that/ 
12  wherin  I  am  comprehended  of  Christ  Jesu.    Brethren  I  counte 

^^  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '  One  thing  often,  Cr.  The  same  things  of- 

ten, Bps.  2  The  concision,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Might  also  have  con- 

fidence, Gen.  Bps.  *  Zeal,  Gen.  ^  Unrebukeable,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Blamelesse,  Bps.  *  Vauntage,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The 
excellency  of  the  knowledge,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  That  I  maye  knowe, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  »  Power,  Bps.  '»  Afflictions,  Gen.  "  At- 

tayned,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  G.  B.  vs.  13.]  "  For  whose 

sake  also  I  am,  Gen. 

II 


ptt.  cc.  Ef}e  Epistle  of  3^aul 

not  my  silfe  that  I  have  gotten  it :  but  one  thynge  ^^  I  saye : 
I  forget  that  which  is  behynde  me/  and  i"*  stretche  my  silfe 
vnto  that  which  is  before  me  and  '^  preace  vnto  to  the  mark 
apoynted/  to  obtayne  the  rewarde  of  the  hye  callynge  of  God 
in  Christ  Jesu.  Let  vs  therfore  as  many  as  be  perfect  be  thus 
wyse  mynded  :  and  yf  ye  be  wother  wyse  minded/  ^^  I  praye 
God  open  even  this  vnto  you.  Neverthelesse  in  that  where 
vnto  we  are  come/  let  vs  precede  by  one  rule/  that  we  maye 
^"^  be  off  one  acorde. 

Brethren  counterfayte  me/  and  loke  on  them  which  walke 
even  so/  as  ye  have  vs  for  an  ensample.  For  many  walke 
(off  whom  I  have  tolde  you  often/  and  nowe  tell  you  wepynge) 
that  they  are  the  enemyes  off  the  crosse  off  Christ/  whose 
ende  is  dampnacion/  whose  God  is  their  bely  ^^  and  glory  to 
their  shame/  which  i^  are  worldely  mynded.  But  oure  con- 
versacion  is  in  heven/  from  whence  we  loke  for  the  saveour 
20  Jesus  Christ/  which  shall  chaunge  into  another  fassion  oure 
vile  bodies/  that  they  maye  be  fassioned  lyke  vnto  his  glorious 
body/  acordynge  to  the  workynge  wherby  he  is  able  to  sub- 
due all  thinges  vnto  hym  silfe. 


ffii)e  ffff.  ©ijapter. 

TJERFORE  brethren  dearly  beloved  and  longed  for/  my 
■*■-■■  ioye  and  croune/  so  continue  ^  beloved  in  the  lorde.  I 
praye  Evodias/  and  beseche  Sintiches  that  they  be  of  one 
acorde  in  the  lorde.  Yee  and  I  beseche  the  faythfuU  yock- 
felowe/  helpe  the  wemen  which  labored  with  me  in  the  gos- 
pell/  and  with  Clement  also/  and  with  wother  my  labour  fel- 
owes/  whose  names  are  in  the  boke  off  lyfe.  Reioyce  in  the 
lorde  alwaye/  and  agayne  I  saye  reioyce.  Lette  youre  ^  soft- 
enes  be  knowen  vnto  all  men.  The  lorde  is  even  at  honde. 
Be  ^  nott  carfuU  :  butt  in  all  thynges  ^  shewe  youre  peticion 

"  I  do,  Gen.  '^  Endeavour,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  (Accord- 

inge  to  the  mark  appointed),  I  preaseto  the  rewarde,  Cr.  Follow  hard 
rPreasse,  B.]  towarde  the  raarke  for  the  prize  of  the,  etc.  Gen.  Bps. 
^  God  shall  reveile  [open,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Minde  one  thing. 

Gen.  '^  Whose  glory  is,  T.  M.  Gen.  "Minde  earthly  things. 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  Ml  the  Vers,  add — even  the  Lord.  '  In  the  Lorde, 
ye  beloved,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Patient  minde,  Gen.  Bps. 

3  Carefull  for  nothing,  Cr.  Bps.  Nothing  carefull.  Gen.  *  Let 

your  petition  be  many  fast,  Cr.  Bps.  Let  your  requests  be  shewed, 
Gen. 


to  tije  J)l)i'llfi)p»ans.  CI),  ffff. 

vnto  god  in  prayer  and  suplecaciou  with  gevynge  of  thankes. 
and  the  peace  off  god  which  passcth  all  vnderstondynge  ^kepe 
youre  hertes/  and  myndes  in  Christ  Jesu. 

Furthermore  brethren/  whatsoever  thyngesare  true/  whatso- 
ever thynges  are  honest/  whatsoever  thynges  are  iust/  what- 
soever thynges  are  pure/  whatsoever  thynges  pertayne  to 
love/  whatsoever  thinges  are  off  honest  reporte/  yff  there  be 
^  eny  verteous  thynges  yf  there  be  ^  eny  laudable  thynge/ 
^  those  same  have  ye  in  youre  mynde/  which  ye  have  both 
learned  and  receaved/  herde  and  also  sene  in  me :  those 
thynges  do/  and  the  god  of  peace  shalbe  with  you.  I  reioysed 
in  the  lorde  greatly/  that  nowe  at  the  last  ye  are  revived  9  and 
are  wexed  myndfull  of  me  agayne  in  that  whein  ye  were 
also  myndfull/  but  ye  lacked  aportunitie.  I  speake  not  be 
cause  of  necessitie/  For  I  have  learned  in  whatsoever  estate 
I  am/  therwith  to  be  content.  ^^  I  can  both  cast  doune  my 
silfe/  I  can  also  excede.  Every  where/  and  in  all  thynges  I 
am  instructed/  both  to  be  full/  and  to  be  hongry  :  ^^  to  have 
plenty/  and  to  suffre  nede.  I  can  do  all  thynges  thorow 
^2  [the  helpe  off]  Christ/  which  strengtheth  me.  Nott  wistond- 
ynge  ye  have  wele  done/  that  ye  ^^  bare  parte  with  me  in  my 
tribulacion. 

Ye  {,1  of  Phillippos  knowe  that  in  the  begynnynge  of  the 
gospell/  when  I  departed  from  Macedonia/  no  congregacion 
^5  bare  parte  with  me  as  concernynge  gevynge  and  receavynge 
but  ye  only.  For  when  I  was  in  Tessalonica/  ye  sent  once/ 
and  afterwarde  agayne/  vnto  my  i^  nedes :  nott  that  I  desyre 
1"  aboundant  frute  on  youre  parte.  I  receaved  all/  and  have 
plentie.  I  was  even  filled  after  that  I  had  receaved  of  Epa- 
phroditus/  that  which  cam  from  you/  an  odour  ^^  that  smelleth 
swete/  a  sacrifice  accepted  and  plesaunt  to  God.     My  god 

5  Shall  preserve,  Gen.   Shall  keepe,  Bps.  ^  Any  virtue,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  'Any  praise,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.     Cr.  adds — (oflearnynge.) 

^  Thinke  on  these  things.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Again  to  care  for  me,  where- 
in ye  also  were  carefull,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Again  to  care  for  me,  where- 
in notwithstanding  ye  were  carefull.  Gen.  '"  I  can  be  low  and 
I  can  be  high,  Cov.  I  knowe  how  to  be  lowe  and  I  knowe  howe  to 
exceede,  Cr.  Bps.  I  can  be  abased  and  1  can  abound,  Gen.  "  To 
abounde  and  to  have  want.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Cr.  Bps.  omit.  '■^  Did 
communicate  to  my  atfliction.  Gen.  Bps.  '''Phillippians,  Gen. 
Bps.  '^Communicated,  Gfw.  i?/>s.  '^Necessitie,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.  "  Fruit  that  it  be  abundant  in  your  reckoning,  Cov.  The 
fruite  which  may  further  your  reckoning.  Gen.  Fruit  abounding  to 
your  account,  Bps.            '*  Of  a  sweet  smell,  Cr.  Bps. 


jFo.  tcj.  ?ri)e  3Spfstle  to  ti)e  ^1)illfijpsans. 

19  fulfill  all  youre  nedes  thorowe  his  ~°  glorious  ryches  in  Jesu 
Christ. 

Vnto  God  and  oure  father  be  prayse  for  ever  more  Amen. 

Salute  all  the  sanctes  in  Christ  Jesu.     The  brethren 

which  are  with  me  grete  you.     All  the  sanctes 

salute  you.    and  most  of  all  they  which  are 

of  21  the  Emperours  housholde.   The 

grace  off  oure  lorde  Jesu  Christ 

be  with  you  all  Amen. 


Sent  from  Rome  by  Epaphroditus. 

>9  Shall  supplye  [fulfill,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  »  Riches  with 

[in,  B.]  glory,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Cesars,  Gen.  Bps. 


JJt^tlc  Oft  JJaul  ^nto  tlie  Qtolomm^x^* 


|^2SiL  an  Apostle  ofF  Jesu  Christ  by  the  will  of  god/ 
and  brother  Timotheus. 

To  the  sayntes  which  are  at  Colossa  :  and  ^  brethren  that 
beleve  in  Christ. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  god  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

We  geve  thankes  to  god  the  father  of  our  lorde  Jesus  Christ 
alwayes  for  you  in  oure  prayers/  sence  we  herde  of  your  fayth 
which  ye  have  in  Christ  Jesu :  and  of  the  love  which  ye 
beare  to  all  sayntes  for  the  hopes  sake  which  is  layde  vppe  in 
store  for  you  in  heven/  of  which  hope  ye  have  herde  ~  by  the 
true  worde  oif  the  gospell/  which  is  come  vnto  you/  even  as  it 
is  in  to  all  the  world/  and  is  fruitfuU  as  it  is  amonge  you/  from 
the  fyrst  daye  in  the  which  ye  herde  of  it/  and  ^  had  experi- 
ence of  the  grace  of  god  in  the  trueth/  as  ye  learned  of  Ei)a- 
phra/  oure  deare  felowe  servaunt/  which  is  for  you  a  faythfuU 
minister  in  Christ/  which  also  declared  vnto  vs  your  love/ 
■*  [which  ye  have]  in  the  sprete. 

For  this  cause  we  also/  sence  the  day  we  herde  of  hit  have 
not  ceasyd  prayinge  for  you/  and  desirynge  that  ye  myght  be 
fulfilled  with  the  knowledge  of  his  will/  in  all  wisdom  and 
spretuall  vnderstondynge/  that  ye  might  walke  worthy  of  the 
lorde  ^  in  all  thynges  that  please/  beynge  frutfuU  in  all  good 
workes  and  encreasynge  in  the  knowledge  of  God  strenglhed 

'  Faitliful  brethren  in  Christe,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  By  the  worde  of 

truth  w/tich  is  the  Gospell,  Gen.    Before  in  the  worde  of  truth  of  the 
tlospell.  Bps.  3  Truely  knewe  the  grace  of  God  in  truth,  Bps. 

^  Bps.  omits.         5  That  in  all  thin^es  yo  may  please,  Cr.  To  [And,  G.] 
please  him  in  al  thinges,  Cov.   Gen.    In  all  pleasing,  Bps. 


II 


* 


^0.  ccff.  EU  iSpfstIc  off  H^aul 

with  all  myghl/  throwe  hys  glorious  power/  vnto  all  pacience/ 
and  longe  sufferynge/  with  ioyfulnes/  gevynge  thankes  unto 
the  father  which  hath  made  vs  mete  to  be  part  takers  of  the 
enheritaunce  of  saynctes  in  the  light. 

which  hath  delivered  vs  from  the  power  of  dercknes/  and 
hath  translated  vs  in  to  the  kyngdom  of  his  dere  sonne/  in 
whom  we  have  redempcion  thorowe  his  bloud/  that  is  to  saye 
forgevenes  of  sinnes/  which  is  the  ymage  of  the  invisible  god/ 
6  fyrst  begotten  "^  before  all  creatures :  for  by  him  were  all 
thynges  created/  thynges  that  are  in  heaven/  and  thynges  that 
are  in  erth  :  thynges  visible/  and  thynges  invisible :  whether 
they  be  ^  maieste  or  lordshippe/  other  rule  or  power.  All 
thinges  are  created  by  hym/  and  ^  in  him/  and  he  is  before  all 
thynges/  ^^  [and  in  hym  all  thynges  ^^have  there  beynge.] 

And  he  is  the  heed  of  the  body/  that  is  to  wit  of  the  congre- 
gacion/  he  is  the  begynnynge  and  fyrst  begotten  of  the  deed/ 
that  in  all  thynges  he  might  have  the  preeminence.  For  it 
pleased  the  father  that  in  hym  shulde  all  fulnes  dwell/  and  by 
him  to  reconcile  all  thj^nge  vnto  hynj  silfe/  ^^  and  to  set  at  peace 
by  him  throw  the  bloud  of  his  crosse  both  thynges  in  heven 
and  thynges  in  erth. 

And  you  (which  were  in  tymes  past  ^^straungers/  and  eny- 
mes/  ^'^  be  cause  youre  myndes  were  set  in  evyll  workes)  hath 
he  now  reconciled  in  the  body  of  his  flesshe  thorowe  deeth/  to 
make  you  holy/  and  ^^  soche  as  no  man  coulde  complayne  on/ 
and  with  out  faut  in  his  awne  sight/  yf  ye  continue  grounded 
and  stablysshed  in  the  faith/  and  be  not  moved  awaye  from  the 
hope  of  the  gospel/  whereof  ye  have  herde/  ^^  howe  that  it  is 
preached  amonge  all  creatures/  which  are  under  heven/  wher 
of  I  Paul  am  made  a  minister. 

Nowe  ioye  I  in  my  ^"^  passions  which  I  suffre  for  you/  and 
fulfill  ^^that  which  is  behynde  off  the  affliccions  off  Christ  in 
my  flesshe  for  his  boddies  sake/  which  is  the  congregacion/ 
wher  of  am  I  made  a  minister  acordynge  to  the  ^^  ordinaunce 
of  god/  which  ordinaunce  was  given  me  vnto  you  warde/  to 

^  The  first  borne  of,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ''Of  all creatuTes,  T.  M.  Or. 
®  Thrones  or  dominions  or  principalities,  Oen.  ^  For,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.         '°  Cr.  omits,  ''  Consiste,  Gen.  Bps.  ^~  Whether  they 

be  thinges  on  earth  or  in  lieaven,  that  throwii-h  tlie  blood  on  his  cross 
he  might  make  peace  even  throngh  his  awne  selfe,  Cov.  '■'  Farre 

off,  Cr.  >■'  By  cogitation  in  evill  workes,  Bps.  '*  Unblame- 

able,  Ml  the  Vers.  '^  And  which  hath  been  preached.  Gen. 

'7  Sufferings  [T.  M.  adds— which  I  suffer],  Jill  the  Vers.  '»  The 

rest  of  the,  etc.  Gen.  "  Dispensation  of  God  which  is  given  me, 

Gen.  Bps. 


to  t1)c  (5"oloss»ans.  (Kl).  ff. 

fulfill  the  worde  of  god/  that  misteiy  hid  sence  the  world  be- 
gan/ and  20  sence  the  begynnynge  ^^  of  generacions :  Butnowe 
is  opened  to  his  saynctes/  to  whom  god  wolde  make  knowen 
-2  the  glorious  riches  of  his  mistery  amonge  the  gentyls/  which 
riches  is  Christ  in  you/  the  hope  of  glory/  whom  we  preach 

23  warnynge  all  men/  and  teachynge  all  men  in  all  wisdom/ 

24  to  make  all  men  parfait  in  Christ  Jesu  :  Wherin  I  also  labour 
and  stryve/  ^^even  as  farforth  as  hys  ^  workynge  worketh  in 
me  myghtely. 

©tie  secottbe  (itl^apter. 

r  WOLDE  ye  knewe  what  fyghting  I  have  for  youre  sakes 
■*-  and  for  themof  Ladicia/  and  for  as  many  as  have  not  sene 
my  '  parson  in  the  flesshe/  that  their  hertes  myght  be  com- 
forted and  knet  togedder  in  love/  and  in  all  riches  ~  of  full  vn- 
derstondynge/  ^  for  to  knowe  the  misteiy  off  God  ■*  the  father 
and  of  Christ  in  whom  are  hid  all  the  treasures  of  wisdom  and 
knowledge.  This  I  saye  lest  eny  man  shulde  begylde  you 
with  ^entysynge  wordes.  For  though  I  be  absent  in  the 
flesshe/  yet  am  I  present  with  you  in  the  sprete  ioyinge  and 
beholding  the  order  that  ye  kepe/  and  your  stedfast  fayth  in 
Christ.  As  ye  have  therefore  receaved  Christ  Jesu  the  lorde/ 
even  so  walke  roted  and  bylt  in  hym/  and  ^  stedfaste  in  the 
fayth/  as  ye  have  "^  learned  :  and  therin  be  plenteous  in  gev- 
ynge  thankes. 

Beware  lest  eny  man  ^  [come  and]  spoyle  you  thorowe 
philosophy  and  ^  disceatfuU  vanitie/  thorowe  the  tradicions  of 
men/  and  ^^  ordinacions  after  the  worlde/  and  not  after  Christ. 
For  in  him  dwelleth  all  the  fulnes  of  the  godheed  boddyly/ 
and  ye  are  ^^fuU  in  him/  which  is  the  heed  of  all  ^-rule  and 
power/  in  whom  also  ye  are  circumcised  with  circumcision 
made  with  out  hondes/  by  puttynge  of  ^^  the  sinfuU  boddy  of 

^^  From  al]  ages,  Gen.  *'  Of  time,  Cov.  ^^  What  is  the 

riches  of  this  glorious  m3'sterie,  Gc7i.  What  is  the  rychesof  the  glo- 
rie  of  this  mysterie,  Bps,  ^^  Admonishing,  Gen.  ^^  That  we 

may  present  every  man,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  According  to  liis  work- 
ing which, etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Strength,  Cr.  '  Face,  Bps.  *  Of 
the  full  assurance  [Of  certaintie,  B.^  of  understanding,  Gt7i.  Bps. 
•'  Which  is  the  knowledge  of,  Cov.  *  Even  the  father.  Gen.  And 

of  the  father,  Bps.  *  Persuasion  of  wordes,  Bps.  •*  Stablish- 

ed,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Bene  taught,  abounding  therein  with  thanks- 

giving, Gen.  Bps.  ®  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  Vaine  deceit, 

Gc7i.  Bps.  '°  After  the  rudiments  of  the  world,   Gen.  Bps. 

"  Complete,  Jill  the  Vers.  ^'  Principalitie,  Ge7i.  Bps.   [So  vs.  15.] 

'•^  The  bodye  of  the  flesh,  subjeete  to  sinne,  Bjjs. 


jfo.  ccfff.  2rj)e  12j)fstlc  off  ^aul 

the  flesshe/  thorowe  the  circumcision  that  is  in  Christ/  In  that 
ye  are  buryed  with  him  thorowe  baptim/  in  whom  ye  are  also 
rysen  agayne  ^^  thorowe  faith/  that  is  wroght  by  the  operacion 
of  god  which  raysed  hym  from  deeth. 

And  hath  with  him  quyckened  you  also  which  were  deed 
in  synne  and  in  the  vncircumcision  of  youre  flesshe/  and  hath 
forgeven  ^^  vs  oure  trespasses/  and  hath  ^^  put  out  the  obliga- 
cion  that  was  agaynst  us/  made  in  the  lawe  written/  and  thatt 
hath  he  taken  out  of  the  waye/  and  hath  fastened  it  on  his 
crosse/  and  hath  spoyled  rule  and  power/  and  hath  made  a 
shewe  of  them  openly/  and  hath  triumphed  over  them  in  i''  his 
awne  persone. 

Let  noman  therfore  ^^  trouble  youre  consciences  aboute 
meate  and  dryncke/  or  ^^  for  a  pece  of  an  holydaye/  -''  as  the 
holydaye  of  the  newe  mone  or  of  the  saboth  daye/  which  are 
nothinge  but  shaddowes  of  thynges  to  come :  but  the  body  is 
in  Christ.  Lett  noo  man  ^^  make  you  shute  at  a  wrongc 
marke/  22  which  after  his  awne  ymaginacion  walketh  in  the 
humbleness  ^  of  angels/  thinges  which  he  never  sawe  :  caus- 
lesse  puft  vppe  with  his  flesshly  mynde/  and  holdeth  not  -'*  the 
heed/  wher  of  all  the  body  ^^by  ioyntes  and  couples  receaveth 
norisshment/  and  is  knet  togedder/  and  encreaseth  with  the  in 
creasynge  that  commeth  of  god. 

Wherfore  if  ye  be  deed  with  Christ  from  -^  doctrine  of  the 
worlde  :  Why  as  though  ye  yet  lived  in  the  worlde/  are  ye 
27  ledde  with  tradicions  ^  [of  them  that  saye]  ?  Touche  not/ 
Tast  not/  Handle  not :  which  all  perysshe  with  the  vsynge  of 

"  Through  the  faith  of  the  operation,  etc.  Gin.  Bps.  '^  Your 

trespasses,  Gen.  Bps.  "'  Blotted  out  [Putting  out,  G]  the  hand- 

writing of  ordinaunces,  that  was  agaynst  us,  which  was  contrary  to 
us,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'' The  sa.me  crosse,  Gen.  Hym  sclfe,  i?/js.  '^  Con- 
demne  [Judge,  B.}  you  in  meate.  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  In  respect  of, 

Gen.  In  part  of,  Bps.  '"'  Or  of  tlie  new  mnone,  Gen.  Bps.  ^' At 
his  pleasure  bear  rule  over  you  by  humblenes  of  minde  and  worship- 
ping of  angels,  advauncing  himsclfe  in  those  things  which  he  never 
saw,  rashly  puft  up.  Gen.  Beguile  you  of  victorie  in  the  hum- 
blenesse  and  worshipping  of  angels,  intruding  himseJJe  into  those  things 
which  he  hath  not   scene,    causelesse,  puft  up,  Bps.  ^^  Which 

after  his  own  choosing  walketh  in  humVilenes  and  spirituality  of  an- 
gels, things  which  he  never  saw  and  is  vaine,  and  puft  up,  etc.  Cov. 
By  the  humblenes  and  holines  of  angels,  in  the  things,  etc.  Cr. 
^'  T.  M  adds — and  holiness.  ^^  Himselfe  to  the  head.  Cor. 

^  Furnished  and  knit  together  by  joyntes  and  bandes,  Ge7i.  By  joyntes 
and  bandes,  having  nourishment  ministrcd  and  knit  together,  Bps. 
"^  The  ordinances,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  The  rudiments,  Bps.  ^^  Bur- 

thened,  Gen.  *»  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 


to  tlje  eroloss»an».  €"!).  (ff. 

tlicm/  and  are  after  the  commaundmentes/  and  doctryns  of 
men  :  which  thinges  '^  have  the  simihtude  of  wisdom  in  cho- 
sen holynes/  and  humblcnes/  and  in  that  they  spare  not  the 
body/  and  do  the  flesshe  no  worshyppe  unto  his  nede. 

E'iic  fij.  djaptcr. 

TF  ye  be  then  rysen  agayne  with  Christ  seke  those  thynges 
-*-  which  are  above/  where  Christ  sitteth  on  the  right  honde  of 
god.  Set  youre  affeccion  on  ^  thynges  that  are  above/  and  not 
on  thynges  which  are  on  the  erth.  For  ye  are  deed/  and 
youre  lyfe  is  hid  with  Christ  in  god.  When  Christ  which  is 
oure  lyfe  shall  ^shevve  hym  silfe/  then  shall  ye  also  apere  with 
hym  in  glory. 

Mortifie  therefore  youre  members  which  are  on  the  erth/ 
fornicacion/  vnclennes/  ^  vnnaturall  lust/  evyll  concupiscence/ 
and  covetousnes  which  is  worshippynge  off  ydols :  for  which 
thynges  sakes  the  wrath  of  god  falleth  on  the  '*  chyldren  off 
vnbeleve.  In  which  thynges  ye  walked  once/  when  ye  lived 
in  them. 

But  nowe  put  ye  also  awaye  from  you  all  thynges/  wrath/ 
^  fearsnes/  maliciousnes/  ^  cursed  speakynge/  '''filthy  speakynge 
out  of  youre  mouthes.  Lye  not  one  to  another/  seynge  that 
ye  have  put  off  the  olde  man  with  his  workes/  and  have  putt 
on  the  nue/  which  is  renued  ^  in  knowledge  ^  [of  god/]  after  the 
ymage  of  hym  that  made  hym/  where  is  nether  greke  nor 
iewe/  circumcision  nor  vncircumcision/  Barbarous  or  Sithian/ 
bonde  or  fre  :  Butt  Christ  is  all  inall  thynges. 

Nowe  therefore  as  elect  of  god/  holy  and  beloved/  put  on 
tender  mercie/  kyndnes/  humblenes  of  mynde/  meknes/  longe 
sufferynge/  forbearynge  one  another/  and  forgevynge  one  an- 
other (if  eny  man  have  a  quarrell  to  a  nother)  even  as  Christ 
forgave  you/  even  so  do  ye.  Above  all  these  thynges  put  on 
love/  which  is  the  bonde  of  parfectnes/  and  the  peace  of  god 

^  Have  a  shine  of  wisdom,  through  chosen  spiritualitie  and  hiunble- 
nesse,  Cov.  Outwardly  have  the  similitude  of  wisdom  by  superstition 
and  humblenesse  of  mynde  and  by  hurtyng  of  the  bodye,  and  in  that  they 
do  the  fleshe,  Cr.  Have  a  shewe  of  wisdome  in  voluntarie  religion 
and  humblenesse  of  minde  and  in  not  sparing  the  bodye  :  neither 
have  they  it  in  any  estimation  [not  in  any  honour,  B.]  to  satisfie  the 
flesh,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Heavenly  thinges  and  not  on  earthye  thinges, 

Cr.  ^  Appear,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Inordinate  affections,  Cr.  Bps. 

*  Disobedient  children,  Cr.  ^  Anger,  Gere.  ^  Blasphomie, 

Bps.  '  Filthy  communication,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Into  the  know 

ledge  and  image,  Cr.  ^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 


ifo.  ccfb.  m)c  ISpfstle  of  ^9aul 

1^  rule  in  youre  hcrtes/  to  the  which  peace  ye  are  called  in  one 
body  :  and  ^^  se  thaye  be  thankfull. 

Let  the  worde  of  god  dwell  in  you  plenteously  in  all  wys- 
dom.  ^'^Teache  and  exhorte  youre  awne  selves/  in  psalmes/ 
and  hymnes/  and  spretuall  songes  i^^yhJch  have  favour  with 
them/  syngynge  in  youre  hertes  to  the  lorde.  And  all  thinges 
(whatsoever  ye  do  in  worde  or  dede)  do  in  the  name  of  the 
lorde  Jesu/  gevinge  thankes  to  god  the  father  by  him. 

Wyves  submit  youre  selves  vnto  youre  awne  husbandes/  as 
it  is  comly  in  the  lorde.  Husbandes  love  youre  wyves  and 
be  nott  bitter  vnto  them.  Children  obey  youre  ^^  fathers  and 
mothers/  in  all  thinges/  for  that  is  wele  pleasynge  vnto  the 
lorde.  Fathers  ^^  rate  not  youre  children/  lest  they  be  ^^  of  a 
desperate  mynde.  Servauntes  be  obedient  vnto  ^^  your  bodyly 
masters  in  all  thynges  :  not  with  eye  service  as  men  pleasers/ 
but  in  synglenes  of  herte  fearynge  god.  And  whatsoever  ye 
do/  do  it  hertely  as  though  ye  did  it  to  the  lorde/  and  not  vnto 
men/  remembrynge  that  of  the  lorde  ye  shall  receave  the  re- 
warde  of  inheritaunce/  for  ye  serve  the  lorde  Christ.  But  he 
that  doth  wronge/  shall  receave  for  the  wronge  that  he  hath 
done  :  for  there  is  no  respect  of  persons.  ^^  Ye  masters  do 
vnto  youre  servauntes  that  which  is  just  and  equall/  remem- 
brynge that  ye  have  also  a  master  in  heven. 

Srtt  iff;.  €^ijapter. 

/"^  ONTINUE  in  prayer  and  watch  in  the  same  with  thankes 
gevynge/  praynge  also  for  vs  that  god  open  unto  us  the 
dore  of  vtteraunce/  that  we  may  speake  the  mistery  of  Christ 
(wherfore  I  am  in  bondes)  that  I  may  vtter  it/  as  it  becom- 
meth  me  to  speake.  Walke  wisely  to  them  that  are  with  out/ 
and  ^  redeme  the  tyme.  Let  your  speache  alwaye  ^  have  fa- 
veoure  with  it  and  ^  be  salted/  that  ye  maye  knowe  howe  to 
answer  every  man. 

^  The  deare  brother  Tichicos  shall  ^  tell  you  off  all  my  busy- 

'"  Have  the  victorie  \n, etc.  Bps.  "Be  ye  amiable,  Geti. 

"■'Teaching  and  admonishing,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Singing  with  grace  in 
your  hearts,  Cr.  Gcv.  Bps.  '^  Elders,  Cov.    Parents,  Gen.  Bps. 

'^  Provoke  not  (to  anger),  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '<'  Discouraged,  Gen. 

Bps.  "  Them  that  are  your  masters,  according  to  the  flesh.  Gen. 

1*  [Gen.  Bps.  begin  ch.  iv.  with  this  verse.]  '  Lose  no  opportuni- 

tie,  Cr.  ^  Be  favourable,  Cov.  Be  well-favoured,  T.  M.   Be  gra- 

cious. Gen.   Be  in  grace,  Bps.  ^  Powdred  with  salt,  T.  M.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  *  Of  all  my  busines  shall  ye  be  certified  by  Tichicus, 

the  beloved  brother,  etc.  Cr.  ^  Declare  unto  you  all  my  state, 

Geii.  Bps. 


to  tl)c  Colossimns.  ©Ij,  ffff. 

nes/  which  is  a  faythfull  minister/  and  felowe  servaunt  in  the 
lorde/  whom  I  have  sent  vnto  you  for  the  same  purpose/  that 
he  myght  knowe  ^  how  ye  do/  and  might  comfort  youre  hertes/ 
with  one  Onesimus  a  faythfull/  and  a  beloved  brother/  which 
is  one  of  you.  They  shall  shewe  you  of  "^  all  thynges  which 
are  adoynge  here. 

Aristarchus  my  preson  felowe  saluteth  you/  and  Marcus 
Barnabassis  sisters  sonne  :  as  touchynge  whom/  ye  receaved 
commaundementes.  YfF  he  come  vnto  you  receave  hym  : 
and  Jesus  which  is  called  Justus/  which  are  of  the  circum- 
cision. These  only  are  my  workfelowes  vnto  the  kyngdom  of 
god  which  were  vnto  my  consolacion.  Epaphras  the  servaunt 
of  Christ/  which  is  one  of  you/  saluteth  you/  and  all  wayes 
s  laboreth  fervently  for  you  in  prayers  that  ye  may  stonde  per- 
fet/  and  ^  full  in  all  that  is  the  will  off  God.  I  beare  hym  re- 
corde  that  he  hath  ^^  a  fervent  mynde  towarde  them  of  Lao- 
dicia  and  them  of  Hierapolis.  Deare  Lucas  the  phisicion 
greteth  you/  and  Demas.  Salute  the  brethren  which  are  of 
Laodicia/  and  salute  Nymphas/  and  the  congregacion  which 
is  in  his  house.  And  when  the  pistle  is  reed  of  you/  make 
that  it  be  reed  in  the  congregacion  of  the  Laodicians  also : 
and  that  ye  lyke  wyse  rede  the  pistle  '^  of  Laodicia. 
And  saye  to  Archippus  :  Take  hede  to  thyne  office  that  thou 
hast  receaved  in  the  lorde/  that  thou  fulfill  it.  The 
salutacion  by  the  honde  of  me  Paul.  Re- 
member my  bondes.  ^'^  Grace 
be  with  you/  Amen. 


Sent  from  Rome  by  Tichicus 
and  Onesimus. 

*  What  ye  do,  Cr.  Your  state,  Gen.  Bps.  ">  All  things  here, 

Ge7i.  ^  Striveth  for  you,  Gen.  *  Filled,  Bps.  '"  A  great 

zeale  for  you,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Written  from  Laodicea,  Gen.    From 

Laodicea,  Bps.  '^  The  grace  (of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ)  be  with 

you,  Cr. 


ffnrni  J^fs^tXe  off  patul  to  tfit 


I  ^2UiL,  Silvanus/  and  Timotheus. 

Vnto  the  congregacion  of  the  Tessalonians/  in  God  the 
father/  and  in  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

Grace  be  with  you/  and  peace  from  god  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

We  geve  god  thankes  all  waye  for  you  all/  makynge  men- 
sion  of  you  in  oure  prayers  with  outt  ceasynge/  ^  and  call  to 
remembraunce  ^  youre  worke  in  the  faythe/  and  labour  in  love 
and  3  perseveraunce  in  the  hope  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/ 
in  the  sight  of  God  oure  father :  be  cause  we  knowe  breth- 
ren beloved  "*  of  god  howe  that  ye  are  electe  For  oure  gos- 
pell  ^  cam  not  vnto  you  in  worde  only/  but  also  in  power/  and 
also  in  the  holy  gost  and  in  moche  ^  certaynte/  as  ye  knowe 
howe  that  we  behaved  oure  selves  amonge  you/  for  youre 
sakes. 

And  ye  counterfaited  vs/  and  the  lorde  :  and  receaved  the 
worde  in  moche  affliccion/  with  ioye  of  the  holy  gost :  so  that 
ye  were  an  ensample  to  all  that  beleve  in  Macedonia/  and 
Achaia.     For  from  you  sounded  out  the  worde  off  the  lorde/ 

'  And  call  you  to  remembrance  because  of  your  worke,  Cr.  Re- 
membering your  effectual  faith  and  diligent  love  and  the  patience  of 
your  hope  in  our  Lorde,  Gen.  *  The  worke  of  your  faith,  Cr. 

Dps.  ^  Your  patience  in  hope,  which  is  our  Lorde,  etc.  before 

God,  Cor.    Because  ye  have  continued  in  the  hope,  etc.  Cr.    Pacient 
abyding  in  the  hope,  Bps.  *  That  ye  are  elect  of  God,  Gen. 

Your  election  of  God,  Bps.  *  Hath  not  been  with  you.  Cor. 

*  Assurance,  Gen. 


2ri)e  J?Mrst  ISfistlt  of  ^^aul  to  tje  STessalonuans.      <S:|).  fj . 

nott  in  Macedonia  and  Achaia  only  :  but  youre  fay th  also  which 
ye  have  vnto  god/  spred  her  silfe  abroade  in  all  quartars/ 
so  gratly  that  it  nedeth  not  vs  to  speake  eny  thynge  at  all :  for 
they  them  selves  shewe  of  you  what  maner  of  entrynge  in 
we  had  vnto  you/  and  howe  ye  tourned  to  god  from  ymages 
forto  serve  the  livynge  and  true  god/  and  for  to  loke  for  his 
Sonne  from  heven/  whom  he  raysed  from  deeth  :  I  mean  Jesus 
which  delivereth  vs  from  the  wrath  to  come. 


2rt)c  scconbc  Cljaiitcr. 

T^OR  ye  youre  selves  brethren  knowe  of  oure  entraunce  in 
vnto  you/  howe  that  it  was  not  in  vayne  :  but  even  after 
that  we  had  suffered  before  and  where  shamfully  entreated 
at  Phillippos  (as  ye  wele  knowe)  then  were  we  bolde  in  oure 
God  to  speake  vnto  you  the  gospell  off  God/  with  moche  striv- 
ynge.  Oure  exhortacion  was  not  '  to  brynge  you  to  errour/ 
nor  yet  to  vnclennes/  nether  was  it  with  gyle  :  but  as  we 
were  alowed  of  God/  ^  that  the  gospell  shulde  be  commytted 
vnto  vs :  even  so  we  speake/  not  ■^  as  though  we  entended  to 
please  men/  butt  God/  which  trieth  oure  hertes. 

Nether  '^  was  oure  conversacion  at  eny  tyme  with  flatter- 
ynge  wordes  (as  ye  wele  knowe)  nether  ^  in  cloked  coveteous- 
nes/  God  is  recorde  :  nether  sought  we  prayse  of  men/  nether 
of  you/  nor  yet  of  eny  wothcr/  when  we  myght  have  bene 
^  chargeable/  as  the  apostles  of  Christ :  but  we  were  '  tender 
amonge  you/  even  as  a  norsse  cheressheth  her  children/  8  so 
was  oure  affeccion  towarde  you  oure  goode  will  was  to  have 
dealte  vnto  you/  not  the  gospell  off  god  only  :  but  also  oure 
owne  soules/  be  cause  ye  were  deare  vnto  vs. 

Ye  remember  brethren  oure  laboure  and  travayle.  For 
we  labored  daye  and  nyght/  be  cause  we  v/olde  not  be  ^  gre- 
veous  vnto  eny  off  you/  and  preached  you  the  gospell  of  God. 
Ye  are  witnesses/    and   so   is   god/  howe    holyly   and   iustly 

'  Of  deceyte,  ncythor  of  anclennesse,etc.  Geii.  Bjis.  *  To  be 

put  in  credite  with  the  Gospell.  Eps.  ^  As  though  we  could 

please,  Cuv.  As  they  that  please,  Cr.  Gen.  As  pleasing,  Bps.  •»  Have 
we  gone  about  with,  etc  Cov.  Did  we  ever  [at  any  time,  /?.]  use 
flatterynge,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Waited  for  our  own  profit,  Cov.  By 

occasion  of  covetousnesse,  CV.  Coloured  covctousnesse,  Gen.  Cloake 
of  eovetousnesse,  5/J5.         *  In  autlioritie,  Cr.  5p5.  '' Gentle, Gen. 

*  Even  so  had  we  heartily  affection  towards  you  and  would  with  good 
will  have  dealt,  Cov.  So  were  we  [Thus  being,  G.]  affectioned  towards 
you,  Cr.  Gen.    So  being  tenderly  affected,  etc.  Bps.  ^  Chargea- 

ble, Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

KK 


jfo.  ccbf.  Ef)t  JForst  lEpfstlc  off  ^aul 

I'' (that  noman  coulde  blame  vs)  we  behaved  oure  selves 
amonge  you  that  beleve/  as  ye  knowe  howe  that  we  ^^  exhort- 
ed and  comforted/  and  besought  ^every  one  off  you/  as  a  fath- 
er his  children/  that  ye  wolde  walke  worthy  of  the  lorde/ 
which  hath  called  you  vnto  his  kyngdom  and  glory. 

For  this  cause  thanke  we  god  without  ceasynge/  be  cause 
that  when  ye  receaved  ^~  of  vs  the  worde/  wherwith  God  was 
preeched/  ye  receaved  it  not  as  the  worde  of  man  :  but  even 
as  it  was  in  dede/  the  worde  of  God/  which  worketh  in  you  that 
beleve.  For  ye  brethren  did  counterfaite  the  congregacions  of 
god  which  in  iewry  are  in  Christ  Jesu :  for  ye  have  suffered 
13  lyke  thynges  of  youre  kynsmen/  as  we  oure  selves  have 
suffered  of  the  Jewes/  ^^  which  as  they  kylled  the  lorde  Jesus 
and  their  ^^one  prophetes/  even  so  have  they  persecuted  vs/ 
and  God  they  please  not/  and  are  contrary  to  all  men  :  and 
forbid  vs  to  preach  vnto  the  gentyls/  that  they  myght  be  saved/ 
to  fulfill  their  synnes :  For  the  wrath  off  God  is  come  on 
them/  even  to  the  vtmost. 

For  as  moch  brethren  as  we  are  kept  from  you  for  a  season/ 
16  as  concernynge  the  bodyly  presence  but  not  in  the  herte/ 
we  1"  enforsed  the  more  to  se  ^^  you  personally  with  great  de- 
sire/ and  therfore  we  wolde  have  come  vnto  you/  I  Paul 
19  once  and  agayne  :  but  Satan  ^o  withstode  vs.  For  what  is 
oure  hope  or  ioye/  or  croune  off  reioysynge  .''  are  not  ye  in 
the  presence  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  at  his  commynge  ? 
yes  ye  are  oure  glory  and  ioye. 

Eiie  If;'.  Chapter. 

ViyHERFORE  sence  we  coulde  no  lenger  forbeare/ i  hit 
*  pleased  vs  to  remayne  at  Athens  alone/  and  sent  Ti- 
motheus  oure  brother  and  minister  of  god/  and  ^oure  laboure 
felowe  in  the  gospell  of  Christ/  to  stablysshe  you/  and  to  com- 
forte  you  ^  ovre  youre  fayth/  that  no  man  shulde  be  moved  in 

1°  Unblameably,  ^U  the  Vers.  "  Bare  such  affection  unto  eve- 

ry one  of  you,  as  a  father  doth,  etc.  exhorting,  etc.  Cr.  '*  Of  us 

the  worde  of  the  preaching  of  God,  Gov.  Gen.  Of  us  the  worde  where- 
wyth  ye  learned  to  know  God,  Cr.  The  worde  of  God  which  ye  have 
heard  of  us,  Bps.  '^  The  same  things  of  your  own  countrymen, 

even  as  they,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Who  both  killed.  Gen.  Bps. 

'^  [i.e.  own]  '^Concerning  sight,  Gen.  Inpeison,  Bps.  "Have 
hasted,  Cov.  '®  Your  face.  Gen.    [So  ch.  iii.  10.]  '^  At  least 

once  or  twice,  Gen.  ^  Hindered,  Gen.  Bps.  '  We  thought  it 

good,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Helper,  Cov.  Helper  forth  of  our  labour, 

Or.  Felowe  labourer,  Bps.        ^  Concerning,  Cr.  Bjis.  Touching,  Gen. 


to  tijc  2Ccssaloni»ans.  ffif).  ftff. 

these  affliccions.  For  ye  youre  selves  knowe  that  we  are 
even  apoynted  there  vnto.  For  verely  when  '^  I  was  with  you/ 
1  tolde  you  before  that  we  shulde  sufire  tribulacion  even  as  it 
cam  to  passe/  and  as  ye  knowe.  For  this  cause/  when  1 
coulde  no  longer  forbeare/  ^  I  sent  that  I  myght  have  knowl- 
edge of  youre  fath/  lest  ^  haply  the  tempter  had  tempted  you/ 
and  that  oure  labour  had  bene  bestowed  in  vayne. 

Nowe  latly  when  Timotheus  cam  from  you  vnto  vs  and 
■^  declared  to  vs  youre  fayth/  and  youre  love/  and  howe  that 
ye  have  good  remembrannce  of  vs  all  wayes/  desyringe  to  se 
vs/  as  we  desyre  to  se  you.  Therfore  brethren  ^  had  I  conso- 
lacion  in  you/  in  all  oure  ^  adversite/  and  necessite  ^^  through 
youre  fayth.  For  nowe  are  we  alive  if  ye  stonde  ^^  stedfast 
in  the  lorde.  For  what  thankes  can  we  recompence  to  god 
agayne  for  you/  ^^  over  all  the  ioye  that  we  ioye  for  youre 
sakes  before  oure  god/  whyle  we  nyght  and  daye  praye  ex- 
cedyngly/  that  we  myght  se  you  presently/  and  myght  ^^  ful- 
fill  that  which  is  lackynge  in  youre  fayth. 

God  hym  silfe  oure  father/  and  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  gyde 
oure  iorney  vnto  you :  and  the  lorde  increace  you/  and  make 
you/  1^  flowe  over  in  love  one  towarde  another/  and  towarde 
all  men/  even  as  we  do  towarde  you/  ^^  to  stablysshe  youre 
hertes  that  they  myght  be  with  out  ought  to  be  complayned 
on/  in  holynes  before  God  oure  father/  at  the  commynge  of 
cure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  with  all  is  saynctes. 


FVRTHERMORE  we  beseche  you  brethren/  and  exhorte 
you  in  the  lorde  Jesus/  that  ye  increace  more  and  more/ 
even  eis  ye  have  receaved  of  vs/  howe  ye  ought  to  walke  and 
to  please  God.  Ye  remember  what  commaundementes  we 
gave  you  ^  in  the  name  of  the  lorde  Jesu.     For  this  is  the  will 

*  We  were,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  *  I  sent  hiin  to  knowe,  Gen.  Bps. 

*  By  some  means,  Cr.  Bps.  In  any  sort,  Gen.  ''  Shewed  us  of, 

Cov.   Brought  the  good  tydings  of.  Gen   Bps.  *  We  have  receav- 

ed consolation  by  you,  Cr.  '  Affliction,  Gen.  '"  Because  of, 

"  Fast,  Gen   Bps.  '*  Because  of  this  joy  that  we  have  concerning 

you,  Cov.  For  all  the  joye  wherewith  we  rejoice  [joye,B  ],  Gen.  Bps. 
'^  Accomplish  that,  etc.  Gen.  Refrayne  the  wantings  of  your  fayth, 
Bps.  '■*  Abound,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  To  make  your  hearts  [That 

your  hearts  may  be,  Gov.]  stable  and  unblameable,  Gov.  T.  M.  Cr.Gcn. 
To  stablishe  your  hearts  unblameable,  By;5.  '  By  [In,  T.  M.]  the 

Lorde,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


iFo.  ccbf).  Srijc  JFnrst  3S|)istlc  of  $aul 

of  god/  2  which  is  youre  sanctifiynge/  that  ye  shulde  abstayne 
from  fornicacion/  that  every  one  of  you  shulde  knowe  howe 
to  3  kepe  his  vessel  in  sanctify  inge  and  honoure/  and  not  in 
the  lust  of  concupiscence/  as  do  the  hethen/  which  knowe  not 
god/  that  no  man  "^  goo  beyonde/  and  defraude  his  brother  ^  in 
bargaynynge/  be  cause  the  lorde  is  a  venger  of  all  such 
thynges :  as  we  ^  tolde  you  before  tyme/  and  testifyed  vnto 
you.  For  god  hath  not  called  vs  unto  vnclennes  :  but  unto 
sanctifyinge.  He  therefore  that  despiseth/"  despiseth  not  man/ 
but  God/  which  hath  ^  sent  his  holy  sprete  amonge  you. 

But  as  touchynge  brotherly  love/  ye  nede  not  that  I  wryte 
unto  you.  For  ye  are  taught  of  god  to  love  on  another.  Ye 
and  that  thynge  verely  ye  do  vnto  all  brethren/  which  are 
thorowe  out  all  Macedonia.  ^  We  beseche  you  brethren  thatt 
ye  encreace/  more  and  more/  and  that  ye  studdy  to  be  quyet/ 
and  1^  to  medle  with  youre  owne  busynes/  and  to  worke  with 
youre  owne  hondes/  as  we  commaunded  you  :  that  ye  maye 
1^  behave  youre  selves  honestly  toward  them  that  are  with  out 
and  that  nothynge  be  lackynge  vnto  you. 

I  wolde  not  brethren  have  you  ignoraunt  as  concernynge 
them  which  are  fallen  aslepe/  that  ye  sorowe  not  as  wother  do 
which  have  no  hope.  For  yf  we  beleve  that  Jesus  died/  and 
rose  agayne  :  even  so  them  also  which  slepe  ^^  by  Jesus/  will 
god  brynge  agayne  with  hym.  And  this  saye  we  vnto  you  in 
the  worde  of  the  lorde/  that  we  which  live  and  are  remayn- 
ynge  in  the  commynge  of  the  lorde/  shall  not  ^^  come  yerre 
they/  which  slepe  For  the  lorde  hym  silfe  shall  descende 
from  heven  with  a  shute/  and  the  voyce  off  the  archangyll/ 
and  trompe  of  God.  And  the  deed  in  Christe  shall  aryse  fyrst : 
then  shall  we  which  live  and  remayne/  be  caught  vppe  with 
them  also  in  the  cloudes  to  mete  the  lorde  in  the  ayer.  And 
so  shall  we  ever  be  with  the  lorde.  Wherfore  comfort  youre 
selves  one  another  with  these  wordes. 

^  Even  that  ye  should  be  holye,  T.  M.    Even  your  holinesse,  C>. 
Bps.  ^  Possess,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Go  to  farre,  T.  M.  Oppress, 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  any  matter,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Also  forewarn- 

ed you,  Bps.  '  Gen.  adds— (/(mc  things.  ^  Even  [Also,  J5.] 

given  you,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  But  we,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  To  do  your 

owne,  etc.  Bps.  "  Walke  honestly,  Bps.  '^  jn  Jesus,  Gen. 

*'  Prevent  then\,  Gen.  Bps^ 


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to  tl)e  STcssalounnns. 


STlje  b.  <!tt)«nptct. 

|F  the  tymes  and  seasons  brethren  ye  have  no  nede  that  I 
write  vnto  you  :  for  ye  youre  selves  knowe  parfectly/ 
that  the  daye  of  the  lorde  shall  come  even  as  a  thefe  in  the 
nyght.  When  they  shall  saye  ^  peace  and  no  daunger/  then 
conimeth  on  them  soden  destruccion/  as  ^  the  travalynge  off  a 
woman  with  childe/  and  they  shall  nott  scape.  But  ye  breth- 
ren are  not  in  darcknes/  that  that  daye  shulde  ^  come  on  you 
as  it  were  a  thefe.  Ye  are  all  the  children  of  light/  and  the 
chyldren  of  the  daye :  we  are  nott  oft"  the  nyght/  nether  off 
darcknes. 

Therefore  let  us  not  slope  as  do  wother :  but  let  vs  watch 
and  be  sober.  For  they  that  slope/  slope  in  the  nyght :  and 
they  that  be  dror.ken/  are  dronken  in  the  nyght.  But  lett  vs 
which  are  of  the  daye  be  sober/  ■*  armed  with  the  brest  plate 
of  fayth  and  love/  and  with  hope  of  health/  as  an  helmet.  For 
god  hath  not  apoynted  vs  ^  unto  wrath  :  but  to  obtain  health  by 
the  meanes  off  our  lorde  Jesu  Christ/  which  died  for  vs  :  that 
whither  we  wake  or  slope/  we  shulde  live  togedder  with  him. 

Wherfore  ^  comforte  youre  selves  togedder/  and  edyfie  one 
another/  even  as  ye  do. 

We  beseche  you  brethren/  thatt  ye  knowe  them  which  la- 
boure  amonge  you/  and  '''  have  the  oversight  of  you  in  the 
lorde/  and  ^  geve  you  exhortacion/  that  ye  have  them  ^  the 
more  in  love/  For  their  workes  sake/  and  be  at  peace  ^^  with 
them.  We  ^^  desyre  you  brethren  ^^warne  them  that  are 
vnruly/  comforte  the  feble  mynded/  ^^  forbeare  the  weake 
'•*  have  continuall  patience  towarde  all  men.  Se  that  none 
rccompence  evyll  for  evyll  vnto  eny  man :  but  ever  folowe 
that  whiche  is  good/  both  amonge  youre  selves/  and  to  all 
men.  Reioyce  ever.  Praye  continually.  In  all  thynges 
geve  thankes.  For  this  is  the  will  off  God  in  Christ  Jesu  to- 
warde you. 

'  Tush,  it  is  peace,  Coi\  Foace  and  all  things  are  safe,  CV.    Peace 
and  safety,  Gtn  Bps.  ^  The  pain  of  a  woman  travailing,  Cov. 

Sorowe  upon,  Bps.  •''Overtake,  Bps.  ■*  Putting  on.  Gen.  Bps. 

■'  To  provoke  wrath  unto  ourselves,  Cr.  ^  Exhort  [Comfort,  C 

/>'.]  one  another,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Arc  over  you.  Gen.  ^  Ad- 

monish you.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  hye  reputation  in  love,  Cr.  Bps.  In 

singular  love,  Gen.  '"  Among  yourselves.  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Ex- 

hort, Bps.  '*  Admonish,  Gen.  '^  Lifle  up,  Cr.  Bps.    Bear 

with,  Gen.  '^  Be  patient,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jfo.  ccbifj.       Ei)e  jf  vvst  3Epfstlc  to  tfje  ercssalonjan^. 

Quenche  not  the  sprete/  despise  nott  prophesyinge.    ^^  ex- 
amen  all  thynges.     Kepe  that  which  is  good,     abstayne  from 
all  ^^  suspicious  thynge.     The  very  god  of  peace  sanctifie  you 
thorow  out.     And  I  praye  God  that  youre  whole  sprete/  soule/ 
and  body/  be  ^"^  kept  fautlesse  vnto  the  commynge  of  oure 
lorde  Jesus  Christ,   faythfull  is  he/  which  called  you  :  which 
will  also  do  it.     Brethren/  praye  for  vs.     Grete  all  the  breth- 
ren with  an  holy  kysse.     I  charge  you  in  the  lorde/  that 
this  pistle  be  redde  vnto  all  ^^the  wholy  brethren. 
The  grace  off  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ  be  with 
you  Amen. 


The  fyrst  pistle  vnto  the  Tessalonyans 
written  from  Athens. 

'*  Trie,  Gen.  '^  EvyU  appearance,  Or.   Appearance  of  evil, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Preserved :  so  that  in  nothing  ye  may  be  blamed  in 

the  coming,  Cr.  Kept  blamelesse  unto,  Gen.   Preserved  blamelesse 
in,  Bps.  '^  The  brethren  the  Saints,  jHen. 


ScconUe  pCstlc  of  JJa^ul  to  ttie 


^^^2E1L,  Silvanus,  and  Timotheus. 

41^^     Vnto  the  congregacion  off  the  Tessalonyans,  which 

are  in  god  oure  father/  and  in  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God  oure  father/  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

We  are  bounde  to  thanke  god  all  wayes  for  you  brethren/ 
as  itt  is  mete/  be  cause  that  youre  fayth  groweth  excedyngly/ 
and  every  one  of  you  ^  swymmeth  in  love  towarde  another 
betwene  youre  selves/  so  that  we  reioyce  off  you  in  the  con- 
gregacions  off  god/  over  youre  pacience  and  faith  in  all  youre 
persecucions/  and  tribulacions  that  ye  suffre  :  which  is  a  token 
of  the  rightewes/  iudgement  of  god/  that  ye  are  counted  wor- 
thy of  the  kyngdom  of  god/  for  which  ye  also  suffre.  Hit  is 
verely  a  rightewes  thynge  with  god/  to  recompence  tribulacion 
to  them  that  trouble  you :  and  to  you  which  are  troubled  rest 
with  vs/  -  when  the  lorde  Jesus  shall  shewe  hym  sylfe  from 
heven/  wyth  ^  his  myghty  angels  in  flammynge  fyre/  ren- 
drynge  vengeaunce  vnto  them  that  knowe  not  god/  and  to 
them  that  obeye  nott  vnto  the  gospell  off  oure  lorde  Jesu  Christ/ 
which  shalbe  punnysshed  with  everlastynge  '*  damnacion/ 
from  the  presence  of  the  lorde/  and  from  the  glory  of  his  pow- 
er/ when  he  shall  come/  to  be  gloryfied  in  his  saynctes/  and 
to  be  made  marvelous  in  all  them  that  beleve :  be  cause  oure 
testimonye  that  we  had  vnto  you/  was  beleved  ^  even  the  same 

1  Aboundeth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  In  the  revelation  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 

etc.  Bps.  '  The  angels  of  his  power,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.  *  Per- 

dition, Gen.  °In  that  day,  Gen.  Bps.  [Cr.  G.  B.  omit  the  words 

in  crotchets.] 


jFo.  ccf):.  STlje  .Sccontic  Hpistlc  of  33aul 

daye  [that  we  preched  it.]  Wherfore  we  praye  all  wayes 
for  you  that  oure  god  make  you  worthy  of  the  callynge/  and 
fulfill  ^  all  delectacion  off  goodnes/  and  the  worke  off  fay th/ 
with  power  :  that  the  name  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ  may 
be  gloryfied  in  you/  and  ye  in  hym/  thorowe  the  grace  of 
oure  God/  and  of  the  lorde  Jesus  Chi'ist. 

ertje  secontc  ffi^apter. 

"1X7"  E  beseche  you  brethren  by  the  commynge  of  oure  lorde 
Jesu  Christ/  and  ^  in  that  we  shall  assemble  vnto  hym/ 
that  ye  be  nott  sodenly  moved  from  youre  mynde/  and  be  not 
troubled/  nether  by  sprete/  nether  by  wordes/  nor  yet  by  let- 
ter/ -  which  shulde  seme  to  come  from  vs/  as  though  the  daye 
of  Christ  were  at  honde.  Let  no  man  deceave  you  by  eny 
means/  for  ^  the  lorde  commeth  not/  cxcepte  there  come  '^  a 
departynge  fyrst/  and  that  that  ^  synfuU  man  be  opened/  the 
Sonne  of  perdicion  which  is  an  adversarie/  and  ^  is  exalted 
above  all  that  is  called  god/  or  "^  that  is  worshipped  :  so  that  he 
^  shall  sitt  in  temple  of  god/  ^  and  shewe  hym  silfe  as  god. 

Remember  ye  not/  that  when  I  was  yet  with  you/  I  toldc 
you  these  thynges  ?  and  nowe  ye  knowe  what  with  holdeth  : 
even  that  he  myghtbe  ^'*  vttered  at  his  tyme.  For  alredy  the 
mistery  off  iniquytie  worketh.  "  Only  he  that  holdeth/  let 
him  nowe  holde/  vntill  hit  be  taken  out  of  the  waye/  and  then 
shall  that  wicked  be  vttered/  whom  the  lorde  shall  consume 
with  the  sprete  off  hys  mouth/  and  shall  i-  destroye  with  the 
aparence  of  his  commynge/  even  hym  whose  commynge  is 
by  the  workynge  off  Satan/  with  all  ^^  lyinge  power/  signes/ 
and  wonders  :  and  in  all  deceavablenes  off  vnrightewesnes/ 
amonge  them  that  pcrysshe  :  be  cause  they  have  nott  receaved 
the  love  off  the  trueth/  thatt  they  myght  have  bene  saved. 
And  therefore  god  shall  sende  them  stronge  delusion/  that  they 
shulde  beleve  lyes  :  thatt  all  they  myght  be  damned  which  be- 
leved  not  the  trueth/  but  had  pleasure  in  vnrightewesnes. 

*  All  the  good  pleasureofAt*  goodness  [of  goodness.  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 
'  By  our  assembling,  Gen.  Bps.  *  As  it  iccre  [As,  jB.]  from  us. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  That  day  shall  not  come  except,  Gen.  ■*  A  fall- 

ing away,  Bps.  ^  Man  of  sinne  be  disclosed  [revealed,  /?.],  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Exaltethhimselfe,  Gere.  '  God's  service,  Cor.  ^Dotli 
sit  as  God,  Gen.  As  God  sitteth,  Bps.  *  Boasting  himselfe,  Cr. 

'"  Revealed,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Till  he  which  now  onely  letteth  be  ta- 

ken, Cr.  Only  he  which  now  letteth  [witholdeth,  G.]  irill  let,  Gen. 
Bps.  '^  Abolish  [Destroy,  5.]  with  the  brightness,  Gen.  Bps. 

"  Power  and  signs  and  lymg  wonders  [wonders  of  lying,  B.],  Gen. Bps. 


to  ti)c  STcssalonjans.  ffif).  fff. 

We  1^  are  bounde  to  geve  thankes  alwaye  to  god  for  you 
brethren  beloved  off  the  lorde/  for  be  cause  that  God  hath 
from  the  begynnynge  chosen  you  to  health/  thorowe  sanctify- 
inge  off  the  sprete/  and  thorowe  ^^  belevynge  the  trueth  : 
where  vnto  he  called  you  by  oure  gospell/  to  obtayne  the  glory 
16  [that  commeth]  of  oure  lorde  Jesu  Christ. 

Therfore  brethren  stonde  fast  and  kepe  the  i'^  ordinacions/ 
which  ye  have  ^^  learned  :  whether  it  were  by  oure  preach- 
ynge/  or  by  oure  pistle  :  Oure  lorde  Jesu  Christ  hym  silfe/ 
and  god  oure  father/  which  hath  loved  vs/  and  geven  vs  ever- 
lastynge  consolacion/  and  goode  hope  thorowe  grace/  comforte 
youre  hertes/  and  stablysshe  you  ^'^  in  all  sayinge/  and  goode 
doynge. 


STijc  ifj.  ®:i)ni)tcv. 

'P'VRTHERMORE  brethren  praye  for  vs/  that  the  wordc 
-*-  of  god  maye  have  fre  passage/  and  be  gloryfied/  as  it  is 
with  you :  and  that  ye  maye  be  delivered  from  vnresonable 
and  1  evyll  men.  For  all  men  have  not  fayth  :  but  the  lorde 
is  faythfuU/  which  shall  stablysshe  you/  and  kepe  you  from 
evyll.  We  ^  have  confidence  throw  the  lorde  to  you  warde/ 
that  ye  both  do/  and  will  do/  that  which  we  commaunde  you. 
And  the  lorde  gyde  youre  hertes  vnto  the  love  off  God/  and 
3  pacience  of  Christ. 

We  ■*  requyre  you  brethren  in  the  name  of  our  lorde  Jesu 
Christ/  that  ye  withdrawe  youre  selves  from  eveiy  brother  that 
walketh  inordinatly/  and  not  after  the  ^  institucion  which  ye 
receaved  of  vs.  Ye  youre  selves  knowe  howe  ye  ought  to 
counterfayte  vs.  For  we  behaved  not  oure  selves  inordinatly 
amonge  you.  Nether  toke  we  breed  of  eny  man  for  nought : 
but  we  wrought  with  laboure  and  ^  travayle  nyght  and  daye/ 
be  cause  we  wolde  not  be  "^  grevous  to  eny  off  you :  nott  butt 
that  we  had  auctorite  :  but  to  make  oure  selves  an  insample 
vnto  you/  to  counterfayte  vs.     For  when  we  were  with  you/ 

14  Ought,  Gen.    [So  ch.  i.  3.]  >^  Fayth  of  the  truth,  Gen.  Bps. 

'®  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  '^  Instructions  which  ye  have  been  taught, 

eyther  by  word,  Gen.  '^  Been  taught,  Bps.  '^  In  all  doctrine 

and  good  doinge  [workes,  C],  Cov.  T.  M.  In  all  good  saying  and 
doing,  Cr.  Bps.    In  every  word  and  good  worke,  Gen.  *  Cruel, 

Cov.    Froward,  Cr.  ^  Are  persuaded  of  you  through  the  Lorde, 

Gen.  •*  The  patient  wayting  for  Christ,  Cr.  Bps.    The  wayting 

for  of  Christ,  GcK.  ■*  Commaunde,  Gcra.  S/>s.  ^Instruction, 

Gen.  "  Sweat,  Cr.  ''  Chargeable,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  ccj:.       Ei)e  Secontic  ISpfstlc  to  tijc  Siessalonajans. 

this  we  warned  you  off/  that  if  there  were  eny  which  wolde 
nott  worke/  that  the  same  shulde  not  eate. 

We  have  herde  ^  [saye  no  dout]  that  there  are  some  which 
walke  among  you  inordinatly/  and  worke  not  at  all/  but  are 
besybodies.  Them  that  are  soche/  we  commaunde  and  ex- 
horte  in  the  name  off  oure  lortve  Jesu  Christe/  that  they  worke 
with  quyetnes/  and  eate  their  breed.  Brethren  be  not  weary 
in  well  doynge.  Yff  eny  man  obey  nott  oure  sayinges/  ^  send 
vs  worde  off  hym  by  a  letter :  and  have  no  companie  with 
hym/  that  he  maye  be  a  shamed  :  And  count  hym  not  as  an 
enemy  :  but '°  warne  hym  as  a  brother. 

The  very  lorde  off  peace/  geve  you  peace  all  wayes/  by 

all  meanes.     The  lord  be  with  you  all.     The  salu- 

tacion  off  me  Paul  with  myne  awne  honde. 

This  is  the  token  in  all  pistles.     So  I  write. 

The  grace  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  be  with 

you  all   Amen. 


Sent  from  Athens. 

»  Saye  that,  T.  M.    Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  Note  him  bj'  a  letter, 

Gen.    Signifie  him  by  an  Epistle,  Bps.  '°  Admonish,  Gen. 


5ri)e  ffitst  arija^Pttr. 

|^®1L  an  Apostle  of  Jesus  Christ/  by  the  ^  commaunde- 
ment  of  god  oure  savioure/  and  of  the  lorde  Jesu  Christ/ 
which  ys  oure  hope. 

Vnto  Timothe  ^  hys  naturall  sonne  in  the  fayth. 

Grace  mercy  and  peace  from  god  oure  father/  and  from 
the  lord  Jesu  Christ. 

As  I  besought  the  to  abyde  styll  in  Ephesus  when  I  de- 
parted into  macedonia/  even  so  do  that  thou  ^  warne  some  that 
they  ^  teache  no  other  wyse  :  nether  geve  hede  to  fables  and 
genealogies/  which  are  endlesse/  and  brede  ^doutes/  more 
then  godly  edyfyinge  which  is  by  faith :  for  the  ende  of  the 
commaundement  is  love  that  commeth  off  a  pure  herte  and  of 
a  good  conscience/  and  of  fayth  vnfayned :  from  the  which 
thynges/  some  have  erde/  and  have  turned  vnto  vayne  iange- 
lynge/  ^  be  cause  they  wolde  be  doctours  in  the  scripture  and 
yett  vnderstonde  nott  what  they  speake/  nether  wherof  they 
afferme. 

We  knowe  that  the  lawe  is  god/  yf  a  man  vse  it  lawfully/ 
'  vnderstondinge  this/  howe  that  the  lawe  is  not  geven  vnto  a 
righteous  man/  butt  vnto  the  ^  vnrighteous  and  disobedient/  to 
the  vngodly  and  to  synners/  to  vnholy  and  ^  vnclean/  to  mur- 
iherers  of  fathers  and  murtherers  of  mothers/  to  ^^  manquel- 

'  Commission,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  My  [A,  £.]  naturall  sonne,  Cov. 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  Commaunde,  All  the  Vers.  *  Follow  no  straunge 

doctryne,  Cr.    Teach  no  otlier  doctrine,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Questions, 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  They  would  be  [Coveting  to  be,  B.]  doctours  of  the 

Lawe,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Knowing,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Lawlesse, 

Gen.  Bps.  ^  Prophane,  Gen.  •"  Manslayers,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


So.  ccyf.  STJe  JjBrst  Bpfstlc  off  33aul 

lars  and  whormongers :  to  ^^  them  that  defile  them  selves  with 
mankynde  :  to  menstealers  :  to  lyars  and  to  periured/  and 
^2  [so  forth]  yf  there  be  eny  wother  thynge  that  is  contrary  to 
holsome  doctryne  accordynge  to  the  ^^  glorious  gospell  off  the 
^"^  holy  god/  which  gospell  is  committed  vnto  me. 

And  I  thanke  ^^  hym  that  hath  made  me  stronge  ^^  in  Christ 
Jesu  oure  lorde :  for  he  counted  me  ^'^  true/  and  put  me  in 
office/  when  before  I  was  a  blasphemar/  [and  a  persecuter/] 
and  i^atyraunt.  Neverthelesse  ^^I  obtayned  mercy  because 
I  did  it  ignorauntly/  in  vnbelefe :  but  the  grace  of  oure  lorde 
was  more  aboundant/  with  fayth  and  love/  which  is  in  Christ 
Jesu. 

This  is  a  true  saynge/  and  by  all  meanes  worthy  to  be  re- 
ceaved/  that  Christ  Jesus  cam  into  the  worlde  to  save  syn- 
nei's/  of  whom  I  am  chefe  :  Notwithstondynge  ~'^  vnto  me  was 
mercy  geven/  that  ^i  Jesus  Christ  shulde  fyrst  shewe  on  me 
all  -2  long  pacience/  vnto  the  ensample  off  them  which  shall  in 
tyme  to  come  beleve  on  hym  vnto  eternall  lyfe.  So  then  vnto 
"3  god/  kynge  everlastynge/  ^^  immortall/  invisible/  and  wyse 
only/  be  honoure  and  prayse  for  ever  and  ever  Amen. 

This  commaundement  commit  I  unto  the  sonne  Timotheus/ 
accordynge  to  the  prophesies  which  ^^  in  tyn^e  past  were 
prophesied  off  the/  that  thou  in  them  shouldest  fyght  a  good 
fyght/  havynge  fayth  and  good  conscience/  which  some  have 
put  awaye  from  them/  and  as  concernynge  fayth  have  made 
shipwracke.  of  whose  nombre  is  Himeneus/  and  Alexander/ 
which  I  have  delivered  vnto  Satan/  that  they  might  be  taught 
not  to  blaspheme. 

€"1)0  fj.  (5:j)aptcr. 

T  EX  HORTE  therfore  that  ^  above  all  thynges  prayeers/ 
supplicacions/  ^peticions/  and  gevynge  of  thankes/  behad 


"  Buggerers,  Gen.  ''^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^^  Gospell  of 

the  glory,  Cov.  T.M.  Cr.  Bps.         ^*  Blessed,  .4// ^Ae  Vers.         '*  Christ 
Jesus,  etc.  which  hatii  luadeiue,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  That  is  Christ,  etc. 

Gen.  "  Faithful  and  put  ine  in  his  service  [into  the  niinisterie, 

B],  Gen.  Bps.  '*  An  oppresser.  Gen.  Bps.    B.  omits  the  clause 

in  crotchets.  '^  I  was  received  to,  Geti.  ^  For  this  cause  ob- 

tayned 1  [was  I  received  to,  G.]  mercy,  Cr.  Gen.    For  this  cause  was 
mercy  shewed  unto  me,  Bps.  ^^  In  me  the  fyrst,  Jesus  Christ 

should  shew,  Bps.  ^'^  Longe  suffering.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  king 

everlasting,  etc.  unto  God  only  wise,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Incorruptible, 

Bps.  *^  Went  before  upon  tliee,  Gen.  Bps.  '  First  of  all,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Intercessions,  Got.  Bps. 


bnto  2riinoti)cus.  Cj).  ffj. 

for  all  men :  for  kynges/  and  for  all  that  are  in  3  preeminence/ 
thatt  we  may  live  a  quyet  and  a  peasable  life/  in  all  godlines 
and  honestie.  For  that  is  good  and  accepted  in  the  sight  of 
god  OLire  savioure/  which  wolde  have  all  men  saved/  and  to 
come  vnto  the  knowledge  of  the  trueth.  For  there  is  one  god/ 
and  one  mediator  bitwene  god  and  man/  which  is  the  man 
Christ  Jesus/  which  gave  hym  silfe  a  raunsom  for  all  men/ 
^  that  it  shulde  be  ^  preached  at  his  tyme/  where  vnto  I  am 
apoynted  a  preacher/  and  an  apostle  (I  tell  te  trueth  in  Christ 
and  lye  not)  beynge  the  teacher  of  the  gentyls  in  fayth  and 
veritie. 

I  woll  therfore  that  the  men  praye  eveiy  where/  lyftynge 
vppe  pure  hondes  without  wrath/  or  ^  arguynge.  Lykwyse 
also  the  women  that  they  arraye  them  selves  in  '''  manerly 
aparell  with  shamfastnes/  and  ^  honest  behaveour/  not  with 
broyded  heare/  other  golde/  or  pearles/  or  costly  ^  araye : 
butt  1^  [with  suche]  as  becommeth  wemen  that  professe  ^Hhe 
worshlppynge  of  God  thorow  good  workes.  Let  the  woman 
learne  in  silence  with  all  subieccion.  I  sufFre  not  a  woman  to 
teache/  nether  to  ^^  have  auctoritie  over  a  man :  butt  forto  be 
in  silence.  For  Adam  was  fyrst  formed/  and  then  Eve.  Al- 
so Adam  was  not  deceaved/  butt  the  woman  was  deceaved/ 
and  was  in  transgression.  Notwithstondynge  they  shalbe 
saved  thorow  bearynge  off  children/  yff  they  continue  in  the 
fayth  and  in  love/  and  ^^  in  sanctifying. 

STiie  Iff.  (Pljnpter. 

nnHIS  is  a  true  sayinge  :  Yff  a  man  ^  covet  the  office  of  a 

bisshope/  he  desyreth  ^a  good  worke.     Ye  and  a  bissh- 

ope/  must  be  ^  fautlesse/  the  husband  of  one  wyfe/  ^  sober/  ^  of 

honest  behaveoure/  ^  honestly  aparelled/  ^  harberous/  apt  to 

^  Authoritie,  ^11  the  Vers.  *  A  testimonie  in  due  times,  Gen. 

Bps.  5  Testified,  T.  M.  Cr.  *  Doubting,  Gen.   Reasoning, 

Bp.'!.  '  Comely,  .'?//  the  Vers.  *  Discreet  behaviour,  Cov. 

T.  M   Cr.  Bps.    Modestie,  Gen.  ^  Apparell,  Gen.  '"  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  omit.  "  Godlinesse,  Cr.  Bps.    The  feare  of  God,  Gen. 

"  Usurpe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  HoHnesse  with  discrccion  [with  mo- 

destie, G.  B.],jill  the  Vers.  '  Desire,  Gen.  Bps.  *  An  hon- 

est, Cr.   A  worthy,  Gen.  ^  Blamelesse,  Cr.  Bps.  Unreprovea- 

ble,  Gen.  *  Diligent,  Cr.   Watching,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Discreet, 

Cov.  T.  M.   Sober,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  «  Mannerly,  Cov.  Discret,  Cr. 

Modest,  Gen.  Comely  apparelled,  Bps.  "^  A  keper  [lover,  C]  of 

hospitalitie,  Cr.  Bps. 

LL 


jf&.  ccp^  Ef\t  :^j)rst  22pfstle  of  ^aiil 

teache/  not  ^  dronken/  no  ^  fyghter/  not  geven  to  filthy  lucre : 
but  gentle/  ^^  abhorrynge  fightynge/  abhorrynge  covetousnes/ 
and  won  that  ^  ^  rueleth  his  owne  housse  honestly/  havynge 
children  ^^vnder  obedience/  with  all  honeste.  For  yf  a  man 
cannot  rule  his  owne  housse/  how  shall  he  care  for  the  con- 
gregacion  of  god.  ^^  He  may  not  be  a  yonge  man/  lest  ^'^  he 
swell  and  faule  into  the  ^^  iudgement  of  ^^  the  evyll  speaker. 
He  must  also  be  wele  reported  off  amonge  them  which  are  with 
outforth/  lest  he  fall  into  rebuke/  and  into  the  snare  off  ^^  the 
evyll  speakar. 

Lykwyse  must  the  '^'^  deacons  be  honest/  not  double  tonged/ 
nott  geven  unto  moche  i^drynkynge/  nether  ^^vnto  filthy  lu- 
cre :  butt  havynge  the  mistery  of  the  fayth  in  pure  conscience. 
And  let  them  fyrst  be  proved/  and  then  lett  them  minister/ 
20  yf  they  be  founde  fautlesse. 

Even  so  must  their  wyves  be  ^^  honest/  not  evyll  speakars : 
butt  sober/  and  faythfuU  in  all  thynges.  Let  the  deacons  be 
the  husbandes  of  one  wyfe  and  such  as  rule  their  children 
wele/  and  their  owne  housholdes.  For  they  that  minister  well/ 
get  them  selves  good  degre/  and  greate  libertie  in  the  fayth/ 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesu. 

These  thynges  write  I  vnto  the/  trustynge  to  come  shortly 
vnto  the.  ^~  And  yff  I  come  not/  that  thou  mayst  yet  have 
knowledge  howe  thou  oughtest  to  behave  thy  silfe  in  the 
housse  off  God/  which  is  the  congregacion  off  the  livynge  God/ 
the  pillar  and  grounde  of  trueth.  And  with  out  ^3  naye  gret 
is  that  mistery  of  godlines.  God  was  ^4  shewed  in  the  flesshe/ 
was  iustified  in  the  sprete/  was  sene  off  angels/  was  preached 
vnto  the  gentyls/  was  beleved  on  in  ^5  erth  and  receaved 
vppe  in  glory. 

E\jc  lb.  Ctijaptcr. 

^T^HE  sprete  speaketh   evydently   that  in   the  latter  tymes 
-*-    some  shall  departe  from  the  fayth/  and  shall  geve  hede 

*  Not  given  to  overmuch  wine  [to  wine,  G.],CV.  Gen.  Bps.  ^Stri- 
ker, Gen.  Bps.  '°  No  fighter  nor  covetous,  Gen.  "  Ruleth 
well  his  own  house,  Cr.  Bps.  '*  In  subjection  with  reverence 
[gravitie,  S.J,  Cr.  Bps.  ^'^  Not  a  young  scholar,  Jill  the  Vers. 
"  He  being  pufted  up,  fall  into  the  condemnation  of  the  devyll,  Gen. 
Bps.  '^  Condemnation,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  The  devil.  Gen.  Bps. 
"Ministers  be  grave  [honest,  C],  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Wine,  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps-  '^  Greedie  of,  Bps.  ^  So  that  no  man  be  able  to  re- 
prove them,  Cr.  ^i  Grave,  Bps.  ^  But  if  I  tary  long.  Ml  the 
Vers.  ^  Doubt,  Cr.  Bps.  Controversie,  Gen.  ^  Manifested, 
Gen.  Shewed  manyfestly,  Bps.          **  The  world,  Gen. 


bnto  Bmot}jevi3.  <ti).  b. 

vnto  spretes  of  errure/  and  ^  dyvlysshe  doctryne  ^  off  them 
which  speake  falce  thorow  ypocrisy/  and  have  their  conscien- 
ces 3  marked  with  an  hott  yeron/  forbyddynge  to  marry/  and 
commaundynge  to  abstayne  from  meates/  which  god  hath 
created  to  be  receaved  with  gevynge  thankes/  off  them  which 
beleve/  and  have  knowen  the  trueth/  for  all  the  creatures  of 
God  are  good  :  and  nothynge  to  be  refused/  yff  it  be  receaved 
with  thankes  gevynge  :  For  it  is  sanctified  by  the  worde  of 
god  and  prayer.  Yff  thou  shalt  put  the  brethren  in  remem- 
braunce  of  these  thynges/  thou  shalt  be  a  good  minister  of 
Jesu  Christ  which  has  bene  nourisshed  vppe  in  the  wordes  of 
faytlv  and  good  doctrj-ne/  which  doctryne  thou  hast  continual- 
ly followed.  But  cast  awaye  ^  vngostly  and  olde  wyves  fa- 
bles. 

Exercyse  thy  silfe  vnto  godlines.  For  bodely  exercyse 
proffiteth  lytell :  Butt  godlines  is  ^  good  vnto  all  thynges/  as 
a  thynge  which  hath  promyses  of  the  lyfe  ^  that  is  nowe/  and 
off  the*  lyfe  to  come.  This  is  a  sure  saynge/  and  '''  of  all  par- 
ties worthy  to  be  receaved.  For  therfore  we  laboure  and 
suffre  rebuke/  be  cause  we  ^  beleve  in  the  livynge  god/  which 
is  the  savioure  off  all  men/  butt  specially  of  those  that  beleve. 
Suche  thynges  commaunde  and  teache.  Let  no  man  despyse 
thy  youth  :  but  be  vnto  them  that  beleve  an  insample/  in  worde/ 
in  conversacion/  in  love/  in  sprete/  in  fayth  and  in  purenes. 

Till  I  come  geve  attendaunce  to  redynge/  to  exhortacion/ 
and  to  doctryne.  Despyse  not  the  gyfte  that  is  in  the/  which 
was  geven  the  thorow  prophesy/  and  with  leyinge  on  of  the 
hondes  9  of  a  seniour.  These  thynges  exercyse/  and  geve 
thy  silfe  vnto  them/  that  all  men  maye  se  howe  thou  proffetes. 
Take  hede  vnto  thy  silfe  and  vnto  ^^  learnynge/  and  continue 
therin.  For  if  thou  shalt  so  do  thou  shalt  save  thy  silfe/  and 
them  that  heare  the. 

2ri3c  b.  Cijaptcr. 

T>  EBUKE  not  a  seniour^ :  but  exhorte  hym  as  a  father/ 
and   the  yonger  men  as  brethren/  the  elder  wemen  as 

'  Doctrines  of  devils,  Gfii.  Bps.  ^  Which  speak  lies,  Gen. 

3  Burned,  Gen.  Seared,  Bps.  *  Prophane,  Geri.  Bps.  ^Pro- 

fitable, Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Present,  Gen.  '  By  all  means,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  *  Have  astedfast  hope,  CV.   Trust,  Ge?j.  Have  hoped, 

Bps.  8  Of  the  elders,  Cov.  T.  M.  By  the  authoritie  of  presthode 

[of  the  eldership,  B.],  Cr.  Bps.  Of  the  coinpanie  of  the  eldership,  Gen. 
'°  Doctrine,  Bps.  '  Cr,  adds — rigorously. 


J^o.  ccjrffj.  STj&e  iF^i)vst  JS^^fstle  of  ^aul 

mothers/  the  yonger  as  sisters/  with  all  purenes.  Hoiioure 
widdowes  which  are  ^  true  wyddowes.  Yf  eny  wyddowe  have 
children  or  neveus/  let  them  learne  fyrst  to  3  ruele  their  owne 
houses  godly/  and  to  recompence  their  ^  elders.  For  that  is 
5  good  and  exceptable  before  God.  She  that  is  a  veiy  wyd- 
dowe/ and  6  frendlesse/ '''  putteth  her  trust  in  god/  and  con- 
tinueth  in  supplicacion  and  prayer  nyght  and  daye :  but  she 
that  liveth  in  pleasure/  is  deed  ^  even  yet  alive.  And  suche 
thynges  commaunde/  that  they  maye  be  without  9  faut.  Yf 
there  be  eny  that  provideth  not  for  his  owne/  and  ^^  namely 
for  them  of  his  housholde  the  same  denyeth  the  fayth/  and  is 
worsse  then  an  infydell. 

Let  no  wyddowe  be  ^^  chosen  vnder  threscore  yere  olde/ 
and  soche  a  wone  as  was  the  wyfe  off  one  man/  and  well  re- 
ported off  in  good  workes :  yf  she  have  noressed  children/ 
yf  she  have  ^^bene  liberall  to  straungers/ yf  she  have  wesshed 
the  saynctes  fete/  yf  she  have  ministered  vnto  them  which 
were  in  adversitie/  yf  she  were  continually  geven  vnto  all 
maner  good  workes.  The  yonger  widdowes  refuse.  For 
when  they  have  begonne  to  wexe  wantan/  ^^  to  the  dishonoure 
of  Christ/  then  will  they  mary/  haveynge  damnacion/  be  cause 
they  have  ^^  despised  their  fyrst  fayth.  And  also/  they  learne 
to  ^^  goo  from  housse  to  housse  ydle/  ye  not  ydle  only/  but  al^ 
so  16  tryflynge  and  busy  bodies/  speakynge  thynges  which  are 
not  comly. 

1  will  therefore  that  the  yonger  wemen  mary  and  beare 
children/  and  ^"^  gyde  the  housse/  and  geve  none  occasion  to 
the  adversary  to  speake  ^^  evyll.  For  many  of  them  are  all 
redy  turned  bake/  ^^  [and  are  gone]  after  Satan.  And  yf 
eny/  ^^  man  or  woman  that  beleveth  have  widdowes/  lett  them 
21  minister  vnto  them/  and  let  not  the  congregacion  be  charg- 
ed :  that  22  hytt  maye  ^i  have  sufficient  for  them  that  are  wid- 
dowes in  dede. 

2  Widdowes  in  deede,  Gen.  Bps.  [So  vs.  5.]  ^  Shew  godlinesse 
towarde  their  own  house,  Gen.  *  Kindred,  Gen.  Elder  kinsfolkes, 
Bps.  *  An  honest  thing,  Gen.  ^  Left  alone,  Gen.  Bps. 
'  Hopeth,  Bps.  ^  While  she  liveth,  Gen.  Being  alive,  Bps. 
9  Rebuke,  Cr.  ^^  Specially,  Bps.  "  Taken  into  the  number, 
Gen.  '^  Been  harbourous.  Gov.  Lodged  strangers,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
13  Against  Christ,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >*  Broken,  Cov.  T.  M.  Gen. 
Castawaye,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Wander,  Bps.  ^^  Tatlers,  Cr.  Bps. 
Prattlers,  Gen.  '^  Governe,  Gen.  '^  Slanderously,  Bps. 
'9  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  Faithful  man  or  faithful  woman.  Gen. 
2'  Sustaine  them,  Bps.  *^  They  which  are  right  widowes,  may 
have  enough,  Cov. 


bnto  2rfinot!)fus.  ^\).  ^f. 

The  seniours  that  rule  wele  23  are  worthy  of  double  hon- 
oure/  most  specially  they  which  laboure  in  the  worde  and 
24  in  teachynge.  For  the  scripture  sayth :  Thou  shalt  not 
niuscll  2-^  [the  mouth  of]  the  oxe  that  treadeth  out  the  corne. 
And  the  labourer  is  worthy  of  his  26  rewarde.  Agaynst  a 
senioure  receave  none  accusation  :  but  vnder  two  or  thre 
witnesses.  Them  that  synne  rebuke  openly  that  wother  maye 
feare. 

27  I  testifie  before  god/  and  the  lordc  Jesus  Christ/  and  the 
elect  angels/  that  thou  observe  these  thynges  with  out  28  hasty 
iudgement/  and  do  nothinge  parcially.  Laye  hondes  sodenly 
on  no  man  nether  be  pa^i-t  taker  of  wother  menes  synnes. 
Kepe  thy  silfc  pure.  Drynke  no  longer  water/  but  vse  a  lytcU 
wyne/  for  thy  stommakes  sake/  and  thyne  often  -^  diseases. 

Some  mennes  synnes  are  open  before  honde  ^^  and  goo  be- 
fore vnto  iudgement :  some  mennes  synnes  ^^  folowe  after. 
Lykwyse  also  good  workes  are  manyfest  before  honde/  and 
they  that  are  other  wyse/  cannot  be  hid. 

STljc  bf.  CfTJjnijtcv. 

T  ET  as  many  servauntes  as  are  vnder  the  yoke  counte  their 
-^  masters  worthy  of  all  honour/  that  the  name  of  god/  and 
his  doctrine  be  not  evyll  spoken  off.  Se  that  they  which  have 
belevynge  masters  despyse  them  nott  be  cause  they  are  breth- 
ren :  but  so  moche  the  rather  do  service/  for  as  moche  as  they 
are  ^  belevynge  and  beloved  and  part  takers  of  the  benefite. 

These  thynges  teache  and  exhorte.  Yf  eny  man  2  tcache 
other  wyse/  and  ^  is  not  content  with  the  wholsome  wordcs  of 
the  lorde  Jesu  Christ/  and  with  the  doctrine  off  godlines/  he  is. 
pufte  vpp  and  knoweth  nothynge  :  but  '^  wasteth  his  braynes 
aboute  questions/  and  stryfe  off  wordes/  wher  off  sprynge  en- 
vie/  stryfe/  ^  realinges/  evyll  surmysinges  ^  superfluus  disput- 
ynges  '''  [in  scolus]  of  men  with  corrupte  myndes/  ^and  desti- 
tute of  the  trueth/  which  thynke  that  lucre  is  godlines.     From 

^  Let  them  be  counted  worthy,  Bps.         ^  Doctrine,  Gen.         "■'  Bps. 
omits.  ^  Wages,  Gen.  ^'  I  charge  thee,  Gen.  ^'^  Hasti- 

nesse  of  judgment,  Or.  Bps.  Preferring  one  to  another,  Gen.  ^In- 
firmities, Gen.  ^°  So  that  they  may  be  judged  aforehand,  Cor. 
2'  Sliall  be  manifest  herealler,  Cov.  '  Faitlifull,  Gen.  ^  Fol- 
owe other  doctryne,  Cr.  ^  Agreeth  not  unto,  Cov.  Enclyne  not 
unto,  Cr.  Consenteth  not  unto.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Doteth,  Gen.  Bps, 
^  [i.  e.  railings.]  *  Vaine,  Jill  the  Vers.  ''  [i.  e.  in  schools. — i 
Ml  the  Vers,  omit  the  words.]             ^  That  are  robbed,  Cov.  Cr. 


JFo.  ccpb.  Sljc  jfpi'sf  ISpistle  off  ^aut 

soche  seperate  thy  silfe.  ^  Godliness  is  great  ^o  riches/  yf  a 
man  be  content  with  that  he  hath.  For  we  brought  nothynge 
into  the  worlde/  ^^  and  it  is  a  playne  case  that  we  can  caiy 
nothynge  out. 

When  we  have  fode  and  rayment/  ^^  let  ys  theirwith  be  con- 
tent. They  that  wilbe  ryche/  faule  into  temptacion/  and 
snares/  and  into  many  folysshe  and  noysome  lustes/  which 
droune  men  in  perdicion/  and  destruccion.  For  ^^  covet- 
eousnes  is  the  rote  of  all  evyll/  which  whill  some  lusted  after/ 
they  erde  from  the  feyth/  and  i'*  tanglyd  them  selves  with 
many  sorowes.  But  thou  ^^  which  arte  the  man  of  god/  flye 
soche  thynges.  Folowe  rightewesnes/  godlines/  ^^  love/  pa- 
cience/  meknes.  Fyght  a  good  fyght  of  fayth.  Lay  holde 
on  eternall  lyfe/  where  vnto  thou  arte  called/  and  hast  pro- 
fessed a  good  profession  before  many  witnesses. 

I  geve  the  charge  in  the  sight  off  God/  which  quickneth  all 
thynges/  and  before  Jesus  Christ/  which  vnder  Poncius  Pilate 
witnessed  a  good  i''' witnessynge/  that  thou  kepe  the  com- 
maundement  with  out  spott/  ^^  so  that  noman  fynde  faute  wyth 
the/  vntyll  the  aperynge  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  which 
^^aperynge  (when  the  tyme  ys  come)  he  shall  shewe  tliat  is 
blessed  and  ^u  rnyghty  only/  kynge  of  kynges/  and  lorde  of 
lordes/  which  only  hath  immortalitie/  and  dwelleth  in  light 
thatt  no  man  can  attayne/  whom  never  man  sawe/  nether  can 
se  :  vnto  whom  be  honoure  and  ^i  rule  everlastynge   Amen. 

Charge  them  that  are  ryche  in  this  worlde/  that  they  be  not 
^  excedynge  wyse/  and  that  they  trust  not  in  the  vncertayne 
ryches/  but  in  the  livynge  god/  which  geveth  vs  aboundantly 
all  thynges  to  enioye  them/  and  that  they  do  good  and  be  ryche 
in  good  workes/  and  redy  to  ^3  geve/  and  to  distribute/  2"*  lay- 
ing vppe  in  store  for  them  selves/  a  good  foundacion  agaynst 
the  tyme  to  come/  that  they  maye  obtayne  eternall  lyfe. 

®  Howbeit  it  is  a  great  advantage  whoso  is  godly  and  holdeth  him- 
selfe  content  with  that  he  hath,  Co».  "^  Gaine,  Gew.  Lucre, 

£ps.  '1  Neyther  may  we  cary,  etc.  Cr.  And  it  is  certaine,Ge?i.  Bps. 
'^  We  must,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  '■' Covetousness  [The  desire,  G.  Love, 

B.]  of  money,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^*  Perced  themselves  through, 

Gen.  Bps.  '*  O  man  of  God,  Gen.  Bps.  '®  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

add — fayth.  ^^  Confession,  Gen.   Profession,  Bps.  '*  Unre- 

bukeable,  Jill  the  Vers.  ''  In  his  tymes,  Cov.  Cr.  Bps.     In  due 

times.  Gen.  '^  Prince  onely.  Gen.  Bps.  '^^  Empire,  Cov.  Power, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Proude,  Cov.  Hye  minded,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Give 
and  distribute  with  a  good  will,  Cov.  Geve  and  glad  [gladly,  C]  to 
distribute,  Cr.  Bps.  Distribute  and  communicate,  Gen.  **  Gath- 
ering up,  Cov. 


bnto  ffifmotijeus.  €:i).  bf. 

0  Timoihe  ^  save  that  which  is  geven  the  to  kepe/  and  avoyde 
26  vngostly  vanities  of  voyces/  and  opposicions  of  sci- 
ence falsly   so  called/   which  science/  whyll 
some  professed/  they  have  erred  as 
concernynge    the  fayth. 
Grace  be  with  the 
Amen. 


Sent  from  Laodicia/  which  is  the 

chefest  city  of  Phrigia 

Pacaciana. 

"'"  Keepe  that  which  is  committed  to  thee,  Gen.  ^^  Ungostlie, 

vaine  wordes,  Cop.    Prophane  and  vaine  babblings,  Gc7i.  B^s. 


Secontre  mf^Ht  oft  J^aul  ^nto 


|3^^1iL  an  Apostle  of  Jesu  Christ/  by  the  will  of  god/ 
1  to  preache  the  promes  of  lyfe/  which  lyfe  is  in  Christ 
Jesu. 

To  Timothe  ^  his  beloved  sonne  Grace/  mercy/  and  peace/ 
from  god  the  father/  and  from  Jesus  Christ  oure  lorde. 

I  thanke  god/  whom  I  serve  from  myn  elders  with  pure 
conscience/  that  with  out  ceasynge  I  ^  make  mencion  of  the 
in  my  prayers  nyght  and  daye/  desyrnge  to  se  the/  myndfuU 
off  thy  teares :  so  that  I  am  filled  with  ioye/  when  1  call  to 
remembraunce  the  vnfayned  fayth  that  is  in  the/  which  dwelt 
fyrst  in  thy  graunmoder  Lois/  and  in  thy  mother  Evnica : 
and  am  assuered  that  itt  dwelleth  ih  the  also. 

Wherfore  "*!  warne  the  that  thou  stere  vppe  the  gyfte  of  god 
which  is  in  the/  by  the  puttynge  on  of  my  hondes.  For  god 
hath  not  geven  to  vs  the  sprete  of  feare  :  but  of  power/  and 
of  love/  and  of  ^  honest  behaveour.  Be  not  a  shamed  ^  to  tes- 
tyfye  of  oure  lorde/  nether  be  ashamed  of  me/  which  am 
bounde  for  his  sake  :  but '''  suffre  adversitie  with  the  gospell 
also  thorowe  the  power  of  god/  which  saved  vs/  and  called  vs 
with  an  holy  callynge/  not  after  oure  dedes/  but  for  his  pur- 

'  According  to  the  promise  of  lyfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  My,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Have  remembrance.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Put  tliee  in  re- 

membrance, Gen.  Bps.  *  Right  understanding,  Cov.  Soberness 

of  mynd,  T.  M.  Sobreness,  Cr.   A  sounde  minde.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of 

the  testimonie  of  our  Lorde,  nether  [C.  adds — be  ashamed]  of  mce 
[C.  adds — which  am]  his  prisoner,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Bee  partaker 

of  the  afflictions  of  the  Gospell  according  to,  etc.  Gen. 


bnto  ffimotfjcus.  <8:i).  ff. 

pose  and  grace/  which  grace  was  geven  vs  thorowe  Christ 
Jesu  before  the  worlde  Avas/  but  is  nowe  declared  openly  by 
tlie  apeaiynge  off  oure  savioiire  Jesus  Christ/  which  hath 
8  put  awaye  deeth/  and  hath  brought  lyfe  and  immortalite  vnto 
light  thorowe  the  gospell/  where  vnto  I  am  apoynted  a  preach- 
er/ and  an  Apostle/  and  a  teacher  off  the  gentyls  :  for  the 
which  cause  I  also  suffre  this,  neverihelesse  I  am  not  asham- 
ed. For  1  knowe  ^  whom  I  have  beleved/  and  am  i"  sure 
that  he  is  able  to  kepe  that  which  I  have  committed  to  his 
kepynge  agaynst  that  daye. 

11  Se  that  thou  have  the  ensample  of  the  holsome  wordes 
which  thou  herdest  of  me/  in  fayth  and  love  which  is  in  Jesu 
Christ.  That  good  thynge  whiche  was  committed  to  thy  kep- 
ynge/ kepe  in  the  holy  gost  which  dwelleth  in  vs.  This  thou 
knowest  howe  that  all  they  which  are  in  Asia  be  turned  from 
me.  of  which  sorte  are  Phigellos  and  Hermogenes.  the 
lorde  gave  mercie  vnto  the  housse  off  Oncsiphoros/  for  he  ofte 
refresshed  me/  and  was  not  a  shamed  off  my  chayne  :  but 
when  he  was  at  Rome  he  sought  me  out  very  dilligently/  and 
founde  me.  The  lorde  graunt  vnto  him  that  he  maye  fynde 
mercie  with  the  lorde  at  that  daye.  And  ^'^  in  howe  many 
thinges  he  ministered  vnto  me  at  Ephesus  thou  knowest  very 
welQ, 


2*tc  sccoutie  Cijaptcr. 

'T'HOU  therfore  my  sonne  be  stronge  in  the  grace  that  is  in 
-*-  Christ  Jesu.  And  what  thynges  thou  hast  herde  off  me/ 
1  many  bearynge  witnes/  the  same  ^  delivre  to  faythfuU  men/ 
whych  3  are  apte  to  teache  wother.  Thou  therfore  suffre  afflic- 
cion  a  sa  good  soudier  off  Jesu  Christ.  No  man  that  warreih/ 
entanglith  hym  silfe  wy th  ^  worldely  busynes/  and  thatt  be  cause 
ho  wolde  please  hym  that  hath  chosen  him  to  be  a  soudier. 
And  though  a  man  stryve  for  a  mastery/  yett  ys  he  not  croun- 
ed/  excepte  he  ^  strive  laufully.      The  ^  husbaunde  man  that 

®  Taken  away  the  power  of  death,  Cov.  Abolished  death,  Gcii. 
'And  am  sure  that  he  (in  whom  I  have  put  my  trust)  is  able,  Cr. 
'°  Perswaded,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Hold  thee  after  the  ensample, 

Con.  Keepe  the  true  paterne.  Gen.  See  thou  have  the  paterne,  Eps. 
'*  How  much,  Coe.  '  By  many  witnesses,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Com- 
mit, Gen.  Bps.  ^  Shalbe  able,  Cr.  Gen.  ■*  The  aftayres  of 
this  life.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Strive  as  he  ought  to  do,  Geii.  Wrestle 
lawfully,  Bps.  ®The  husbandman  must  labour  before  he,  etc.  Gcra. 
The  labouring  husbandman  must  first  be  a  partaker  of,  etc.  Bps. 


jFo.'cc):bJ.  SlIjc  Secon^c  SEpfstlc  off  ^aiil 

laboreth  must  fyrst  receave  off  the  frutes.     Consider  what  I 
saye.     The  lords  geve  the  vnderstondynge  in  all  thynges. 

Remember  that  Jesus  Christ  beynge  off  the  sede  of  David/ 
rose  agayne  from  deth  accordynge  to  my  gospell/  where  in  I 
sufTre  truble  as  an  evill  doar/  even  vnto  bondes.  but  the  worde 
of  god  was  not  bounde.  Herfore  I  sufFre  all  thinges/  for  the 
electes  sakes/  thatt  they  might  also  obtayne  that  helth  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesu/  with  eternall  glory. 

It  is  a  '''  true  sayinge/  if  we  be  deed  with  him/  we  also  shall 
live  with  hym.  Yf  we  ^  be  pacient/  we  shall  also  raigne  with 
him.  If  we  denye  him/  he  also  shall  denye  vs.  Yf  we  ^  be- 
leve  not/  yet  abideth  he  faithfuU.  He  cannot  denye  hym 
silfe.  Of  these  thynges  put  them  in  remembraunce.  and 
^'^  testifie  before  the  lorde/  that  they  ^^  stryve  not  about  wordes/ 
which  is  to  no  proffet/  but  to  pervert  the  heares. 

Studdy  to  shewe  thy  silfe  ^^  laudable  vnto  god/  a  workman 
that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed/  ^^  divydyng  the  worde  of  trueth 
I'^iustly.  ^^Vngostly  and  vayne  voyces  passe  over.  For 
they  shall  ^^  encreace  vnto  gretter  vngodlynes/  and  their  wordes 
shall  fret  even  as  doth  a  cancre.  of  whose  nombre  ys  hyme- 
neos/  and  Philetos/  which  as  concernynge  the  trueth  have  er- 
red/ sayinge  that  the  resurreccion  is  past  all  redy/  and  do  de- 
stroye  the  fayth  ^^  of  divers  persones. 

But  the  ^s  sure  grounde  of  god  remayneth/  and  hath  this 
seale  :  the  lorde  knoweth  them  that  are  his/  and  let  every  man 
that  calleth  on  the  name  of  Christ/  departe  from  iniquitie. 
Notwithstondynge  in  a  grete  housse  are  not  only  vesselles  off 
golde  and  of  silver :  but  also  of  wood  and  of  erthe  :  Some  for 
honoure/  and  some  vnto  dishonoure.  Yf  a  man  pourdge  hym 
silfe  ^^  from  suche  felowes/  he  shalbe  a  vessell  sanctified  vnto 
honoure  mete  for  the  ^^  lorde/  and  prepayred  unto  all  good 
worlies. 

Lustes  of  youth  ^^  avoyde/  and  folowe  rightewesnes/  fayth/ 
love/  and  peace/  with  them  that  call  on  the  lorde  with  pure 

7  Faithful,  Bps.  8  Suffer,  Gen.  "  Be  unfaithful,  Bps. 

1°  Protest,  Gen.  ^'  Folowe  no  contencyous  wordes.  Or.         '^  Ap- 

proved, Gen.  Bps.  '^  Distributynge,  Cr.  '■*  Aright,  Gen. 

Rightly, -Bps.  '^  UjjgQgtiyyanities  of  voyces,  etc.  CV.  Stay  pro- 

phane  and   vaine  babblings,  Geii.    Prophane  voyces  of  vanities,  etc. 
Bps.  ^^  Helpe  much  to  ungodlinesse,  Cov.  ''  Of  some,  Cr. 

Bps.  Of  certaine.  Gen.  '^  Sure  ground  [Strong  fundation,  B.] 

of  God  standeth  still,  Cr.  Bps.     Fundation  of  God  remaineth  sure, 
Gen.  '*  From  such  men,  Cr.  From  these.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Usea 

of  the  Lorde,  Cr.  Bps.        *'  Flee  from,  Gen. 


bnto  STfmottcus,  €"!).  fff. 

herte.  Folisshe  and  vnlearned  questions  put  from  the/  re- 
membrynge  that  they  ^^  do  but  make  stryfe.  But  the  servaunt 
of  the  lorde  must  not  stryve  :  but  must  be  ^  peasable  vnto  all 
men/  ^^  and  redy  to  teache/  and  ^^  won  that  can  suffre  the  evyll 
in  meknes/  and  can  informe  them  that  resist/  ^6  yf  that  god 
att  eny  tyme  will  geve  them  repentaunce  for  to  knowe  the 
trueth  :  that  they  may  '-^'''wake  out  of  slepe  agayne/  out  off  the 
snare  off  the  devyll/  which  are  nowe  ^^  taken  off  hym  at  his 
will. 


Cljc  Iff.  CCjbapter. 


rji] 


'HIS  vnderstond/  that  in  the  last  dayes  shall  come  parelous 
tymes  :  For  the  men  shalbe  lovers  of  their  awne  selves/ 
Coveteous/  Bosters/  Proude/  ^  Cursed  speakers/  disobedient  to 
father  and  mother/ vnthankfuU/  ^vnholy/  3  churlisshe/  '*  stub- 
born/ falce  accusars/  ^  ryatours/  fearce/  despysers  of  them 
which  are  good/  traytours/  heddy/  bye  mynded/  ^  gredy  apon 
voluptousnes  more  then  the  lovers  of  god/  havynge  "^  a  simili- 
tude off  godly  lyvynge/  but  have  denyed  the  power  there  of. 
^  Soche  abhorre.  For  of  this  sorte  are  they  which  ^  entre  in- 
to houses/  and  ^^  brynge  into  bondage  wymmen  laden  with 
synne/  which  women  are  ledde  of  divers  lustes/  ever  learnynge/ 
and  never  able  to  come  vnto  the  knowledge  of  the  trueth. 

As  James  and  Jambres  withstode  Moses/  even  so  do  these 
resist  the  trueth.  men  they  are  off  corrupt  myndes/  ^^and 
leawde  as  concernynge  the  fayth  :  but  they  shall  prevayle  no 
longer.  For  there  madnes  shalbe  ^^  yttered  vnto  all  men  as 
thers  was :  but  thou  hast  ^^  sene  the  experience  of  my  doc- 
tryne/  ^^  ordinaunce/  purpose/  fayth/  longe  suffeiynge/  love/ 

22  Gender,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Gentle,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Apt 

to  teach,  All  the  Vers.  ^  One  that  can  forbear  the  evill,  Cov.  Suf- 

fering evyll.  [the  evyll  men  patiently,  G.]  with  meekness  instructing 
them  that  are  contrarie  minded.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cr.  adds  —  the 

truth.  ^  Turn  again,  Cov.  Come  to  themselves  agayne,  T.  M. 

Cr.  Bps.    Come  to  amendment,  Gen.  **  Holden  captive,  Cr. 

Taken  captive,  Bps.  '  Blasphemous,  Bps.  ^  Ungodly, 

Bps.        ^  Unkind,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Without  natural  affection,  Gtn.Bps. 
*  Truce-breakers,  Jill  the  Vers.  *  Intemperate,  Gen.         *  Lovers 

of  pleasure,  G'e?i.  Bps.  '' A  similitude  of  godlinesse,  Cr.  A  shewe 

[A  forme,  B.]  of  godlinesse.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Turne  away  from 

[Avoid,  C'.]  such,  Cov.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Run  from  house  to  house, 

Cov.    Creep  into  houses,  Gen.  '"  Lead  captive  simple  women, 

Gen.  Bps.  !•  Reprobate,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Evident,  Gen.    Mani- 

fest, Bps.  '3  Fully  knowen  [Folowed,  B.]  my  doctrine,  Gen.  Bps 

"  Fashion  [Maner,  G.]  of  lyving,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


fit.  ccybff.  Ci)c  Secon^e  Hpistlc  off  33«iul 

pacience/  persecucions/  and  affliccions  which  happened  vnto 
me  att  Anthioche/  at  Iconium/  and  at  lysti'a :  which  persecu- 
cions I  suffered  ^^  [paciently/]  and  from  them  all  the  lorde  de- 
livered me.  Ye  and  all  that  will  live  godly  in  Christ  Jesu/ 
must  suffre  pei-secucions.  But  the  evyll  men  and  disceavers/ 
shall  wexe  worsse  and  worsse/  whill  they  deceave/  and  are 
deceaved  them  selves. 

But  continue  thou  in  the  thynges  which  thou  hast  learned/ 
16  which  also  were  committed  vnto  the  seynge  thou  knowest 
off  whom  thou  hast  learned  them,  and  for  as  moche  also  as 
thou  hast  knowen  ^"  holy  scripture  of  a  chylde/  which  is  able 
to  make  the  wyse  vnto  health  throwe  fayth/  which  is  in  Christ 
Jesu.  For  all  scripture  ^^  geven  by  inspiracion  of  god/  is  prof- 
fitable  ^^  to  teache/  to  improve/  ^^  to  informe/  and  to  instruct 
in  rightewesnes/  that  the  man  of  god  maye  be  ^i  perfet/  and 
prepared  vnto  all  good  workes. 

T  1  TESTIFIE  therfore  before  god/  and  before  the  lorde  Jesu 
Christ/  which  shall  iudge  quicke  and  deed  at  his  aperynge 
2  in  his  kyngdom/  preache  the  word/  ^  be  fervent/  be  it  in  sea- 
son or  out  of  season,  huprove/  rebuke/  exhorte  with  all 
longe  sufferinge."*  For  the  tyme  will  come/  when  they  wyll 
nott  suffer  wholsome  doctryne  :  butt  after  their  awne  lustes 
shall  ^they  (whose  cares  ytche)  gett  them  an  heepe  of  teach- 
ers/ and  shall  turne  their  eares  from  the  trueth/  and  shalbe 
geven  vnto  fables.  Butt  watch  thou  in  all  thynges/  and  suffre 
adversitie/  and  do  the  worke  off  an  evangelist/  ^  fulfill  thyne 
ofhce  vnto  the  vtmost. 

For  I  am  nowe  redy  to  be  offered/  and  the  tyme  of  my  de- 
partynge  is  at  honde.  I  have  fought  a  good  fight/  and  have 
"^  fulfilled  my  couree/  and  have  kept  the  fayth.  From  hence 
forth  is  layde  vppe  for  me  a  croune  of  rightewesnes/  which  the 
lorde  that  is  a  righteous  iudge  shall  geve  me  at  that  daye. 


'*  Gen.  omits.  "*  And  art  persuaded  thereof.  Gen.  '''  The 

scriptures  from  an  infant,  Bps.  "*  {Is)  given,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  To 

doctrine,  to  reprove,  Bps.  ^  To  amende,  T.  M.  Cr.  To  correct,  Gen. 
To  correction,  Bps.  "  Absolute,  being  made  perfect  unto,  etc. GV?/. 
Perfect,  instructed  unto,  etc.  Bps.  '  Charge  thee,  Gen.         ^  And 

in  his,  etc.  Gen.    And  hys,  etc.  Bps  ^  Be  instant,  in  season,  etc. 

Gen. Bps.  *  All  the  Ffrs.  add — and  doctrine.  *  Having  their  ear.s 
itching.  Gen.  ®  Make  thy  ministerie  fully  knowen,  Gen.  Fulfyl 

thy  ministerie,  Bps.  '  Finislied,  Gen. 


\into  CTimotljcus.  ffij).  [fff. 

nott  to  me  only :  but  vnto  all  them  that  love  his  commynge. 
s  Make  spede  to  come  vnto  me  atonce. 

For  Demas  hath  ^  left  me/  and  hath  i"  loved  this  present 
worlde/  and  is  departed  into  Tessalonica.     Crescens  is  gone 
to  Galacia/  and  Titus  vnto  Dalmacea.     Only  Lucas  is  with  me. 
Take  Marke  and  bringe  him   'i  with  the/   for  he  is  necessary 
vnto  me  forto  minister,     and  Tichichus  have  I  sent  to  Ephesus. 
the  cloke  that  I  lefte  at  troada  with  Carpus  when  thou  com- 
mest  brynge  with  the/  and  the  bokes/  but  specially  the  parch- 
ment.    Alexander  the  coppersmyth  i~did  me  moche  evyll/ 
the  lorde  rewarde   him  accordynge  to   his  dedes/   of  whom 
be  thou  ware  also.      For  he  ^^  with  stode  oure  preachynge 
sore.     At  my  fyrst  answerynge  for  my  silfe/  no  man  assisted 
me/  but  all  forsoke  mc.     I  praye  god/  that  it  maye  nott   be 
layde  to  their  charges :  nott  with  stondynge  the  lorde  assisted 
me/  and  strengthed  me/  that  by   me  the  preachyng  '"*  shulde 
be  fulfilled  to  the  vtmost/  and  that  all  the  gentyls  shulde  heare/ 
And  I  was  delivered  out  of  the   mouth  of  the  lyon/  And  the 
lorde  shall  delivre  me  from  ^^  all  y veil  doynge/  and  shall  kepe 
me  vnto  his  hevenly  kyngdom.     To  whom  be  prayse  for  ever 
and  ever     Amen. 
Salute  prisca  and  Aquila/  and  the  houssholde  of  Onesiphor- 
us.    Erastus  abode  at  Corinthum.     Trophimos  I  left  at 
Miletum    sicke.      Make  spede    to    come    before 
winter.      Eubolus  gretith    the/  and  Pudes/ 
and  Linus/   and   Claudia/  and    all  the 
brethren.     The  lorde  Jesus  Christ 
be  with  thy  sprete. 
Grace  be  with  you  Amen. 

The  seconde  pistle  written  from  Rome  vnto 

Timothe/  when  Paul  was  presented  the 

seconde  tyme  vppe/  before  the 

Emperoure  Nero. 


*  Do  thy  diligence  to  come  shortly  unto  me,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  For- 

saken. Or.  Gen.  Bps.  '°  Embraced,  Gen.  "  Witli  me  to  the 

ministration,  etc.  Cor.     With  thee,  for  lie  is  profitable  unto  me,  etc. 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >*  Shewed,  Bps.  '^  Hath  greatly  withstand, 

Cr.  Bps.  ^*  Myght  be  fully  knowen,  Gen.  '^  Every  evyll 

worke,  Gen.  Bps. 

MM 


1^^2EiL   the   servaunt  of  god  and  an  Apostle  of  Jesu 

L'''  Christ/  ^  to  preache  the  fayth  of  goddis  electe/  and  the 
knowledge  off  the  trueth/  which  ti'ueth  is  ^  in  servynge  god  in 
hope  of  eternal!  lyfe  god  that  cannot  lye/  hath  proniysed  be- 
fore ^  the  worlde  began  :  but  hath  '^  at  the  tyme  apoynted 
^opened  his  worde  by  preachynge/  which  preachynge  is  com- 
mitted vnto  me/  by  the  commaundment  of  god  oure  saveoure. 

To  Titus  ^  his  naturall  sonne  in  the  common  fayth. 

Grace  mercie  and  peace  from  God  the  father/  and  from 
the  lorde  Jesu  Christ  oure  saveoure. 

For  this  cause  left  I  the  in  Creta/  that  thou  shuldest  "  per- 
forme  that  which  was  lackynge  and  shuldest  ordeyne  seniours 
in  every  citie  as  I  apoynted  the.  Yf  eny  be  ^  soche  as  no 
man  can  complayne  on/  the  husbande  of  one  wyfe/  havynge 
faythfuU  children/  which  are  not  ^sclandred  offroyote/  nether 
are  disobedient.  For  a  bisshoppe  must  be  ^  soche  as  no  man 
can  complayne  on/  as  i"  it  be  commeth  the  minister  off  God 
not  1^  stubborne/  not  angrye/  ^^  no  dronkarde  ^^  no  fyghter/ 
not  geven  to  filthy  lucre  :  butt  ^"^  herberous/  one  that  loveth 
gooclnes/  ^^  of  honest  behaveour/  righteous/  i^  holy  temperat/ 

'  Accordinge  to,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  After  [Accordinge  to,  G.] 

godlinesse,  T.M.  Cr.  Gcji.  Bps.  ^  The  times  of  the  worlde,  Cor- 

*  In  due  thne,  Gen.  ^  Made  his  word  manifest.  Gen.  Bps.  "My, 
Gen.  Bps.  "^  Refourme  the  things  that  are  unperfecte  [are  lefte, 

U.],  Cr.  Bps.  Continue  to  rcdresse  the  things  that  reniayne,  Gen. 
*Fautlesse,  T.  .¥.  Blamelcsse,  Cr.  Bps.  Unreproveable,  G'r/i.  ''Ac- 
cusable  ofriote  or  untractable,  Bps.  '^  The  stewarde  of  God,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  "  Froward,  Gen.  '-  Not  given  to  wine,  Cr.  Gin. 

B]>s.         "  No  striker,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  A  keper  [A  lover,  B.]  of  hos- 

pitalitie,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Sobre  mynded,  T.M.  Sober,  Cr.  Bps.  Wise, 
Gen.  ^*  Godlye,  Cr.  Bps. 


fftjc  Kpfstlc  of  ^aul  buto  Eftus.  ^ii.  if. 

1~  and  suche  as  cleavetli  vnto  the  true  worde  of  doctryne/  thatt 
he  maye  be  able  to  exhoi'te  with,  wholsom  ^'^  leaniynge/  and 
to  improve  them  that  saye  agaynst  it. 

For  there  are  many  ^-^  disobedient  and  ^^  talkers  ofFvanitie/ 
and  disceavers  ofFmyndes/  ^^  namlythey  ofi'the  circumcision/ 
whose  mouthesmust  be  stopped/  which  ^~  pervert  whole  houses/ 
teachynge  thynges  which  they  ought  nott/  be  cause  off  filthy 
lucre.  Won  beynge  of  them  selves/  which  was  ^^  a  poyet  of 
their  owne  sayde :  The  Crctayns  are  always  lyars/  evyll 
beastes/  and  slowe  belies.  This  witnes  is  true/  wherfore  re- 
liuke  them  sharply/  that  they  maye  be  sounde  in  the  fayth/ 
and  not  takynge  hede  to  iewcs  fables/  and  commauiidementes 
of  men/  which  turne  from  the  trueth.  Vnto  the  pure/  are  all 
thynges  pure  :  but  vnto  them  that  are  defiled/  and  vnbelev- 
ynge/  is  nothynge  pure  :  but  even  the  very  myndes  and  con- 
sciences off  them  are  defiled.  They  -"^confesse  that  they 
knowe  god  :  but  with  dedes  they  de  nye  hym  and  are  abhomi- 
nable/  and  disobedient/  and  vnto  all  good  workes  25  discom- 
mendable. 


"O  VT  speake  thou  that  which  becommeth  wholsome  learn- 
"^  ynge  :  That  the  elder  men  be  ^  sober/  honest/  discrete/ 
sounde  in  the  fayth/  in  love  and  in  pacience.  And  the  elder 
wemen  lyke  wyse  that  they  be  in  soche  ^  rayment/  as  be  com- 
meth  holynes/  not  falce  accusars/  not  geven  to  moche  drink- 
ynge/  but  teachers  of  ^  honest  thynges/  that  they  ^  nurter  the 
younge  wemen  forto  love  their  husbandes/  to  love  their  chil- 
dren/ to  be  ^  of  honest  behaveoure/  chast/  ^  huswyfly/  good/ 
and  obedient  vnto  their  aune  husbandes/  that  the  worde  of  god 
be  not  evyll  spoken  of.  Yonge  men  lykwyse  exhorte  that 
they  be  '''  of  honest  manners. 

Above  all  thynges  shewe  thy  silfe  ^  an  insample  of  good 


'''Holding  fast  tliefaitlifull  worde  according  to,  Gen.Bps.  '*  Doc- 
trine. Gen.  Bj)s.  [So  cli.  ii.  1.]  '^  Unruly,  Cr.  Bps.  ^°  Vaine 
talkers,  Gcii.  Bps.  '^^  Specially,  Cr.Bps.  Ciiiefly,  Gen.  "^"-Qvih- 
veit,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  A  prophet,  Gen.  ^^  Say,  Cov.  Professe, 
Gen.  **  Unmeet,  C'oii.  Unapt,  Cr.  Reprobate,  Gen.  Bps.  '  So- 
ber, sage,  Cr.  Watching,  grave,  Bps.  ^  Behaviour,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Good  things,  Bps.  *  Make  [Instruct,  G.]  the  young  women  to 
be  sober-minded,  to  love,  etc.  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Discreet,  JJil 
the  Vers.  ®  Keepers  at  home.  Gen.  Housekeepers,  Bps.  ^  So- 
brc-minded,  Jill  the  Vers.            ®  A  paierne,  Bps. 


iFo.  tcriv-  2[|)e  ISflstlt  of  |3aiil  bitto  Eitiis. 

workes  ^  in  the  doctryne/  shew  vncorrupcion/  honestie/  and 
the  wholsome  worde  ''^  which  cannot  be  rebuked/  that  he 
which  withstondeth  maye  be  ashamed/  havynge  '^no  thinge 
in  you  that  he  maye  disprayse.  ^"^  The  seiTauntes  exhorte  to 
be  obedient  vnto  their  owne  masters/  and  to  please  in  all 
thinges/  not  answerynge  agayne/  nether  be  pickers/  but  that 
they  shewe  all  good  faythfulnes/  that  they  maye  ^^  do  wor- 
shippe  to  the  doctiyne  off  god  oure  saveoure  in  all  thynges. 
For  the  grace  of  god/  ^^  that  bryngeth  health  vnto  all  men/ 
hath  apered  and  teacheth  vs  that  we  shulde  denye  vngodlynes/ 
and  woi'ldly  lustes/  and  that  we  shulde  live  ^^  honestly/  right- 
eously/ and  godly  in  this  present  worlde/  lokinge  for  that  bles- 
sed hope/  and  ^^  glorious  a  perenge  of  the  ^^  mygthy  god/  and 
of  oure  savioure  Jesu  Christ :  which  gave  hym  silfe  for  vs/  to 
redeme  vs  from  all  ^^  vnrightewesnes/  and  to  pourdge  vs  a 
peculiar  people  vnto  him  silfe/  ^^  fervently  geven  vnto  good 
workes.  These  thinges  speake/  and  exhorte/  and  rebuke/ 
with  all  ^°  commaundynge.     Se  that  no  man  despise  the. 


£i)c  If  J'  €i)ajtcf' 

^VIl/'ARNE  them  that  they  submit  them  selves  to  niele 
and  power/  ^  to  obey  the  officers/  that  they  be  ^  pronipt 
vnto  all  good  workes/  ^  that  they  speake  evyll  off  no  man/ 
that  they  be  no  fyghters/  but  ^  sofle/  shewynge  all  meknes  vn- 
to all  men  For  we  oure  selves  also  were  ^  in  tymes  past/  vn- 
wyse/  disobedient/  deceaved/  '^  in  daunger  to  lustes/  and  divers 
manners  off  voluptusnes/  livynge  in  maliciousnes/  and  envie/ 
^  full  of  hate  hatynge  one  another. 

^  With  uncorrupte  doctrine,  with  honestie,  Cov.  T.  M.  In  the  doc- 
tryne with  honestie,  gravitie,  Cr.  With  uncorrupte  doctrine,  with 
gravitie,  integritie,  Gen.  In  the  doctrine  uncorruptnesse,  gravitie,  in- 
tegritie,  Bps.  '"  Unrebukeable,  Bps.  "  No  evill  thing  to 

saye  of  you,  Or.  Bps.  Nothing  concerning  you  to  speak  evil  of,  Gen. 
'*  Let  servants  be  subject  unto,  Gen.  '^  Adorne  the  doctrine.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^*  (Uliich  is)  hea.\tMn\,  Bps.  '^  Discreetly,  Cop.  Sober- 

mynded,  T.  M.  Soberly,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Appearing  of  the  glorie, 
Cov.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Great,  Cr.  Bps.  '*  Iniquitie,  Gen. 

'9  Zealous  of,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Ferventnesse  of  commaunding,  Cr. 

Authoritie,  Geii.  Bps.  '  Put  them  in  remembrance  that  they  be 

subject  unto  the  principalities,  Geti.  *  That  they  be  obedient 

and  readie,  Gf??.  Toobey  magistrates,  to  be  ready,  i?p5.  ^  Ready e, 
T.  M.  Cr.  *  To  blaspheme,  Bps.  ^  Gentle,  Cr.  Bps.  «  Some- 
tyme  foolish,  Bps.  ''  Serving  divers  lustes  and  voluptuousnesse, 

Cr.  Bps.  Serving  the  lustes  and  divers  pleasures,  Gen.  *  Hate- 

full,  Gen. 


ffljc  Hpfstlc  of!  Haul  butu  Cftus.  (S"]).  t(;. 

But  after  that  the  ^  kyndnes-  and  love  of  oure  saveoure  ^°  to 
rnanwarde  apered/  not  of  the  dedes  off  rightewesnes  which  we 
wrought/  but  off  his  mercie/  he  saved  vs/  by  the  ^^  fountayne 
of  the  newe  birth/  and  with  the  renuynge  off  the  holy  goost/ 
which  he  shed  on  vs  ^2  aboundantly/  thorow  Jesus  Christ  oure 
saveoure/  that  we  once  iustified  by  his  grace/  shulde  be  heyres 
^^  off  eternall  lyfe/  thorowe  hope.     This  is  a  true  sayinge. 

Off  these  thynges  I  wolde  that  thou  shuldest  i'*  certifie/  that 
they  which  beleve  God/  myght  be  ^^  stodius  to  ^^  go  forwardc 
in  goode  workes.  These  thynges  are  good  and  proffetable  vn- 
to  men.  ^'^Folisshe  questions/  and  genealogies/  and  '^  braul- 
inges  and  stryfe  about  the  lawe  avoyde/  for  they  are  vnprof- 
fetable/  and  i^superfluus.  A  man  that  is  20  the  aucior  off 
sectes/  after  the  fyrst  and  the  seconde  amonicion  -^  avoyde/ 
remembrynge  that  he  that  is  soche/  is  perverted/  and  synneth/ 
even  damned  ^  by  his  awne  iudgemcnt. 

When  I  shall  sonde  Artemas  vnto  the  or  Tichicus  be  dili- 
gent to  come  unto  me  vnto  Nichopolis  For  I  have  deter- 
mined there  to  wynter.  Brynge  Zenas  -^the  lawear  and 
Apollos  on  their  iorney  diligently/  that  nothynge  be  lackynge 

vnto  them.     And  let  oures  also  learne  to  '^'^  excelle  in  good 

workes  as  farforth  as  nede  requyreth/  that  they  be 

not  vnfrutfull.     All  that  are  whith  me  salute  the. 

Grete  them  that  love  vs  in  the  faythe. 

Grace  be   with   you   all/ 

Amen. 


Written  from  Nichopolis  a  citie 
of  Macedonia. 

9  Bountifulnesse,  Gen.  '"  Ml  the  Vers,  add— God.         "  Wash- 

ing of  the  new  birth,  Gen.  Fountayne  of  the  regeneration,  Bps. 
'^  Richly,  Bps.  '•'  According  to  the  hope   of,   Cr.    Gen.  Bps. 

'■•  Speak  earnestly,  Cov.  Affirnie,  Gen.  Affirine  constantly,  Bps. 
''  Diligent,  etc.  Cr.  Be  careful  to  shew  foorth  [to  niaynteyne,  B.J 
good  workes,  Gnn.  Bps.         "*  Excel  in,  Cov.  "^  But  stay  foolish, 

etc.  Gen.  '^  Contentions  and  brawlings  [and  strivings,  B.J,  Gen. 
Bps.  '"  Vaine,  Gen.  Bps.  ""  An  heretike,  Grn.  Bps.  "'  Re- 
ject, Gen.  22  Of  himselfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  scribe,  Cov. 
^*  Shewe  forth  [Maynteyne,  B.]  good  workes  to  necessary  uses, 
Gen.  Bps. 


^iutlt  at  ^aul  iJttto  l^IjiUmon, 


^||^2E?L  the  presoner  of  Jesu  Christ/  and  brother  Ti- 
41.'*   motheus. 

Vnto  Philemon  ^  beloved/  and  oure  ^  helper/  and  to  ^  the 
beloved  Appia/  and  to  Archippus  oure  felowe  soudier/  and  to 
the  congregacion  of  thy  housse. 

Grace  be  with  you  and  peace/  from  God  oure  father  and 
from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

I  thanke  my  God  always  makynge  mencion  off  the  in  my 
prayers/  when  I  heare  off  thy  love  and  faith/  which  thou  hast 
towarde  the  lorde  Jesu/  and  towarde  all  saynctes  :  ^  so  that 
the  fellishippe  that  thou  hast  in  the  fayth/  is  frutfuU  ^thorowe 
knowledge  ofl'  '^  all  good  thynges/  which  are  in  you  by  Jesus 
Christ.  And  we  have  gret  ioye/  and  consolacion  '''  over  thy 
love  :  For  by  the  brother/  the  ^saynctes  hertes  are  comforted. 

Wherfore  though  I  be  bolde  in  Christ  ^  to  enioyne  the/  that 
which  10  becommeth  the  :  yet  for  loves  sake  I  rather  beseche 
the/  11  though  I  be  as  I  am/  even  Paul  aged/  and  '^  now  in 
bondes  for  Jesu  Christes  sake.  I  beseche  the  for  my  sonne 
Onesimus/  whom  I  begat  in  my  bondes/  which  in  tyme  passed 
was  to  the  vnproffetable :  but  nowe  profFetable  booth  to  the 
and  also  to  me/  whom  I  have  sent  ^^  [home]  agayne.  Thou 
therfore  receave  hym/  that  is  to  saye   myne  awne  bowels/ 

^  Our  deare  friend,  Gen.  *  Fellow-helper,  Gen.    Felowe  la- 

bourer, Bps.   [So  vs.  24.]  ^  Our  deare  sister,  Gen.  *  That 

our  common  fayth  may  be,  etc.  Cov.  That  the  felowship  of  thy  fayth 
may  be  made  fruitfull  [be  eifectual,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  °  And  that 

whatsoever  good  thing  is  in  you  through  Jesus  Christ,  rnay  be  known, 
Gen.  ^  Every  good  {workc)  which  is  in  you,  Cr.  Bps.         "^  In  thy 

love,  CV.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Saintes  are  heartily  refreshed,  Cov.    Bow- 

elles  of  the  saints  are  refreshed,  Bps.  ^  To  coinmande,  Cr.  Gen. 

'°  Was  thy  duety  to  do,  Cr.  Is  convenient.  Gen.  *'  Though  I  be 

as  I  am,  even  olde  Faull,  Cr.  Being  such  a  one  as  Paul,  etc.  Bps. 
"Noweaprisonerof  Jesus  Christ,  Cr.  G'cn.  Bps.         ^^  Gen  Bps.  omit. 


E\)e  ISpfstlc  off  ^aul  bnto  J^Weinon. 

whom  1  wolde  fayne  have  retayned  with  me/  thatt  in  thy  stede 
he  myght  have  mlnistred  vnto  mc  in  the  bondes  off  the  gospel!. 
Neverthelesse/  without  thy  mynde/  wolde  I  do  noo  thynge/ 
that  i"*  that  goode  which  spryngeth  off  the  shuld  nott  be  as  it 
wer  off  necessitie/  butt  willyngly. 

1^  Haply  he  therefore  departed  for  a  season/  that  thou  shuld- 

est  reccave  hym  for  ever/  not  nowe  as  a  servaunt :  butt  above 

a  servaunt/   I  mean  a  brother  beloved/  specially  to  me  :  but 

howe  moche  more  vnto  the/  both  in  the  flesshe/  and  also  in  the 

lorde  ?  Yff  thou  count  ^^  me  a  felowe  receave  hym  as  my 

silfe.     Yff  he  have  hurt  the  or  oweth  the  ought/  that  i^laye  to 

my  charge.     I  Paul  have  written  it  with  myne  honde.     1  will 

recompence  it.     ^^  go  t^^t  I  do  not  saye  to  the  howe  that  thou 

owest  vnto  me  even  thyne  awne  silfe.     Even  so  brother/  let 

me   19  enioye  the  in  the  lorde.      Comforte  my  bowels  in  the 

lorde.     Trustynge  in  thyne  obedience/ 1  wrote  vnto  the/  know- 

ynge  that  thou  wilt  do  more  then  I  saye  fore.     More  over 

prepare  me  lodgynge :  for  I  trust  thorowe  the  helpe 

off  youre  prayers/  I  shalbe  geven  vnto  you. 

There  salute  the/   Epaphras  my   felowe 

presoner  in  Christe  Jesu/  Marcus/  Ar- 

istarchus/  Demas/   Lucas/    my 

helpers.  The  grace  of  oure 

lorde  Jesu  Christ  be 

with  youre  spretes/ 

Amen. 


Sent  from  Rome  by  One- 
shnus  a  seruaunt. 

'■*  The   good  which  thou  doest,   Cov.  Cr.    Thy  benefit,  Gen.  Bps. 
'^  It  may  be  that  he,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Therefore  our  thinges  common, 

Gen.  "  Put  on  mine  accounts,  Gen.  '*  Albeit,  I  do  not,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^^  Obteine  [Injoy,  B.~\  this  pleasure  of  thee  in  the  Lord, 

Gen.  Bps. 


^f^t  (first  iS^ijapUr, 

|i£S!!^l22il  an  Apostle  of  Jesu  Christ/  to  them  that  dwell 
here  and  there  as  straungers  thorowe  out'  Pontus/  Ga- 
lacia/  Capadocia/  Asia/  and  Bethinia/  elect  by  the  forknowl- 
edge  off  God  the  father  ^  thorowe  the  sanctifyinge  off  the 
sprete/  ^vnto  obedience/  and  sprynklyne  of  the  bloud  off 
Jesus  Christ.     Grace  ^  be  with  you/  and  peace  be  multiplied. 

Blessed  be  God  the  father  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  which 
thorowe  his  aboundant  mercie  begat  vs  agayne  vnto  a  lively 
hope/  ^  by  the  resurreccion  off  Jesus  Christ  from  deeth/  to 
^  [enioye]  an  inheritaunce  ^  immortall/  and  vndefiled/  and  that 
'  putrifieth  not/  reserved  in  heven  for  you  which  are  kept  by 
the  power  off  god  thorowe  faylh/  vnto  helth/  which  health  is 
prepared  all  redy  to  be  shewed  in  the  last  tyme/  in  the  which 
tyme  ye  shall  reioj^ce/  though  nowe  for  a  season  (iff  nede  re- 
quyre)  ye  are  in  hevines/  throwe  manyfolde  temptacions/  that 
Syoure  fayth  once  tried  beynge  moche  more  precious  then 
golde  that  perissheth  (though  it  be  tried  with  fyre)  myght  be 
founde  vnto  lawde/  glory/  and  honowre/  when  Jesus  Christ 
shall  apere  :  whom  ye  have  not  sene  and  ye  yet  love  hym/  in 
whom  even  nowe/  though  ye  se  hym  not/  yet  ye  beleve/  and 
reioyce  with  ioye  ^  in  effable/  and  glorious  :  receavynge  the 
ende  of  youre  fayth/  the  helth  of  youre  soules. 

Of  which  health/  have  the  prophetes  enquyred  and  i"  sought/ 
which  prophesied  of  the  grace  that  should  come  vnto  you/ 

1  Unto,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Through,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  And  peace  be 

multiplied,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  *  (By  that,  that  Jesus  Christ  rose  again 

from  death),  Cr.  By  the  rising,  B/;s.  ^  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.onui.  ^In- 
corruptible, Bps.  ">  Perisheth  not,  T.  M.  Cr.  Fadeth  not  away, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  The  tryall  of  your  fayth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Un- 
speakable, Ml  the  Vers.  "*  Searched,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  B. 
adds — diligently. 


Ef)e  JTnvst  Hpfstle  of  S.  3i)ctcr.  m).  f. 

searchynge  when/  or  att  what  tyme  the  sprete  ^^of  Christ 
which  was  in  them  shulde  signifie/  which  sprete  testified  be- 
fore/ the  passions  that  shulde  come  vnto  Christ/  and  the  glory 
that  shulde  folowe  after:  vnto  which  prophetes  it  was  de- 
clared/ that  nott  vnto  them  selves/  but  vnto  vs/  they  shulde 
minister  the  thinges  which  are  nowe  shewed  vnto  you/  off 
them  which  by  the  holy  goost  sent  doune  from  heven/  have 
^2  preached  vnto  you  the  thynges  which  the  angels  desyre  to 
behold. 

Wherfore  gyrde  vppe  the  loynes  of  youre  myndes/  be  so- 
ber/ and  trusfparfectly  one  the  grace  that  is  brought  vnto  you/ 
^3  in  that  Jesus  Christ  is  opened/  as  obedient  children/  i'*not 
fassionynge  youre  selves  vn  to  i^  youre  olde  lustes  ^^  of  igno- 
rancy  :  But  as  he  which  called  you  is  holy/  even  so  be  ye  ho- 
ly in  all  maner  of  conversacion/  be  cause  itt  is  written  :  Be  ye 
holy/  for  I  am  holy. 

And  yff  so  be  that  ye  ^''  call  on  the  father  which  with  out 
respect  off  person  iudgeth  accordynge  to  every  mannes  workc/ 
se  that  ye  passe  the  tyme  off  youre  ^^  pilgremage  in  feare. 
For  as  moche  as  ye  knowe  howe  thatt  ye  were  nott  redemed 
wyth  corruptible  ^^  golde  and  silver  from  youre  vayne  conver- 
sacion/ which  ye  receaved  by  the  tradicions  off  the  fathers : 
but  with  the  precious  bloud  of  Christ/  as  of  a  lambe  vndefiled/ 
and  withouten  spott/  which  was  ordeyned  ^o  before  the  ^^  worlde 
was  made  :  but  was  declared  in  the  last  tymes  for  youre  sakes/ 
which  by  his  meanes  have  beleved  on  god  that  raysed  hym 
from  deth/  and  ^  glorified  hym/  that  23  ye  myght  have  fayth 
and  hope  towarde  god. 

2^  And  for  as  moche  as  ye  have  purified  youre  soules  thorowe 
the  sprete/  in  obeynge  the  trueth  for  to  love  brotherly  with- 
outen faynynge/  se  that  ye  love  one  another  with  a  pure  hert 
fervently :  for  ye  are  borne  a  newe/  not  of  mortall  seed/  but 

"  Which  testified  before  of  Christ,  which  was  in  them,  should  de- 
clare the  sufferings  that  should,  etc.  Gen.  '*  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — 
in  the  Gospell.  i^  By  the  declaryng  [the  revelation,  G.  B.'\  of 
Jesus,  etc.  Jill  the  Vers.  ^*  That  ye  give  not  yourselves  over  un- 
to, Cr.  '^  The  former  lustes  of  your,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  >*  By 
which  ye  were  let,  whan  as  yet  ye  were  ignorant  of  Christ,  Cr. 
"  Call  him  Father,  Gere.  ^^T>\^e\\mghexe,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Thinges 
as  silver  and  golde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Cr.  Bps.  add  —  before- 
hand, even.  *'  Foundation  of  the  world.  Gen.  ^^  Gave  him 
glory,  that  your  fayth  and  hope  myght  be  [that  he  might  have,  etc.B.], 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Even  ye  which  have  purified,  Cr.  Bps.  Seeing  your 
soules  are  purified  in  obeying  the  truth  through  the  spirit,  Gen, 


JFo.  ccrjrrf.  Ei)e  jFsrst  Spfstle  of  S.  l^tx. 

of  immortall  seed/  by  the  worde  of  god  ^'^  which  liveth/  and 
lasteth  for  ever/  be  cause  that  all  flesshe  is  as  grasse/  and 
all  the  glory  of  man  is  as  the  floure  of  grasse/  the  grasse  is 
widdered/  and  the  flower  ^^  is  faded  awaye/  but  the  worde  of 
the  lorde  endureth  ever.  And  this  is  the  worde  which  ~^  [by 
the  gospell]  was  preached  amonge  you. 

STjjc  ff.  (Jfijapttr. 

'Vl/'HERFORE  laye  a  syde  all  ^  maliciousnes/  and  all  gyle/ 
^  and  2  dissimulacion/  and  envie/  and  all  ^  backbytynge  : 
and  as  newe  borne  babes/  desyi'e  ■*  that  reasonable  mylke  which 
is  with  out  corrupcion/  that  ye  maye  growe  therin.  Yf  so  be 
that  ye  have  tasted  howe  ^  pleasaunt  the  lorde  is/  to  whom  ye 
come  as  vnto  a  livynge  stone  which  is  disalowed  of  men/  but 
6  elect  of  god  and  precious :  and  ye  as  lyvynge  stones/  are 
made  a  spretuall  housse/  and  an  holy  presthode/  for  to  offer 
vppe  spretuall  sacryfice/  acceptable  to  god  by  Jesus  Christ. 

Wherfore  it  is  contayned  in  the  scripture  :  beholde/  I  put 
in  Sion  "^  an  heed  corner  stone/  electe  and  precious  :  and  he 
that  beleveth  on  him  shall  nott  be  ^  a  shamed.  Vnto  you 
therefore  which  beleveth  is  he  precious  :  butt  vnto  them  which 
^  beleve  not  the  same  stone  which  the  bylders  ^^  refused/  is 
made  the  heed  stone  in  the  corner/  and  a  stone  to  stomble  att/ 
and  a  rocke  ^^  to  oftende  them  which  stomble  at  the  worde/ 
and  beleve  not  ^^  that  where  on  they  were  set.  But  ye  are  a 
chosen  generacion/  a  royall  presthod/  an  holy  nacion/  ^^and 
a  peculiar  peple/  that  ye  shulde  shewe  the  vertues  off  hym 
that  called  you  out  off  darknes  into  hys  marvellous  light/  which 
in  tyme  past  were  nott  a  people/  yett  are  ye  nowe  the  people 
off  God  which  ^*  were  not  vnder  mercy  :  butt  nowe  have  ob- 
tayned  mercy. 

Derly  beloved  I  beseche  you  as  slraungers/  and  pilgrems/ 

-*  Who  liveth  and  endureth,  Gen.  ^  Falleth  away,  Cr.  Gen  Bps. 
^^  Cov.  Gen.  omit.  '  Noughtinesse,  5^5.  [So  vs.  16.]  ^  Faigned- 
nesse,  Bps.  ^  Evill  speaking.  Gen.  *  That  milke  (not  of  the 

bodye  but  of  the  soule)  which  is  without  disceat,  Cr.  The  sincere 
milke  of  the  worde  that  ye  may  grow  thereby.  Gen.  The  milke  of  the 
worde  which  is  without  deceit,  Bps.  *  Gratious,  Cr.  Bps.  Boun- 

tiful, Gen.  ^  Chosen,  Jll  the  Vers.  ''  A  stone  to  be  layed  in 

the  chief  corner,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Confounded,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  Be  dis- 

obedient, Gc«.  [So  vs.  8.]  10  Disallowed,  Ge/i.  i?/w.  ''Where- 
at they  be  offended,  Cr.  Of  offence,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Unto  the  which 
thing  they  were  ordained.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  A  people  which  are  won 
[i.  e.  one],  Cr.  "  Sometime  had  iiot  obtained,  Cr.  Bps.'  Gen.  adda-^ 
In  times  past. 


E^e  J?i)rst  aSpfstle  of  S.  \mtv.  dttt.  fff. 

abstain  from  flesshly  lustes  whiche  fyght  agaynst  the  soule/ 
and  se  that  ye  have  honest  conversacion  amonge  the  gentyls/ 
that  they  which  ^^  backbyte  you  as  evyll  doars/  maye  ^'^  se 
youre  good  workes  and  prayse  god  in  the  daye  oft' visitacion. 

Submit  youre  selves  vnto  all  manner  ordinaunce  of  man 
for  the  lordcs  sake/  whether  it  be  vnto  the  kynge  as  '"  vnto 
the  chefe  heed  :  other  vnto  ruelars/  as  vnto  them  that  are  sent 
of  him/  for  the  punnysshment  of  evyll  doars  :  butt  for  the 
laude  of  them  that  well  do.  For  so  is  the  will  of  god/  that 
with  well  doynge  ye  ^^  shulde  stoppe  the  mouthes  of  ignorant 
men :  as  fre/  and  nott  as  ^^  though  ye  toke  libertie  for  a  cloke 
of  maliciousnes  :  but  even  as  the  servauntes  oft'  god.  Se  that 
ye  honoure  all  men.  Love  brotherly  felishippe/  feare  god/ 
honoure  the  kynge. 

Servauntes  ^o  obey  youre  masters  with  all  feare/  not  only 
yf  they  be  good  and  courteous  :  but  also  though  they  be  frow- 
arde.  For  ^i  it  commeth  off  grace/  yf  a  man  for  conscience 
towarde  god  endure  grefe/  ^'^  sufferynge  wrongfully.  For 
what  prayse  is  it/  if  when  ye  be  buffetled  for  youre  fautes/  ye 
take  it  paciently?  But  and  if  when  ye  do  well/  ye  suffre 
wronge  and  take  it  paciently/  -^  then  is  there  thanke  with  god. 

Here  vnto  verely  were  ye  called/  for  Christ  also  suffered 
for  oure  sakes  :  levynge  vs  an  insample  that  ye  shulde  folowe 
his  steppes/  which  did  no  sinne/  nether  was  there  gyle  founde 
in  his  mougth :  which  when  he  was  reviled/  reviled  not 
agayne  :  when  he  suffered/  he  threatened  not/  but  committed 
2-1  the  cause  to  him  that  iudgeth  righteously/  which  his  awne 
silfe  bare  oure  sinnes  in  his  body  on  the  tree/  that  we  shulde 
be  delivered  from  synne  and  shulde  live  in  rightewesnes.  By 
whose  strypes  ye  were  healed.  For  ye  were  as  shepe  which 
goo  astraye  but  are  nowe  reterned  vnto  the  shepheerd/  and 
bisshoppe  of  youre  soules. 

JTijc  ffj.  CCfiattrr. 

T  YKE  wyse  let  the  wemen  be  in  subieccion  to  their  hus- 
-^^  bandes/  that  even  they  which  ^  beleve  nott  the  worde/ 

'^  Speak  evyll  of,  Gen.   [So  ch.  iii.  IG.]  ^^Jiyyour  good  workes 

which  they  shall  see,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Unto  the  superior,  Gen.  Having 

the  preeminence,  Bps.  '^  Stop  the  mouthes  of  foolish  and  ignor- 

aunt  men.  Or.  May  put  to   silence    [May  stop.  C]  the  ignorance  of 
foolish  men,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Having  the  libertie,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

*-'  Be  subject  to,  Grn.  2'  It  is  thanke  wortliy,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

*^  And  suffer  wrong  undeserved.  Cr.  Bps.  ^  This  is  acceptable 

to,  Gen.         2*  The  vcngeancej  Cr.  Bps.         *  Obey,  Gen.  Bps. 


Jfo.  ccjrvfff.  E\:)e  j/£vst  Hpfstlc  of  S.  \Mcx. 

maye  withoute  the  worde  be  wonne  by  the  conversacion  of 
the  vvyves :  whyll  they  beholde  youre  ^  pure  conversacion 
coupled  with  feare.  Whose  aparell  shall  not  be  outwarde 
with  broyded  heare/  and  ^  hangynge  on  of  golde/  other  in 
puttynge  on  ■*  [gorgious]  aparell :  but  lett  the  ^  hid  man  of 
the  herte  be  '^  vncorrupt/  with  a  meke  and  quyet  sprete/  which 
sprete  is  before  god  a  thynge  moche  set  by.  ffor  after  this 
manner  in  the  olde  tyme  did  the  wholy  wemen  which  trusted 
in  god  tyre  them  selves/  and  were  obedient  to  their  husbandes/ 
even  as  Sara  obeyd  Abraham  and  called  him  "^  lorde  :  whose 
doughters  ye  are  as  longe  as  ye  do  wele.  and  be  not  afrayde 
^  of  eveiy  shadowe. 

Lyke  wyse  ye  ^  men  dwell  with  them  i"  accordynge  to 
knowledge/  gevynge  honoure  vnto  the  ^^  wyfe/  as  vnto  the 
weaker  vessel/  and  as  vnto  them  that  are  heyres  also  of  the 
grace  of  lyfe/  that  youre  prayers  be  not  ^^  lett. 

^"^  In  conclusion/  be  ye  all  of  one  mynde/  ^^  one  suffre  with 
another/  love  as  brethren/  be  petifull/  be  courteous/  not  rend- 
rynge  evyll  for  evyll :  nether  rebuke  for  rebuke  :  but  contrary 
wyse/  blesse  :  remembrynge  that  ye  are  there  vnto  called/ 
even  that  ye  shulde  be  heyres  of  blessynge.  For  ^^  who  so 
listeth  to  love  lyfe  and  to  se  good  dayes/  let  him  refrayne  his 
longe  from  evyll/  and  his  lippes  thatt  they  speake  not  gyle  : 
Let  hym  eschue  evyll  and  do  good :  let  him  seke  peace/  and 
'6  ensue  it.  For  the  eyes  of  the  lorde  are  over  the  righteous/ 
and  his  eares  are  open  vnto  their  prayers  :  butt  the  face  off 
the  lorde  ^"^  beholdeth  them  that  do  evyll. 

Morover  who  is  it  that  will  harme  you  yffye  folowe  that 
which  is  good  ?  not  with  stondynge  happy  are  ye  yff  ^^  ye 
sutfre  for  rightewesnessis  sake.  ^'^  Neverthelesse  feare  not 
though  they  seme  terrible  vnto  you/  nether  be  troubled  :  but 
sanctifie  the  lorde  god  in  youre  hertes.  be  redy  all  wayes  to 
geve  an  answere  to  every  man  that  axeth  you  a  reson  of  the 
hope  that  ye  have/  and  that  with  meaknes  and  -"  feare  :  hav- 

^  Chaste,  Cr.  ^  Golde  put  about,  Gc7i.  *  Gen.  omits. 

*  Inward,  Gov.  *"  Without  al  corruption,  so  that  tlie  spirite  be 

at  rest  and  quiet  [of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  B.],  Cr.  Bps.  ''  Syr, 

Gen.  *  For  any  terrour,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  Husbandes,  Gen. 

Bps.  '"As  men  of  knowledge.  Gen.  "  Woman,  Gen. 

''  Hyndred,  Cr   Bps.  Interrupted,  Gen.         '•*  Finally,  Gen.  '''  Of 

one  heart,  Cr.  Having  compassion  one  of  another,  Bps.  ''  He 

that  doeth  long  after  lyfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Folowe  after  it.  Gen. 

•'  Is  over,  Cr.  Bps.  Is  upon.  Gen.  '*  Any  trouble  happen  unto 

you,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  "  Be  not  ye  afrayde  for  any  terrour  of  them, 

Cr.  Bps.  Yea,  feare  not  their  feare,  Geii.  *"  Reverence,  Gen. 


Clje  jra?V5t  ISpfstU  of  S.  ^ttn.  ^%  ffff. 

ynge  a  good  conscience/  that  when  they  backbyte  you  as 
evyll  doars/  they  maye  be  ashamed/  ^ifor  as  moche  as  they 
have  falcely  accused  youre  god  conversacion  in  Christ. 

Hit  is  better  (yf  the  wyll  of  god  be  so)  that  ye  suffre  for 
well  doynge/  than  for  evyll  doynge.  For  as  moche  as  Christ 
hath  once  suffered  for  sinnes/  the  iuste  for  the  vniuste/  forto 
brynge  vs  to  god/  and  was  ^^kJHed/  as  pertaynynge  to  the 
flesshe  :  but  was  quyckened  in  the  sprete. 

In  which  sprete/  he  also  went  and  preached  vnto  the  spretes 
that  were  in  preson/  which  ^^  were  in  tyme  passed  disobedient/ 
when  the  long  sufferynge  of  god  2"*  abode  [excedinge  pa- 
ciently]  in  the  dayes  of  noe/  whill  the  arcke  was  a  preparynge/ 
wherein  feawe  (that  is  to  saye  viij.  soules)  were  saved  by  wa- 
ter/ -^  which  signifieth  baptim  that  nowe  saveth  vs/  not  the 
putlynge  awaye  of  the  filth  of  the  flesshe/  but  in  that  a  good 
conscience  '^^  consenteth  to  god/  by  the  resurreccion  of  Jesus 
Christ/  which  is  on  the  right  honde  of  god/  and  is  gone  into 
heveiv  angels/  power/  and  myght/  subdued  vnto  him. 

2Il)e  Tiij.  <S"i)aptcr. 

Xj^OR  as  moche  as  Christ  hath  suffered  for  vs  in  the  flesshe/ 
arme  youre  selves  like  wyse  with  the  same  mynde :  for 
he  which  suffereth  in  the  flesshe  ceasith  from  synne/  that  he 
hence  forwarde  shulde  live  as  moche  tyme  as  remayneth  in 
the  flesshe/  not  after  the  lustes  of  men :  butt  after  the  will  of 
God.  For  it  is  sufficient  for  vs  that  we  have  spent  the  tyme 
that  is  past  of  the  lyfe/  after  the  ^  will  of  the  gentyls/  walkynge 
in  wantannes  lustes/  ~  dronkennes/  in  ^  eatynge/  drynkynge/ 
and  in  abhominable  ydolatrie. 

And  it  semeth  to  them  '*  a  straunge  thinge  that  ye  runne  not 
also  with  them  vnto  the  same  excesse  of  ryote/  and  therfore 
speake  they  evyll  off  you/  which  shall  geve  a  comptes  tohym 
that  is  redy  to  iudge  quycke  and  deed.  For  vnto  this  pur- 
pose verely  was  the  gospell  preached  vnto  the  deed/  that  they 

"  Which  blame,  Gen.  ^2  p^t  ^^  death,  Gen.  ^  In  time 

passed  believed  not,  when  God  abode  and  suffered  patiently,  Cov. 
*■»  Was  once  looked  for,  Cr.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit  the  words  in  crotch- 
ets. 23  Lyke  as  baptism  also,  nowe  saveth  us,  Cr.  To  the  which 
also  the  figure  agreeth  that  nowe  saveth  us,  even  baptism.  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Maketh  request.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Lust,  Gen.  «  In  excess  of 
wynes,  in  excesse  of  eatyng,  in  excesse  of  drynking,  Cr.  Bps.  C.  adds 
— (in  dronkennes).  ^  Glutton'ie,  Cov.  Gen.  ■•  An  inconve- 
nient, Cr. 

NN 


§fa.  cc):|:fb.  2ri)e  JFjrst  ISpfstle  of  S.  jSctet. 

shulde  be  iudged  after  the  manner  off  men  in  the  flesshe/  but 
shulde  live  ^  godly  in  the  sprete.  The  ende  of  all  thynges  is 
at  honde. 

Be  ye  therefore  ^  discrete/  and  sober/  thai  ye  maye  be  apte 
to  prayres.  Butt  above  all  thynges  have  fervent  love  a  monge 
you.  For  love  covereth  the  multitude  of  sinnes.  Be  ye  herb- 
rous/  '  and  that  without  grudginge.  As  every  man  hath  re- 
ceaved  the  gyfte/  minister  the  same  one  to  another  as  good 
6  ministers  of  the  manyfolde  grace  of  god.  Yf  eny  man 
speake/  let  him  talke  as  9  [thoughe  he  speake]  the  wordes  of 
god.  Yf  eny  man  minister/  let  him  do  it  as  of  the  abilitie 
which  god  ministreth  vnto  him.  That  god  in  all  thinges  maye 
be  gloryfied  thorowe  Jesus  Christ/  to  whom  be  prayse  and  do- 
minion for  ^^  ever  and  whyll  the  worlde  stondeth  Amen. 

Derly  beloved/  ^^  be  not  troubled  in  this  heate/  which  nowe 
is  come  amonge  you  to  trye  you/  as  though  some  straunge 
thynge  had  happened  vnto  you  :  but  reioyce  in  as  moche  as 
ye  are  parte  takers  of  Christes  ^^  passions/  that  when  his  glory 
apereth/  ye  maye  ^^  be  mery  and  gladde. 

Happy  are  ye  ^'^  when  ye  suffre  rebuke  for  the  name  of 
Christ.  For  the  sprete  of  glory  and  the  sprete  of  god  resteth 
apon  you.  On  their  parte  he  is  evyll  spoken  of:  but  on 
youre  parte  he  is  glorified. 

Se  that  none  of  you  ^^  suffer  as  a  murtherer/  or  as  a  thefe/ 
or  an  evyll  doar/  or  as  a  busybody  in  wother  mens  matters. 
Yff  eny  man  suffre  as  a  Christen  man/  let  hym  not  be  ashamed : 
but  let  him  glorifie  god  on  this  behalfe.  For  the  tyme  is  come 
that  iudgement  must  begyn  at  the  housse  off  god.  Yf  it  fyrst 
begyn  at  vs/  what  shall  the  ende  be  of  them  which  beleve  not 
the  gospell  off  god  ?  And  yf  the  righteous  scasly  be  saved  : 
where  shall  all  the  vngodly  and  the  sinner  apere  ?  Wherfore 
let  them  that  ^^  suffer  accordynge  to  the  will  off  god/  committ 
their  soules  to  hym  with  well  doynge/  as  vnto  a  faythfuU 
creator. 

5  Before  God,  Cr.    According  to  God,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Sober  and 

watch  unto  [watching  in,  G.]  prayer,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''  T.M.  Cr. 

Gen.  add — one  to  another.  *  Disposers,  Gen.  *  Cr.  Gen. 

omit.  '"^  Ever  and  ever,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.   [So  ch.  v.  11.]  ''Mar- 

vail  not  at  this  heate  which,  etc.  Cov.  Marvail  not  that  ye  are  pro- 
ved by  fyre  (which  thing  is  to  tryc  you),  Cr.  Thinke  it  not  straunge 
concerning  the  fierce  tryal  which  is  among  you  to  prove  you,  Gen. 
'2  Sufferings,  Gen.  '^  Be  glad  and  rejoice.  Gen.  '••  If  ye  be 

rayled  upon,  Cr.  Gen.  Bp*.  '^  Be  punished,  Cr.  '*  Are  trou- 

bled, Cr.  Bps. 


2ri)e  jFwrst  Hpfstlc  of  S.  ^cter.  €1).  b. 

STljc  b.  erijaptcr. 

HHHE  seniours  which  are  amonge  you  I  ^  exhorte/  which  am 
also  a  senioure/  and  a  witnes  of  the  affliccions  of  Christ/ 
and  also  a  part  taker  off  the  glory  thatt  shalbe  opened  :  ^  se 
that  ye  fede  Christes  flocke/  ^  which  is  amonge  you/  ^  takynge 
the  oversyght  off  them/  nott  as  though  ye  were  compelled 
there  to  :  butt  willyngly  :  ^  Nott  for  the  desyre  of  filthy  lucre  : 
but  of  a  good  mynde.  Nott  as  though  ye  were  lordes  over 
6  the  parisshes :  but  that  ye  be  an  insample  to  the  flocke.' 
and  when  the  chefe  shepheerde  shall  apere/  ye  shall  receave 
an  incorruptible  croune  of  glorye. 

Lykwyse  ye  yonger  submit  youre  selves  vnto  the  elder. 
Submit  youre  selves  every  man/  one  to  another.  ^Knet 
youre  selves  togcdder  in  lowlines  of  mynde.  For  god  resisteth 
the  proude  and  geveth  grace  to  the  humble.  Submit  youre 
selves  therfore  vnder  the  myghty  honde  of  god/  that  he  maye 
exalt  you/  ^  when  the  tyme  is  come.  Cast  all  youre  care  to 
hym  :  for  he  careth  for  you. 

Be  sober  and  watch/  for  youre  adversary  the  devyll  as  a 
rorynge  lion  walketh  about/  sekynge  whom  he  may  devoure  : 
whom  resist  stedfast  in  the  fayth/  remembrynge  that  ^^  ye  do 
but  fulfill  the  same  affliccions  which  are  apoynted  to  youre 
brethren  that  are  in  the  worlde.  The  God  of  all  grace/  which 
called  you  %Tito  his  eternall  glory  by  Christ  Jesus/  ^i  shall  his 
awne  silfe  after  a  lytell  affliccion  make  you  parfet :  shall  set- 
tle/ strengthe/  and  stablisshe  you.  To  hym  be  glory  and  do- 
minion for  ever/  and  whill  the  worlde  endureth  Amen. 

By  Silvanus  a  faythfull  brother  vnto  you  (as  I  suppose) 

have  I  written  brevely/  exhortynge  and  testifyinge  howe  that 

this  is  the  true  grace  of  god/  wherin  ye  stonde.     The  congre- 

gacion  that  is  ^'^  gaddered  to  gedder  at  Babilon/  saluteth  you/ 

and  Marcus  my  sonne.     Grete  ye  one  another  with 

the  kysse  off  love.     Peace  be  with  you  all 

which  are  in  Christ  Jesus/  Amen. 

>  Beseech,  Gen.  ^  Feede  the  flocke  of  God,  Gen.        ^  As  much 

as  lieth  in  you,  Cr.  Which  dependeth  upon  [is  committed  unto,  B.] 
you.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Caring  for  it  not  by  constraint,  Gen.  *  Cr. 

adds — after  a  godly  sort.  ^  God's  heritage,  Gen.  '  Cr.  adds — 

and  that  with  good  will.  *  Decke  yourselves  inwardly,  Ge7i.  Bps. 

^  In  due  time,  Gen.  '*'  Your  brethren  in  the  world  have  even  the 

same  affliction,  Cov.  The  same  afflictions  are  appoynted  unto  [ac- 
complished in,  G.]  your  brethren,  Cr.  Gen.  "  Afler  that  ye  have 
suffred  a  little,  make  you  perfect,  confirm,  etc.  Gen.  '^  ^i  Baby- 
lon, companions  of  your  election,  Cr.  At  Babylon,  elected  together 
with  you,  Gen, 


Sbecontre  jjfj^Ur  of  S*  mttv. 


^^KJ^2£®1^  Peter  a  seruaunt  and  an  apostle  of  Jesus 
<^^  Christ/  to  them  which  have  obtayned  lyke  precious  fayth 
with  vs  in  the  rightewesnes  that  commeth  off  oure  ^  God/  and 
off  the  savioure  Jesus  Christ. 

Grace  with  you/  and  peace  be  muUiplied  in  the  knowledge 
off  God/  and  off  Jesus  oure  lorde.  Accordynge  as  his  godly 
power  hath  geven  vnto  vs  all  thynges  that  pertayne  vnto  lyfe 
and  2  to  serve  god  with  all/  thorowe  the  knowledge  of  hym 
that  hath  called  vs  3  by  vertue  and  glory/  by  the  meanes 
where  off/  are  geven  vnto  vs  ^  excellent  and  moste  greatte 
promeses/  that  ^  by  the  heipe  off  them  ye  shulde  be  part  takers 
off  the  godly  nature/  in  that  ye  flye  the  corrupcion  ^  off  worldly 
lust. 

And  here  vnto  geve  all  diligence  :  "^  in  youre  fayth  minister 
vertue/  and  in  vertue  knowledge/  and  in  knowledge  temper- 
ancy/  and  in  temperancy  pacience/  in  pacience  godlynes/  in 
godlynes  ^  brotherly  kyndnes/  in  brotherly  kyndnes  love.  For 
yf  these  thinges  be  amonge  you/  and  ^  are  plenteous  they  woll 
make  you  that  ye  nether  shalbe  ydle  nor  vnfrutful  vnto  the 
knowledge  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ.  He  that  ^^  lacketh 
these  thynges  is  blynde  and  ^^  gropeth  for  the  waye  with  his 
honde/  and  hath  forgotten  that  he  was  pourged  from  his  olde 
synnes. 

'  God  and  Saviour,  Ml  the  Vers.  ^  Godlinesse,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Unto,  Gtn.  Bps.  ■*  Most  great  and  precious.  Gen. 

'  By  the  meanes  thereof,  Cr.   By  them.  Gen.  ^  Which  is  in  the 

world  through  lust.  Gen.  ^  Joyne  moreover  virtue  with  your  faith, 

Gen.  ['  with' — so,  post.']  ®  Brotherly  love  ;  and  to,  etc.  generai 

love,  Cov.  ^Abound,  Gen.  *°  Hath  not,  Gen.  "  Cannot 

gee  farre  off,  Gen. 


E\)c  Sfcou^c  Hpfstlr  of  ^.  iJrtcr.  €"t).  fj. 

Wherfore  brethren  gcve  tlie  moaro  diligence  forto  make 
voure  callynge  and  eleccion  sure.i^  For  yf  ye  do  sochc 
ihynges  ye  shall  never  i^erre.  Ye  and  by  this  meancs  an  en- 
tiynge  in  shalbe  ministred  vnto  you  aboundantly  in  to  the 
cverlastyngc  kyngdomoffoure  lorde  and  saveour  Jesus  Christ. 

Wherfore  I  "will  not  be  negligence  to  put  you  alhvayes  in 
remembrance  of  soche  thynges/  though  that  ye  knowe  them 
youre  selves  and  be  also  stablisshed  in  the  present  trueth.  Not 
withstondynge  I  thynke  yt  mete  (as  long  as  I  am  in  this  taber- 
nacle) to  stere  you  vppe  by  puttynge  you  in  remembraunce/ 
1"^  for  as  moch  as  I  am  sure  howc  that  ~^'^  the  tyme  is  at  hondo 
that  I  must  put  of  this  my  tabernacle/  even  as  oure  lorde  Je- 
sus Christ  hath  shewed  me.  I  will  >6  en  foarce  therfore/  that 
on  every  syde  ye  myght  have  wherwith  to  stere  vppe  the  re- 
membraunce ofi'  these  thynges  after  my  departynge. 

For  we  folowed  not  ^^  deccavable  fables  when  we  opened 
vnto  you  the  power/  and  coinmyngc  of  our  lorde  Jesus  Christ : 
but  with  oure  eyes  we  sawc  his  maiestic.  Even  then  verely 
when  he  receaved  of  god  the  father  honor  and  glory/  and 
when  there  cam  soche  a  voyce  to  hym  from  excellent  glone. 
This  is  my  dere  beloved  sonnc/  in  whom  I  have  delitc/  this 
voyce  we  herde  when  it  cam  from  hcven/  beynge  with  hym 
in  the  holy  mounte. 

We  have  also  ^'^  a  moi'e  sure  worde  oft'  prophesy/  where 
vnto  19  yff  ye  take  hede/  as  vnto  a  lyght  that  shyneth  in  a  darkc 
jilace/  ye  do  wele/  vntill  the  daye  dawnc  and  the  daye  starre 
aryse  in  your  hertes.  So  that  ye  fyrst  knowe  this/  that  no 
prophesy  in  the  scripture  ^ujiath  eny  private  interpretacion. 
For  the  scripture  cam  never  by  the  will  of  man  :  bi.it  wbio'y 
men  of  god  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  wholy  goost. 

Cijc  ij.  Cljaptcv. 

'X'HERE  were  falce  prophetes  amonge  the  people  even  as 

there  shalbe  falce  teachers  amonge  you  :   which  prevely 

shall  brynge  in  damnable   ^  sectes/  even  denyinge  the  lorde 

"  Cr.  adds — (by  good  workes).  -  '^  Fall,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  See- 
ing I  knowe  that,  Gen.  '■'*  Shortly  I  must,  Cr.  '^  Ever  also 
gevp  [do,  Cov.]  my  diligence  that  yc  may  have  wherewith, etc.  Cor. 
Cr.  Bps.  Endeavour  therefore  always  tliat  ye  also  may  be  able  to 
have  remembrance.  Gen.  "  Deceitfiill,  Cr.  Bps.  '*  A  right 
sure  word  of  prophecie,  Cr.  Bps.  A  most  sure  worde  of  the  Prophetes, 
Gen.  '^  Ye  do  well  that  ye  take,  Gen.  -•'  Is  of  any  private  mo- 
tion. For  the  prophecie  came  not  in  old  time,  Gen.  Bps,  '  Her- 
esies, Gen.  Bps. 

NN* 


j^o.  ccn^l        Srte  Scrontre  2S;pfstlc  of  S.  ^eUv. 

that  hath  bought  them/  and  brynge  ^  on  theier  owen  heeddes 
swyft  damnacion/  and  many  shall  folowe  their  damnable  wayes/ 
by  which  the  waye  off  trueth  shalbe  evyll  spoken  off/  and 
thorowe  covetousnes  shall  they  with  fayned  wordes  make 
marchandyse  of  you/  whose  iudgement  ^is  not  farre  of/  and 
there  dampnacion  slepeth  not. 

For  yffgod  spared  not  the  angels  thatsynned  but  cast  them 
doune  into  hell/  and  putt  them  in  chaynes  of  darcknes/  there 
to  be  kept  vnto  ^  iudgment.  nether  spared  the  olde  worlde  : 
butt  saved  Noe  the  agyhte  ^  preacher  of  rightewesnes/  and 
brought  in  the  flud  into  the  worlde  off  the  vngodly/  and  turned 
the  cities  of  Zodom  and  Gomor  into  asshes :  ^  overthrewe 
them/  damned  them/  and  made  them  an  ensample  vnto  all 
that  after  shulde  live  vngodly.  And  iust  Lot  vexed  with  the 
"  vnclenly  conversacion  off  the  wicked/  delivered  he.  For  he 
beynge  ryghteous  and  dwellynge  amonge  them/  in  seynge 
and  hearynge/  vexed  his  righteous  soule  from  daye  to  daye 
with  their  ^  vnrighteous  dedes.  The  lorde  knoweth  howe  to 
deliver  the  godly  out  off  temptacion/  and  howe  to  reserve  the 
the  vniuste  vnto  the  daye  off  iudgement  for  to  be  punnysshed  : 
namly  them  that  walke  after  the  flesshe  in  the  lust  off  vnclen- 
nes/  and  despyse  9  the  ruelars.  Presumpteous  are  they/  and 
^"stubborne  and  feare  not  to  speake  evyll  off  them  that  ^^  are  in 
auctorite.  When  the  angels  which  are  gretter  bothe  in  power 
and  myght/  ^^receave  not  of  the  lorde  raylynge  iudgement 
agaynst  them.  But  these  as  brute  beastes/  ^^  naturally  made 
to  be  taken  and  destroyed/  speake  evyll  of  that  they  knowe 
not/  and  shall  perisshe  through  their  owne  ^'^  destruccion/  and 
receave  the  rewarde  '^  of  vnrightewesnes. 

They  count  it  pleasure  to  live  deliciously  for  a  season. 
Spottes  they  are  and  ^^  fihhynes :  ^"^  and  off  you  they  make  a 

*  Upon  themselves,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Gen.  adds — long  agone.  Nowe 
of  long  time  ceaseth  not,  Bps.  ■*  Damnation,  Gen.  ^  Person, 

a  preaclier,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Overthrewe  them,  damned  them,  Cov. 

T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Condemned  them  and  overthrew  them.  Gen.  '  Un- 
godly, Cov.  ^  Unlawfull,  Ml  the  Vers.  ®  Authoritie,  Cr. 
Bps.  The  government.  Gcti.  ''"  Stand  in  their  owne  conceyt, 
Gen.  Bps.  "  Excell  in  worshippe,  Cr.  Bps.  Are  in  digni  e.  Gen. 
'^  Beare  not  that  blasphemous  judgment  against  them  before  the 
Lorde,  Cov.  Give  not  before  the  Lorde,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '■'  Natu- 
rally brought  forth  to  be,  etc.  Cov.  Cr.  Ledde  with  sensualitie  and 
made  to  be,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Corruption,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Of  un- 
righteousness, as  they  which  count  it,  etc.  Gen.  '*  Blottes,  Gen. 
Bps.  ^''  Living  in  pleasure  and  in  disceavable  ways  :  feasting  with 
that  which  is  yours  [feasting  with  you,  T.  M.],  Cov.  T.  M.    Which 


ffte  Sccontic  ISpfstlc  of  ,S.  ^Sctev.  ^f).  iff. 

mockyng  stoke  feastynge  togedder  in  their  deceavable  wayes  : 
havynge  eyes  full  of  advoutrie/  and  that  cannot  cease  to 
synne/  ^^  begylynge  vnstable  soules.  Hcrtes  they  have  ex- 
ercysed  with  ^^  coveteousnes.  They  are  cureed  chyldren/ 
and  have  forsaken  the  right  waye/  and  are  gone  astraye  fol- 
owynge  the  waye  of  Balam  the  sonne  of  Bosoc/  which  loved 
the  rewarde  of  vnrightewesnes  :  but  was  rebuked  of  his  iniqui- 
tie.  The  -''  lame  and  dom  beast/  speakynge  with  mannes 
voyce  forbade  the  ^^  folisshnes  of  the  prophet. 

These  are  wells  without  water/  and  cloudes  carried  about 
of  a  tempest/  to  whone  -'^  the  myst  off  darcknes  is  reserved 
for  ever.  For  when  they  have  spoken  the  swellynge  wordes 
off  vanytie/  ^  they  begyle  with  wantannes  thorowe  the  lustes 
off  the  flesshe  them  that  ^'^  were  clene  escaped  :  ^^  but  nowe 
ai*e  wrapped  in  errours.  They  promys  them  libertie/  and  are 
them  selves  the  bonde  servauntes  of  corrupcion.  For  of  whom 
soever  a  man  is  over  com/  vnto  the  same  is  he  in  bondage. 
For  yf  they/  after  they  have  escaped  from  the  filthynes  of 
the  worlde  thorowe  the  knowledge  off  the  lorde/  and  of  the 
saviour  Jesus  Christ/  they  are  yet  tangled  agayne  therein  and 
over  come :  then  is  the  latter  ende  worsse  with  them  then  the 
begynnynge.  For  it  had  bene  better  for  them/  not  to  have 
knowene  the  waye  of  righteousnes/  then  after  they  have  knowen 
it/  to  turne  from  the  holy  commaundement  geven  vnto  them. 
Hit  is  happened  vnto  them  ^  accordynge  to  the  true  proverbe  : 
The  dogge  is  turned  to  his  vomet  agayne/  and  the  sowe  after 
she  is  wesshed/  is  returned  to  her  wallowynge  in  the  mype. 

STjje  ffj.  ®i)apt£i*. 

''r^HIS  is  the  seconde  pistle  that  I  nowe  write  vnto  you/  my 

derely   beloved/  wherwith  I  stere  vppe  and  warne  youre 

pure  myndes/  ^  to  call  to  remembraunce  the  wordes  were  tolde 

live  at  pleasure  in  their  owne  disceivable  ways,  feastyng  and  scorn- 
ynge  you,  Or.  Deliting  themselves  in  their  deceivings,  in  feasting 
with  you,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Laying  wayte  for,  Bps.  "^  Rob- 

berie,  Or.  Bps.  ^  The  dumbe  assc,  Gen.    The  dumbe  beast  and 

used  to  the  yoke,  Bps.  ^'  Madnesse,  Or.  Bps.  ^  The  blacke 

darkness.  Gen.  ^  They  entice  through  wantonness  unto,  etc. 

Gov.  They  entice  through  lustes  in  the  voluptuousnesse  [with  the 
bayte  of  wantonnesse,  B.]  of  the  fleshe,  Or.  Bps.  ^^  Nowe  live  in 

errour,  Or.  ^  And  now  walke  in  errour.  Gov.    From  them  which 

are  wrapped,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  That  used  to  be  spoken  by  the 

true  proverbe,  Or.  Bps.  *  That  ye  may  be  myndefull  [remem- 

ber, Gov.},  Gov.  Or.  Bps. 


jfo.  cc):):\)ij.       2I1)e  SeconTie  Hjjfstlc  of  S.  ^Dctcv. 

before  off  the  holy  prophetes/  and  also  the  commaundement  of 
vs  the  apostles  of  the  lorde  and  saveour. 

This  fyrst  vndei-stonde/  that  there  shall  come  in  the  last 
dayes  mockers/  ^  which  will  walke  after  their  awne  lustes  and 
saye  :  Where  is  the  promes  of  hys  commynge  ?  For  sence 
the  fathers  died  all  thynges  continue  ^  in  the  same  estate  wher- 
in  they  were  at  the  begynnynge.  This  they  knowe  not  (and 
that  willyngly)  howe  that  the  hevens  '^  a  grett  whyle  ago 
were/  and  ^  the  erth  that  was  in  the  water/  appered  vppe  out 
of  the  water  by  the  worde  of  god  :  6  by  the  which  thynges/ 
the  worlde  that  then  was  perisshed  "^  over  flowen  with  the 
fludde-  But  the  hevens  verely  and  erth  which  are  nowe/  are 
kept  by  the  same  worde  in  stoi'e/  and  reserved  vnto  fyre/ 
agaynste  the  daye  of  iudgement  and  ^  perdicion  of  vngodly 
men. 

Derely  beloved  be  not  ignorant  of  this  one  thynge/  howc 
that  one  daye  is  with  the  lorde/  as  a  thousande  yeare/  and  a 
thousand  yeare  as  one  daye.  The  lorde  ^  is  not  slake  ^^  to 
fulfill  his  promes  as  some  men  count  slacknes :  but  is  pacient 
to  vs  warde  and  wolde  have  no  man  ^^  lost/  butt  wolde  receave 
all  men  to  repentaunce.  Neverthelesse  the  daye  of  the  lorde 
will  come  as  a  thefe  in  the  nyght/  in  the  which  daye/ -the  hev- 
ens shall  1^  perisshe  with  terrible  noyse/  and  the  elemcntes 
shall  melt  with  13  beet.  And  the  erth  with  the  workes  that 
are  therin  shall  bornne. 

1"*  Yf  all  these  thynges  shall  perisshe/  what  maner  persons 
ought  ye  to  be  in  holy  convcrsacion/  and  godlines :  lokynge- 
fore/  and  hastynge  vnto  the  commynge  off  the  daye  off  God/ 
^'^in  which  the  hevens  i^  shall  pei'isshe  with  fyre/  and  the  ele- 


2  Or.  adds — (in  disceytfulncsse  )  ^  Alike  from  the  beginning 

of  the  creation,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Aforetime  wore,  Cov.  Of  olde  were, 

GcH.  Bps.  *  The  worlde  ont  of  water  and   was  in  the  water  hy 

the,  etc.  Cov.  The  earthe  oute  of  the  water  appeared  upthrougli  tlic 
water,  by  the,  Cr.  The  earthe  that  was  of  the  water  and  by  the  wa- 
ter, by  the.  Gen.  The  earthe  consisting  of  the  water  and  by  the  v.'a- 
ter,  by  the,  Bps.  ^  Wherefore  the  worlde,  Gen.  '  Being 

overrun  with  water,  Cr.  Bps.  **  Damnation,  Cor.  [So  vs.  IG.] 

Destruction,  Gc?t..  ^  That  hath  promised,  is  not  slake,  as  some 

men,  Cr.  Bps.  '^^  Concerning  his  promise.  Gai.  ''  Lost,  but 

that  every  man  should  amende  himsclfe,  Cov.  To  perishe,  but  woulde 
all  men  to  come  to,  etc.  Gen.  '^  Passe  away  in  the  maner  of  a 

tempest,  Cr.  Passe  away  with  a  [B.  adds — great]  noise,  Grn.  Bps. 
13  Fervent  heate,  B/*s.  [So  vs.  12]  '' Seeing  then  that  all  these 

thinges  must  be  dissolved  [must  peryshe,  Cr.  Bps.].  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
^•' By  whom,  Cr.  Bps.  '^  Being  on  fire  shall  be  dissolved,  Gen. 


C!)c  Seconlic  Hpfstlc  of  S.  l^eUv.  «l).  nf. 

mentes  ^''shalbe  consumed  with  heate.  Neverthelesse  we 
lokc  for  a  neue  heven/  and  a  newe  erth/  nccordynge  to  his 
promes/  where  in  dwellcth  rightewesnes. 

Wherfore  derly  beloved/  seyngc  that  ye  loke  for  soche 
thynges/  be  diligent  that  ye  maye  be  founde  of  hym  in  peace/ 
with  out  spott  and  ^^  vndefiled  :  and  suppose  that  the  longe 
sufferynge  off  the  lorde  is  helth/  even  as  oure  derely  beloved 
brother  Paul/  accordynge  to  the  wysdom   geven  vnto  hym/ 
wrote  to  you/  ^^  yee/  almost  in  every  pistle  speakynge  off 
soche  thynges  :  among  which  are  many  thynges  harde  to  bo 
vnderstoude/  which  they  that  are  vnlearned/  and  vnstable  per- 
vert/ as  they  do  wother  scriptures  vnto  their  owne  destruc- 
cion.     Ye  therfore  dearly  beloved  seynge  ~^  ye  are 
warned/  Beware  lest  ye  be  also  plucked  awaye 
with  the  erroure  of  the   wicked/  and  fall 
from  youre  owne  stedfastnes :    But 
growe  in  grace/  and  in  the  knowledge  off  oure 
lorde/  and  saveoure  Jesus  Christ.     To  whom  be  glory 
bothe  nowe  and  for  ever/ 
Amen. 


>'  Shall  perish,  Cor.    Shall  melt,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ''*  Blatneles, 

Gtn.  '*  As  one  that  in  all  his  epistles,  speaketh,  Gen.  ^  Ye 

know  it  [these  things,  G.]  before,  T.  M.  Gen.    Ye  be  warned  afofe« 
hand,  Cr.  Bps. 


JFVtv^t  ^i^tU  oft  3oUn  tixt  ^^o&tlt. 


^^fj^'^^  which  was  from  the  begyxinynge  ^  [declare  we 
^^  vnto  you/]  which  we  have  herde  which  we  have  sene 
with  oure  eyes/  which  we  have  loked  apon/  and  oure  hondes 
have  handled/  of  the  worde  of  lyfe.  For  the  lyfe  apered/  and 
we  have  sene/  and  beare  witnes/  and  shewe  vnto  you  that 
eternall  lyfe/  which  was  with  the  father/  and  apered  vnto  vs. 
That  2  which  we  have  sene  and  herde  declare  we  vnto  you  that 
ye  maye  have  fellishippe  with  vs/  and  that  oure  fellishippe 
maye  be  with  the  father/  and  his  sonne  Jesus  Christ.  And 
this  write  we  vnto  you/  that  3  youre  ioye  maye  be  full. 

And  this  is  the  "*  tydynges  which  we  have  herde  of  him/  and 
declare  vnto  you/  that  god  is  lyght/  and  in  him  is  no  darknes 
at  all.  yf  we  saye  that  we  have  fellishippe  with  him/  and  yet 
walke  in  darknes/  we  lye/  and  do  not  ^  the  truth  :  but  and  yf 
we  walke  in  lyght  even  as  he  is  in  lyght/  then  have  we  felli- 
shippe ^  with  hym/  and  the  bloud  of  "^  Christ  his  sonne  clenseth 
vs  from  all  synne. 

Yf  we  shall  saye  that  we  have  no  synne/  we  deceave  oure 
selves/  and  trueth  is  not  in  vs.  yf  we  knowledge  oure  synnes/ 
he  is  faythfuU  and  iust/  to  for  geve  vs  oure  synnes/  and  to 
dense  vs  from  all  vnrightewesnes.  Yf  we  saye  we  have  not 
sinned/  we  make  hym  a  lyar/  and  his  worde  is  not  in  vs. 

'  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  Gen.  adds — /  s<nj.  ^  Cr.  adds — 

(ye  maye  rejoice  and  that).  ••  Message,  Gen.    [So  eh.  iii.  11.] 

^  Truely,  Gen.  *  Together,  Cov.   One  with  another,  Gen.  Bps. 

^  Jill  the  Vers,  add — Jesus. 


Etie  J^srst  ISpfstlc  of  S.  Jiwn.  ®|),  ff. 


2[1)c  secontJc  ®!)apter. 

lYI  Y  My  tell  children/  these  thinges  write  I  vnto  you/  that  ye 
-^'-*-  shulde  not  siniie :  and  yf  eny  man  synne/  yet  we  have 
an  advocate  with  the  father/  Jesus  Christ/  ^  which  is  righteous : 
and  he  ^  itt  is  that  obteyneth  grace  for  oure  synnes  :  not  for 
oure  sinnes  only  :  but  also  for  the  sinnes  of  all  the  worlde. 
And  herby  we  knowe  that  we  have  knowen  him/  yf  we  kepe 
his  commaundementes.  He  that  sayth  I  knowe  hym/  and 
kepeth  nott  his  commaundementes  is  a  lyar/  and  the  veritie  is 
not  in  him.  Whosoever  kepeth  his  worde/  in  hym  is  the 
love  of  god  parfet  in  dede.  And  "*  therin  knowe  we  that  we 
are  in  hym.  He  that  sayth  he  ^  bydeth  in  hym/  ought  to 
walke  even  as  he  walked. 

Brethren  I  write  no  newe  commaundement  vnto  you :  but 
that  olde  commaundement  which  ye  herde  from  the  begyn- 
nynge.  The  olde  commaundement  is  the  worde  which  ye 
herde  from  the  begynnynge.  Agayne  a  newe  commaunde- 
ment I  write  vnto  you/  a  thynge  that  is  true  in  hym/  and  also 
in  you  :  for  the  darknes  is  past/  and  the  true  lyght  nowe  shyn- 
eth.  He  that  sayth  howe  that  he  is  in  the  true  lyght/  and  yet 
hateth  his  brother/  is  in  darcknes  even  vntyll  this  tyme.  He 
that  loveth  his  brother/  abydeth  in  the  light/  and  there  is  none 
occasion  of  evyll  in  liim.  He  that  hateth  his  brother  is  in 
darknes/  and  walketh  in  darknes  :  and  ^  cannot  tell  whither 
he  goeth/  be  cause  thatt  darknes  hath  blynded  his  eyes. 

"^  Babes  I  write  vnto  you  howe  that  youre  synnes  are  for- 
geven  you  for  his  names  sake.  I  wryte  vnto  you  fathers/ 
8  howe  that  ye  have  knowen  him  that  was  from  the  begyn- 
nynge. I  wryte  vnto  you  yonge  men/  howe  that  ye  have 
overcome  ^  the  wicked.  I  wryte  vnto  you  ^  lytell  children/ 
howe  that  ye  have  knowne  the  father.  I  write  vnto  you  fa- 
thers/ howe  that  ye  have  knowen  him  that  was  from  the  be- 
gynnynge. I  wryte  vnto  you  yonge  men/  howe  that  ye  are 
stronge  :  and  the  worde  of  God  abydeth  in  you/  and  ye  have 
over  come  that  wicked. 

Se  that  ye  love  not  the  worlde/  nether  the  thynges  that  are 

*  Babes,  Gen.  ^ The  righteous,  Cr.Bps.  The  just,  Gen.         ^  Is 

the  reconciliation  [atonement,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  *  Hereby,  Cr.  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  Remaineth,  Gen.  *  Knoweth  not,  Gen.  '  Litle 

children.  Gen.  *  Because  ye,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  \^o  post-l  'That 
wicked,  T.  M.  Cr. 


Sfo.  ccjrpf):.  Stc  jFa?tst  Hpfstlc  of  S.  3^f>n. 

in  the  worlde.  Yf  eny  man  love  the  worlde/  the  love  of  the 
father  is  not  in  him.  For  all  that  is  in  the  worlde  (as  the  lust 
of  the  flesshe/  the  lust  of  the  eyes/  and  the  pryde  ^o  of  gooddes) 
is  not  of  the  father :  butt  of  the  worlde.  And  the  worlde 
11  vanyssheth  awaye/  and  the  lust  ther  of :  butt  he  that  fulfil- 
leth  the  will  of  god/  abydeth  ever. 

1  Lytell  children  it  is  the  last  tyme/  and  as  ye  have  herde 
howe  thatt  Antichrist  shall  come  :  even  nowe  are  there  many 
Antichristes  come  allredy  where  by  we  knowe  that  it  is  the 
last  tyme.  They  went  oute  from  vs  but  they  were  nott  of  vs. 
For  yf  they  had  bene  of  vs/  they  wolde  no  dout  have  continued 
with  vs.  But  that  fortuned  that  ytt  myght  apere/  that  they 
were  not  ^'^  of  vs. 

And  ye  have  an  oyntment  ^^  of  the  holy  gost/  and  ye  knowe 
all  thinges.  I  wrote  not  vnto  you/  as  though  ye  knew  not  the 
trueth  :  but  ^^  as  though  ye  knevve  it/  and  knowe  also  that  no 
lye  commeth  of  trueth.  who  is  a  lyar :  but  he  that  denyeth 
that  Jesus  is  Christ  ?  he  is  Antichrist  that  denieth  the  father 
and  the  sonne.  Whosoever  denyeth  the  sonne/  the  same  hath 
not  the  father.'^  Let  therfore  abyde  in  you  that  same  which 
ye  herde  from  the  begynnynge.  Yf  that  which  ye  herde  from 
the  begynnynge  shall  remayne  in  you/, ye  also  shall  continewe 
in  the  sonne/  and  in  the  father.  And  this  is  the  promes  that 
he  hath  promysed  vs/  even  eternall  lyfc. 

This  have  I  written  vnto  you/  as  concernynge  them  that 
disceave  you.  And  the  anoyntynge  which  ye  have  recoaved 
of  hym  dwelleth  in  you.  And  ye  nede  not  that  eny  man 
teache  you  :  but  as  that  anoyntynge  teacheth  you  all  thinges/ 
and  is  true/  and  is  no  lye :  and  as  it  taught  you/  ^^  even  so 
byde  therein.  And  now  '''  babes  abyde  in  hym/  that  when  he 
shall  apere/  we  maye  be  bolde/  and  nott  be  made  a  shamed 
1"  of  him  at  his  commynge.  YfF  ye  knowe  that  he  is  right- 
eous/ 1^  knowe  also  that  he  whych  ^^  foloweth  rightewesnes/  is 
borne  of  hym. 


>o  Ofgoodnes,  T.  ^f.    Of  goods.  Tar.    Oflyfe,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
"  Passeth,  6'r.  Gen.  J?;»s.  12  ^m,    g;;*.  add— all.  '*  Of  him 

that  is  holy,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Because,  Goi.  '^  Cr.  Bps. 

add  [/?.  in  the  italic] — (He  that  knoweth  [knowledgeth,  B.]  the  sonne 
hath  the  father  also.)  '"  Ye  shall  abyde,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Before 

him.  Gin.  '^  Knowe  yo,  Gen.  '^  Doeth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


2rj)e  jFwvst  Epfstlc  of  S.  Jlion.  C%  ffj. 


2r|)c  iij.  C!ti)nptcv. 

"DEHOLDE  what  love  the  father  hath  shewed  on  vs/  that 
we  shulde  be  called  the  sonnes  of  god.  For  this  cause 
the  worlde  knoweth  you  not  be  cause  it  hath  not  knowen  him. 
Derely  beloved/  nowe  are  we  the  sonnes  of  god/  and  yet  it 
hath  not  apered  what  wc  shalbe.  but  we  knowe  that  when  ^  it 
shall  apere/  we  shalbe  lyke  hym.  For  we  shall  se  hym  as  he 
is.  And  every  man  that  hath  thys  hope  in  hym/  pourgeth 
hym  silfe/  even  as  he  ys  pure.  Whosoever  committeth  synne/ 
^  committeth  vnrightewcsnes  also/  and  synne  is  vnrightewesnes. 
and  ye  knowe  that  he  apered  to  take  avvaye  oure  synnes/  and 
in  him  is  no  synne.  As  many  as  byde  in  him/  synne  not : 
w-hosoever  synneth  hath  not  sene  hym/  nether  hath  knowen 
him. 

Babes  let  no  man  deceave  you/  He  that  doeth  rightewesnes 
is  righteous/  even  as  he  is  righteous.  He  that  committeth sinne 
is  of  the  devill :  for  the  devyll  synneth  sence  the  begynninge. 
For  this  purpose  apered  the  sonne  of  god/  to  lowse  the  workes 
of  the  devill.  Whosoever  is  home  of  god/ sinneth  not :  for  his 
seede  remayneth  in  hym/  and  he  cannot  sinne/  be  cause  he  is 
borne  of  god.  In  this  are  the  children  of  god  knowen/  and  the 
children  of  the  devill.  Whosoever  doeth  not  rightewesnes/  is 
not  of  god/  nether  he  that  loveth  not  his  brother. 

For  this  is  the  tydinges/  that  ye  herde  from  the  begynnynge/ 
that  ye  shulde  love  one  another  :  not  as  Cayn  which  was  of 
the  wicked  and  slewe  hys  brother.  And  wherfore  slewe  he 
him  ?  be  cause  hys  awne  workes  were  evyll/  and  his  brothers 
goode.  Marveyle  nott  my  brethren  yfi' the  worlde  hate  you. 
We  knowe  that  we  are  translated  from  deeth  vnto  lyfe/  be 
cause  we  love  the  brethren.  He  that  loveth  not  his  brother/ 
abydeth  in  deeth.  Whosoever  hateth  his  brother/  is  a  man 
slear.  And  ye  knowe  thatt  no  man  slear/  hath  eternall  lyfe 
abydynge  in  hym. 

Hereby  perceave  we  love :  for  he  gave  his  lyfe  for  vs : 
And  we  ought  also  to  geve  oure  lives  for  our  brethren.  Who 
soever  hath  this  worldes  goode  and  seyth  his  brother  ^  in  ne- 
cessitie/  and  shettcth  vppe  "*  his  compassion  from  him  :  howe 
dwelleth  the  love  of  god  in  him  .?      My  babes/  let  us  not  love 

'He  shall,  Gen.  Bps.  «  Transgresseth  also  thekwe  :  for  sinne 

IS  the  transgression  of  the  lawe,  Gen.  Bps.  3  j-j^^-g  ^^^j^    y  j^ 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  His  heart,  Gov.  '     '     ' 

00 


ifo.  ttVVV'  2^15^  i?J>vst  3EfistU  of  S.  Ji)on. 

in  worde/  nether  in  tonge  :  but  with  dede/  and  in  veritie. 
And  herby  we  knowe  that  we  are  off  the  veritie/  and  ^  will 
before  hym  put  oure  hertes  out  of  dout :  For  (yff  oure  hertes 
condempne  vs)  god  is  gretter  then  oure  hertes/  and  knoweth 
all  thinges.  ^  Tenderly  beloved/  yfF  oure  hertes  condempne 
vs  not/  then  have  we  '''  trust  to  god  warde  :  and  whatsoever 
we  axe/  we  shall  receave  of  hym  :  be  cause  we  kepe  his  com- 
maundements/  and  do  those  thynges  which  are  pleasynge  in 
his  sight. 

And  this  is  his  commaundement/  that  we  beleve  on  the 
name  of  his  sonne  Jesus  Christ/  and  love  one  another/  as  he 
gave  commaundment.  And  he  that  kepeth  hys  commaunde- 
mentes  dwelleth  in  him/  and  he  in  him/  And  herby  we  knowe 
that  ^  there  abydeth  in  vs  of  the  sprete  which  he  gave  vs, 

2tl)c  ffff.  ^l)a})tcr. 

T^ERELY  beloved  beleve  not  every  sprete:  but  ^  prove 
-^'^  the  spretes  whether  they  are  of  god/  ^[or  no  :]  for  many 
falce  prophetes  are  gone  out  into  the  worlde.  Herby  shall  ye 
knowe  the  sprete  off  god.  Every  sprete  that  confesseth  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the  flesshe/  is  off  god.  And  every 
sprete  which  confesseth  not  that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the 
flesshe/  is  not  off  god.  And  this  is  that  sprete  of  Antichrist/ 
of  whom  ye  have  herde/  howe  that  he  shulde  come  :  and  even 
nowe  alredy  is  he  in  the  worlde. 

Lytell  children/  ye  are  of  god/  and  have  overc6me  them  : 
for  gretter  is  he  that  is  in  you/  then  he  that  is  in  the  worlde. 
They  are  of  the  worlde/  therfore  speake  they  of  the  worlde/ 
and  the  worlde  heareth  them.  We  are  of  god.  He  that 
knoweth  god  heareth  vs  :  He  that  is  nott  off  God/  heareth  vs 
not.  Herby  knowe  we  the  sprete  of  veritie/  and  the  sprete  of 
erroure. 

Derely  beloved/  lett  vs  love  one  another :  for  love  com- 
meth  of  god.  And  every  one  that  loveth  is  borne  of  god/  and 
knoweth  god.  He  that  loveth  nott/  hath  not  knowen  god  :  for 
god  is  love.  In  this  apered  the  love  of  god  to  vs  ward/  be- 
cause that  god  sent  his  only  begotten  sonne  into  the  worlde/ 
that  we  myght  live  thorowe  him.     Herin  is  love/  not  that  we 

5  Can  quiet  [assure,  G.  i?.]  our  hearts  before  him,  ^U  the  Versions, 
^  Beloved,  T.  M.  Gen.  Bps.  Dearly  beloved,  Cr.  ''  Boldnes,  Gen. 

[So  ch.  iii.  17.]  *  He  abideth  in  us  even  by  the  spirite,  etc.  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  i  Trie,  Gen,  ^  (jg^j  oij^itg 


a'tc  j;i>rst  ISpfstle  of  S.  Mon.  dth  b. 

loved  god/  but  that  he  loved  vs/  and  sent  his  Sonne  to  ^  make 
agrcment  for  ourc  sinnes. 

Derely  beloved  yf  god  so  loved  vs/  we  ought  also  to  love 
one  another,  no  man  hath  sene  god  at  eny  tyme.  Yf  we 
love  one  another/  god  dwelleth  in  vs/  and  his  love  is  parfet  in 
vs.  Herby  knowe  we/  that  we  dwell  in  hym/  and  he  in  vs. 
be  cause  lie  hath  geveii  vs  of  his  sprete.  And  we  have  sene 
and  do  testifie  that  the  father  sent  the  sonne/  ^  which  is  the 
saveour  of  the  worlde.  Whosoever  confesseth  that  Jesus  is 
tlie  Sonne  of  god/  in  hym  dwelleth  god,-  and  he  in  god.  And 
we  have  knowen  and  beleved  the  love  that  god  hath  to  vs. 

God  is  love/  and  he  that  dwelleth  in  love  dwelleth  in  god/ 
and  god  in  hym.  Herin  is  the  love  parfet  in  vs/  thatt  we 
shulde  have  trust  in  the  daye  of  iudgement/  ^that  as  he  is/ 
even  so  are  we  in  this  worlde.  There  is  no  feare  in  love/  but 
parfet  love  caste th  out  all  feare/  for  feare  hath  paynfulnes. 
He  that  feareth  is  not  parfet  in  love. 

We  love  hym/  for  he  loved  vs  fyrst.  Yf  a  man  saye/  I 
love  god/  and  yet  hateth  his  brother/  he  is  a  lyar.  Howe  can 
he  that  loveth  nott  his  brother  whom  he  hath  sene/  love  god 
whom  he  hath  not  sene  ?  And  this  commaundement  have  we 
of  hym  :  that  he  which  loveth  God/  shulde  love  his  brother 
also, 

Ei)t  b.  ffiljaiitcr. 

Tl/^HOSOEVER  beleveth  that  Jesus  is  Christ/  is  borne  of 
'  '  god.  and  eveiy  one  that  loveth  hym  which  begat/ 
loveth  him  also  which  was  begotten  of  him.  In  this  we 
knowe  that  we  love  the  children  of  god/  when  we  love  god/ 
and  kepe  his  commaundements.  This  is  the  love  of  god/ 
that  we  kepe  his  commaundementes/  and  his  commaunde- 
mentes  are  not  greveous.  For  all  that  is  borne  of  god/  over 
commeth  the  worlde.  and  this  is  the  victory  that  over  commeth 
the  worlde/  even  oure  faythe.  who  is  it  that  over  commeth 
the  world :  but  he  which  beleveth  that  Jesus  is  the  sonne  of 
god  ? 

This  Jesus  Christ  is  he  that  cam  by  water  and  bloud/  not  by 
water  only  :  but  by  water  and  bloud.  And  it  is  the  sprete  that 
beareth  witnes/  be  cause  the  sprete  ys  trueth.     ^  For  there  are 


'  Be  a  reconciliation,  Gen.  *  To  be,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.        ^  For  as 

he  is,  Cr.  Gen  Bps.  '  \_Cov.  Cr.  Tav.  read  vs.  7  in  crotchets, 

T.  M. — in  smaller  type.] 


So-  ccjrjrvJ.  €\)t  S^xsi  Hpfstle  of  S.  Sfjon. 

thre  whych  beare  recorde  in  heven/  the  father/  the  worde/  and 
the  wholy  goost.  And  these  thre  are  one.  And  there  are  thre 
which  beare  recorde  in  erth  :  the  sprete/  and  water/  and  bloud :  ^ 
and  these  thre  ^  are  one.  Yf  we  receave  the  witnes  of  men/ 
the  witnes  of  god  is  gretter.  For  this  is  the  witnes  of  god/ 
'^  which  he  testified  of  his  sonne.  He  that  beleveth  on  the 
Sonne  of  god  hath  the  witnes  in  hym  silfe.  He  that  beleveth 
nott  God/  hath  made  hym  a  lyare/  be  cause  he  beleved  nott 
the  recorde  that  god  ^  gave  of  his  sonne.  And  this  ys  that 
recorde/  howe  that  god  hath  geven  vnto  vs  eternall  lyfe/  and 
this  lyfe  is  in  his  sonne.  He  that  hath  the  sonne/  hath  lyfe  : 
and  he  that  hath  not  the  sonne  of  god/  hath  not  lyfe. 

These  thynges  have  I  written  vnto  you  that  beleve  on  the 
name  of  the  sonne  off  God/  that  ye  maye  knowe  howe  that  ye 
have  eternall  lyfe/  and  that  ye  maye  beleve  on  the  name  of  the 
sonne  off  god.  And  this  is  the  ^  trust  that  we  have  in  hym  : 
that  yf  we  axe  eny  thynge  accordynge  to  his  will  he  heareth  vs. 
And  yff  we  knowe  that  he  heare  vs  whatt  soever  we  axe/  we 
knowe  that  we  shall  have  the  peticions  that  we  desyred  of 
hym. 

Yff  eny  man  se  his  brother  synne  a  synne  that  is  not  vnto 
death/  let  hym  axe/  and  he  shall  geve  hym  lyfe  for  them  that 
synne  not  vnto  deeth.  There  is  a  synne  vnto  deeth/  for  which 
saye  I  not  that  '  a  man  shulde  praye.  All  vnrightewesnes  is 
synne/  and  there  is  a  synne  not  vnto  deeth. 

We  knowe  that  whosoever  is  borne  of  God/  synneth  not : 
but  he  that  is  begotten  of  god  kepeth  hym  silfe/  and  that  wicked 
toucheth  hym  not.  We  knowe  that  we  are  of  god/  and  that 
®  the  worlde  is  altogedder  set  on  wicked  nes.  We  knowe  that  the 

Sonne  of  God  is  come/  and  hath  geven  vs  a  mynde  to 

knowe  hym  which  is  true :   and  we  are  in  hym  that 

is  true/  ^  through  his  sorme  Jesu  Christ.     This 

same   is  very   god/  and   eternall   lyfe. 

Babes  kepe  youre  selves  from 

ymages.   Amen. 

*  Cr.  adds — not  by  water  only,  but  by  water  and  blood.  *  Aoree 
in  one,  Gen.  *  Cr.  adds — (that  is  greater),  *  Witnessed,  Gen. 

'  Assurance,  Gen.  "^  Thou  shouldest,  Gen.  ^  The  whole 

worlde  lyeth  in,  Gen.  *  Tliat  is,  in,  Gen. 


mit  ;Sccontre  IJCsitU  ot  S»  Sfiou. 


npHE  seneour  to  the  electe  lady  and  her  children  which  I 
-*-    love  in  the  trueth  :  and  not  I  only  :  but  also  all  they  that 
have  knowen  the  trueth/  for  the  truthes  sake/  which  iremay- 
ncth  in  vs/  and  shalbe  in  vs  for  ever. 

With  you  be  grace/  mercy/  and  peace  from  God  the 
father/  and  from  the  lorde  Jesus  Christ  the  sonne  off  the 
father/  in  trueth  and  love. 

I  reioysed  greatly/  that  I  founde  off  thy  children  walkynge 
in  trough/  as  we  have  receaved  a  commaundement  of  the 
father.  And  nowe  beseche  I  the  lady/  not  as  though  I  wrote 
a  newe  commaundement  vnto  the/  but  that  same/  which  we 
had  from  the  begynnynge/  that  we  shulde  love  one  a  nothcr. 
And  this  is  the  love/  that  we  shulde  walke  after  his  com- 
maundementes. 

This  commaundement  is  (that  as  ye  have  herde  from  the 
begynnynge)  ye  shulde  walke  in  it.  For  many  deceavers 
are  entred  in  to  the  worlde/  which  confesse  not  that  Jesus 
Christ  is  come  in  the  flesshe.  This  is  a  deceaver  and  an 
Antichrist.  Loke  on  youre  selves/  that  we  lowse  not  that  we 
have  wrought :  but  that  we  maye  have  a  full  rewarde. 
Whosoever  transgresseth  and  by  deth  not  in  the  doctrine  of 
Christ/  hath  not  God  He  that  ^  endureth  in  the  doctryne  off 
Christ/  hath  bothe  the  father/  and  the  sonne. 

Yff  there  come  eny  vnto  you  and  brynge  not  this  ^  learn- 
ynge/  hym  receave  not  to  housse  :  nether  ^  bid  hym  god  spede. 
For  he  that  biddeth  hym  God  spede/  is  part  taker  off  his  evyll 
dedes.     I  had  many  thynges  to  wryte  vnto  you/  neverthelesse 

I  wolde  not  wryte  with  paper  and  ynke  :    but  I  trust  to 

come  vnto  you/  and  speake  with  you  mought  to 

mouth/  that  oure  ioye  maye  be  full. 

The  sonnes  off  thy  electe 

sister  grete  the 

Amen. 

'  Dwelleth,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  *  Continueth,  Gen.  a  Doc- 

trine,  Gen.  *  Salute  him,  Cov. 

00* 


^Iie  iif.  ^ifstlt  of  ^-  SfifDit* 


npHE  senior  vnto  the  beloved  gayus/  whom  I  love  in  the 
trueth.  ^Welbeloved  I  wysshe  ^  in  all  thynges  thatt  thou 
prosperedest  and  faredest  well/  even  as  thy  soule  prospereth. 
I  reioysed  greatly  when  the  brethren  cam  and  testified  off  the 
trueth  that  is  in  the/  howe  thou  in  troth  walkest.  I  have  no 
gretter  ioye  than  forto  heare  howe  that  my  sonnes  walke  in 
veritie. 

1  Derely  beloved  thou  doest  faythfuUy  whatt  soever  thou 
doest  to  the  brethren/  and  to  straungers/  which  bare  witnes  off 
thy  love  before  all  the  congregacion.  ^  Which  brethren  when 
thou  bryngest  forwardes  on  their  iorney  (^  as  it  besemet  God) 
thou  shalt  do  wele :  be  cause  that  for  his  names  sake  they 
went  forth/  and  toke  no  thynge  off  the  gentyls.  We  ther- 
fore  ought  to  receave  suche/  that  we  also  myght  be  helpers  to 
the  trueth. 

I  wrote  vnto  the  congregacion  :  but  Diotrephcs  which  loveth 
to  have  the  preeminence  amonge  them/  receaveth  vs  not/ 
wherfore  yf  I  come  I  will  declare  his  dedes  which  he  doeth 
^iestynge  on  vs  with  malicious  wordes/  nether  is  therewith 
content.  Not  only  he  hym  silfe  receaveth  not  the  brethren  : 
but  also  he  forbiddeth  them  thatt  wolde/  and  thrusteth  them 
out  off  the  congregacion. 

1  Derely  beloved  counterfait  not  thatt  which  is  evyll/  but 

that  which  is  good  :    He  that  doeth  well  is  off  God  :  but  he 

that  doeth  evyll  seith  not  God.     Demetrius  hath  good  reporte 

off  all  men/  and  of  the  trueth.     Yee  and  we  ourc  selves  also 

beare  recorde/  and  ye  knowe  that  oure  recorde  is  true.     I 

have  many  thynges  to  wryte  :  But  I  willnot  with  pen  and 

ynke  wryte  vnto  the.     For  I  trust  I  shall  short 

ly  se  the/  and  we  shall  speake  mouth  to 

mouth.     Peace  be  with  the.    The 

6  lovers  salute  the 

Grete   the   ^  lovers   by 

name. 


J  Beloved,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Chiefly,  Gen.  ^  Whom,  if  thou, 

etc.  Gen.  *  Worthily  before  God,  Cov.    After  a  godly  sort,  Cr. 

Bps.    As  it  beseemeth  according  to  God,  Gen.  *  Pratteling 

against  us,  Gen.  ^  Friends,  Gen. 


^i&iU  of  ^anl  ^nto  tUe  Jl^tf}vnt&. 


',<©2!3  'in  tyme  past  diverely  and  many  wayes/  spake 
vnto  the  fathers  by  prophetes  :  but  in  these  last  dayes 
he  hath  spoken  vnto  vs  by  his  sonne/  whom  he  hath  made 
heyre  of  all  thynges:  by  whom  also  he  made  the  world, 
which  sonne  beynge  the  brightnes  of  his  glory/  and  ^very 
ymage  off  his  substance/  ^  bearynge  vppe  all  thynges  '^  with 
the  worde  of  his  power/  hath  ^  in  his  awne  person  pourged 
cure  synnes/  and  is  sytten  on  the  right  honde  of  the  maiestie 
^  an  hye/  and  is  more  excellent  then  the  angels/  in  as  moche 
as  he  liath  "^  [by  inheritaunce]  obteyned  an  excellenter  name 
than  have  they. 

For  vnto  which  of  the  angels  sayde  he  at  eny  time  :  Thou 
arte  my  sonne/  this  daye  begate  I  the  ?  And  agayne  :  I  will 
be  his  father/  and  he  shalbe  my  sonne.  And  agayne  when  he 
bryngeth  in  the  fyrst  begotten  sonne  in  the  worlde/  he  sayth : 
And  ^  all  the  angels  of  god  shall  worshippe  hym.  And  ^  vnto 
the  angels  he  sayth  :  He  maketh  ^^  his  angels  spretes/  and 
his  ministers  flammes  of  fyre.  But  vnto  the  sonne  he  sayth  : 
11  God  thy  seate  shalbe  for  ever/  and  ever.  The  cepterof  thy 
kyngdom  is  a  ^^  right  cepter/  Thou  hast  loved  rightewesnes 
and  hated  iniquitie :  Wherfore  hath  god/  i^  which  is  thy  god/ 
anoynted  the  with  the  oyle  off  gladnes  above  thy  felowes. 


'  In  the  olde  tyme    [Whyche  in  tyme  past,  B.]   at  sundrie  times 
and  in  divers  nianers,  Gen.  Bps.  "  The  ingraved  forme  of  his  per- 

tione,  Gtn.  ^  llulynge,  Or.    Upholdinty,  Bps.  *  By  his 

mightie  worde,  Gen.  *  By  himselfe,  Gen.  Bps.  ®  In  the  high- 

est places,  and  is  made  so  muche  more,  etc.  Gen.  ''  Gen.  Bps. 

omit.  8  Let  all,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  »  Of  the,  T.  M.  Gen. 

'"  The  Spirits  his  messengers.  Gen.  ^'  O  God,  thy  seat  [throne, 

fir.],  Cr.   Gen.  Bps.  '^  Sceptre  of  righteousnesse,  Gcw. -Bp5. 

'^  Even  thy  God,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


jf  0.  ccFjrpfff.  Cije  Hpfstlc  of  ^aul 

And  thou  lorde  in  the  begynnynge  hast  ^^  layde  the  founda- 
cion  of  the  erth  :  And  the  hevens  are  the  workes  off  thy  hondes. 
They  shall  perisshe/  but  thou  ^^  shallt  endure.  They  all  shall 
wexe  olde  as  doth  a  garment :  and  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou 
1^  chaunge  them/  and  they  shalbe  chaunged  :  but  thou  arte 
the  same/  and  thy  yeares  shall  not  fayle.  Vnto  which  off  the 
angels  sayde  he  at  eny  time  ?  Sit  on  my  right  honde  tyll  I 
make  thyne  enemies  thy  fote  stole.  Are  they  not  all  ^"  spretes 
to  do  service/  sent  forto  minister  for  their  sakes/  which  shalbe 
heyres  of  health .'' 

Ef)t  ff.  €:i)aptfr. 

'IT/'HERFORE  we  ought  ^  moche  more  to  attende  vnto  tho 
^  thjTiges  which  we  have  herde/  lest  ^  we  be  spilt.  For 
yff  the  worde  which  was  spoken  by  angels  was  stedfast :  and 
every  transgression  and  disobedience  receaved  a  iust  recom- 
pence  ^  to  rewarde  :  howe  shall  we  escape  yf  we  '^  despise  so 
great  helth.?  which  at  the  fyrst  began  to  be  preached  off  the 
lorde  hym  silfe/  and  after  warde  was  confermed  vnto  vs  warde/ 
by  them  that  herde  it/  god  bearynge  witnes  there  to/  bothe 
with  sygnes  and  wonders  also/  and  with  divers  miracles/  and 
gyftes  off  the  holy  gooste/  accordynge  to  his  awne  will. 

He  hath  not  vnto  the  angels  ^  put  in  subieccion  the  worlde 
to  come/  where  of  we  speake  :  but  one  in  a  certayne  place  wit- 
nessed/ sayinge :  What  is  man/  that  thou  arte  myndfull  of 
hym  :  other  the  sonne  of  man/  that  thou  ^  visitest  hym  ? 
"^  After  thou  haddest  for  a  season  made  hym  lower  then  the 
angels :  thou  crounedst  hym  with  honour  and  gloiy/  and  hast 
set  hym  above  the  workes  off  thy  hondes.  Thou  hast  put  all 
thynges  in  subieccion  vnder  his  fete.  In  that  he  put  all  thynges 
vnder  hym/  he  left  nothynge  that  is  not  put  vnder  him.  Nev- 
erthelesse  we  yet  se  nott  all  thynges  subdued  vnto  hym  but 
^  that  Jesus  which  for  a  season  was  made  lesse  then  the  angels/ 

'••Established  the  earth, Gf 71.  '^  Doest  rema)'ne,  GfK.  '^Folde 
them  up,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Ministryng  spirits,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  To 

gyve  the  more  earnest  heede,  Cr.  Bps.  Diligently  to  give  heede.  Gen. 
*  We  perishe,  Cov.  T.  M.  At  any  time  we  let  them  slippe  [we  per- 
yshe,  C],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Of  rewarde,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Neg- 

lect, Gen.  Bps.  *  Subdued,  CV.  *  Wouldest  consider.  Gen. 

'Thou  madest  him  a  little  lower  than  [for  a  little  (whyle)  lower  than, B. 
a  little  mferiorto.G'.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  But  hym  that  [B.  adds — for 
a  whyle]  was  made  lesse  than  the  angels,  we  see  that  it  icas  Jesus, 
Cr.  Bps.  We  see  Jesus  crowned,  etc.  which  was  made  a  little  infe- 
rior to,  Gen. 


tmto  tl)c  JHe\)v\ic<e.  e^.  ffy. 

we  se  thorowe  the  ^  punnyshment  of  deeth  crouned  with  glory 
and  honour/  that  he  by  the  grace  of  god/  shulde  tast  of  deeth 
for  all  men. 

For  hit  becam  hym/  for  whom  are  all  thynges/  and  by 
whom  are  all  thynges/  i"  after  that  he  had  brought  many  son- 
nes  vnto  glor\-/  that  he  shulde  ^^  make  the  lorde  of  their  helth 
^-  [parfet]  thorowe  affliccions  :  For  as  moche  as  he  which 
sanctifieth/  and  they  which  are  sanctified/  are  all  off  won. 
For  which  causes  sake/  he  is  not  ashamed  to  call  them  breth- 
ren sayinge  :  I  will  declare  thy  name  vnto  my  brethren/  in 
the  myddes  off  the  congregacion  will  I  prayse  the.  And 
agayne  :  I  will  put  my  trust  in  hym.  And  agajTie  :  beholde 
here  am  I  and  the  children  which  god  hath  geven  me. 

For  as  moche  then  as  the  children  were  parte  takers  of 
flesshe  and  bloud/  he  also  hym  silfe  lyke  wyse  toke  parte 
with  them/  ^^  forto  put  doune  thorowe  deeth  hym  that  had 
lordshippe  over  deeth  that  is  to  saye  the  devyll.  And  that  he 
myght  delyver  them  which  thorowe  feare  of  deeth  all  their 
lyfe  tyme  were  in  daunger  of  bondage.  For  he  ^^in  no  place 
taketh  on  hyn;  the  angels  :  but  the  sede  of  Abraham  taketh 
he  on  hyrri.  Wherefore  in  all  thynges  hit  be  cam  hvm  to  be 
made  lyke  vnto  his  brethren/  that  he  myght  be  merciftiU/  and 
a  faythfull  hye  preste  in  thynges  concernynge  god/  i^  for  to 
pourge  the  people  synnes.  For  in  that  ^^  he  hym  silfe  suf- 
fered/ and  was  tempted/  he  is  able  to  sucker  them  that  are 
tempted, 

Cf)c  fij.  <r!)apttr. 

T\/'HERFORE  wholy  brethren/  parttakers  off  the  ^  celes- 

'        tiall   callinge/   consyder  the  '^  embasseatour  and   hye 

prest  of  ourre  profession  Christ  Jesus/  beynge  faythfull  to  him 

that  3  sent  him/  even  as  was  Moses  in  all  his  housse.      ^  And 

'  SufFeryng,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *°  Seeing  that  he  brought,  Gen. 

"  Consecrate  the  prince  [Make  the  captayne,  B.]  of  their  salvation, 
Gen.  Bps.  "  Gen.  omits.  '^  That  he  might  take  away  the 

power  of  hym,  Cor.  That  tlirough  death  he  might  expel  him  that  had 
lordshyp,  Cr.  Bps.  That  he  might  destroy  through  death  him  that 
had  the  power,  etc.  Gen.  ^*  In  no  sort  took  the  angels,  but  he 

took  the  seede,  Gen.  '*  To  make  reconciliation  [agreement,  C] 

for.  Cor.  Gen.  '^  It  fortuned  hymselfe  to  be  tempted,  Cr.  'Hea- 
venly vocation.  Gen.  *  Apostle,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ordayned,  Cor. 
Made,  T.M.  Put  him  in  the  office,  Cr.  Appoynted,  Gen.  Bps.  *  For 
loke  howe  much  honour  he  (that  hath  builded  a  house)  hath  more  than 
the  house  itselfe,  so  muche  honoure  is  he  counted  worthye  of  more 
than  Moses,  Cr. 


i^8.  ccpvpfi'-  B\)t  Spfstlc  of  33a  ut 

this  man  was  counted  worthy  of  more  glory  then  Moses  :  In 
as  moche  as  he  which  hath  ^  prepared  the  housse/  hath  ^  most 
honoure  in  the  housse.  Every  housse  is  ^  prepared  of  some 
man.  But  he  that  ordeyned  all  ihynges  is  god.  And  Moses 
verely  was  faithfull  in  all  his  housse  as  a  minister/  to  beare 
witness  of  tho  thynges  which  shulde  be  spoken  afterwarde. 
But  Christ  as  a  sonne  ~  hath  rule  over  the  housse/  whose  housse 
are  we/  yf  we  ^kepe  stedfast  confydence  and  reioysynge  in 
the  fayth  vnto  the  endc. 

Wherfore  as  the  holy  goost  sayth  :  to  daye  if  ye  shall  heare 
his  voyce/  harden  not  youre  hertes/  ^  as  when  ye  provoked  in 
tyme  of  temptacion  in  the  wildernes/  where  youre  fathers 
tempted  me/  proved  me/  and  sawe  my  workes  xl.  yeare  longe. 
Wherfore  I  was  greved  with  that  generacion  and  sayd  :  They 
ever  erre  in  their  hertes  :  they  verely  have  not  knowen  my 
wayes/  so  that  I  sware  in  my  wrathe/  that  they  shulde  not 
enter  into  my  rest.  Take  hede  brethren  ^^  that  there  be  in 
none  of  you  ^^  an  evyll  herte/  in  vnbeleve/  that  he  shulde  de- 
parte  from  the  livynge  god  :  but  exhorte  one  another  dayly/ 
whill  it  is  called  to  daye/  lest  eny  of  you  i~  wexe  harde  herted/ 
^^  and  be  deceaved  with  synne. 

We  are  parte  takei-s  of  Christ/  so  that  we  kepe  sure  vnto 
the  ende  ^'*  begynning  of  the  substance/  soo  longe  as  it  is  said  : 
to  daye  if  ye  heare  his  voyce/  herden  not  youre  hertes/  as 
when  ye  provoked.  For  some/  when  they  herde/  provoked  : 
but  nott  all  that  cam  out  of  egypt  vnder  moses.  But  with 
whome  was  he  depleased  xl.  yeares  ?  ^^  was  he  not  displeas- 
ed with  them  that  synned  :  whose  ^^  boddics  were  over  throwen 
in  the  desart  ?  To  whom  sware  he  that  they  shulde  not  enter 
into  his  rest :  but  vnto  them  that  beleved  nott  ?  And  we  se 
that  they  coulde  not  enter  in/  be  cause  of  vnbeleve. 

*  Buylded,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ®  More  honour  than  the  house,  Gen. 

Bps.  '  Over  his  owne  house,  Gen.  *  Holde  fast  the  confi- 

dence, etc.  of  that  hope, etc.  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  After  the  rebel- 
lion, in  the  daye,  T.M.  As  in  the  provokynge,  in  tlie  daye,  Cr.  As  in 
the  provocation  according  to  the  [in  the.  B.]  daye  of  temptation,  Gen. 
Bps.  '"  Leste  at  any  time  there  be  in  anj^  of  you,  Cr.  Geti.  Bps. 

*•  A  frowarde  hart  subject  to  unbeleefe,  Cr.  An  evill  lieart  and  un- 
faithful [of  unbeleefe,  B.],  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Be  hardened.  Gen.  Bps. 
"  Through  the  deceytfulnesse  of  sinne,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '■*  The 
fyrst  substance,  T.  M.  The  beginning,  wherewith  we  are  upholden, 
Gen.  ''  Not  with  them  that,  etc. .'  Bps.  '^  Karkeises  fell  in  the 
wildernesse  [desart,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 


bnto  t\)c  l^thrwvs.  CTt).  ffff. 


ffilje  ffff.  <*ri)aptct. 

X  ET  vs  fcarc  therfore  lest  eny  of  vs  forsakynge  the  promes 
"^  of  oiitrynge  into  his  rest/  shulde  ^  seme  to  come  bohinde. 
For  vnto  vs  was  -  it  declared/  as  wele  as  vnto  them.  But  "^  hit 
proffited  not  them  that  they  herde  the  worde/  be  cause  they 
uhicli  herde  it  '^  coupled  it  not  with  fayth.  we  which  have  be- 
leved/  do  enter  into  his  rest/  ^  as  contrary  wyse  he  sayde  to 
the  wother :  as  I  have  sworne  in  my  wrath/  "  they  shall  not 
enter  into  my  rest.  "  and  that  spake  he  verely  longe  after  the 
workes  "^  were  made/  from  tlie  fundacion  off  the  worlde  layde  : 
For  he  spake  in  a  certayne  place  of  the  seventh  daye/  on  this 
wyse  :  And  god  did  rest  the  seventh  daye  from  all  his  workes. 
And  in  this  place  agayne  :  *5  They  shall  not  come  into  my  rest. 

Seynge  therfore  it  ^  foloweth  that  some  mtiste  enter  there 
into/  and  they  to  whom  it  was  fyrst  preached/  entred  not 
therin  for  vnbeleves  sake.  ^"^Ag-ayne  he  apoynteth  ^^  in  David 
a  ceilayne  present  daye  after  so  long  a  tyme/  sayinge  as  it  is 
rehearsed :  this  daye  if  ye  here  his  voyce/  *^  be  not  harde 
herted.  For  if  Josue  had  geven  them  rest/  then  wolde  he  not 
afterwaide  have  spoken  of  another  daye.  There  remayneth 
therfore  yet  a  rest  vnto  the  people  of  god.  For  he  that  is  en- 
tred into  his  rest  doth  cease  from  his  awne  workes/  as  god  did 
from  his. 

Let  vs  study  therfore  to  entre  into  that  rest/  lest  eny  man 
faule  ^^  into  soche  an  ensample  off  vnbelefe :  for  the  worde  off 
god  is  quycke/  and  myghty  in  operacion/  and  sharper  than 
eny  two  edged  swearde  :  and  entreth  through/  even  vnto  the 

*  Seem  [C.  adds — at  any  time]  to  have  been  disappoynted  [to  be  de- 
prived,G.  to  be  defrauded.  5.]  fr.  Gfn.  i?;;s.  *  The  Gosf  ell  preach- 
ed, G'c/t  B/is.  ^  The  worde  of  preaching  helped  them  not  when  they 
that  heard  it,  beleeved  not,  Co??.  ^  Mixed, Gc?i.  ^  As  he  sayd, 
Even  as  I,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  As  he  saide  to  the  other,  Gen.  *■  If  tiiey 
shall  enter,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Although  the  workes  were  finished  [made 
perfect,  /?.]  from  the  foundation  of  the  worlde,  Geri.  Bjfs.  ^  From 
the  beginning  of  the  worlde  were  made.  Gov.  Were  made  and  the 
foundation,  T.  M.  Cr.  ^  Remaincth,  Gen.  '"  Therefore  ap- 
pointeth  he  a  day  agayne  after  so  long  a  tyme  and  saith  :  To  day,  as 
is  rehearsed  by  David,  To  day,  etc.  Cor.  "  A  certayne  day  after 
90  long  a  tyme,  saying  in  David,  (as  it  is  rehearsed)  this  day,  if,  Cr. 
In  David  a  certaine  daye  by  To  daye,  after  so  long  a  tyme,  saying  as 
it  is  saide,  This  daye,  if,  Gen.  A  certayne  day,  by  to-day,  saying,  in 
David  after  so  long  a  time,  (as  it  is  sayde,)  To  day,  if,  Bps.  '^  Har- 
den not  your  hearts,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "  After  the  same,  T.  M.  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps, 


So.  ccFjrpb.  JIt)e  JSjjfstlc  off  ^a\xl 

dividynge  a  sender  of  the  soule  and  the  sprete  and  of  the 
ioyntes'  and  the  mary  :  and  ^*  iudgeth  the  thoughtes  and  the 
intentes  off  the  herte.  Nether  is  there  eny  creature  ^^  invisible 
in  the  sight  off  hit :  but  all  thynges  are  naked  and  bare  vnto 
the  eyes  off  hym/  ^^  off  whom  we  speake. 

Ctf  b.  tftaptct. 

CEYNGE  then  thatt  we  have  a  grett  hye  prest  why  eh  hath 
^  entred  heven  (I  mean  Jesus  the  sonne  off  God)  lett  vs 
^  kepe  oure  profession.  For  we  have  nott  an  hye  prest/  which 
cannot  ^  have  compassion  on  oure  infirmities  :  but  was  in  all 
poyntes  tempted/  ^  in  lyke  manner  :  but  yett  with  out  synne. 
Let  vs  therfore  goo  boldely  vnto  the  seate  of  grace/  that  we 
maye  receave  mercy/  and  fynde  grace  to  helpe  in  tyme  of 
nede.^ 

For  every  hye  prest  that  is  taken  from  among  men/  is  or- 
deyned  for  men/  in  thinges  pertaynynge  to  god  :  to  offer  gyftes 
and  sacrifyses  for  synnes  :  which  ^  can  have  compassion  on 
lhe  ignoraunt/  and  on  them  that  ^  are  out  of  the  hye  waye/ 
be  cause  that  he  hym  silfe  also  is  compased  with  infirmitie  : 
For  the  which  infirmities  sake/  he  is  bounde  to  offer  for 
synnes/  as  wele  for  hys  awne  parte/  as  for  the  peoples.  No 
man  taketh  honour  vnto  hym  silfe/  but  he  that  is  called  off 
God/  as  was  Aaron. 

even  so  lyke  wyse  Christ  "^  honored  not  hym  silfe/  that  he 
myght  be  the  hye  prest :  butt  he  gloryfyed  hym  that  sayde 
vnto  hym  :  thou  arte  my  sonne/  this  daye  begat  I  the.^  As  he 
also  in  a  nother  place  speaketh  :  Thou  arte  a  preste  for  ever 
after  the  order  of  Melchisedech.  Which  in  the  dayes  of  his 
flesshe/  did  offer  vppe  prayers  and  supplicacions/  with  stronge 
cryinge  and  teares/  vnto  hym  that  was  able  to  save  hym  from 
deeth :  and  was  also  herde/  ^  be  cause  he  had  God  in  reve- 

^*  Is  a  discerner  of,  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  That  is  not  manifest  in 

his  sight,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  With  wliom  we  have  to  do,  Gen. 

'  Holde  fast  our  profession  [tlie  profession  (of  our  hope),  C.  this  con- 
fession, B.'\,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Be  touched  with  the  feeling  of.  Gin. 
Bps.  ^  Lylte  as  we  are,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  In  hke  sort.  Gen.  ■•  [Ch, 
iv.  ends  here  in  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.]  *  Is  able  sufhciently  to,  Gen  Can 
sufficiently,  Bps.  ^  Erre  out  of  the  way,  Cr.  Bps.  '  Glorified 
not,  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.  Tooke  not  to  hiniselfe  this  honour.  Gen.  *  Glo- 
rified him,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gate  it  him,  Gen.  Bps.  [•  Glorified  him'  (See  text) 
transposed.]  'Because  he  had  God  in  honour,  Cov.  In  that 
which  he  feared,  Gen.  Bps. 


\)nto  tljc  ?4ebvtie8.  ®1).  b|. 

rence.  And  though  he  were  ^°  goddes  sonne/  yet  learned  he 
obedience/  by  tho  thynges  which  he  suffered/  and  ^i  was 
made  parfaite/  and  the  cause  of  eternall  heaUh  vnto  all  them 
that  obey  hym  :  and  is  called  of  God  the  hye  prcst/  after  the 
order  of  Melchisedech. 

Wherof  have  we  many  thynges  to  saye  which  are  harde  to 
be  vttered  :  be  cause  ye  are  dull  off  hearinge.  For  when  as 
concerninge  the  tyme/  ye  ought  to  be  teachers/  yet  have  ye 
nede  agayne  that  we  teache  you  the  fyrst  principles  of  the 
'-  worde  of  god :  and  are  be  come  soche  as  have  nede  off 
mylke/  and  not  of  stronge  meatc  :  For  every  man  that  i^  is 
feed  with  mylke  is  inexpert  in  the  worde  of  rightewesnes  : 
For  he  is  but  a  babe.  But  stronge  meate  belongeth  to  them 
thatt  are  *"*  parfect/  which  ^^  thorowe  custome  have  their  wittes 
exercised/  ^^  to  iudge  both  good  and  evyll  also, 

E^t  bf.  Cljnptev. 

'V\/"HERFORE  let  vs  leave  the  doctryne  ^  pertaynynge  to 
the  begynnynge  of  ^  a  Christen  man/  and  let  vs  ^  go 
vnto  perfeccion/  and  nowe  no  more  laye  the  foundacion  of 
repentaunce  from  deed  workes/  and  of  fayth  towarde  god/ 
"^  off  baptim/  of  doctiyne/  and  of  layinge  on  of  hondes/  and  of 
resurreccion  from  deeth/  and  of  eternall  iudgment.  And  so 
will  we  do/  yf  god  permitt.  For  it  ^  is  nott  possible  that  they/ 
which  were  once  lyghted/  and  have  tasted  of  the  hevenly  gyft/ 
and  are  be  come  part  takers  of  the  holy  goost/  and  have  tasted 
of  the  good  worde  of  god/  and  off  the  power  off  the  worlde  to 
come  :  yf  they  faule  ^  [shulde  be  renued  agayne  vnto  repent- 
aunce :]  For  as  moche  as  they  '''  have  (as  concernynge  them 
selves)  crucified  the  sonne  of  god  a  fresshe/  makynge  a  mocke 
of  hym. 

For  that  erth  which  drynketh  in  the  rayne  which  commeth 
ofte  apon  it/  and  bryngeth  forth  erbes  mcLe  for  them  ^  that 

"*  The  sonne,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Being  consecrate  [Beyng  perfect, 

B.]  was  made  the  author,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  £■/)*.  adds — begynnyng  of 

the.  ^^Vseth  mylke,  Gen.  Bps.  '■»  Of  age,  Gen.  >*  By 

reason  of  use,  C'r.  Bps.  '«  To  discerne,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Of 

the  beginning  of  Christ,  Gen.  Bps.  *  A  Christian  lyfe,  Cov. 

^  Goe  foorth  [Be  led  forwarde,  G.]  unto,  etc.  not  laying  againe,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  *  Of  the  doctrine  of  baptismes.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Can- 

not be,  Cr.  Bps.    Is  impossible,  Gen.  ^  Cr.  reads  this  clause 

three  lines  below,  thus  ; — of  hym,  that  they  should,  etc.  ^  Crucifie 
againe  [afreshe,  /?,]  to  themselves,  Gen.  Bps.  *  By  whom  it  ia 

tilled,  Bps, 

PP 


jfo.  ccjrjrvbj.  2rj)c  ISpfstlc  off  33aul 

dresse  it/  receaveth  blessynge  of  god  :  but  that  grounde/ 
which  beareth  thornes  and  ^bryars/  is  reproved/  and  is  nye 
vnto  cursynge  :  whose  ende  is  to  be  burned,  i"  Neverthe- 
lesse  dere  frendes/  we  trust  to  se  better  of  you/  and  thynges 
which  a  company  helth/  though  we  thus  speake.  For  god  is 
not  vnrighteous  that  he  shulde  forget  youre  worke/  and  laboure 
^^[that  procedeth]  of  love/  which  love  ye  shewed  in  his  name/ 
which  have  ministred  vnto  the  saynctes/  and  yett  minister. 
Yee/  and  we  desyre  that  every  one  off  you  shewe  the  same 
diligence/  to  the  ^^  encreace  off  the  fayth/  even  vnto  the  ende  : 
that  ye  ^^  faynt  not/  but  counterfayte  them/  which  thorow  fayth 
and  pacience  inheret  the  promyses. 

For  when  god  made  promes  to  Abraham/  be  cause  he  had 
no  gi'etter  thinge  to  sweare  by  :  he  sware  by  hym  silfe/  say- 
inge :  Surely  ^^  I  will  blesse  the/  and  multiply  the  in  dede. 
And  so  after  that  he  had  ^^  taryed  a  longe  tyme/  he  ^^  enioy- 
ed  the  promes.  Men  verely  sweare  by  hym  that  is  greater 
then  them  selves/  And  an  othe  to  confyrme  the  thynge/  ys 
among  them  an  ende  of  all  stryfe.  So  god  willynge  very 
aboundantly  to  shewe  vnto  the  heyres  of  promes/  the  stable- 
nes  of  his  counsayle/  ^"^  he  added  an  othe/  that  by  two  immu- 
table thynges  (in  which  it  was  vnpossible  that  god  shulde  lye) 
we  myght  have  ^^  parfect  consolacion/  which  ^^  have  fled/  forte 
holde  fast  the  hope  that  is  set  forth  before  oure  faces/  which 
hope  we  have  as  an  ancre  off  the  soule/  both  sure  and  sted- 
fast.  Which  hope  also  entreth  in/  into  tho  thynges  which  are 
with  in  the  vayle/  whither  the  fore  runner  is  for  vs  entered  in/ 
I  mean  Jesus  that  is  made  an  hye  prest  for  ever/  after  the  or- 
der of  Melchisedech, 


T' 


2[|)e  bfj.  €l)apter. 

'HIS  Melchisedech  kynge  of  Salem  ( which  beinge  prest  of  the 
most  hye  god/  met  Abraham/  as  he  returned  agayne  from 
the  slaughter  of  the  kynges/  and  blessed  him/  to  whom  also 

8  Thistles,  is  nothing  worth,  Cov.  '"  But,  beloved,  we  have 

persuaded  ourselves  better  things,  Gen.  "  Gen.  Bps.  omit. 

'*  Full  assurance  [Stablyshing,  Cov.  T.  M.  Full  stablishyng,  Cr.]  of 
hope.  Ml  the  Vers.  '^  Be  not  slouthfull.  Gen.  ^*  I  will  aboun- 

dantly blesse  thee,  and  multiplie  thee  marveilously,  Gen.  Blessyng,  I 
will  blesse  thee,  and  multiplying,  1  will  multiply  thee,  Bps.  '^  Tar- 
yed [Abode,  Cov.]  patiently,  Cov.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  "^  Obteyned, 
Bps.  "  Bounde  himselfe  by.  Gen.  Confyrmed  by,  Bps.  '*  A 
strong,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.            "  Have  our  refuge  to  holde  fast,  Gen. 


bnto  t!)c  l^cbrues.  mj.  bf;. 

Abraham  gave  tythes  of  all  thynges)  first  is  by  interprctacion 
kynge  of  rightevvesnes/  after  that  kynge  of  Salem/  that  is  to 
save  kynge  of  peace/  with  out  father/  with  out  mother/  with 
out  kynne/  and  hath  nether  begynnynge  of  his  tyme/  nether 
yet  endc  of  his  lyfe  :  but  is  lykened  vnto  the  sonne  otF  god/ 
and  •  remayneth  a  prest  for  ever. 

Consyder  ^  what  a  man  this  was/  vnto  whom  the  patriarke 
Abraham  gave  tythes  off  the  spoyles.  And  verely  those  child- 
dren  oft'  levy/  which  receave  the  office  of  the  prestes/  have  a 
commaundement  to  take  a  cordynge  to  the  lawe/  tythes  of  the 
people/  that  is  to  saye/  of  their  brethren/  yee  though  they 
spronge  out  of  the  loynes  of  Abraham.  But  he  whose  kyn- 
red  is  not  counted  amonge  them/  receaved  tythes  of  Abraham/ 
and  blessed  him  that  had  the  promyses.  and  ^  no  man  deny- 
eth  but  that  which  is  lesse/  receaveth  blessinge  of  that  which 
is  gretter.  And  here  men  that  deye  receave  tythes.  Butt 
there  he  receaveth  tythes  of  whom  it  is  witnessed/  that  he 
liveth.  And  to  saye  ^  the  trueth/  Levy  hym  silfe  which  re- 
ceaveth tythes/  payed  tythes  in  Abraham.  For  he  was  yet  in 
the  loynes  of  his  father  Abraham/  when  Melchisedech  met 
hym. 

Yf  nowe  therfore  perfecclon  cam  by  the  presthod  of  the  le- 
vltes  (for  ^vnder  that  presthod  the  people  receaved  the  lawe) 
what  neded  it  further  more  that  another  prest  shulde  ryse/ 
after  the  order  of  Melchisedech/  and  nott  after  the  order  oflf 
Aaron  }  ^  Nowe  no  dout/  yf  the  presthod  be  "^  translated/  then 
of  necessitie  must  '''the  lawe  be  translated  also. 

For  he  of  whom  these  thynges  are  spoken/  pertayneth  vn- 
till  a  nother  trybe/  off"  which/  never  man  served  at  the  aultre. 
For  it  is  evident  that  oure  lorde  spronge  of  the  trybe  of  Juda/ 
of  which  trybe  spake  Moses  no  thynge  as  concerninge  prest- 
hod. 

And  it  is  yet  a  more  evident  thinge/  ^  yf  after  the  similitude 
of  Melchisedech  there  aryse  a  nother  prest/  which  is  not  made 
after  the  lawe  off  the  carnall  commaundment :  but  after  the 
power  of  the  endlesse  lyfe.  For  he  testifyeth  :  Thou  arte  a 
prest  for  ever/  after  the  order  of  Melchisedech.  ^  Then  the 
commaundment  that  went  a  fore/  is  disanuUed/  be  cause  of  his 

'  Continueth,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  How  great,  Gen.  Bps. 

'  Without  all  contradiction  [controvcrsie,  Bps.]  the  Tesse,  Gen.  Bps. 
*  As  the  thing  ia,  Ge7i.  *  Under  it  the  lawe  was  established  to  the 

people,  Gen.  ®  For  if,  Gen.  '  Changed  .  .  there  be  a  change 

of  the  lawe,  Gen.  *  Because  tiiat  after.  Gen.  ^  For  the,  etc. 

Gm,    For  there  is  truly  a  disannuljing  of  the  commaundement,  Bps, 


JFo.  ccrvpWf.  E\)e  ISpfsrtle  of  39aul 

weaknes  and  vnproffitableues.  For  the  lawe  ^^  made  no  thynge 
parfect :  butt  i^  was  an  introduccionof  a  better  hope/  by  which 
hope/  we  drawe  nye  vnto  god. 

And  '2  for  this  cause  itt  is  a  better  hope/  that  it  was  not  pro- 
mysed  with  out  an  othe.  Those  prestes  were  made  with  out 
an  oth :  but  this  prest  with  an  oth/  by  hym  that  sayde  vnto 
hym  :  The  lorde  sware/  and  will  not  repent :  Thou  art  a  prest 
for  ever  after  the  order  of  Melchisedech  :  ^^  and  for  that  cause 
was  Jesus  a  stablyssher  off  a  better  testament. 

And  amonge  them  many  were  made  prestes/  be  cause  they 
were  not  suffred  to  endure  by  the  reason  of  deeth.  Butt  this 
man/  be  cause  he  endureth  ever/  hath  an  everlastynge  prest- 
hod :  Wherfore  he  is  able  also  ^^ever  to  save  them  that  come 
vnto  God  by  hym/  seynge  he  ever  liveth/  to  make  interces- 
sion for  vs. 

Soche  an  hye  prest  it  becommeth  vs  to  have/  which  is  wholy/ 
harmlesse/  vndefiled/  separat  from  synners/  and  made  hyar 
then  hevens.  Which  nedeth  not  dayly  (as  i^  yonder  hie 
prestes)  to  offer  vppe  sacrifice/  fyrst  for  his  awne  synnes/  and 
then  for  the  peoples  synnes.  For  that  did  he  at  once  for  all/ 
when  he  offered  vppe  hym  silfe  :  For  the  lawe  maketh  men 
16  prestes/  which  have  infirmitie  /  but  the  worde  of  the  oth 
that  cam  sence  the  lawe/  maketh  the  Sonne  prest/  ^'^  which 
is  parfect  for  ever  naqre^ 

^e  bffj.  CS«ii)tcr. 

i^F  the  thynges  which  we  have  spoken/  this  is  i  the  pyth  r 
^"^  That  we  have  soche  an  hye  preste  that  is  sitten  on  the 
right  honde  of  the  seate  of  maiestie  in  heven/  and  is  a  minis- 
ter of  ^  wholy  thynges/  and  of  the  ^  very  tabernacle/  whiche 
God  pyght  and  not  man.  For  every  hye  prest  is  ordeyned 
to  offer  gyftes  and  sacryfises/  wherefore  it  is  of  necessitie/ 
that  this  man  have  some  what  also  to  offer.  For  he  wernot  a 
preste/  yf  he  were  on  the  erth  where  are  prestes  that  acord- 
ynge  to  the  lawe  offer  giftes/  which  prestes  serve  vnto  ^  the 

"^  Brouglit  nothing  to  perfection,  Cr.  "  The  bringing  in  of 

a  better  hope  7nade  perjlte,  Gen.  Was  the  bringing  in  of,  etc.  Bps. 
>2  Forasmuch  [In  as  much,  B.]  as  it  is  not  without  an  othe ;  for  those, 
etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  By  so  much  was  Jesus  made  a  suretie  of,  etc. 

Gen.  Bps.  '^  Perfectly,  Gen.  '°  Such  hie  priestes,  Ge7i.  Bps. 

'*  Hie  priestes,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Who  is  consecrated,  Gen.  '  The 

summe,  Gen.  Bps.  *  The  Sanctuarie,  Gen.  ^  True,  Cr-.GeH, 

Bps.  *  The  paterne,  Gen. 


bnto  t!)c  ?i?c'ovucs.  ©f).  I'v- 

ensample  and  shadowe  of  hevenly  thynges :  even  as  ^  the  an- 
svvere  off  God  was  geven  vnto  Moses  when  he  was  about  to 
fynnishe  the  tabernacle  :  ^  For  take  hede  (sayde  he)  that  thou 
make  all  thynges  accordynge  to  the  patrone  shewed  to  the  in 
the  mount. 

^  Nowe  hath  he  obtayned  a  more  excellent  office/  in  as 
moche  as  he  is  the  mediator  off  a  better  testament/  which  was 
^  made  tor  better  promyses.  For  yff  that  fyrst  testament  had 
bene  ^  soche  a  won  that  no  man  coulde  have  founde  fault 
with  it :  then  shulde  no  place  have  bene  sought  for  the  seconde. 
For  in  rebukynge  them  he  sayth :  Beholde  the  dayes  will 
come  (sayth  the  lorde)  i^  and  I  will  fynnyshe  apon  the  housse 
off  Israhell/  and  apon  the  housse  off  Juda/  a  newe  testament/ 
not  lyke  the  testament  that  I  made  with  their  fathers/  at  that 
tyme/  when  I  toke  them  by  the  hondes/  to  ledde  them  out  off 
the  londe  off  Egipte/  for  they  continued  nott  in  my  testament/ 
and  I  regarded  them  not  sayth  the  lorde. 

For  this  is  the  testament  that  I  will  make  for  the  housse  off 
Israhell :  Affter  those  dayes  (sayth  the  lorde)  I  will  put  my 
lawes  in  their  myndes/  and  in  their  hertes/  I  will  wryte 
them/  and  I  wilbe  their  God/  and  they  shalbe  my  people. 
And  they  shall  not  teachc/  every  man  his  neghhoure/  and  every 
man  his  brother/  sayinge  :  knowe  the  lorde  :  For  they  shall  a 
knowe  me/  from  the  ^^  lest  to  the  moste  off  them  :  For  I  wilbe 
mercifull  over  their  iniquyties :  and  ^~  on  their  synnes  and  on 
their  vnrightewesnes/  will  I  not  thynke  eny  more.  In  that  he 
sayth  a  newe  testament'  he  '-^  hath  abrogat  the  olde.  Nowe  that 
which  is  disanulled  and  wexed  olde/  is  redy  to  vannysshe  a 
waye. 

STIjc  fv*.  ®i)ajpter. 

^Tj^HAT  fyrst  tabernacle  verely  had  iustifyinges/  and  ser- 

vynges  off  god/  and  ~  worldly  holynes.     For  that  fyrst 

tabernacle  was  made/   wherin  was  the  ^  candlesticke/  and  the 

table/  and   the  shewe  breed/  which  is  called  wholy.     ^  With 

*  Moses  was  warned  [admonished. B.]  ofGod  wlien  he  .etc.  Gen.  Bps. 
^  For  see,  Grii.  Bps.  '' Butnowe  our  hir  priest  htith,  Gen.  *  Con- 
firmed in,  Cr.  Bps.  Established  upon.  Gen.  '  Faultlcsse,  Gen, 
Bps.  '0  When  I  shall  make  with,  Gen.  "  The  litle  [The  least, 
G.]  of  them  to  the  great  [greatest,  B  ]  of  them.  Gen.  Bps.  '*I  wil 
remember  their,  etc.  no  more,  Geri.  '^  Weareth  out  the  olde,  Cor. 
Hathe  worne  out  the  olde.  For  that  which  is  worne  out,  Cr.  Bps. 
'  The  olde  Testament  then,  etc  Cr.  Then  the  first  Testament  had 
also  ordinances  of  religion.  Gen.  The  first  covenant  then  had  verily 
justifying  ordinances,  Bps.  *  Outwarde  holinesse,  Gov.  A  world- 
ly Sanctuarie,  Ge«.  ^  Lyght,  Cr.  *  AndsSbeTthe, etc.  Gcn.Bps. 
PP* 


iFo.  ccm^iil  Ci)f  lEpfstlc  off  ^aul 

in  the  seconde  vayle  was  the  tabernacle/  which  is  called  ho- 
liest off'  all/  which  had  the  golden  senser/  and  the  arcke  off" 
the  testament  overlayde  round  about  with  golde/  wherin  was 
the  golden  pot  with  manna/  and  Aarons  rodde  that  ^  spronge' 
and  the  tables  off"  the  testament.  Over  the  arcke  were  the 
6  cherubyns  off"  glory  shadowynge  "^  the  seate  off"  grace.  Off 
which  thynges/  Ave  woll  nott  nowe  speake  perticularly. 

When  these  thynges  were  thus  ordeyned/  the  prestos  went 
all  wayes  into  the  fyrst  tabernacle  ^  which  excuted  the  service 
^  [of  god  :]  In  to  the  secounnde  went  in  the  hye  prest  alone/ 
once  every  yeare  :  but  not  with  out  bloud/  which  he  offered 
for  hym  silfe/  and  for  the  ignoraunce  of  the  people  :  The  holy 
goost  this  signifyingc/  that  the  waye  ^^  off"  holy  thynges  was 
not  yet  openned/  whill  as  yet  the  fyrst  tabernacle  was  stond- 
ynge/  which  was  ^^  a  similitude  off" this  present  tyme/  in  which 
gyftes  and  sacrifises  are  offered/  which  ^^  cannot  make  ihem 
that  minister  parfect/  aspertaynynge  to  the  conscience/  ^^with 
meates  only  and  drinkes/  and  diverse  wesshynges/  and  ^'^  iusti- 
fyinges/  off"  the  flesshe/  [which  were  ^^  ordeyned]  vntyll  the 
tyme  off"  reformacion. 

But  Christ  ^^  beynge  the  hye  prest  off"  good  thingesto  come/ 
cam  by  a  gretter/  and  a  more  parfayct  tabernacle/  not  made 
with  hondes  :  that  is  to  saye/  not  of  this  manor  bildynge/ 
nether  by  the  bloud  of  gotes/  and  caulves  :  but  by  his  owne 
bloud/  he  entred  once  for  all  into  the  wholy  place/  and 
1''  founde  eternall  redempcion.  For  yf  the  bloud  ^^  of  oxen/ 
and  off^  Gotes/  and  the  asshes  of  ^"^  an  heyfer/  when  it  was 
sprynckled/  ^Opuj-yfled  the  vnclene/  as  touchynge  the  purifi- 
ynge  of  the  flesshe  :  How  moche  more  shall  the  bloud  of  Christ 
(which  thorowe  the  eternall  sprete/  offered  hym  silfe  with  out 
spot  to  God)  pourdge  oure  consciences  from  deed  workes/  for 
to  serve  the  livynge  god  ? 

*  Flourished,  Cov.  Had  budded,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Glorious  Cher- 

ubims.  Gen.  '  The  mercy  seate,  Gen.  Bps.  *  And  accom- 

plished, Gen.  Bps.  '  Of  the  holy  things,  CV.    Gc7i.  omits.         '"Of 

holinesse,  Cov.  Into  the  Holiest  of  all,  Gen.  ''  A  figure.  Gen. 

'*  Coulde  not  make  him  that  did  God's  service  [make  the  worshipper, 
B.]  perfect,  Cov.  Bps.  Could  not  make  holy  him  that  did  the  ser- 
vice. Gen.  '^  Which  stood  only  in  meats,  Gen.  '*•  Carnall 
rites.  Gen.  G.  omits  what  follows.  '*  Layde  up,  Bps.  '*  Be- 
ing come  an  hie  preest  of  good  things  that  shoulde  be  [to  come,  G.], 
Gen.  Bps.  '^  Obtained /or  us,  Gen.  '«  Of  bulls,  Gen.  '»  A 
young  cowe,  when  it  was,  etc.  Cr.  A  young  cowe  [An  heifer,  G.] 
sprinkling  the  uncleane,  sanctifieth  to  the  [sanctifieth  as  touching,  G.], 
Gen.  Bps.          ^  Halloweth,  Cov. 


bnto  ti)e  Jl^ebtxtts.  €!).  fy. 

And  for  this  cause  is  he  the  mediator  off  the  newe  testa- 
ment/ that  -1  as  sone  (as  his  dceth  was  fulfilled  for  the  rcdemp- 
cion  of  those  transgressions  that  were  in  the  fyrst  testament) 
they  which  were  called/  myght  receave  the  promes  off  eter- 
nall  inheritaunce.  For  whersoever  is  a  testament/  there  must 
also  be  the  deeth  of  hym  that  maketh  the  testament.  For  the 
testament  =^-  taketh  auctoritie  when  men  are  deed  :  For  it  is 
of  no  value  as  longe  as  he  that  made  it  is  a  live.  For  which 
cause  also/  nether  that  fyrst  testament  was  ^  ordeyned  with 
out  bloud.  For  when  ^^  all  the  commaundementes  were  redde 
of  Moses  vnto  all  the  people/  he  toke  the  bloud  of  calves/  and 
of  Gotes/  whith  water  and  purple  woU  and  ysope/  and  sprynk- 
led  both  the  boke  and  all  the  people/  sayinge  this  is  the  bloud 
off  the  testament/  which  God  hath  apoynted  vnto  you.  More- 
over/ he  sprenkled  the  tabernacle  with  bloud  also/  and  all  the 
25  ministrynge  vessels.  And  almost  all  thynges/  accordynge 
to  the  lawe/  ar  ^6  clensed  with  bloud/  and  with  out  ^"^  effusion 
of  bloud/  is  no  remission. 

Hit  is  then  nede  that  the  ^8  similitudes  of  hevenly  thynges/ 
be  purified  with  soche  thynges  :  but  the  hevenly  thynges  them 
selves  are  purified  with  better  sacrifices  then  are  these.  For 
Christ  is  not  entred  into  the  holy  places/  that  are  made  wit 
hondes/  which  are  but  ^  similitudes  off  -^  true  thynges  :  but  is 
entred  into  •'"very  heven/  for  to  apere  nowe  in  the  syght  of 
God  for  vs.  Not  to  offer  hym  silfe  often/  as  the  hye  prest 
entreth  in  to  the  holy  place  every  yeare  with  ^i  straunge  bloud  : 
for  then  must  he  have  often  suffered  sence  the  ^^worlde  be- 
gan :  Butt  nowe  in  the  ende  off  the  wo  ride/  hath  he  apered 
once  for  all/  to  put  synne  ■^^  to  flyght/  by  the  offerynge  vppe 
off  hym  silfe.  And  as  it  is  apoynted  vnto  men  that  they  shall 
once  deye/  and  then  commeth  the  iudgement/  even  so  Christ 
■''*  was  once  offered  to  take  a  waye  the  synnes  of  many/  and 
vnto  them  that  ^^  loke  for  hym/  shall  he  apeare  ^^  agayne/ 
with  out  synne  vnto  their  health. 

*'  Through  death  which  was  [which  chanced,  T.  M.  Cr.]  for  the  re- 
demption, T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Is  confirmed,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  Dedicated,  Bps.  ^  Moses  had  spoken  every  precept  [declared 
all  the  commandment,  C]  to  all  the  people  accordyng  to  the  lawe, 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Vessels  of  the  God's  service,  Cov.  Vessels  of 
the  ministerie,  Bps.  **  Purged,  ^111  the  Vers.  ^  Sheddyng, 
Ml  the  Vers.  '^  Paterns,  Bps.  ^  The  true  Sanctuarie,  Gen. 
*  Heaven  itselfe,  Bps.  ^i  Other  blood.  Gen.  ^^  Foundation  of 
the  worlde,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Away,  Gen.  Bps.  ^*  Once  suffered, 
Bps.            ^5  Wayt,   Bps.            ^^  The  seconde  time,  Gen.  Bps. 


Sfo.  ccirvvf):-  STlje  Hjjfstlc  off  |Jniil 


Crije  ):.  CTfjaptcr. 

T^  OR  the  lawe  which  hath  but  the  shadewe  of  goode  thy nges 
to  come/  and  not  ^  the  thynges  in  their  owne  fassion/  can 
never  with  the  sacryfises  whiche  they  offer  yeare  by  yeare 
continually  ^  make  the  commers  there  vnto  parfayte.  For 
wolde  not  then  those  sacrifises  have  ceased  to  have  been  of- 
fered ?  be  cause  that  the  offerers  once  pourged/  shulde  have 
hadde  no  moare  consciences  of  sinnes.  Neverthelesse  in 
thos  sacrifises  is  there  ^  mencion  made  of  synnes  every  yeare. 
For  it  is  vnpossible  that  the  bloud  of  '*  oxen/  and  off  gotes 
shulde  take  awaye  synnes. 

Wherfore  when  he  commeth  into  the  world/  he  sayth  :  Sac- 
rifice and  offeringe  thou  woldest  not  have  :  but  a  bodie  hast  thou 
ordeyned  me/  ^  holocaustes  and  sacrifice  for  synne  thou  hast 
not  alowed.  Then  I  sayde  :  Lo  I  come/  In  the  begynnynge 
off  the  boke  is  it  written  of  me/  that  I  shulde  fulfill  thy  will/  o 
god.  Above  when  he  sayth  sacrifice/  and  offerynge/  and  ^  ho- 
locaustes/ and  sacrifyce  for  synne/  thou  woldest  not  have/ 
nether  '''hast  alowed  (which  are  offered  by  the  lawe)  then  he 
sayde  :  Lo  ^  I  am  redy  to  do  thy  will  o  god  he  taketh  awaye 
the  fyrst  to  stablisshe  ^  the  latter  By  the  which  will  we  are 
sanctified/  by  the  offerynge  of  the  body  of  Jesu  Christe  ^''once 
for  all. 

And  every  prest  ^^  is  redy  dayly  ministrynge/  and  ofte  tymes 
offereth  I'^one  manor  of  ofterynge/  which  can  never  take 
awaye  synnes  :  but  this  man  after  he  had  offered  one  sacri- 
fyce for  synnes/  ^^sat  hym  doune  for  ever  on  the  right  honde 
of  god/  and  from  hence  forth  tarieth  till  his  foes  be  made  his 
fote  stole.  For  with  one  offerynge  hath  he  ^^  made  parfect 
for  ever  them  that  are  sanctified.  And  the  holy  goost  also 
beareth  vs  recorde  off  this/  ^^  even  when  he  tolde  before  : 
This  is  the  testament  that  I  will  make  vnto  them  after  those 

'  The  very  fashion  [image,  G.]  of  the  things  themselves,  Or.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^  Sanctifie  the  commers  tliereunto,  Gen.  ^  A  remem- 

brance again,  Gen.  ■•  Bulles,  Gen.  Bps.  *  In  sacrifices  and 

synne  offerings  thou  hast  no  hist,  T.  M.  Burnte  offerynges  also  for 
svnne,  etc.  Cr.  In  burnt  otfrings  and  sinne  offrings  [In  burnt  sacrifi- 
ces and  offcrinss  for  sinne,  6.]  thou  hast  had  no  pleasure.  Gen.  Bps. 
*  Gen.  Bps. — [as  before,  vs.  G  ]  '  Hast  pleasure  therein,  Gen.  Bps. 
^  I  am  here.  Or.    I  come,  Gen.  Bps.  *  The  second.  Gen.  Bps. 

^°  Once  made,  Gen.  "  Appeareth,  GfTi.  Standetli,.B;w.         '''One 

maner  of  oblation,  Cr.    The  same  sacrifices,  Bps.  '^  Which  is  of 

value  forever,  sat  downe  on  the,  etc.  Cov.  '*  Consecrated,  Gen. 

'^  After  that  he  had  said  [tolde,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 


daycs  say  th  the  lorde.  And  I  will  put  my  lawes  in  their  hertes/ 
and  in  their  myndes  I  will  write  them/  and  their  synnes  and 
iniquyties  will  I  remember  no  moare.  And  where  remission 
of  these  thynges  is/  there  is  no  moare  oflerynge  for  synne. 

1^  Seynge  brethren  that  by  the  meanes  off  the  bloud  of  Jc- 
su/  we  1"  maye  be  bolde  to  enter  into  that  holy  place/  by  the 
newe  and  livynge  waye/  which  he  hath  prepared  for  vs/ 
through  the  vayle/  that  is  to  saye  by  his  flesshe.  And  seynge 
also  that  we  have  an  hyc  prest  ^^  which  [is  ?]  ruler  over  the 
housse  of  god/  let  vs  drawe  nye  with  a  true  herte  in  ^^  a  full 
fayth  sprynckled  in  oure  hertes/  -^  from  an  evyll  conscience/ 
and  wesshed  in  oure  bodies  with  j)ure  water/  and  let  vs  -'  kcpe 
the  profession  of  oure  hope/  with  oute  waveringe  (for  he  is 
faythfuU  that  promysed)  and  let  vs  consyder  one  another  to 
provoke  vnto  love/  and  to  good  workes  :  and  lett  vs  not  forsake 
^^the  felishippe  thatt  we  have  a  monge  oure  selves/  as  the 
maner  of  some  is :  but  let  vs  exhorte  one  another/  and  that  so 
moche  the  moai-e/  be  cause  ye  se  ^3  that  the  daye  draweth 
nye. 

For  yff  we  synne  willyngly  after  that  we  have  reccaved  the 
knowledge  off  the  trueth/  there  remayneth  no  more  sacrifice 
for  synnes  :  but  a  fearfuU  lokynge  for  iudgement/  and  violent 
fyre/  which  shall  devoure  the  adversaries.  He  that  despiseth 
Moses  lawe/  dyeth  without  mercy  vnder  two  or  thre  witnes- 
ses. Off  howe  moche  sorer  punnyshment  suppose  ye  shall 
he  be  counted  worthy/  which  treadeth  vnder  fote  the  sonne  of 
god  :  and  countelh  the  bloud  off  the  testament  as  an  unholy 
thynge/  werwith  he  was  sanctified/  and  doth  ^^  dishonoure  to 
the  sprete  off  grace.  For  we  knowe  hym  that  hath  sayde/ 
vengeaunce  belongeth  vnto  me/  I  will  recompence  sayth  the 
lorde  And  agayne :  the  lorde  shall  iudge  his  people.  Hit 
is  a  fearefull  thynge  to  faule  into  the  hondes  off  the  livynge 
God. 

Call  to  remembraunce  the  dayes  that  are  passed  in  the 
which/  after  ye  receaved  light/  ye  '^^  abode  a  grette  fyght  in 
26  advei'sities/  partly  whill  ^  all  men  wondred  and  gased  at 

'^  Having  therefore,  brethren,  libertie  to  enter  into  holie  places  in 
the  bloud  of  Jesus,  Bps.  "  Have  a  free  sure  entrance,  Cov.  Have 
libertie,  Cr.  '^  JV/uch  is  over,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  A  sure  faith,  Coc. 

In  assurance  of  fayth,  Geti.  Bps.  ^  And  the  evyll  conscience 

put  away,  Cr.  "  Holde,  Bps.  "  The  assembling  of  our- 

selves together,  Bps.  ^  The  daye  approaching,  Bps.  '*  Des- 

pite, Gen.  Bps.  "^  Endured,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *«  Afflic- 

tions, Gen.  "^  You  were  made  a  gazing  stocke  both  by  reproach- 

es and  afflictions,  Gen.  Bps. 


Sf:  cc):l.  STfjc  ISpfstle  off  iiaul 

you  for  the  shame  and  trlbulacion  thatt  was  done  vnto  you/ 
and  partly  whill  ye  becam  companyons  of  them  which  ^830 
passed  their  tyme.  For  ye  ^  suffered  also  with  my  bondes/ 
and  30  toke  a  worth  the  spoylynge  off  youre  goodes/  and  that 
with  gladnes/  remembrynge  in  youre  selves  howe  that  ye 
had  in  heven  a  better/  and  an  enduerynge  substaunce.  Cast 
not  awaye  therfore  youre  confydence/  which  hath  3^  grett  re- 
warde  to  recompence.  For  ye  have  nede  of  pacience/  that 
after  ye  have  done  the  will  of  god/  ye  myght  receave  the 
promes.  For  yet  a  very  lytell  whyle/  and  he  thatt  shall  come 
will  come/  and  will  not  tary :  But  the  iust  shall  live  by  fayth. 
And  yf  he  withdrawe  hym  silfe/  my  soule  shall  have  no  plea- 
sure in  hym.  We  are  not  whiche  with  drawe  oure  selves 
vnto  dampnacion/  butt  ^2  partaync  to  fayth/  forto  wynne  oure 
soules. 


Tj^AlTH  is  1  a  sure  confidence  off  thynges  which  are  hoped 
for/  and  a  ceftayntie  off  thynges  which  are  not  sene. 
By  it  the  elders  were  well  reported  ofT.  Thorowe  fayth  we 
vnderstonde  that  the  worlde  was  2  ordeyned/  by  the  worde  off 
god  ;  3  That  by  the  menes  of  thynges  whych  apeare/  thynges 
whych  are  invisyble  myghte  be  knowen.  By  fayth  Abell 
offered  vnto  god  ^  a  more  plenteous  sacrifice  then  Cayn  :  by 
which/  he  obteyned  witnes  that  he  was  righteous/  God  tes- 
tifyinge  of  his  gyfles :  by  which  also  he  beynge  deed/  yet 
speaketh. 

By  fayth  was  Enoch  ^  translated  that  he  shulde  not  se  deeth : 
nether  was  he  founde  :  for  god  had  taken  hym  awaye.  Be- 
fore he  was  taken  awaye/  he  *^  obtayned  reccorde/  that  he  had 
pleased  god  :  but  without  fayth  it  is  vnpossible  to  please  him, 

**  Were  so  tossed  to  and  fro,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Became  partakers 

also  of  the  afflictions  which  happened  through  my  bondes,  Cr.  Both 
sorrowed  with  me  for  my  bondes,  and  suftred  with  joye  the  spoyhng, 
Gen.  ^'■'  Took  in  wortli,  Cue.  T.  M  Cr.  Bps.  ^'  So  great 

re warde.  Cop.  Great  recompense  of  rewarde,  Cr.  G«?i.  5/)5.  ^^  Fol- 
owe  faith  unto  the  conservation  of  the  soule,  Gai.  ^  The  groiindo 

of  things,  etc.  and  the  evidence,  etc  Gin  Bps.  *  Made  of  nought, 
Cor.  ^  And  that  things  which  are  not  sene,  wer  made  of  things 

which  are  not  sene,  T.  M.  And  thiit  things  which  are  seene  were 
made  of  tilings  which  are  not  seene,  Cr.  Tap.  Bps.  So  that  the  things 
which  wee  see,  are  not  made  of  things  which  did  appear.  Gen.  *  A 
greater,  Geji.    A  more  excellent,  Bps.  '  Taken  away.  Gen. 

*  Was  reported  of,  T,  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.    Obteyned  a  good  report,  Cr. 


bnto  tl)c  Jljcbvucs.  Ct).  jrf. 

For  he  that  commeth  to  god/  must  beleve  that  god  is/  and 
that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them  that  "^  seke  him. 

By  fayth  Noe  ^  honored  god/  after  that  he  was  warned  of 
thinges  which  were  not  sene/  and  prepared  the  arcke/  to  the 
savinge  of  his  'houssholde/  thorowe  the  which  arcke/  he  con- 
denipned  the  worlde/  and  be  cam  heyre  of  the  rightewesnes 
which  commeth  by  fayth. 

By  fayth  Abraham/  when  he  was  called  obeyed  ^  to  goo 
out  into  a  place/  which  he  shulde  afterwarde  receave  to  enher- 
itaunce/  and  he  went  out/  not  knowynge  whether  he  shulde 
goo. 

By  fayth  ^^  he  removed  into  the  londe  that  was  promysed 
him/  as  into  a  straunge  countre/  ^^  and  dwelt  in  tabernacles  : 
and  so  did  Ysaac/  and  Jacob/  heyres  with  him  of  the  same 
promes.  For  he  loked  for  a  citie  havynge  a  foundacion/ 
whose  bylder  and  maker  is  god. 

Thorow  fayth  Sara  also  receaved  strengthe  '^to  be  with 
childe/  and  was  delivered  of  a  childe  when  she  was  past  age/ 
be  cause  she  iudgeg  him  faythfuU  which  had  promysed. 

And  therfore  spronge  there  of  one  '^  (and  of  one  which  was 
as  good  as  deed)  so  many  in  multitude/  as  the  starres  of  the 
skye/  and  as  the  sonde  of  the  see  shore  which  is  in  numerable. 

And  they  all  deyed  ^^  in  fayth/  and  receaved  not  the  prom- 
yses  :  but  sawe  them  a  farre  of/  and  beloved  them/  and  i^  sa- 
luted them :  and  confessed  that  they  wer  straungers  and  pil- 
grems  on  the  erthe.  They  that  saye  soche  thynges/  declare 
that  they  seke  a  countre.  Also  yf  they  had  bene  myndfull  of 
that  countre/  from  whence  they  cam/  they  had  leasure  to  have 
returned  agayne.  Butt  nowe  they  desyre  a  better/  that  is  to 
saye  a  ^^  celestiall.  Wherfore  god  is  not  a  shamed  of  them/ 
even  to  be  called  their  god  :  for  he  hath  prepared  for  them 
a  citie. 

In  fayth  Abraham  offered  vppe  Ysaac/  when  he  was 
^"^  tempted/  and  he  ^^  offered  hym  beynge  hys  only  sonne/ 

"^  Bps.  adds — diligently.  ^  Being  warned  of  God,  eschued  the 

things  whych  were  as  yet  not  sene,  Cr.  Being  warned  of  God,  of 
things  not  seene  as  yet,  moved  with  reverence,  prepared,  Gen.  Bps. 
*  Gen.  Bps.  add — God.  ^°  He  was  a  stranger  in,  Cov.    He  abode 

in  the  land  of  promise,  Gen.  "  As  one  that  dwelt  in  tents  with 

Isaac,  Gen.  '*  To  conceave  and  be,  etc.  Cr.  To  conceave  seede, 

Gen.  Bps.         '•'Even  of  one  which  was  dead.  Gen.  '■•  Accordyng 

to,  Bps.  '*  Received  them  thankfully,  Gen.  '®  Heavenly,  All 

the  Vers.  "  Proved,  Cr.  Bps.    Tried,  Gen.  ^*  Gave  over  his 

only-begotten  sonne,  in  whom,  Cov.  That  had  received,  etc.  offered 
his  only-begotten  sonne,  Gen.  Bps. 


jFo.  cc):lf.  StJe  Hpfstlc  of  ^aul 

in  whom  he  had  receaved  the  promyses :  Of  whom  it  was 
sayde/  In  Ysaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called  :  for  he  considered/ 
that  God  was  able  to  rayse  vppe  ^^  agayne  from  deeth.  Wher- 
fore  receaved  he  him/  as  an  ensample  of  the  resurreccion. 
In  fayth  Ysaac  blessed  Jacob  and  Esau/  as  concernynge 
thynges  to  come. 

By  fayth  Jacob  when  he  was  a  deyinge/  blessed  both  the 
sonnes  of  Joseph/  and  ^  worshipped  on  the  toppe  of  his  cep- 
tre. 

By  fayth  Joseph  when  he  deyed/  ^^  remembred  the  depart- 
ynge  of  the  children  of  Israhel/  and  gave  commaundement 
of  hys  bones. 

By  fayth  Moses  when  he  was  borne/  was  hid  thre  monethes 
of  his  father  and  mother/  be  cause  they  sawe  he  was  a  proper 
childe  :  nether  feared  they  the  kynges  commaundement. 

By  fayth  Moses  when  he  was  ^2  of  a  gret  age/  refused  to  be 
called  the  sonne  of  Pharaos  doughter/  and  chose  rather  to 
suffre  adversitie  with  the  people  of  god/  then  to  enioye  the 
pleasurs  off  synne  for  a  ceason/  and  estemed  the  rebuke  off 
Christ  23  gretter  than  rj'ches/  then  the  treasure  of  Egipt.  For 
he  had  a  respecte  vnto  ^^  the  rewarde. 

By  fayth  he  forsoke  Egipt/  and  feared  not  the  ^  fearcenes 
of  the  kynge.  For  he  endured/  even  as  he  had  sene  hym 
which  is  invisible. 

Thorowe  fayth  he  ordeyned  the  ester  lambe/  and  the  effu- 
sion of  blud/  lest  he  that  destroyed  the  fyrst  borne  shulde 
touche  them. 

By  fayth  they  passed  thorowe  the  reed  see  as  by  drey  londe/ 
which  when  the  egipcians  had  esayed  to  do/  they  were  drouned. 
By  fayth  the  walles  of  Jericho  fell  doune  after  they  were  com- 
pased  a  boute/  seven  dayes. 

By  fayth  the  harlot  Raab  perisshed  not  with  them  that  be- 
leved  nott/  after  she  had  receaved  the  spyes  ^6  to  lodgynge 
peasably. 

And  what  shall  I  more  saye/  the  tyme  wold  ^v  be  to  short 

"  Even  from  the  dead :  from  whence  also  he  received  h'ni  after  a 
sorte,  Gen.  The  dead  again,  from  whence  also  he  reccy  ved  him  in  a 
ccrtainc  similitude  (of  the  resurrection),  Bps.  '"  Bowed  himselfe 

[Worshipped,  B]  towards  the  top  of  his  scepter,  Cov.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps. 
Leaning  on  the  ende  of  his  stafFe,  worshipped  God,  Ge?i.  *'  Made 

mention  of,  Gen.  ^''  Great,  Cod.  T.  M.  Cr.  Bps.    Come  to  age, 

Gen.  "^  Greater  riches  tiian,  Jill  the  Vers.  **  Gen.  Bps. 

add — the  recompense  of.  *^  Wrath,  Bps.  '^  Peaceably,  Gen. 

With  peace,  Bps.  "  Fayle  me  to  rehearse,  Bps. 


bnto  tt)c  Jijcbrucs.  ©1),  j;i|. 

for  me  to  tell  of  Gedeon/  off  Barach/  and  of  Samson/  and  of 
Jepthae.  Also  of  David  and  Samuel/  and  of  the  prophetes/ 
which  thorowe  fayth  subdued  kyngdoms/  wrought  righteous- 
nes/  obtained  the  promyscs/  stopped  the  mouthes  of  Lyons/ 
quenched  the  violence  of  fyre/  escajK;d  the  edge  off  the 
swearde/  ^off  weake  were  made  strongc/  wexed  valiant  in 
^fyght/  turned  to  flyght  the  armees  of  the  alientes.  The 
wen>en  receaved  their  deed  ^o  to  lyfe  agayne, 

Wotlier  were  racked/  and  wolde  not  be  delivered/  tliatt  they 
niyght  receave  a  better  resun'eccion.  Wother  3'  tasted  off 
mockynges/  and  scourgynges/  moreover  off  bondes  and  pres- 
onment :  were  stoned/  were  heavven  a  sunder/  were  tempted/ 
were  slayne  with  sweardes/  ^~  walked  vppe  and  doune  in 
shepes  skynnes/  in  gotes  skynnes/  -^^  in  node/  tribulacion/  and 
vexacion/  which  the  worlde  was  not  worthy  of:  They  wan- 
■dred  in  wildernes/  in  mountajnes/  in  dens  and  caves  of  the 
ertli- 

And  these  all  thorowe  fayth  obtayned  good  reporte/  and  re- 
ceaved not  the  promes/  ^^  god  providynge  a  better  tliynge  for 
vs/  that  they  with  out  vs  shuldc  not  be  made  parfect. 

T\)t  pf.  Cri)aj)tcr. 

\/V,^HERFORE  let  vs  also  (seynge  that  we  are  compased 
with  so  gret  ^a  multitude  of  witnesses)  ^  laye  awaye  all 
that  preseth  vs  doune/  and  the  sinne  that  hangeth  ^on  vs/  and 
Jet  vs  ■*  runne  with  pacience/  vnto  the  battayle  that  is  set  be- 
fore vs/  lokynge  vnto  Jesus/  the  ^  auctor  and  fynnyssher  of 
oure  fayth/  which  for  the  ioye  that  was  set  before  hym/  ^  abode 
the  crosse/  and  despysed  the  shame/  and  is  sett  doune  on  the 
right  honde  off  the  trone  off  God.  Consider  therfore  howe 
that  he  endured  suche  speakinge  agaynst  hym  of  sinners/  lest 
ye  shulde  be  weried  and  faynte  in  youre  myndes.  For  ye 
have  not  resisted  vnto  '''  bloud  [sheddynge/]  stryvynge  agaynst 
sinne.     And  ye  have  forgotten  the  ^  consolacion  which  speak- 

*^  Out  of  weaknesse,  Bps.  ^  Battel,  Gen.  ^'  Gen.  Bps. 

add — raised.  *'  Were  tryed  with.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  -^^  Wander- 

ed up  and  downe    [aboutc,  B  ],  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Being  destitute, 

troubled  and  vexed,  Cr.  Being  destitute,  afflicted  and  tormented,  Gen. 
Bps.  •'^  Whereas  God  liad  provided,  Bps.  '  A  cloude,  Gen. 

Bps.  '  Cast  away.  Gen.  ^  So  fast  on,  let  us,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

♦Turne  with  patience,  etc.  Cov.  Run  with  patience  the  race,  Gen. 
'  Captaine,  Cr.  Bps.  *  Endured,  Gen.  Bps.         ^  Cr.  Gen.  omit — 

sheddynge.   {The  sheddyng  of)  \Ao\iiX,Bps.         ^Exhortation,  Cr.  Bps. 


Sfo.  ccplff.  E\ie  Hpfstle  off  ^aul 

eth  vnto  you/  as  vnto  children :  My  sonne  despyse  nott  the 
chastenynge  of  the  lorde/  nether  faynte  when  thou  art  re- 
buked of  hym  :  For  whom  the  lorde  loveth/  hym  he  chasten- 
eth :  yee/  and  he  scourgeth  every  sonne  that  he  receaveth. 

Yf  ye  shall  endure  chastnynge/  god  ^  offereth  him  silfe  vnto 
you/  as  vnto  sonnes.  What  sonne  is  that  whom  the  father 
chaste neth  not  ?  Yf  ye  be  ^''not  vnder  correccion  (where  of 
all  are  part  takers)  then  are  ye  bestardes  and  not  sonnes. 
Moreover  seynge  we  had  fathers  of  oure  ^^  flesshe  which  cor- 
rected vs/  and  we  gave  them  reverence  :  shall  nott  we  moche 
rather  be  in  subieccion  vnto  the  father  ^^  of  spretuall  gyftes 
and  shall  live  ?  And  they  verely  for  a  feave  dayes/  ^3  nurtred 
vs  after  their  awne  pleasure  :  but  he  ^^  learneth  vs  vnto  that 
which  is  proffitable/  that  ^^  yye  myght  receave  off  his  holines. 
16  No  manner  learnynge  for  the  present  tyme  semeth  to  be 
ioyeous/  but  greveous  :  neverthelesse  afterwarde  it  bryngeth 
the  quyet  frute  off  rightewesnes  vnto  them  which  there  in  are 
exercysed. 

^"^  Stretch  forthe  therfore  agayne  the  hondes  which  i"  were 
let  doune/  and  the  weake  knees/  and  ^^  se  that  ye  have  strayght 
steppes  vnto  youre  fete/  lest  ^^  eny  haltinge  turne  out  of  the 
waye  :  yee/  let  hit  rather  be  healed.  "-^^  Embrace  peace  with 
all  men/  and  wholynes :  with  out  the  which/  no  man  shall  se 
the  lorde.  And  se  that  no  man  ^^  be  destitute  of  the  grace  of 
god/  lest  eny  rote  of  bitternes  springe  vppe  and  22  trouble : 
and  therby  many  be  defiled.  That  there  be  no  fornicator/  or 
vnclene  person/  as  Esau/  which  for  ^  one  breakfast  solde  his 
^^  right  that  belonged  vnto  him/  in  that  he  was  the  eldest  bro- 
ther. Ye  knowe  howe  that  afterwarde  when  that  he  wolde 
have  inherited  the  blessynge/  he  was  ^  put  by.     ^  His  re- 

'Tendrethyouas  hissons,  Bp^.  ^"Without, Gen. Bps.  *' Bod- 
ies,Gen.  '*  Of  spirites  and  live,  Cr.  Bps.  Of  spirits  that  we  might 
live,  Gen.  '•'  Chastened,  Gen  Bps.  '■•  Nurtured  us  [Chastened 
us,  C]  for  our  profit,  Cr.  Gen.  '^  He  mayeministerof  hisholynes 
unto  us,  Cr.     We  might  be  partakers  of,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '"  No 

maner  chastising,  Cr.    Now  no  chastening,  Gen.  Bps.  "  Where- 

fore lift  up  your  hands  which  hang,  etc.  Gen.  Stray gh ten  up  there- 
fore the  handes,  Bps.  '*  Make  straight  [right,  /?.],  Gen.  Bps. 
'9  That  which  is  haltyng,  be  turned,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Follow,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps.  ="  Fall  away  from,  Gen.  Bps.  **  Cause  disquiet, 
Cov.  ^  One  meal,  Cov.  One  mess  [morsell,  5.]  of  meat,  Cr.  Bps. 
A  portion  of  meat.  Gen.  ^  Birthright,  Ml  the  Vers.  ^  Re- 
jected, Gen.  Reprobated,  Bps.  ^  And  he  founde  no  meanes  to 
come  thereby  againe,  T.  M.  For  he  found  no  place  of  [to,  G,]  repen- 
tance, Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


penlaunce  founde  no  grace/  though  he  ^7  dcsyred  that  bles- 
synge  with  teares. 

For  ye  are  not  come  vnto  the  mounte  that  is  touched/  and 
vnto  burninge  fyre/  nor  yet  to  ^  myst  and  darcknes  and  tem- 
pest of  wedder/  nether  vnto  the  sounde  of  a  trompe  and  the 
voyce  of  wordes  :  which  voyce  they  that  herde  it/  ^9  wisshed 
awaye/  that  the  ^o  communicacion  shulde  not  be  spoken  to 
them.  For  they  were  not  able  to  abyde  that  which  was 
•'I  spoken.  Yf  ^2  a  beast  had  touched  the  mountayne/  hit 
muste  have  bene  stoned/  or  thrust  thorowe  with  a  darte  :  even 
so  terreble  was  the  sight  which  apered.  Moses  sayde  I  feare 
^  and  quake.  But  ye  are  come  vnto  the  mounte  Sion/  and  to 
the  citie  off  the  livynge  god/  the  celestiall  Jerusalem  :  and  to 
34  an  innumerable  sight  of  angels/  and  vnto  the  congregacion 
of  the  fyrst  borne  '■^^  [sonnes/]  which  are  written  in  heven/ 
and  to  god  the  iudge  of  all/  and  to  the  spretes  of  Just  and  par- 
feet  men/  and  to  Jesus  the  mediator  of  the  newe  testament/ 
and  to  the  ^  spryncklynge  of  bloud  that  speaketh  better  then 
s^thebloudof  Abell. 

Se  that  ye  despyse  not  him  that  speaketh.  For  yf  they 
escaped  not  which  refused  him  that  spake  on  erth :  Moche 
more  shall  we  not  escape/  yf  we  turne  awaye  from  him  that 
speaketh  from  heven :  whose  voyce  then  shuke  the  erth/  and 
nowe  declareth  sayinge :  yet  once  more  will  I  shake/  not  the 
erth  only/  but  also  heven.  ^^  No  dout  that  same  that  he  sayth/ 
yet  once  more/  signifieth  the  removynge  a  waye  of  those 
thynges  which  are  shaken/  as  off  thynges  which  ^9  have  end- 
ed their  course  :  thatt  the  thinges  which  are  not  shaken  maye 
remayne.  Wherfore  if  we  receave  the  kyngdom  which  ^"  is 
not  moved  we  have  grace/  wherby  we  may  "*•  serve  god 
and  please  hym  with  reverence  and  godly  feare.  For  ^^  our 
god  is  a  consumynge  fyre. 

*^  Sought  the  blessing,  Gen.  Sought  itcarefully,  Bps.  ^  Stormc, 
Cr.Bps.  Blacknes.Ge/t.  *^  Excused  themselves,  Gcw.  ^Worde, 
Gen.  Bps.  ^'  Commanded,  Gtn.  Bps.  ^*  Bps.  adds — So 

much  as.  ^  Bps.  adds — exceedingly.  ^*  A  multitude  of 

many  thousands,  Con.  The  companie  of  innumerable  angels,  Gen. 
An  innumerable  company,  etc.  Bps.  ^'  Gen.  Bps.  omit.  ^  Blood 
of  sprinklyng,  Gen.  Bps.  ^'  (Did  the  bloud),  Bps.  ^^  And  this 

worde  yet  once  more,  signifieth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Are  made,  Gen.  Bps. 
*°  Cannot  be  moved,  we  have,  etc.  Cr.  Cannot  be  shaken  [moved,  B.'\ 
Gen.  Bps.  *'  So  serve  God  that  we  maye  please,  Gen.  So  serve 

God  acceptable,  Bps.  *'  Even,  our, etc.  Gen. 


ccvlfff.  E^e  lEpfstle  of  ^aul 


?r5e  iclff.  ©Raptor. 

T  ET  brotherly  love  continue,  be  not  forgetfull  *  to  be 
"^  kynde  to  straungers.  For  thereby  have  dyvers  ^  receav- 
ed  angels  into  their  houses  vnwares.  Remember  them  that 
are  in  bondes/  even  as  though  ye  were  bounde  v?ith  them* 
3  Be  myndfuU  of  them  which  are  in  adversitie/  as  ^  ye  which 
are  yet  in  youre  bodies.  ^  Let  wedlocke  be  had  in  pryce  in 
all  poyntes/  and  ^  let  the  chamber  be  vndcfiled  :  for  whore 
kepers/  and  advoutrars  god  will  iudge.  Let  youre  conversa- 
cion  be  with  out  coveteousnes/  and  be  content  with  '^  that  ye 
have  allredy.  For  he  verely  said  :  I  will  not  fayle  the/  i:tether 
for  sake  the :  that  we  may  boldly  saye  :  The  lorde  is  my 
helper/  and  I  will  nott  feare  what  man  doeth  vnto  me.  Re- 
member them  which  have  the  oversight  of  you/  which  have 
declared  vnto  you  the  worde  of  god  :  ^consider  the  conver- 
sacion  of  their  livynge/  and  counterfet  their  fayth. 

Jesus  Christ  yesterdaye  and  to  daye/  ^  and  the  same  con- 
tinueth  for  ever.  Be  not  caryed  bidder  and  thydder  with 
divers  and  straunge  i"  learnynge.  For  it  is  a  good  thinge 
that  the  herte  he  stablisshed  with  grace  and  not  with  meates/ 
which  have  not  proffeted  them  that  have  ^^  had  their  pastyme 
in  them.  We  have  an  aultre  wherof  they  ^^  maye  nott  eate 
which  serve  in  the  tabernacle.  For  the  bodies  of  those  beastes 
(whose  bloud  is  brought  into  the  holy  place  by  the  hie  prest 
13  to  pourge  sinne)  are  bournt  with  out  the  tentes.  Therfore 
Jesus/  to  sanctifye  the  peple  with  his  awne  bloud/  suffered 
with  out  the  gate.  Let  vs  goo  forth  therfore  out  ^^  of  the  tentes/ 
and  suffer  rebuke  with  them.  Fox  here  have  we  no  continu- 
ynge  citie  :  but  we  seke  a  cite  to  come. 

'  To  lodge,  Ml  the  Vers.  '  Lodged  angels  unawares,  Cr.  Bps. 

'And  them  which  are  in  affliction  [suffer  adversitie,  B.],  Gen.  Bps. 
*  As  if  ye  were  also  afflicted  in  the  body,  Ge7i.  As  beyng  yourselves 
also  in  the  body  {subject  to  adversitie) ,  Bps.  *  Wedlock  is  to  be 

had  in  honour  among  all  men,  Cr.  Marriage  [Wedlocke,  B.]  is  hon- 
ourable among  all  men,  Geji.  Bps.  ^The  bedde  undefiled,  Cr. 
Gen.  Bps,  ''  Such  things  as  [Those  things  that,  G.}  ye  have.  Gen. 
Bps.  ^Wjiose  fayth  [C  adds — se  that  ye]  folowe,  considering 
what  hath  been  [and  consider,  C]  the  ende  of  their  conversation,  Cr^ 
Gen.  Whose  ende  of  conversation,  ye  consideryng,  etc.  Bps.  *The 
same  also  is  for  ever,  Gen.  And  the  same  forever,  Bps.  '"  Doc- 
trines, Gen.  Bps.  i'  Been  occupied,  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Have  no 
authoritie  [right,  S.]  to,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  For  sinne.  Gen.  Bps. 
*■*  Of  the  tents  [the  campe,  G. — so,  vs. 11.],  bearing  his  reproach,  Gen., 
Bps. 


\>nto  t!)c  ?l}cbriifs.  m).  pff- 

For  by  him  ^^  oflcr  \vc  the  sacrifice  of  laude  all  wayes  to 
god  :  that  is  to  saye  the  frute  of  those  lyppes/  which  confesse/ 
his  name.  To  do  goode/  and  to  distribute  forget  not/  for  with 
suche  sacrifises  god  is  pleased.  O  beye  them  that  have  the 
ovei-sight  of  you/  and  submit  youre  selves  to  them/  for  they 
watche  for  youre  soules/  ^^  even  as  though  they  sluilde  gevc 
a  comptes  for  them :  that  they  maye  do  it  with  ioye/  and  not 
with  grefe.  For  that  is  an  vnproffitable  thynge  for  you. 
Praye  for  vs.  ^^  We  have  confidence  be  cause  we  have  a 
good  conscience  ^^  in  all  thynges/  and  desyre  to  live  honestly. 
I  desire  you  therfore  somwhat  the  moare  ^^  [haboundantly/] 
that  ye  so  do/  that  I  maye  be  restored  to  you  quicly.  The 
god  of  peace  that  brought  agayne  from  deeth  oure  lorde  Jesus 
Christ/  the  gret  shepherde  of  the  shepc/  thorowe  the  bloud  of 
the  everlastynge  testament/  make  you  parfet  in  all  workes/  to 
do  his  will/  20  and  brynge  to  passe/  that  -^  whatsoever  ye  do- 
maye  be  accepted  in  his  sight/  by  the  meanes  of  Jesus  Christ. 
To  whom  be  prayse  for  ever  whill  the  worlde  endureth  Amen. 

I  beseche  you  brethren/  sufire  the  wordes  of  exhortacion : 
For  we  have  written  vnto  you  in  feawe  wordes.  ^~  Knowe 
the  brother  Timothe/  whom  we  have  sent  from  vs/  with  whom 
(yf  he  come  shortly)  I  will  se  you.  Salute  them  that  have 
the  oversight  of  you/  and  all  the  saynctes.  They  off  Italy/ 
salute  you.     Grace  be  with  you  all  Amen. 


Sent  from  Italy  by  Timotheus. 


'*  Let  us  offer,  Gen.  Bps.  "*'  As  they  that  must  give  accountes, 

Gen.  Bps.  "  For  wc  are  assured  [we  trust,  B]  tiiat  we  have, 

Gc7i.  Bps.  '8  Among  all  men,  Cr.  '^  Cr.  omits.    Earnest- 

ly, Gen.  Bps.  '°  Workyng  in  3'ou  that  which  is  pleasant  in  liis 

sight,  through,  Gen.  Bps.  2'' The  thyng  which  ye  do  may  be 

pleasaunt  in  his  sight,  through,  Cr.  ^  Knowe  ye  [Ye  knowe,  C] 

that  our  brother  Timotheus  is   delivered  [he  is  at  libertie,  CV.]  with 
whom,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


QQ" 


^Cotle  oft  S»  Samei^, 


]|[[^^[^2B<S  the  seruaunt  off  God/  and  off  the  lorde  Jesus 
•^  Christ/  sendeth  gretynge  to  the  xij.  trybes  which  are  scat- 
tered 1  here  and  there.  My  brethren/  count  it  ^  excedynge 
ioye  when  ye  faule  into  divers  temptacions/  remembrynge 
howe  that  the  trjnnge  off  youre  fayth  ^  bringeth  pacience  :  and 
let  pacience  have  her  parfect  worke/  that  ye  maye  be  parfect 
and  "*  sounde/  that  nothynge  be  lackynge  vnto  you. 

Yff  eny  that  is  amonge  you  lake  wisdom/  let  him  axe  ^off' 
God  (which  geveth  to  all  men  ^with  outendoublenes/  and 
^  casteth  no  man  in  the  teth)  and  it  shalbe  geven  hym :  but  let 
hym  axe  in  faythe/  and  waver  not.  For  he  that  ^  doubteth  is 
lyke  the  waves  off  the  see/  tost  off  the  wynde/  and  ^  caried 
with  violence.  Nether  let  that  man  thynke  that  he  shall  re- 
ceave  eny  thynge  off  God.  ^'^  A  waverynge  mynded  man  is 
vnstable  in  all  his  wayes. 

Let  the  brother  off  lowe  degre  reioyce  in  that  he  is  exalted/ 
and  the  ryche  in  that  he  is  made  lowe.  For  even  as  the  flower 
off  the  grasse  shall  he  ^Wanysshe  awaye :  i-The  sonne  is 
rysen  with  heate/  and  the  grasse  is  widdered/  and  his  flower 
is  faulen  awaye/  and  the  beautie  off  the  fassion  off  it  is  per- 
isshed :  even  so  shall  the  riche  man  ^^  perisshe  in  his  aboun- 
dance. 


'  Abroade,  Cr.    Abroad,  salutation,  Gen.    Abroade,  greeting,  Bps. 
['  Gretynge'  (See  text)  transposed.]  *  All  joye,  Bps.        *  Work- 

eth,  Bps.  *  Entier,  Gen.  *  Of  hym  that  geveth  it :  even 

God  which,  Cr.  ^  Indifferently,  Cov.  T.M.  Cr.  Bps.    Liberally, 

Gen.  '  Reproacheth  no  man.  Gen.  *  Wavereth,  Gen.  Bps. 

•Caried  away.  Gen.  '°  A  double.  Gen.  Bps.  "  Passe,  Bps. 

"  For  as  when  [(as),  B.]  the  Sun,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Fade  awaye 

[Perishe,  C]  in  his  wayes,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


Cr^c  Upfstte  of  S.  .Uantes.  Cf).  f. 

Happy  is  the  man  that  endureth  in  temptacion/  for  when  he 
is  tryed  he  shall  receave  the  croune  of  lyfe/  which  the  lorde 
hath  !■*  prepared  for  them  that  love  hym. 

Let  no  man  saye  when  he  is  tempted  that  he  is  tempted  of 
god  :  for  god  ^^  tempteth  not  vnto  evyll :  he  tempteth  no  man : 
But  every  man  is  tempted  ^^  drawne  a  waye/  ^'  and  entysed 
of  his  awne  concupiscence.  Then  when  lust  hath  conceaved; 
she  bryngeth  forth  synne/  and  synne  when  it  is  fynnisshcd 
bryngeth  forthe  deeth. 

Erre  not  my  deare  brethren.  Every  good  '^  gyfte/  and 
every  parfait  gyft/  is  from  above  and  commeth  doune  from 
the  father  off  light/  with  whom  is  no  variablenes/  nether  ^^  is 
he  chaunged  vnto  darkness.  Of  his  awne  will  begat  he  vs 
with  the  worde  ^o  off  lyfe/  that  we  shulde  be  ^^  the  fyrst  of  his 
creatures. 

Wherfore  deare  brethren/  let  every  manbeswyftetoheare/ 
slowe  to  speake/  and  slowe  to  wrathe.  For  the  wrathe  off 
man  --  worketh  not  that  which  is  righteous  before  God. 

Wherfore  laye  a  parte  all  filthynes/  all  superfluitie  off  ^  ma- 
liciousnes/  and  receve  with  meknes  the  worde  that  is  grafted  in 
you/  which  is  able  to  save  youre  soules :  And  se  that  ye  be 
doares  of  the  worde  and  not  heares  only/  deceavinge  youre 
owne  selves.  For  yff  a  man  heare  the  worde/  and  ^4  do  it 
not/  he  is  lyke  vnto  a  man  that  beholdeth  his  ^5  boddyly  face 
in  a  glasse.  For  ^  as  sone  as  he  hath  loked  on  hym  silfe/  he 
goeth  his  waye/  and  hath  immediatly  forgotten  what  ^~  his 
fassion  was  :  but  whosoever  loketh  in  the  parfait  lawe  off  lib- 
ertie/  and  continueth  there  in  (yf  he  benot  a  forgettfuU  hearer/ 
but  a  doar  off  the  worke)  he  shalbe  happi  in  his  dede. 

Yff  eny  man  amonge  you  seme  ^^  devoute/  and  refrayne  not 
his  tonge  :  but  deceave  his  owne  herte/  this  mannes  ^8  devo- 
cion  is  in  vayne.  Pure  ^^devocion  and  undefiled  before  God 
the  father/  is  this :  To  vysit  the  ^  frendlesse/  and  widdowes 
in  their  adversite/  and  to  kepe  hym  silfe  vnspotted  from  the 
worlde. 

**  Promised  to,  Ml  the  Vers.  **  Cannot  be  tempted  with  eril, 

C7\  Gen.  Bps.  '®  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — when  he  is.  "  By  his 

own  concupiscence  and  is  enticed,  Geji.  And  enticed  (with  the  bayte) 
of  his.  etc.  Bj)S.  ^^  Glv'mg,  Gen.  Bps.  '^Shadowing  by  turning, 
Gen.  Shadow  of  turning,  Bps.  *•  Of  truth,  Cr.  Gai.  Bps.  *'  As 
the  first  fruites,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  **  Dotli  not  accomplish  the  right- 

eousness of  God,  Gera.  *•  Noughtinesse,  Bps.  *•  Declareth 

not  the  same  by  his  workes,  Cr.  *'  Natural,  Gen.  ^  When 

he  hath  considered,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Manner  of  one  he  was.  Gen. 

*  Religious  .  .  religion,  Gen.  ^  Fatherlesse,  Jlli  the  Vers. 


4 


Fo.  ccjrlb.  Cijc  Hpfstlc  of  S.  Sa>«cs. 


E\)e  If.  Cljajptcr. 

"D  RETHREN  i  have  not  the  fayth  of  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ 
■^  2  the  lorde  off  glory  in  respecte  off  persons.  Yff  there 
come  into  youre  company  a  man  with  a  golden  rynge/  and  in 
goodly  aparrell  and  there  come  in  also  a  poore  man  in  vylc 
rayment/  and  ye  have  a  respect  to  hym  that  weareth  the  gaye 
clothynge  and  saye  vnto  hyni :  Sit  thou  here  in  a  goode  place : 
and  saye  vnto  the  povre/  stonde  thou  there/  or  sit  here  vnder 
my  fote  stole  :  are  ye  not  even  parciall  in  youre  selves/  and' 
3  have  iudged  after  evyll  thoughtes .'' 

Harken  my  deare  beloved  brethren/  hath  not  God  chosen 
the  povre  off  this  worlde/  ^  which  are  ryche  in  fayth/  and 
heyres  off  the  kyngdom/  which  he  promysed  to  them  that  love 
hym  ?  But  ye  have  despised  the  povre.  ^  Are  not  the  ryche 
they  which  oppresse  you :  and  they  which  drawe  you  before 
iudges  ?  Do  not  they  ^  speake  evyll  of  that  good  name  that 
is  called  on  over  you  ? 

Yf  ye  fulfill  the  royall  lawe  accordynge  to  the  scripture 
which  sayth  :  Thou  shalt  love  thyne  neghbour  as  thy  silfe/  ye 
do  wele  :  but  if  ye  regarde  '''  one  person  more  than  another/ 
ye  commit  synne/  and  are  rebuked  off  the  lawe  as  transgres- 
sours.  Whosoever  shall  kepe  the  whole  lawe/  and  yet  faylc 
in  one  poynt/  he  is  gyltie  in  all.  For  the  that  sayde  :  Thou 
shalt  not  commit  ^  fornicacion/  sayde  also :  thou  shalt  not  kyll. 
Though  thou  shallt  do  no  ^  fornicacion/  yet  yff  thou  kill/  thou 
arte  a  transgresser  off  the  lawe.  So  speake  ye/  and  so  do  as 
they  tj^q  shalbe  iudged  by  the  lawe  off  libertie.  For  ^  there 
shalbe  iudgment  merciles  to  hym  that  sheweth  no  mercy/ 
and  mercy  reioyseth  agaynst  iudgement : 

What  i^'avayleth  it  my  brethren/  though  a  man  saye  he  hath 
fayth/  when  he  hath  no  dedes  ?  Can  fayth  save  hym  ?  Yff  a 
brother  or  a  sister  be  naked  or  destitute  off  dayly  fode/  and 
one  of  you  saye  vnto  them  :  Departe  in  peace/  ^^  God  sonde 
you  warmnes  and  fode  :  not  withstondynge  ye  geve  them  not 
tho  thynges  which  are  nedfull  to  the  body  :  what  ^^  helpeth 

'  Esteeme,  Cr.  ^  Our  {jlorious  Lorde,  Gen.  ^  Are  made 

judges  of,  Gcji.  Bps.  *  Tliat  they  should  [laiglit,  B.]  be,  Gen. 

Bps.  *  Do  not  the  rich  oppresse  you  by  tyrannie  [execute  tyran- 

nie  upon  you,  C]  and  draw  you  before  the  judgment  seates  ?  Cr.Geii. 
Bps.  ^  Blaspheme  the  worthie,  etc.  [that  good,  B.],  after  [by  the, 

B.]  which  ye  are  named,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  The  persons,  ye,  etc.  Gen. 

^  Adulterie,  All  the  Vers.  ^  Ilee  {shaR  have)  judgment  withoute 

mercie,  Bps.  '"  Profiteth,  Bps.  "  Warm  yourselves  and  fill 

your  bellies,  Gen.    Be  ye  warmed  and  fylled,  Bps. 


etc  Hpfstlc  of  5S.  3nmts.  fflj.  (ff. 

it  them  ?  Even  so  fayth/  yf  it  have  no  dcdes  is  deod  in  hit 
silfe. 

But  ^^  one  shall  saye/  Thou  hast  fayth/  and  I  have  dedes : 
Shewe  me  thy  fayth  ^^  by  thy  dedes  :  and  I  will  shewe  the 
my  fayth  by  my  dedes.  i^ggigyest  thou  tliat  there  is  one 
god  ?  Thou  doest  welc.     The  devyls  also  beleve  and  tremble. 

Wilt  thou  vnderstonde  o  thou  vayne  man/  that  fayth  with 
out  dedes  is  deed  ?  Was  not  Abraham  oure  father  iustifyed 
off  his  dedes  when  he  offered  Ysaac  his  sonne  apon  the  aul- 
tre  ?  ^^  Thou  seyst  howe  that  fayth  wroght  in  his  dedes/  and 
through  the  dedes  was  the  fayth  made  parfet.  And  the  scrip- 
ture was  fulfilled  which  sayth :  Abraham  beleved  god/  and 
it  was  "^  reputed  vnto  hym  for  rightewesnes  :  and  ho  was  cal- 
led the  frende  off  God.  Ye  se  then  howe  that  off  dedes  a 
man  is  iustified/  and  nott  off  fayth  only.  Lyke  wise  also  was 
nott  Raab  the  harlot  iustifyed  i'^  when  she  receaved  the  mes- 
sengers/ and  sent  them  out  a  nother  wave  ?  For  as  the  body/ 
with  out  the  sprete  is  deed/  even  so  fayth  with  out  dedes  is 
deed. 

STJe  iif.  ©ijajtcr. 

lYl  Y  brethren/  be  not  ^  every  man  a  master/  Remembrynge 
howe  that  ye  shall  receave  the  2  moaredamnacion.  For  in 
many  thynges  we  synne  all.  Yff  a  man  synne  not  in  worde/ 
he  is  a  parfect  man  and  able  to  3  tame  all  the  body.  Beholde 
we  put  bittes  into  the  horses  mouthes  that  they  shulde  obeye 
vs/  and  we  turne  aboute  all  the  body.  Beholde  also  the 
shippes/  which  though  they  be  so  gret/  and  are  dryven  off 
fearce  windes/  yet  are  they  turned  a  bout  with  a  very  smale 

*  helme/  whither  soever  the  ^  violence  off  the  governes  woll : 
even  so  the  tonge  is  a  littell  member  and  bosteth  grett  thynges. 

Beholde  howe  gret  a  thynge  a  litell  fyre  kyndleth/  and  the 
tonge  is  fyre/  and  worlde  off  wickednes.  So  is  the  tonge  set 
among  oure  members/  that  it  defileth  the  whole  body/  and 
setteth  a  fyre  ^  all  that  we  have  off  nature/  and  is  it  silfe  sett 
a  fyre/  even  off  hell. 

**  Ye  and  a  man  might  say,  T.  M.  Some  man  wil  saj',  Cr.  Gen. 
Bps.         '3  Out  of,  Gen.         ^*  Thou  beleevest,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Seest 

thou  not,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  Imputed,  Gen.  '^  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

add — through  works.  '  Many  masters.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Greater 

condemnation,  Gen.  ^  Bridle,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Rudder,  Gen. 

*  Governour  listeth,  Gen.  Luste  of  the  governour  will,  Bps.  ^  Tlie 
course  of  nature.  Gen.  Bus. 


^0.  ccylbf.  8:t)c  Hpfstlc  of  S.  Jfanxts. 

All  the  natures  oif  beastes/  and  off  byrdes/  and  '  off  sev- 
pentes/  and  thynges  of  the  see/  ^  ar  meked  and  tamed  off  the 
nature  off  man.  But  the  tonge  can  noman  tame.  Yt  Is  an 
vnruely  evyll  full  of  deedly  poyson.  Therwith  blesse  we 
God  the  father/  and  therwith  cursse  we  men  which  are  made 
vnto  the  similitude  off  God.  Out  off  one  mought  proceadeth 
bessynge  and  cursynge.  My  Brethren  these  thynges  ought 
not  soo  to  be.  Doth  a  fountayne  sende  forth  ^  at  one  place 
swete  water/  and  bytler  also  ?  Can  the  fygge  tree/  my  breth- 
ren/ ^'^  beare  olive  berries :  other  a  vyne  beare  fygges  ?  So 
can  no  fountayne  ^^  geve  bothe  salt  water  and  fresshe  also. 
^'^  Who  ys  wyse  and  endued  with  '^learnynge  amonge  you.' 
Let  hym  shewe  ^^  the  workes  of  his  good  conversacion  in 
meknes  that  ys  coupled  wyth  wisdom. 

Yff  ye  have  bitter  envyinge  ^^  [amonge  you/]  and  stryfe  in 
youre  hertes/  reioyce  not :  nether  be  lyars  agaynst  the 
trueth.  This  wisdom  descendeth  not  from  a  bove  :  but  is  er- 
thy/  and  i*^  naturall/  and  divlysshe  :  For  where  envying  and 
stryfe  is/  there  is  i"  vnstablenes/  and  all  manner  of  evyll 
workes  :  but  the  wisdom  that  is  from  above/  is  fyrst  pure/ 
then  peasable/  gentle/  and  easy  to  be  entreated/  full  of  mercy 
and  good  frutes/  with  out  iudgyngc/  and  with  out  ^®  simulacion  : 
yee/  and  the  frute  of  rightewesnes  is  sowen  in  peace/  of  them 
that  '^  kepe  peace. 

2Ct)c  iffj.  (Kljnptcr. 

X^ROM  whence  commeth  warre/  and  ^  fightynge  amonge 
you  ?  come  they  not  here  hence  ?  even  off  youre  ^  volup- 
teousnes  that  rayneth  in  youre  members.  Ye  lust/  and  have 
not.  Ye  envie  and  have  indignacion/  and  cannot  ^  come  by 
it.  Ye  fight  and  warre/  and  ^  have  not/  be  cause  ye  axe  not. 
Ye  axe  and  have  not/  be  cause  ye  axe  a  mysse/  forto  con- 
sume it  apon  youre  volupteousnes.  Ye  advoutrars/  and  vve- 
men  that  breke  matrimonie  :  knowe   ye  not  howe   that  the 

'Of  creeping  things.  Gen.  ^  Is  tamed  and  hath  been  tamed, 

Gen.  ^  Atone  hole,  Bps.  '°  Bring  forth  olives.  Gen.  "Make, 
Gen.  '*  If  any  man  be  wyse,  T.  M.  Cr.  '^  Knowledge,  Cr. 

Gen.  Bps.  '■•  His  works  out  of  good  conversation  [By  good  con- 

versation, his  works,  G  ]  with  meknosse  of  wysdome,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 
^=  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  oimt.  "^  Sensual,  Gf;i.  B;>*.  "Sedition, 
Gen.  Bps.  '»  Hypocrisie,  Gen.  '»  Maintaine,  Cor.  T.  M. 

Cr.    Make,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Contentions,  Gfw.  *  Lustes  [So  vs. 

3]  that  fight,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Obteine,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Get 

nothing,  Gen. 


Ei)c  ISpfstlc  of  5b.  3James.  CCf).  b. 

5  frendshlppe  off  the  worlde  is  enmitie  to  god  vvarde  ?  Who- 
soever wilbe  a  frende  of  the  worlde/  is  made  the  enemie  of 
god.  Do  ye  suppose  that  the  scripture  sayth  in  vayne  :  The 
sprete  that  dwelleth  in  you/  ^  lusteth  even  contrary  to  envie  : 
but  ■^  geveth  more  grace. 

Submit  youre  selves  to  god/  ^  and  resist  the  devyll/  and  he 
will  flye  from  you.  Drawe  neye  to  god/  and  he  will  drawe 
neye  to  you.  Clense  youre  hondes  ye  synners/  and  pourdge 
youre  hertes  ye  ^  waverynge  mynded.  Suffre  affliccions  : 
sorowe  ye  and  wepe.  Let  youre  laughter  be  turned  to  morn- 
ynge/  and  youre  ioye  to  hevynes.  ^'^  Cast  doune  yourselves 
before  the  lorde/  and  he  shall  lift  you  vppe.  ^^  Backbyte  not 
one  another/  brethren.  He  that  backbyteth  hys  brother/  and 
he  that  iudgeth  his  brother/  backbyteth  the  lawe/  and  iudgeth 
the  lawe  :  but  and  if  thou  judge  the  lawe/  thou  art  not  an  ob- 
server of  the  law  :  but  a  iudge.  There  is  one  lawe  gever/ 
which  is  able  to  save  and  to  distroye.  what  art  thou  that 
iudgest  another  man. 

Go  to  nowe  ye  that  saye  :  to  daye  and  to  moiTOwe  let  vs  go 
into  soche  a  citie  and  continue  there  a  yeare  and  beye/  and 
sell/  and  ^^  wynne  :  and  yet  cannot  tell  what  shall  happen  to 
morowe.  For  what  thinge  is  youre  lyfe  ?  hit  is  even  a  va- 
poure  that  apereth  for  a  lytell  tyme/  and  then  vanyssheth 
awaye  :  For  that  ye  ought  to  saye  :  yff  the  lorde  will  and  yf 
we  live/  let  us  do  this  or  thatt.  Butt  nowe  ye  reioyce  in  youre 
bostynges.  All  soche  reioysynge  is  evyll.  Therfore  to  hym 
that  knoweth  howe  to  do  good/  and  doth  it  not/  it  is  synne. 

STJje  b.  (Cljaptcr. 

/^  00  to  nowe  ye  Ryche  men.  Wepe/  and  howle  ^  on  youre 
^^  wretchednes  that  shall  come  apon  you.  Youre  ryches  is 
corrupte/  youre  garmentes  are  moth  eaten.  Youre  golde  and 
youre  silver  are  cankred/  and  the  rust  off  them  shalbe  a  wit- 
nes  vnto  you/  and  shall  eate  youre  flesshe  as  it  were  fyre. 
Ye  have  heaped  treasure  togedder  ^  in  youre  last  dayes :  Be- 

*  Amitie,  Gen.  ®  Lusteth  to  envie,  Gen.  Bps.  ''  The  Scrip- 

ture ofTereth,  Gen.  Bps.  **  But  resist,  Bps.  ^  Double-myndud. 

Suffer  afflictions,  and  mourne,  etc.  Bps.  '°  Humble  yourselves 

in  the  sight  of  the  Lorde,  Cr.  Bps.  "  Speake  not  evyll  of,  Gen. 

[^opost.]  '*  Get  gaine,  Gen.  '  For  your  miseries,  Gen.  Bps. 

*  Cr.  adds — (even  wrath  to  yourselves).  For  [In,  J5.]  the  last  days, 
Gtn.  Bps, 


j?o.  ccvlbff.  STljC  2£j)fstlc  of  <S.  ^amrs. 

holde  the  hyer  off  the  laboures  which  have  reped  doune  youre 
feldes  (which  hyer  is  of  you  kept  backe  by  fraude)  cryeth  : 
and  the  cryes  off  them  which  have  reped/  are  intred  into  the 
eares  off  the  lorde  off  Sabaoth.  Ye  have  hved  in  pleasure  on 
the  erth  and  in  wantannes.  Ye  have  norysshed  youre  hertes/ 
as  in  a  daye  off  slaughter.  Ye  have  cundempned  and  have 
killed  the  iuste/  and  he  hath  not  resisted  you. 

Be  pacient  therfore  brethren/  vnto  the  commynge  of  the 
lorde.  Beholde  the  husbande  man  wayteth  for  the  precious 
frute  off  the  erth/  and  hath  long  pacience  there  vppon/  vntill 
he  receave  ^  the  yerly  and  the  latter  rayne.  Be  ye  also  pacient 
therfore/  and  settle  youre  hertes/  for  the  commynge  off  the 
lorde  draweth  neye.  Grodge  not  one  agaynst  another  breth- 
ren/ lest  ye  be  dampned.  Beholde  the  iudge  stondeth  before 
the  dore.  Take  (my  brethren)  the  prophettes  for  an  ensample 
of  sufferynge  adversitie/  and  of  long  pacience/  which  spake 
in  the  name  of  the  lorde.  Beholde  we  count  them  happy 
which  endure.  Ye  have  herde  of  the  pacience  of  Job/  and 
have  ^  knowen  what  ende  the  lorde  made/  For  the  lorde  is 
very  pitifuU/  and  mercifull. 

Butt  above  all  thynges  my  brethren/  sweare  not/  nether  by 
heven/  nether  by  erth/  nether  by  eny  wother  othe.  Let  youre 
^  sayinge  be  ye  ye/  naye/  naye  :  lest  ye  faule  into  ^  ypocrysy. 
Ys  there  eny  amonge  you  that  is  '''  evyll  vexed  ?  let  hym 
praye.  Ys  there  eny  man  a  monge  you  that  is  mery  ?  let 
nym  synge  psalmes.  Ys  there  eny  man  ^  deseased  a  monge 
you  ?  Lett  hym  call  for  the  seniours  off  the  congregacion/ 
and  lett  them  praye  over  hym/  and  anoynte  hym  with  oyle  in 
the  name  off  the  lorde  :  and  the  prayer  off  fayth  shall  save  the 
sicke/  and  the  lorde  shall  rayse  him  vppe  :  and  yf  he  have 
committed  synnes/  they  shalbe  forgeven  hym. 

Knowledge  youre  fautes  one  to  another  :  and  praye  one  for 
another/  that  ye  maye  be  healed.  9  The  prayer  off  a  ryghteous 
man  avayleth  moche/  yf  it  be  fervent.  Helias  was  a  man  '"  in 
daunger  to  tribulacion  as  we  are/  and  he  prayed  ^i  in  his 
prayer/  that  it  myght  not  rayne  :  and  it  rayned  nott  on  the 

^  The  former,  Gen.  *  Seen  the  ende  of  the  Lorde,  Bps.  ^  Yea 
be  yea,  and  your  nay,  nay,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Condemnation,  Gen. 

Bps.  1  Vexed,  Cr.     Afflicted,  Gen.  Bps.  «  gjcki  Gen. 

*  Tlie  fervent  prayer,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.  "^  Mortal  even  as.  Gov. 

T.M.  Under  infirmities  as,  Cr.  Bps.  Subject  to  like  passions  as,  Gen, 
"  Earnestly,  Ge7i. 


Srje  Hpfstic  of  S.  James.  ©t).  b. 

erth  by  the  space  off  thre  yeares  and  sixe  monethes.     And 

agayne  he  prayed/  and  the  heven  gave  rayne/  and  the  erth 

brought  forth  her  frute.     Brethren  if  eny  off  you  erre 

from  the  trueth/  and  a  nother  convert  hym/  let  the 

same  knowe/  thatt  he  whych  converted  the  syn- 

ner  from  goynge  astraye  out  of  his  waye/ 

shall  save  a  soule  from  deeth/  and  shall 

hyde  the  multitude  off  synnes. 


The  ende  of  the  pistle  off 
Saynct  James. 


ER 


^UWM,^  the  servaunt  of  Jesus  Christ/  the  brother  off 
^*-  James/  To  them  which  are  called  and  sanctified  in  god 
the  father/  and  ^  preserved  in  Christ  Jesus.  Mercy  on  you/ 
and  peace  and  love  be  multiplied. 

Beloved/  when  I  gave  all  diligence  to  write  vnto  you  ofT  the 
common  health  :  itt  was  nedfull  for  me  to  write  vnto  you/  to 
exhortc  you/  that  ye  shulde  ~  continually  laboure  in  the  fayth/ 
which  was  once  geven  vnto  the  saynctes.  For  there  are  cer- 
tayne  "^  [craftely]  crepte  in/  "^of  which  it  was  written  afore 
tyme  vnto  soche  iudgement/  They  are  vngodly/  and  turne 
the  grace  of  oure  lorde  God  vnto  wantannes/  and  denye  God 
the  only  lorde/  and  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ. 

^  My  mynde  is  therfore  to  put  you  in  remembraunce/  for  as 
moche  as  ye  once  knowe  this/  howe  thatt  the  lorde  (after  thatt 
he  had  delivered  the  people  out  of  Egypt)  desti'oyed  them 
which  afterwarde  beleved  not.  The  angels  also/  which  kept 
not  their  fyrst  estate  :  but  lefte  their  owne  habitacion/  he  hath 
reserved  in  everlastynge  chaynes  vnder  darknes  vnto  the 
iudgement  of  the  greate  daye/  even  as  Zodom/  and  Gomor/ 
and  the  cities  aboute  them  (which  in  lyke  maner  ^  defiled  them 
selves/  with  fornicacion/  and  folowed  straunge  flesshe)  are  set 
for  an  ensample/  and  sufFre  the  vengeaunce  of  eternall  fyre. 
Lykwyse  these  "^  dremers  defyle  the  flesshe/  despise  rulars/ 
and  speake  evyll  of  them  that  are  in  auctoritie. 

Yet  Michael  the  archangell  (when  he  strove  against  the 

'  Reserved  to,  Gen.  ^  Earnestlye  conteniie  for  [G.  adds — the 

maintenance  of],  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Ungodly  inenne  craftyly,  etc.  Or. 

Bps.  [' Ungodly'  (See  text)  transposed].   Gere,  omits.  *  Which 

were  before  of  olde  ordeyned  to  this  condemnation,  Gen.  Bps.  *  I 

wil  therefore,  Gen.  "  As  they  did,  committed,  and  folowed.  Gen. 

'  Being  disceaved  by  dreames,  Cr.  Bps. 


Stjc  H^jfstlc  off  S.  Sutras. 

devyll/  and  disputed  about  the  body  of  Moses)  durst  nott  ^  geve 
raylynge  sentence/  butt  sayde :  The  lorde  rebvke  the.  Butt 
these  speake  evyll  of  those  thinges  which  they  knowe  not.  In 
tho  thynges  which  they  knowe  naturally  (as  beastes  which  are 
with  out  reason)  they  corrupte  them  selves.  Wo  be  vnto 
them/  for  they  have  folowed  the  waye  ^  [of  Cayn/  and  are 
1**  spylt  in  the  erroure]  of  Balam  for  Inkers  sake/  and  ^^  arc 
caste  awaye  in  the  treason  of  Core. 

These  are  spottes  ^'^  which  of  youre  kindnes  feast  to  gedder/ 
with  out  feare/  ^-^  fedynge  them  selves.  Cloudes  they  are 
with  outen  water/  caried  about  off  wyndes  :  i"*  Trees  rotten  in 
authum/  vnfrutfull/  twyse  deed/  and  plucked  vppe  by  the  rotes. 
They  are  the  ragynge  waves  off  the  see/  fomynge  out  their 
awne  shame.  They  are  wandrynge  starres/  to  whom  is  re- 
served the  15  myst  of  darckncs  fur  ever. 

Enoch  the  seventh  from  Adam  prophesied  before  of  suche 
saying :  Beholde/  the  lorde  shall  come  with  thousandes  of 
sayntes/  to  geve  iudgement  agaynst  all  men/  and  to  rebuke  all 
that  are  vngodly  amonge  them/  of  all  their  ^^  vngodly  dedes/ 
which  they  have  vngodly  committed/  and  all  their  cruell 
speakynges/  which  ^^  vngodly  sinners  have  spoken  agaynst 
hym. 

These  are  murmurers/  complayners/  walkynge  after  their 
awne  lustes/  whose  muthes  speake  proude  thynges.  ^"^  They 
have  men  in  greate  reverence  be  cause  off  avauntage.  But  ye 
derly  beloved  remember  the  wordes  which  were  spoken  be- 
fore off  the  Apostles  off  oure  lorde  Jesus  Christ/  howe  that 
they  tolde  you  thatt  there  shulde  be  begylers  in  the  last  tyme/ 
which  shulde  walke  after  their  owne  vngodly  lustes.  These 
are  makere  off  sectes/  ^^  naturall/  havynge  no  sprete. 

But  ye  derly  beloved/  edyfie  youre  selves  in  youre  most 
wholy  fayth/  prayinge  in  the  wholy  goost/  and  kepe  youre 
selves  in  the  love  of  God/  lokinge  for  the  mercy  of  oure  lorde 
Jesus  Christ/  vnto  eternall  lyfe.     And  have  compassion  on 

^  Blanie  him  with  cursed  speaking,  Gen.  ^  T.  M.  omits. 

'•^  Utterly  gyvcn  to,  Cr.  Tav.  Bps.  Cast  away  by  the  deceit  of  Ba- 
laam's wajres,  Gen.  "  Perishe  in  the  gaynesaying  [treason,  C'.], 
Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  In  your  feastcs  of  charitie,  Gen.  Bps.  '^  -Lyv- 
ynge  lawlesse  and  after  their  owne  pleasure,  Cr.  '■•  Trees  with- 
out frute  at  gatheryng  tyme.  Cot.  T.  M.  Cr.  [Cr.  adds — withered]. 
Corrupt  trees  and  without  fruit,  Gen.  Trees  wythered  at  fruite  gath- 
ering and  without  fruit,  Bps.  '*  Blacknes,  Geti.  '®  Wicked, 
Gen.  "  Having  mens  persons  in  admiration,  Gen.  ^^  Beastlie, 
Coc.  Fleshlie,  T.  M.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  ccplf):.  B\)e  JEpistle  off  S.  Jutoas. 

some  '9  separatynge  them :  and  wother  save  with  feare/  pul- 
lynge  them  out  of  the  fyre/  and  hate  ^^  the  fylthy  vesture  of 
the  flesshe. 

Vnto  hym  that  is  able  to  kepe  you/  ^i  thatt  ye  faule  nott/ 
and  to  present  you  fautlesse  before  the  presence  off 
hys  glory  with  ioye/  22  that  ys  to  saye/  to  God 
oure  saveour  ^3  whyche  only  ys  wyse/  be 
glory/  maiestie/  dominion/  and  pow- 
er/ 2'*  nowe  and  for  ever  Amen. 

'^  In  putting  difference,  Gen.  **  Even  the  garment  spotted  by 

the  fleshe,  Gen.  Bps.  ^^  Free  from  sinne,  Cr.  Bps.  ^  (At  the 

commyng  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ)  to  God,  etc.  Cr.  ^  Cr.  adds 

— (Through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lorde).  **  Cr.  adds — (Before  all 

worldes). 


i^ciieUicCon  off  ^anct  Stiou  tlie 


^^Jk^lB  levclacion  of  Jesns  Christ/  whicli  god  gave  vnto  him/ 
^^  forte  shcwe  vnto  his  servauntes  thynges  which  must 
shortly  i  come  to  passe.  And  he  sent  and  shewed  by  hys 
angel!  vnto  hys  scrvaunt  Jlion/  whych  bare  recorde  off  the 
worde  off  god/  and  oft' the  testimony  oft  Jesus  Christe/  and  of 
all  thynges  that  he  sawe.  Happy  is  he  that  redith/  and  they 
that  heare  the  wordcs  of  the  prophesy/  and  kepc  thoo  thynges 
which  are  written  therin.     For  the  tyme  is  at  honde. 

Jhon  to  the  vij.  congrcgacions  in  Asya.  Grace  be  with 
you  and  peace/  from  hym  which  is/  and  which  was/  and  which 
is  to  come  :  and  from  the  vij.  spretes  which  are  present  before 
his  trone/  and  from  Jesus  Christ  which  is  a  faythfull  witnes/  and 
fyrst  begotten  of  the  deed  :  and  "-  lorde  over  the  kynges  of  the 
erth.  Vnto  hym  that  loved  vs  and  wesshed  vs  from  oure  s)mnes 
in  his  awne  bloud/  and  made  vs  kynges  and  prestes  vnto  god  his 
father/  be  glory/  and  dominion/  for  ever  more  amen.  Be- 
holde  he  commeth  with  cloudes/  and  all  eyes  shall  se  hym  : 
3  and  they  also  which  peersed  him.  And  all  kynredes  of  the 
erth  shall  wayle.  "^  even  so  amen.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega/ 
the  begynnynge  and  the  endinge/  sayth  the  lorde  almyghty/ 
which  is  and  which  was  and  which  is  to  come. 

Jhon  youre  brother  and  companyon  in  tribulacion/  and  in 
the  kyngdom  and  pacience  which  is  in  Jesu  Christe/  was  in 
the  yle  of  Pathmos  for  the  worde  of  god/  and  for  the  witnes- 
synge  of  Jesu  Christe.     I  was  ^  in  the  sprete  on '^  a  sondaye/ 

'  Bee  done,  Gcji.  *  Prince  of,  GVn.  ^  Yea,  even  they,  Goi. 

*  Cr.  adds — (over  him).     Gen.  Bps. — Befor*  him.  ^  Ravished  in 

spirite,  Gen.  [So  ch.  iv.2.]  ®  The  Lord's  day,  Gen.  Bps. 

EE* 


jfo.  ccl.  Et)c  Kcbclacfon  of  <S.  3f)on. 

and  herde  behynde  me/  a  gret  voyce/  as  itt  had  bene  of  a 
trompe  sayinge :  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega/  the  fyrst  and  the 
last.  That  thou  seiste  write  in  a  boke/  and  sende  hit  vnto  the 
congregacions  which  are  in  Asia/  vnto  Ephesus/  and  vnto 
Smyrna/  and  vnto  Pargamos/  and  vnto  Thiatira'  and  vnto 
Sardis/  and  vnto  Philadelphia/  and  vnto  Laodicia. 

And  I  turned  bake  to  se  the  voice  that  spake  to  me.  And 
when  I  was  turned  :  I  sawe  vij.  golden  candelstyckes/  and  in 
the  myddes  of  the  candelstyckes/  one  lyke  vnto  the  sonne  of 
man  clothed  with  a  lynnen  garment  doune  to  the  ground/  and 
gyrde  aboute  the  pappes  with  a  golden  gyrdle.  His  heed/ 
and  his  heares  were  whyte/  as  whyte  woU/  and  as  snowe  :  and 
his  eyes  were  as  a  flame  of  fyre  :  and  his  fete  lykc  vnto 
'  brasse/  as  though  they  brent  in  a  fvrnace :  and  his  voyce  as 
the  sounde  of  many  waters.  And  he  had  in  his  right  honde 
vij.  starres.  And  out  of  his  mougth  went  a  tvvoo  edged  swarde. 
And  his  face  shone  even  as  the  sunne  in  his  strengthe. 

And  when  I  sawe  hym/  I  fell  at  his  fete/  even  as  deed. 
And  he  layde  hys  ryght  honde  apon  me/  sayinge  vnto  me  : 
feare  not.  I  am  the  fyrst/  and  the  laste/  and  am  a  lyve/  and 
was  deed.  And  beholde  I  am  a  lyve  for  ever  more/  and  have 
the  kayes  off"  hell  and  off  deeth.  Wryte  therfore  the  thynges 
whych  thou  hast  sene/  and  the  thynges  which  are/  and  the 
thynges  which  ^  shallie  fulfyllcd  here  after :  and  the  misteri 
off  the  vij.  starres  which  thou  sawest  in  my  right  honde/  and 
the  vij.  golden  candelstyckes.  ^  The  vij.  starres  are  the  aa- 
gells  off  the  vij.  congregacions  :  And  the  vij.  candlestyckes 
which  thou  sawest  are  the  vij.  congregacions. 


€ri5e  sccoutie  ffi']3aptcr. 

T/'NTO  the  angell  off  the  congregacion  off  Ephesus  wryte  : 
*  These  thynges  sayth  he  that  holdeth  the  vij.  starres  in 
his  ryght  honde/  and  walketh  in  the  myddes  of  the  vij.  golden 
candlestyckes.  I  knowe  thy  workes/  and  thy  labour/  and 
thy  pacience/  and  howe  thou  cannest  not  forbeare  them  which 
are  evyll :  and  examincdst  them  which  saye  they  arc  Apostles/ 
and  are  nott :  and  hast  founde  them  lyars.  and  ^  hast  suf- 
fered/ and  hast  pacience  :  and  for  my  names  sake  hast  labor- 
ed and  hast  nott  faynted.  Neverthelesse  I  have  sumwhat 
agaynst  the/  for  thou  haste  lefte  thy  fyrst  love.     Remember 

7  Fine  brasse,  Gen.  Bps.    [So  ch.  ii.  18.]  *  Shall  come,  Gen. 

9  Gen.  adds — is  this.  '  Dyddest  washe  thyselfe,  T.  M. 


ffi)e  mcbclacfon  of  S.  .5J)on.  ®i).  ff. 

therfore  from  whence  thou  arte  fallen/  and  repent/  and  do 
the  fyrst  workes.  or  elles  I  wyll  come  vnto  the  shortly/  and 
will  remove  thy  candlestyke  out  of  his  place/  excepte  thou 
2  repent.  Butt  this  thou  haste  ^  be  cause  thou  hast  hated 
the  dedes  oflT  the  Nicolaitans/  which  dedes  I  also  hate.  Lett 
him  that  hath  eares  heare/  what  the  sprete  sayth  vnto  the  con- 
gregacions.  To  hym  that  ovcrcometh/  wyll  I  geve  to  eate 
off  the  tree  of  lyfe/  which  is  in  the  myddes  off  the  paradice 
off  God. 

And  vnto  the  angell  off  the  congregacion  off  Smyrna  wiyte  : 
These  thynges  sayth  he  that  is  fyrst/  and  the  laste/  which  was 
deed  and  is  alive.  I  knowe  thy  workes  and  tribulacion  and 
povertie/  but  thou  art  ryche  :  And  I  knowe  the  blasphemy  off 
them  whiche  call  them  selves  iewes  and  ar  not :  but  are  the 
^  congregacion  of  sathan.  Feare  none  off  thoo  thynges  which 
thou  shalt  soffre.  Beholde/  the  devyll  shall  caste  ^  off  you  in- 
to preson/  ^  to  tempte  you/  and  ye  shall  have  tribulacion  x. 
dayes.  Be  faythfuU  vnto  the  deeth  and  I  wyll  geve  the  a 
croune  off  lyfe.  Let  hym  that  hath  earis  heare/  what  the 
sprete  sayth  to  the  congregacions.  He  that  overcommeth 
shall  not  be  hurte  off  the  seconde  deeth. 

And  to  the  angell/  of  the  congregacion  in  Pergamos  wryte  : 
This  sayth  he  which  hath  the  sharpe  swearde  with  two  edges. 
I  knowe  thy  workes  and  where  thow  dwelleste/  evyn  where 
Sathans  seate  ys/  and  thou  '''  kepeste  my  name  and  hast  not 
denyed  ^  my  fayth.  And  in  my  dayes  Antipas  was  a  fayth- 
fuU witnes  off  myne/  which  was  slayne  amonge  you  where 
sathan  dwelleth.  Butt  I  have  a  fewe  thinges  agaynst  the  : 
that  thou  hast  there/  they  thatt  mayntayne/  the  doctryne  off 
Balam  which  ^  taught  in  balake/  to  put  occasion  off  syn  before 
the  chylderne  off  Israhell  :  thatt  they  shulde  eate  off  ^^  meate 
dedicat  vnto  ydoUes/  and  to  commyt  fornicacion.  Even  so 
haste  thou  them  that  mayntayne  the  doctryne  off  the  Nicolay- 
tans/  which  thynge  I  hate.  But  repent  or  elles  I  will  come 
vnto  the  shortly  and  will  fyght  agaynst  them  with  the  swearde 
of  my  mought.  Lett  hym  that  hath  eares  heare  what  the 
sprete  sayth  vnto  the  congregacions  :  To  hym  that  over  com- 
meth  will  I  geve  to  eate  manna  that  is  hyd.   and  will  geve 

»  Amend,  Gen.  [So  ch.  iii.  1!).]  ^  That  thou  hatest,  Gen. 

4  Synagogue,  Gen.  Bps.   [So  ch.  iii.  0  ]  *  Gen.  Bps.  add— some. 

6  That  ye  may  be  tried.  Gen.  '  Holdest  fast,  Bps.  ^  My 

faith  even  in  those  days  when   Antipas,  my  faithful  martyr  was,  etc. 
Gen.  Bps.  ^  Taught  Balak  to  put  a  stumbhng-blocke,  Gen.  Bps. 

'"  Things  sacrificed,  Gen. 


jfo.  cclj.  Ef)t  l>cbdacfon  of  S.  Jl)on. 

hym  a  whyte  stone/  and  in  the  stone  a  newe  name  wrytten/ 
which  no  man  knoweth/  savinge  he  that  receaveth  hit. 

And  vnto  the  angell  off  the  congregacion  off  Theatira  write  : 
This  sayth  the  sonne  of  god/  which  hath  his  eyes  lyke  vnto  a 
flame  of  fyre/  whose  fete  are  lyke  brasse  :  I  knowe  thy 
workes  and  thy  love/  service/  and  fayght/  and  pacience/  and 
thy  dedes/  which  are  mooe  at  the  laste  then  att  the  fyrste : 
Notvvithstondinge  I  have  a  feawe  thynges  agaynste  the/  that 
thou  sofferest  that  woman  Jesabell/  which  called  her  sylfe  a 
prophetes  to  teache  and  to  deceave  my  servauntes/  to  make 
them  commyt  fornicacion/  and  to  eate  meates  offered  vppe 
vnto  ydoUes.  And  I  gave  her  space  to  repent  off  her  forni- 
cacion/ and  she  repented  not.  Beholde  I  will  caste  her  into  a 
heed/  and  them  that  commyt  fornicacion  with  her  into  gret 
^^adversite/  excepte  they  repent  of  their  deades.  And  I  will 
kyll  her  children  with  deeth.  And  all  the  congregacions 
shall  knowe  that  I  am  he  which  searcheth  the  reynes  and 
hertes.  And  I  will  geve  vnto  every  one  of  you  accordynge 
vnto  youre  workes. 

Vnto  you  I  saye/  ^~  and  vnto  other  off  them  off  Thiatyra  as 
many  as  have  nott  this  lernynge/  and  which  have  not  knowen 
the  depnes  of  Satan  (as  tliey  saye)  I  will  put  apon  you  none 
other  burthen/  but  that  which  ye  have  alreddy.  Holde  fast 
lyll  I  come/  and  whosoever  overcommeth  and  kepeth  my 
workes  vnto  the  ende/  to  hyme  will  I  geve  power  over  nacions/ 
and  he  shall  rule  them  with  a  rodde  of  yeron :  and  as  the 
vessels  off  a  potter/  shall  ^^  he  breake  them  to  shevers.  Evyn 
as  I  receaved  off  my  father.^'^  And  I  will  geve  him  the  morn- 
ynge  starre.  Let  hym  that  hath  eares  heare  what  the  sprete 
sayth  to  the  congregacions. 

a'tjc  fij.  erijnptcr. 

A  ND  wryte  vnto  the  angell  of  the  congregacion  of  Sardis : 
"^  this  sayth  he  that  hath  i  the  sprete  of  god/  and  the  vij. 
starres.  I  knowe  thy  workes/  thou  haste  a  name  that  thou 
lyveste/  and  thou  are  deed.  Be  awake  and  strengthc  the 
thynges  which  remayne/  that  are  redy  to  deye.  For  I  have 
not  founde  thy  workes  perfayte  before  god.  Remember  ther- 
fore  howe  thou  hast  receaved  and  hearde/  and  holde  faste/  and 

11  Affliction,  Gen.  '*  The  rest  of  them,  Gen.  "  They  be 

broken,  Gen.  '^  So  will  1  geve  him,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Tho 

seven  spirits,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  [So  ch.  v.  6.] 


J»rf)c  Jlebclacfon  of  S.  3?)on.  «"!).  fff. 

repent.  Tf  thou  slialt  not  watche/  I  wyll  come  on  tlic  as  a 
thefe/  and  thou  shaU  not  knowe  what  houre  I  wyll  come  apon 
the.  Thou  haste  a  fcawe  names  in  Sardis/  which  have  not 
defyled  their  garmentcs/  and  they  shall  walkc  with  me  in 
whyte/  for  they  are  worthy.  He  that  overcommeth  shalbe 
clothed  in  whyte  araye/  and  I  will  not  put  out  his  name  out  of 
the  boke  of  lyfe/  and  I  will  confesse  his  name  before  my  fa- 
ther/ and  before  his  angelles.  Let  hym  that  hath  earys  heare 
what  the  sprete  sayth  vnto  the  congregacions. 

And  wryte  vnto  the  angell  off  Philadelphia :  This  sayth  he 
that  is  holy  and  true/  which  hath  the  kaye  off  David  :  which 
openyth  and  noman  shutteth/  and  shutteth  and  no  man  open- 
eth.  I  knowe  thy  workes.  Beholde  I  have  set  before  the  an 
open  doore/  and  no  man  can  shutt  hit/  for  thou  haste  a  lyttell 
strengthe/  and  haste  kepe  my  saynges :  and  haste  not  denyed 
my  name.  Beholde.  I  -  put  them  of  the  congregacion  of  Sa- 
than/  which  call  themselves  Jewes  and  are  not/  butt  do  lye. 
Beholde.  I  will  make  them  that  they  shall  come  and  wor- 
shippe  before  thy  fete  :  and  shall  knowe  that  I  have  loved  the. 

Be  cause  thou  hast  ke})t  the  vvordes  of  my  pacience/  ^  and 
I  wyll  kepe  the  from  the  houre  of  temptacion  which  will  come 
apon  all  the  worlde/  '^  totempte  them  that  dwell  apon  the  erth. 
Beholde  I  come  shortly.  Holde  that  which  thou  haste/  that 
no  man  take  awaye  thy  croune.  Hym  that  overcommeth 
will  I  make  a  pyllar  in  the  temple  off  my  God/  and  he  shall 
goo  no  more  oute.  And  I  will  wryt  apon  hym/  the  name  off 
my  god/  and  the  name  off  the  citie  off  my  god/  newe  Jerusa- 
lem/ which  commeth  doune  oute  of  hevyn  from  my  god  and 
I  will  wryte  apon  hym  my  newe  name.  Let  hym  that  hath 
eares/  heare  what  the  sprete  sayth  vnto  the  congregacions. 

And  vnto  the  angell  of  the  congregacion  which  is  in  Lao- 
dicia  wryte  :  This  sayth  (amen)  the  faythfull  and  true  wit- 
nes/  the  begynnynge  off  the  creatures  off  God.  I  knowe  thy 
workes  that  thou  arte  nether  colde  ner  hott :  I  wolde  thou 
were  colde  or  hotte,  So  then  be  cause  thou  arte  ^  bitwene 
bothe/  and  nether  colde  ner  hott/  I  will  spew  the  oute  of  my 
mought :  be  cause  thou  sayst  thou  arte  riche  and  incresyd 
with  gooddes/  and  hast  nede  off  nothinge/  and  knowest  not 
howe  thou  arte  wretched  and  miserable/  povre/  blynde/  and 
nakyd.     I  consell  the  to  bye  off  me  golde  tryed  in  the  fyre/ 

«  Make,  Cr.  Will  make,  Gen,  Bps.  ^  Therefore  wil  I  keepe 

[deliver,  G.],  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  To  trye,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Luke- 

warrae,  Gen.  Bps. 


JFo.  rclfj.  JTije  J^cbclacion  of  S.  3Jf)on. 

that  thou  mayste  be  riche  :  and  wyte  rayment/  that  thou 
mayste  be  clothed/  that  thy  fylthy  nakednes  do  not  apiere : 
and  anoynt  thyne  eyes  with  eye  salve/  that  thou  mayeste  se. 
As  many  as  I  love/  I  rebuke  and  chasten.  Be  **  fervent 
therfore  and  repent.  Beholde  I  stonde  at  the  doore  and  knocke. 
Ytf  eny  man  licare  my  voyce  and  opyn  the  dore/  I  will  come 
in  vnto  hym  and  will  suppe  with  him/  and  he  with  me.  To 
hym  that  overcommeth  will  I  gravnte  to  sytt  with  me  in  my 
seate/  evyn  as  I  overcam  and  have  sytten  with  my  father/  in 
his  seate.  Lett  hym  that  hath  eai*es  heare  what  the  sprete 
saytli  vnto  the  congregacions. 

2ri)e  iiff.  €:i)nptcr. 

A  FTER  this  I  loked/  and  beholde  a  dore  was  opene  in  hev- 
■^^  en/  and  the  fyrste  voyce  which  I  harde/  was  as  hit  were 
of  a  trompet  falkinge  with  me/  which  said  :  come  vppe  hyd- 
der/  and  I  will  shewe  the  thynges  which  muste  be  fulfyllyd 
here  after.  And  immediatly  I  was  in  the  sprete.  and  beholde/ 
a  seate  was  put  in  heven  and  won  sat  on  the  seate.  And  he 
that  sat  was  to  loke  apon  lyke  vnto  a  iaspar  stone/  and  a  sardj'ne 
stone  :  And  there  was  a  rayne  boll  aboute  the  seate/  ^  to  loke 
apon/  lykevnto  an  emeralde.  And  aboute  the  seate  were  xxiiij. 
seates.  And  Isawe  on  the  seates  .xxiiij.  seniours  syttinge  cloth- 
ed in  whyterayment/  and  had  on  their  heddes  crounes  of  gold. 
And  out  of  the  seate  proceded  lightnynges/  and  thoun- 
drynges/  and  voices  :  and  there  were  vij.  lampes  off  fyre/ 
b3'rninge  before  the  seate/  which  are  the  vij.  sprettes  off  God. 
And  before  the  seate  there  was  a  see  off  glasse/  lyke  vnto  cris- 
tall/  and  in  the  myddes  of  the  seate/  and  rounde  aboute  the 
seate/  wer  iiij.  biestes  full  off  eyes  befoie  and  behynde.  And 
the  fyrste  biest  was  lyke  a  lion/  the  seconde  biest  lyke  a  caulfe/ 
and  the  thyrde  bieste  had  a  face  as  a  man/  and  the  fourthe 
bieste  was  lyke  a  flyinge  egle.  And  the  iiij.  biestes  had  eche 
one  of  them  vj.  wyngcs  aboute  hym/  and  they  were  full  off 
eyes  within.  And  they  -had  noo  reste  daye  nether  nyght 
sayinge  :  holy/  holy/  holy/  lorde  god  almyghty/  which  was/ 
and  is/  and  is  to  come. 

And  when  these  beestes  gave  glory  and  honour  and 
thankes  to  hym  that  sat  on  the  seate/  which  levith  ^  ever  more/ 
the  xxiiij.  seniours  fell  doune  before  the  trone/  before  hym 
that  sat  on  the  trone/  and  worshipped  hym  thatt  levith  ^  ever/ 

*  Zealous,  <7c7i.  ^  In  sight,  Yike,  blithe  Vers.  ''Ceased  not, 

Gen.  ^  Forever  and  ever,  Cr.  Gen.  B^>s, 


E\)t  3£lcbclarfon  of  S.  .Ufton.  Ctf).  b. 

and  caste  their  crounes  before  the  trone  sayingc  :  thou  arte 
worthy  lorde  to  reccave  glory/  and  lionoure/  and  power/  for 
thou  haste  created  all  thuiges/  and  for  thy  "*  wyllis  sake  they 
are/  and  were  created. 


S'fjc  b.  <E"!)aj)tcr. 

A  ND  I  sawe  in  the  right  honde  of  hym/  that  sat  in  the  trone/ 
"^  a  boke  written  with  in  and  on  the  backside/  sealyd  with 
vij.  scales.  And  I  sawe  a  stronge  angell  which  ^cryed  with 
a  loude  voyce  :  Who  is  worthy  to  open  the  boke/  and  to  loose 
the  scales  ther  off.  And  no  man  in  hevyn  ner  in  erth/  neth- 
er vnder  the  erth/  was  able  to  open  the  boke/  nether  to  loke 
thereon.  And  I  wepte  moche/  be  cause  no  man  was  founde 
worthy  to  open/  and  to  rede  the  boke/  nether  to  loke  thereon. 

And  one  of  the  seniours  sayde  vnto  me  :  wepe  not :  Beholde 
2  a  lion  bcinge  off  the  tribe  of  Juda/  the  rott  off  Dauid/  hath 
obtayned  to  open  the  boke/  and  to  lose  the  vij.  scales  theroff. 
And  I  behelde/  and  loo/  in  the  myddes  of  the  seate/  and  off  the 
iiij.  biestes/  and  in  the  myddes  off  the  seniours/  stode  a  lambe 
as  though  he  had  bene  kylled/  which  had  vij.  homes  and  vij. 
eyes/  which  are  the  sprettes  off  God/  sent  into  all  the  worlde. 
And  he  cam  and  toke  the  boke  oute  off  the  right  honde  of 
hym  that  sale  apon  the  seate. 

And  when  he  had  taken  the  boke/  the  iiij.bestes  and  xxiiij. 
seniours  fell  doune  before  the  lambe/  havynge  harpes  and 
golden  vialles  full  off  odoures/  which  are  the  prayers  off 
saynctes  and  they  songe  a  newe  songe  saynge  :  thou  art 
worthy  to  take  the  boke  and  to  open  the  scales  thereof/  for 
thou  waste  kylled  and  haste  redcmed  vs  ^by  thy  bloud/  out 
off  all  kynreddes/  and  tonges/  and  people/  and  nacions/  and 
haste  made  vs  vnto  oure  god/  kynges  and  prestes  and  we 
shall  raygne  on  the  erth. 

And  I  behelde/  and  I  herd  the  yoyce  off  many  angylles 
about  the  trone/  and  about  the  biestes  and  the  seniours/  and  I 
herde  thousand  thousandes'  saynge  with  a  lowde  voyce  : 
Worthy  is  the  lambe  that  was  killed  to  reccave  power/  and 
riches  and  wisdom/  and  strenghte/  and  honour  and  glory/  and 
■*  blyssynge.  And  all  creatures/  which  are  in  heven/  and  on 
the  erth/  and  vnder  the  erth/  and  in  the  see/  and  all  that  are 

■•  Pleasures  sake,  Bps.  *  Preaclied,  Cov.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *The 
[That,  B.]  lyon.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Gen.  Bps.  add— to  God.  ■«  Praise, 

Gen.  [So  post.} 


J?o.  ccliif.  STijc  Bebclacfon  of  S.  Jton. 

in  them  herd  I  saynge  :  blyssinge/  honour/  glory/  and  power/ 
be  vnto  hym/  that  sytteth  apon  the  seate/  and  vnto  the  lambe 
for  ever  more.  And  the  .iiij.  biestes  sayd  :  amen.  And  the 
xxiiij.  seniours  ^  fell  apon  their  faces/  and  worshypped  hym 
that  lyveth  for  ever  more. 

erijc  b).  Cftijaptcr. 

A  ND  I  sawe  when  the  lambe  openyd  one  of  the  seales/  and 
"^  herde  one  of  the  iiij.  biestes  saye/  as  hit  vver  the  noyse 
off  thonder/  come  and  se.  And  I  sawe/  and  beholde  there 
was  a  whyte  horsse/  and  he  that  sat  on  hym  had  a  bowe/  and 
a  croune  was  geven  vnto  hym/  and  he  went  forth  conqueringe 
and  forto  overcome.  And  when  he  opened  the  seconde  scale/ 
I  herde  the  seconde  bieste  saye :  come  and  se.  And  there 
went  out  another  horsse  that  was  red/  and  power  was  geven 
to  hym  that  satte  there  on/  to  take  peace  from  the  erth/  and 
that  they  shulde  kyll  one  another,  and  there  was  geven  vnto 
hym  a  gret  swearde. 

And  when  he  opened  the  thyrde  scale/  I  herde  the  thyrde 
bieste  saye  :  come  and  se.  And  I  behelde/  and  loo/  a  blacke 
hors :  and  he  that  sate  on  hym/  had  a  payre  of  balances  in 
his  honde.  And  I  herde  a  voyce  in  the  myddes  off  the  iiij. 
bestes  saye :  a  measure  of  whete  for  a  peny/  and  iij.  meas- 
ures of  barly  for  a  peny  :  and  oyle  and  wyne  se  thou  hurte 
not. 

And  when  he  opened  the  fourthe  scale/  I  herde  the  voyce 
of  the  fourthe  beste  saye :  come  and  se.  And  I  loked.  and 
beholde  ^a  grene  horsse/  and  his  name  that  satt  on  hym  was 
deeth/  and  hell  folowed  after  hym/  and  power  was  geven  vn- 
to them  over  the  fourthe  parte  off  the  erthe/  to  kyll  with 
swearde/  and  with  honger/  and  with  deeth/  ^  that  cometh  of 
vermen  of  the  erth. 

And  when  he  opened  the  fyfte  scale  :  I  sawe  vnder  the  aul- 
tre/  the  soules  of  them  that  were  kylled  for  the  worde  of  God/ 
and  for  the  testymony  which  they  ■^  had/  and  they  cryed  with 
a  lawde  voyce  sayinge  :  Howe  longe  **  tariest  thou  lorde  holy 
and  true/  to  iudsre  and  to  avenge  oure  bloud  on  them  that 
dwell  on  the  erth  .''  And  longe  whyte  ^  garmentes  were  geven 
vnto  every  one  off  them.     And  hit  was  sayde  vnto  them  that 

*  Fel  down,  Gen.  '  A  pale  horse,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  And 

with  the  beastes  of  the  earth,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Mainteined,  Gen. 

*  Lorde  holy  and  true,  doest  not  thou  judge,  Ge7i.  =  Robes,  Gen. 

[So,  post.} 


2rj)c  3ac\)clncfon  of  5b.  3}1)on.  Ctt).  bif. 

they  shulde  reste  for  a  lyttle  season  vntyll  ^  the  nomber  off 
their  felowes/  and  brethren/  and  of  them  that  shulde  be  kyl/ 
led  as  they  were/  were  fulfylled. 

And  I  behelde  when  he  opened  the  slxte  seale/  and  loo  there 
was  a  sjrett  erthquake/  and  the  sunne  was  as  black  as  sacke 
clothe  made  of  heare.  and  the  mone  wexed  even  as  bloud. 
and  the  starrcs  of  heven  fell  vnto  the  erth/  even  as  a  fygge 
tree  castith  "^  from  her  fygges/  when  she  is  shaken  off  a 
myghty  wynde.  And  heven  ^  vanysshed  awaye/  as  a  scroll 
when  hit  is  rolled  togedder.  And  all  mountayns  and  yles/ 
were  moved  oute  of  their  places.  And  the  kynges  of  the  erth/ 
and  the  grett  men/  and  the  ryche  men/  and  the  chefe  cap- 
taynes/  and  the  myghty  men/  and  every  bond  man/  and  every 
free  man/  hyd  themselves  in  dennes/  and  in  rocks  off  the 
^  hylles/  and  sayd  to  the  ^  hylles/  and  rockcs :  fall  on  vs/  and 
hyde  us  from  the  presence  off  hym  that  sylteth  on  the  seate/ 
and  from  the  wrath  of  the  lambe/  for  the  grete  daye  off  his 
wrath  ys  come/  And  whoo  can  ^^  endure  hit. 

iTlje  bfj-  CCljaptcr. 

A  ND  after  that  I  sawe  iiij.  angels  stonde  on  the  iiij.  corners 
"^^  of  the  erth/  holdynge  the  iiij.  wyndes  off  the  erth/  that 
the  wyndes  shulde  nott  blowe  on  the  erthe/  nether  on  the  see/ 
nether  on  the  see/  nether  on  eny  tree.  And  I  sawe  another 
angell  ^  ascende  from  the  rysynge  of  the  sunne/  which  had 
the  seale  off  the  lyvynge  god/  and  he  cryed  with  a  loude 
voyce  to  the  iiij.  angelles  (to  whom  power  was  geven  to  hurt 
the  erth  and  the  see)  sayinge  :  Hurt  not  the  erth  nether  the 
see/  nether  the  trues/  tyll  I  have  sealed  the  servauntesof  oure 
god  in  their  forheades. 

And  I  herde  the  nombre  of  them  which  were  sealed/  and 
there  were  sealed  c.  and  xliiij.  m.  of  all  the  trybes  of  the  chyl- 
dren  of  Israhell.  Of  the  trybe  of  Juda  were  sealed  xij.  m. 
Of  the  trybe  off  Ruben  were  sealed  xij.  m.  Of  the  trybe  of 
Gad  were  sealed  xij.  m.  Of  the  trybe  of  Asser  were  sealed 
xij.  M.  Of  the  trybe  of  Neptalym  were  sealed  xij.  m.  Of  the 
trybe  off  Manasses  were  sealed  xij.  m.  Of  the  trybe  of  Symeon 
were  sealed  xij.  m.  Of  the  trybe  of  Levy  were  sealed  xij.  m. 
Of  the  trybe  off  Isacar  were  sealed  xij.  m.     Of  the  trybe  of 

®  Their  fellow  servants,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Hir  untimely  [greene,  C], 

Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  *  Departed,  Gen.  *  Mountains,  Gen. 

'**  Stande,  Gen.  '  Couae  up  from  the  East,  Gen. 

ss 


JFo.  ccUb.  Stc  Hcbclacfon  of  S.  3J!)on. 

Zabulon  were  sealed  xij.  m.  Off  the  tribe  of  Joseph  were 
sealed  xij.  m.  Off  the  trybe  of  Benjamyn  were  sealed  xij. 
thowsande. 

After  this  I  behelde/  and  lo  a  gret  multitude  (which  noman 
culde  nombre)  off  all  nacions/  ^and  people/  and  tonge/  stode 
before  the  seate/  and  before  the  lambe/  clothed  with  longe 
whyte  garmentes/  and  palmes  in  there  hondes/  and  cryed  with 
a  lowde  voyce/  saynge  :  ^  Helth  be  to  hym  that  syttith  apon 
the  seate  of  oure  god/  and  vnto  the  lambe.  And  all  the  an- 
gelles  stode  *  in  the  compace  of  the  seate/  and  off  the  seniours/ 
and  off  the  iiij.  bestes/  and  fel  before  the  seat  on  their  faces/ 
and  worshipped  god/  sayinge/  amen  :  Blessynge  and  glory/ 
wisdom  and  thankes/  and  honour/  and  power  and  myght/  be 
vnto  oure  god/  for  evermore  amen. 

And  one  off  the  seniours  answered/  sayinge  unto  me  :  what 
are  these  which  are  arayed  in  longe  whyte  garmentes/  and 
whence  cam  they  ?  And  I  sayde  vnto  hym  :  lorde  thou  wet- 
test. And  he  sayde  unto  me  :  these  are  they  which  cam  oute 
off  gret  tribulacion  and  ^  made  their  garmentes  large  and 
made  them  whyte  in  the  bloud  of  the  lambe :  therfore  are 
they  in  the  presence  off  the  seate  off  God  and  serve  hym  daye 
and  nyght  in  hys  temple/  and  he  that  sytteth  in  the  seate  wyll 
dwell  amonge  them.  They  shall  honger  no  more  nether 
thyrst/  nether  shall  the  sunne  lyght  on  them/  nether  eny  heate  : 
For  the  lambe  which  ys  in  the  myddes  off  the  seate  shall  ^  fede 
them/  and  shall  ledde  them  vnto  "^  fountaynes  of  lyvynge  wa- 
ter/ and  god  shall  wyppe  awaye  all  teares  from  their  eyes. 

Ei)z  bffj.  ffi!)€nj)tet. 

A  ND  when  he  had  opened  the  seventhe  seale/  there  was  si- 
"'^  lence  in  heven  aboute  the  space  of  halfe  an  houre/  And 
I  sawe  ^  angelles  stondynge  before  god/  and  to  them  were 
gcven  vij.  trompettes.  And  another  angell  cam  and  stode 
before  the  aultre  havynge  a  golden  senser/  and  moche  of 
odoures  was  geven  vnto  hym/  that  he  shoulde  offre  ^  of  the 
prayers  of  all  saynctes  apon  the  golden  aultre/  which  was  be- 
fore the  seate.     And  the  smoke  of  the  odoures  which  cam  off 

*  Gen.  Bps.  add — and  kinred.  ^  Salvation  be  ascribed  to  him, 

T.M.  Cr.  Bps.  Salvation  cometh  of  our  God,  that  sitteth,  etc.  and 
of  the  lambe,  Geji.  *  Rounde  about  the  throne  and  aboute,  Gen. 

*  Have  washed  their  long  robes,  Gen.  Bps.  *  Governe,  Gen. 

'  Lively  [JUyving,  B.]  fountains,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  '  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

add — the  seven.  *  with  the  prayers  [So,  G.  vs,  4.],  Gen.  Bps. 


ffijje  Bcteclacfon  of  S.  3ion.  ^%  ix. 

the  prayers  off  all  saynctes  ascended  vppe  before  god  out  of 
the  angelles  honde.  And  the  angell  toke  the  senser  and  fylled 
hit  with  fyre  of  the  aultre  and  caste  hit  into  the  erth/  and 
•^  voyces  were  made/  and  thondiynges/  and  lightnynges/  and 
erth  quake. 

And  the  vij.  angelles  which  had  the  vij.  trompettes  prepared 
them  selves  to  blowe.  The  fyrst  angell  blewe/  and  there  was 
made  hayle  and  fyre/  which  were  myngled  with  bloud/  and 
they  were  caste  into  the  erth  :  and  the  thyrd  parte  ^  of  trees 
was  burnt/  and  all  grene  grasse  was  brent,  and  the  seconde 
angell  blewe  :  and  as  hit  were  a  grett  mountayne  :  brynnynge 
with  fyre  was  caste  in  to  the  see'  and  the  thyrde  parte  off  the 
see  ^  tourned  to  bloud/  and  the  thyrde  parte  of  the  creatures 
which  '^  had  lyfe  dyed/  and  the  thyrde  part  off  shyppes  were 
destroyed. 

And  the  thyrde  angell  blewe/  and  ther  fell  a  grett  starre 
from  heven  burnynge  as  hit  wer  ^  a  lampe/  and  hit  fell  into 
the  thyrde  parte  off  the  ryvers/  and  into  fountaynes  of  waters/ 
and  the  name  of  the  starre  is  called  wormwood.  And  the 
thyrde  parte  ''  was  turned  to  wormwood.  And  many  dyed  off 
the  waters  be  cause  they  were  made  bytter.  And  the  fourthe 
angell  blew/  and  the  thyrde  part  of  the  sunne  was  smytten 
and  the  thyrde  parte  off  the  mone/  and  the  thyrde  part  off 
starres  :  so  that  the  thyrde  parte  of  them  was  derckened. 
And  the  daye  was  smytten  that  the  thyrde  part  of  hit  shulde 
not  sh)'ne/  and  lyke  wyse  the  nyght.  And  I  behelde  and 
herd  an  angell  flyinge  thorowe  the  myddes  of  heven/  sayinge 
with  a  lowde  voyce  :  Woo/  Woo/  to  the  inhabiters  off  the  erth 
because  of  the  ^  voyces  to  come  of  the  trompe  of  the  iij.  an- 
gels which  were  yet  to  blowe. 


€i)t  IF.  ffiljaptpr. 


A 


ND  the  fyfte  angell  blewe/  and  I  sawe  a  starre  fall  from 
heven  vnto  the  erth.  And  to  him  was  geven  the  kaye  of 
the  bottomlesse  pytt/  And  he  opened  the  botomlesse  pytt/  and 
there  arose  the  smoke  of  ^  a  grett  fornace.  And  the  sunne/ 
and  the  ayer  wer  darkned  by  the  reason  of  the  smoke  of  the 
pytt.  And  there  cam  out  off  the  smoke  locustes  vpon  the  erth  : 
And  vnto  them  was  geven  power  as  the  scorpions  of  the  erth 

^  There  were,  Gen.  *  Cr.  adds — (of  the  earth  was  set  on  fire 

and  the  third  part).  *  Became,  Gen.  *  Gen.  Bps.  add — were 

in  the  sea  and.  ''  A  cresset,  Cov.    A  torch,  Gen.  *  Soundes, 

Gen-  '  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — the  pit,  as  the  smoke  of. 


JFo.  cclb.  Cte  aSvcbelacfon  of  S.  S'Jon. 

have  power.  And  hit  was  sayde  vnto  them  thatt  they  shulde 
nott  hurt  the  grasse  off  the  erth :  nether  eny  grene  thinge : 
nether  eny  tree :  but  only  those  men  which  have  nott  the 
seale  ^  in  their  forhedes/  and  to  them  was  commaunded  that 
they  shulde  not  kyll  them/  but  that  they  shulde  be  vexed  v 
monethes/  and  ^  their  payne  was  as  the  payne  that  commeth 
off  a  scorpion/  when  he  hath  stonge  a  man.  And  in  those 
dayes  shall  men  seke  deeth/  and  shall  nott  fynde  hyt/  shall 
desire  to  deye/  and  deeth  shall  flye  from  them. 

And  the  ^  similitude  off  the  locustes  was  lyke  vnto  horses 
prepared  vnto  battayll/  and  on  their  heddes  were  as  hit  were 
crownes/  lyke  vnto  golde.  and  their  faces  were  as  hit  had 
bene  the  faces  of  men.  And  they  had  heares  as  the  heares 
of  wemen.  And  their  tethe  were  as  thetethe  offlyons.  And 
they  had  habbergions/  as  hit  were  habbergionsoff  yeron.  And 
the  sounde  off  their  wynges  was  as  the  sounde  of  charettes 
when  many  horsses  runne  togedder  to  battayle.  And  they 
had  tayles  lyke  vnto  scorpions/  and  there  were  stynges  in 
their  tayles.  And  their  power  was  to  hurt  men  v.  monethes. 
And  they  had  a  kynge  over  them/  which  is  the  angell  of  the 
bottomlesse  pytt/  whose  name  in  the  hebrew  tonge/  is  Aba- 
don  :  but  in  the  greke  tonge/  Apollion/  ^  [that  ys  to  saye  a 
destroyer].  Won  woo  is  past/  and  beholde  two  wooes  come 
after  this. 

And  the  sLxte  angell  blewe/  and  I  herd  a  voyce  from  the 
iiij.  ^  corners  of  the  golden  aultre/  which  is  before  god/  saying 
to  the  sLxte  angell  which  had  the  trompe:  Loose  the  iiij.  an- 
gelles/  which  are  bounde  in  the  grett  ryver  Eufrates.  And 
the  iiij.  angelles  were  loosed  which  wer  prepared  '  for  an 
houre/  for  a  daye/  for  a  moneth/  and  for  a  yeare/  for  to  slee 
the  thyrde  part  off  men.  And  the  nombre  of  horsmen  of 
warre/  were  twenty  tymes  x  M  And  I  herde  the  nombre  of 
them.  And  thus  I  sawe  the  horses  in  a  vision  and  them  that 
sate  on  them/  havynge  fyry  habbergions  of  a  ^  Jacynet  col- 
oure/  and  brymstony.  and  the  heeddes  of  the  horses  were 
as  the  heeddes  of  lyons.  And  out  of  their  mouthes  went  forth 
fyre  and  smoke  and  brymstone.  And  of  these  iij/  was  the 
thyrde  pai-te  of  men  kylled/  that  is  to  saye/  of  fyre/  smoke/ 
and  brymstone/  which  preceded  out  of  the  mouthes  of  them : 


*  Gen.  Bps.  add — of  God.         ^  That  their  paine  should  be  as, etc. 
Gen.  *  Forme,  Gen.  '  Gen.  omits.  Bps.  inserts  in  small  type. 

^  Homes,  Gen.  Bps.  '' At  an,  Gen.  [So,  post.]  *  Yellow, 

Cov. 


.Crije  llrtrlarfon  of  S.  .IJIjon.  fflj.  j:. 

For  their  power  was  in  their  mouthes  and  in  their  tayles  :  for 
their  tavles  were  lyke  unto  serpentes/  and  had  heddes/  and 
with  them  they  dyd  hurtt  :  And  the  remnaunt  off  the  men 
which  were  not  kylled  by  these  plages  repented  not  of  the 
dedes  of  their  hondes/  that  they  shulde  not  vvorshyppe  devyls/ 
and  ymages/  off  golde/  and  sylver/  and  brassc/  and  stone/  and 
of  woode/  which  nether  can  se/  nether  heare/  nether  goo 
Also  they  repented  not  of  their  murther/  and  of  their  sorceiy 
nether  of  their  fornicacion  nether  of  their  theftc. 


E\)e  j:.  eijnptcr. 

A  ND  I  sawe  another  myghty  angell  come  doune  from  heven/ 
■  clothed  with  a  cloiide/  and  the  ^  rayne  boll  apon  his  heed. 
And  hys  face  as  hit  were  the  sunne/  and  his  fete  as  hytt  were 
pyllars  of  fyre/  And  he  had  in  his  honde  a  lytell  boke  opyn  : 
and  he  put  his  ryght  fote  apon  the  sec/  and  his  lyftc  fote  on 
the  erth.  And  cryed  with  a  lowde  voyce/  as  when  a  lyon 
roreth.  And  when  lie  had  cryed/  seven  thondres  ^  spake 
their  voyccs.  And  when  the  vij  thondres  had  -  spoken  their 
voyces/  I  was  aboute  to  wryte.  And  I  herde  a  voyce  from 
lieven  sayinge  vnto  me  ^marke  thoo  thynges  which  the  vij. 
tliondres  spake/  and  write  them  not. 

And  the  angell  which  I  sawe  stonde  apon  the  see/  and  apon 
the  erth/  lyfte  vppe  his  honde  to  heven/  and  swore  by  hym 
thatt  livcth  for  ever  more/  which  created  heven/  and  the 
thynges  that  ther  in  are/  "^  and  the  see/  and  the  thynges  which 
therin  are  :  that  there  shulde  be  no  lenger  tyme  :  but  in  the 
daycs  of  the  voyce  of  the  seventhe  angell/  when  he  shalbegj'n 
to  blowe :  even  the  mistery  oiT  god  shalbe  ^  fulfilled/  as  he 
^  preached  by  his  servauntes  the  jjrophettes. 

And  the  voyce  which  I  herde  from  heven  spake  vnto  mc 
agayne/  and  sayde  :  goo  and  take  tlie  boke  whych  ys  open  in 
the  honde  off  the  angell/  which  stondeth  apon  the  see/  and 
apon  the  erth.  and  I  went  vnto  the  angell/  and  sayde  to  hym  : 
geve  me  the  ^  boke.  and  he  sayd  vnto  me  :  take  hit/  and 
cate  it  vppe/  and  hit  shall  make  thy  belly  byttre/  butt  hit  shalbe 
in  thy  mouth  as  swete  as  bony,  and  I  toke  the  "^  boke  out  of 
his  honde/  and  ate  it  vp/  and  hit  was  in  my  mouth  as  swete 

'  [i.  e    Rainebovve — as  in  ./?//  ilir  I'trs.]  *  Uttered,   Gen.  B]is. 

•*  Si^ale  up.  jlll  the  Vers.  ■*  Gen.  Bps.  add — And  the  earth  and  the 

things  that  therein  are.   [So  Cr.  in  crotchets]  *  Fynished,  Ml 

the  Vers.  ®  Declared,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Litle  boke,  jlll  the  Vers- 

SS* 


JFo.  cclbj.  ?r|)c  J^cbflacfon  of  S.  3!)on. 

as  hony/  and  as  sone  as  I  had  eaten  it/  my  belly  was  bytter. 
And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  thou  muste  prophesy  agayne  ^  amonge 
the  people/  and  nacions/  and  tonges/  and  to  many  kynges. 

5ri)e  Tpi.  ®t)aptcr. 

A  ND  then  was  geven  me  a  rede  lyke  vnto  a  rodd/  and  ^  hit 
-^  was  sayd  vnto  me :  Ryse  and  mete  the  temple  of  god/ 
and  the  aultre/  and  them  that  worshippe  therin/  ^  and  the  quyre 
which  is  with  in  the  temple  cast  oute/  and  mete  hit  not :  for 
hit  is  gevyn  vnto  the  gentyles/  and  the  holy  cite  shall  they 
treade  vnder  fote  xliij.  monethes.  And  I  will  geve  power  vn- 
to my  two  wylnesses/  and  they  shall  prophesy  m.  ij*^.  and  Ix. 
dayes/  clothed  in  sack  cloth.  These  are  two  olyve  trees/  and 
two  candlestyckes/  stondinge  before  the  god  off  the  erth. 

And  if  eny  man  will  hurtt  them/  fyre  shall  procede  out  off 
their  mouthes/  and  ^  consume  their  enmyes.  And  iff  eny 
man  will  hurt  them/  this  wyse  muste  he  be  kylled.  These 
have  power  to  shut  heven/  that  hit  rayne  not  in  the  dayes  off 
their  prophcsyinge :  and  have  power  over  waters  to  turne 
them  to  bloud/  and  to  smyte  the  erth  with  almaner  plages/  as 
often  as  they  will. 

And  when  they  have  fynesshed  their  testimony/  the  beaste 
that  cam  oute  of  the  bottomlesse  pytt  shall  make  warre  agaynst 
them  :  and  shall  overcome/  and  kyll  them.  And  their  '^bod- 
dyes  shall  lye  in  the  stretcsoff  the  grcte  citie/  which  sprytual- 
ly  is  called  Zodom  and  Egypt/  where  oure  lorde  was  crucify- 
ed.  And  they  off  the  people  and  kynredes/  and  tonges/  and 
^  they  off  the  nacions/  shall  se  their  ^  bodyes  iij.  dayes  and  an 
haulfe/  and  shall  not  suffre  their  ^  boddyes  to  be  put  in  graves. 
And  they  that  dwell  apon  the  erth/  shall  reioyce  over  them 
and  be  glad/  and  shall  sende  gyftes  won  to  another :  for  these 
two  prophettes  vexed  them  that  dwelt  on  the  erth. 

And  after  iij.  dayes  and  an  halffe  the  sprete  off  lyfe  from 
god  ^  entred  into  them.  And  they  ^  stode  vppe  apon  their  fete  : 
and  grett  feare  ^  cam  apon  them  which  sawe  them.  And  they 
herde  a  grett  voyce  from  heven/  sayinge  vnto  them :  Come 
vppe  hydder.  And  they  ^  ascended  vppe  into  heven  in  a 
cloude/  and  their  enmyes  sawe  them.     And  the  same  houre 

®  Unto  the  hethen,  Cor.  '  The  angel  stoode  up,  saying,  Gen. 

Bps.  ^  But  the  court  which  is  without,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Devour- 

eth,  Gen.  *  Corpses  .  .  carkeises.  Gen.  *  Gentiles,  Gen. 

[So,  vs.  18.]        ^  Shall  enter  .  .  Shall  stande,  etc.  Gen. 


Ctje  Jicbclacfon  of  S.  .Uijon.  ffil).  jrff. 

was  there  a  grett  earth  quake/  and  the  tenthe  part  off  the  cite 
fell/  and  in  the  erth  quake  were  slayne  "^  names  of  men  seven 
M.  and  the  remnaunt  ^  were  feared/  and  gave  glory  to  God  off 
heven.  The  seconde  woo  is  past/  and  beholde  the  thyrd  woo 
woU  come  anon. 

And  the  seventhe  angel  blewe/  and  there  were  made  grett 
voyces  in  heven/  sayinge  :  the  kyngdoms  off  this  worlde  are 
oure  lordes  and  his  christes/  and  he  shall  raygne  for  ever  more. 
And  the  xxiiij.  seniours/  which  syt  before  god  on  their  seates/ 
fell  apon  their  faces/  and  worshipped  god  sayinge  :  we  geve 
the  thankes  lorde  God  ^  omnipotent :  which  arte  and  wast/ 
and  arte  to  come/  for  thou  haste  receaved  thy  grett  myght/ 
and  hast  ^^  raygned.  And  the  nacions  were  angry/  and  thy 
wrath  is  come/  and  the  tyme  of  the  deed/  that  thou  shuldest 
iudge  them  :  and  shuldest  geve  rewarde  vnto  they  servauntes 
prophettes  and  saynctes/  and  to  them  that  feare  thy  name 
smalc  and  grett  and  shuldest  destroye  them/  which  destroye 
the  erth.  And  the  temple  of  God  was  openyd  in  heven/  and 
there  was  sene  in  his  temple/  the  arke  of  his  testament :  and 
^^  there  folowed  lyghtnynges/  and  voyces/  and  thondrynges  and 
erth  quake/  and  moche  hayle. 

(TIjc  vff-  Cl)nptcr. 

A  ND  there  appered  a  gret  wonder  in  heven.  A  woman 
-^^  clothed  with  the  sunne/  and  the  mone  vnder  her  fete/  and 
apon  her  heed  a  croune  off  xij.  starres.  And  she  was  with 
chylde  and  cryed  travallinge  in  byrth/  and  payned  redy  to  be 
delyvered.  And  there  appered  another  wonder  in  heven/ 
and  beholde  a  grett  red  dragon/  havynge  vij.  heddes/  and 
ten  homes/  and  seven  crounes  on  his  heddes :  and  his  tayle 
drue  the  thyrde  parte  of  the  starres/^  and  cast  them  to  the 
erth. 

And  the  dragon  stode  before  the  woman  which  was  reddy  to 
be  delyvred  :  forto  devoure  her  chylde  ^as  sone  as  hitt  were 
borne.  And  she  brought  forth  a  man  chylde/  which  shulde 
rule  all  nacions  with  a  rodde  off  yeron.  And  her  sonne  was 
taken  vppe  vnto  God/  and  to  his  seate.  And  the  woman 
fleed    into  the  wyldernes/  where  she  had   a  place/  prepared 

^  In  noinber  seven,  etc,  Gen.  ^  Shal  be  afraide  and  give.  Gen. 

^  Alniightv,  T.M.  Cr.  Gen.  Dps.  i°  Obteined  the  kingdome,  Gen. 

»  There  were,  Gen.    [So  ch.  xvi.  18.]  »  Gen.  Bps.  add  (C.  in 

crotchets) — of  heaven.  *  When  she  had  brought  it  foorth,  Gen. 


JFo.  ccMf.  Srije  ivcbflnrfon  of  S.  3\)on. 

off  God/  that  they  shulde  fede  her  there/  m.  ^  and  xxvj.  dayes. 

And  there  was  grett  battayll  in  heven/  Michael  and  his  an- 
gelles  fowght  with  the  dragon  and  the  dragon  fowght  and  his 
angelles/  and  prevaylled  not :  nether  was  their  place  founde 
eny  more  in  heven.  And  the  grett  dragon/  thatt  olde  serpent 
called  the  devyll  and  Sathanas/ was  cast  out.  which  desceav- 
eth  all  the  worlde/  And  he  was  cast  into  the  erth/  and  his  an- 
gelles were  cast  out  also. 

And  I  harde  a  lowde  voyce  sayinge :  in  heven  is  nowe 
made  helth  and  strengthe/  and  the  kyngdom  of  oure  God/  and 
the  power  of  his  Christ :  For  '^  he  is  cast  doune  which  accus- 
ed them  before  god  daye  and  nyght :  And  they  overcam  hym 
by  the  bloudde  off  the  lambe/  and  by  the  worde  off  their  tes- 
timony/ and  they  loved  not  their  lyves  vnto  the  deeth.  Ther- 
fore  reioyce  hevens/  and  ye  that  dwell  in  them.  Woo  to  the 
inhabiters  off  the  erth/  and  of  the  see  :  for  the  devyll  is  come 
doune  vnto  you  which  hath  grett  wrath/  be  cause  he  knoweth 
that  he  hath  but  a  shortt  tyme. 

And  when  that  the  dragonde  sawe  that  he  was  caste  vnto 
the  erth/  he  persecuted  the  woman  which  brought  forth  the 
man  chylde.  And  to  the  woman  were  geven  two  wyges  off 
a  grett  egle/  that  she  myght  flye  into  the  wyldernes/  into  her 
place/  where  she  is  norysshed  for  a  tyme/  tymes/  and  halffe  a 
tyme/  from  the  presence  of  the  ^  dragon.  And  the  serpent 
cast  out  of  his  mought  water  affter  the  woman  ^  as  hit  had 
bene  a  ryver  be  cause  she  hulde  have  bene  caught  of  the 
floud  And  the  erth  holppe  the  woman/  and  the  erth  opened 
her  mought/  and  swalowcd  vppe  the  rever  which  the  dragon 
cast  out  off  hys  mowth.  And  the  dragon  was  wroth  with  the 
woman  :  and  went  and  made  warrc  with  the  remnaunt  of  hyr 
sede/  which  kepe  the  commaundmentes  of  god/  and  have  the 
testimony  off  Jesus  Christe.     And  I  stode  on  the  see  sonde. 

iTijc  riff.  CTlvtatcr. 

A  ND  I  sawe  a  best  rise  out  of  the  sec/  havinge  vij.  heddes/ 
""  and  X  homes/  and  apon  hys  homes  x.  crownes/  and  apon 
his  heed/  the  name  of  blasphemy.  And  the  best  which  I  sawe/ 

^  ii.  c.  and  Ix  (la3'es,  T.  M.  Cr.  Two  hundred  and  three  score  dayes, 
Gen.  Bps.  [Query — an  error  of  the  press  in  the  Englisli  edition  of 
Tyndale?  See  eh.  xi.  3.]  ''  The  accuser  of  our  brethren  is  cast,, 

etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bp.<i.  *  Serpent,  All  the  Vers.  ^  J^ike  [As  it  had 

been,  S.]  a  lloude  that  he   jnight  cause  her  to  be  caryed  awaye,  etc. 
Gen.  Bps. 


Cjbe  aacbelacfon  of  S.  Sfjon.  C!).  rfff- 

was  lyke  ^  a  catt  off  the  mountayne/  and  his  fete  were  as  the 
fete  of  a  bear/  and  his  mowth  as  the  mowtho  of  a  lyon.  And 
the  dragon  gave  hym  hys  jiower  and  his  seate/  and  grett  auc- 
torite :  and  I  sawe  won  otf  his  heddes  as  hit  were  wonded  to 
deth/  and  his  dedly  wonde  was  healed.  And  all  tlie  worlde 
wondred  '^  at  the  beest/  and  they  worshipped  the  dragon/  which 
gave  power  vnto  the  beest/  and  they  worshipped  the  bcest  say- 
inge :  who  is  lyke  vnto  the  beeste  ?  who  is  able  to  warre 
with  hym  ? 

And  there  was  a  mowth  geven  vnto  hym  that  spake  grett 
thynges/  and  blasphcmys  and  power  was  geven  vnto  him/ 
3  to  continue  xlij.  moncthes.  And  he  opened  his  mowth  vnto 
blasphemy  agaynste  God/  to  blaspheme  hys  name/  and  his 
tabernacle/  and  them  that  dwell  in  heven.  And  hit  was  geven 
vnto  hym  to  make  warre  with  the  saynctes/  and  to  overcome 
them.  And  power  was  geven  hym  over  all  kynrcd/  tonge/ 
and  nacion  :  '*  and  all  that  dwell  apon  the  erth  worshept  hym  : 
whose  names  are  not  written  in  the  boke  of  lyfe  off  the  lambc/ 
which  was  kylled  from  the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde.  Yff 
eny  man  have  an  eare/  lett  hym  heare.  He  that  leadeth  into 
captivite/  shall  goo  into  captivite :  he  that  kylleth  with  a 
swearde/  must  be  kylled  with  a  swearde.  Heare  is  the  pa- 
cience/  and  the  fayght  off  the  saynctes. 

And  I  behelde  another  best  commynge  vpp  oute  off  the  erth/ 
and  he  had  two  homes  lyke  a  lambe/  and  he  spake  as  dyd  the 
dragon.  And  he  dyd  all  that  the  fyrste  beest  coulde  do  ^  in 
his  presence/  and  he  caused  the  erth/  and  them  wich  dwell 
therin/  to  worshippe  the  fyrst  beest/  whose  dedly  wonde  was 
healed.  And  he  dyd  grett  wonders/  so  that  he  made  fyre 
come  doune  from  heven  ^  in  the  syghtoff  men.  And  deceav- 
ed  them  that  dwelt  on  the  erth  by  the  meanes  of  those  signes 
which  '''  he  had  power  to  doo  in  the  sight  of  the  beest/  sayinge 
to  them  that  dwelt  on  the  erth  :  that  they  shulde  make  an 
ymage  ^  vnto  the  beest/  which  had  the  wonde  off  a  swearde/ 
and  dyd  lyve, 

And  ■^  he  had  power  to  geve  a  sprete  vnto  the  ymage  off 
the  beest/  and  that  the  ymage  qff  the  beest  shulde  speake/ 
and  shulde  cause  that  as  many  as  wolde  not  worshyppe  the 
ymage  of  the  beest/  shulde  be  kylled.     And  he  made  all  men/ 


1  A  leoparde,  Gen.  Bps.  '  And  fojowed,  Gen-  After  the  beast, 

Bps.  ^  To  do,  Jill  the  Vers.  *  Therefore  all,  etc.  shall  wor- 

ship him,  Gen.  *  Before  him,  Gen.  ®  Gen.  Bps.  add — on  the 

e^rth.  ^  It  was  permitted  to  him,  Gen.  *  Of  tjie,  Gere. 


jfo.  ccbfff.  Sije  Ivcbtlacfoit  of  S.  SJjon. 

small  and  grett/  ryche  and  poore/  fre  and  bond/  to  receave  a 
marke  in  their  right  hondes/  or  in  their  forheddes.  And  that 
no  man  myght  by  or  sell/  save  he  that  had  the  marke/  or  the 
name  off  the  beest/  other  the  nombre  off  his  name.  Here  is 
wisdome.  Lett  hym  that  hath  wytt  count  the  nombre  of  the 
beest.  For  hit  is  the  nombre  off  a  man/  and  his  nombre  is 
sixe  hondred/  threscore  and  sixe. 

Jr'yc  ]:Vo.  CTljaptcv. 

A  ND  I  loked/  and  loo  a  lambe  stode  on  the  mount  Syon/ 
"'^  and  with  hym  c.  and  xliiij.  thousande  havynge  his  fathers 
name  written  in  their  forhedes.  And  I  herde  a  voyce  from 
heven/  as  the  souiide  off  many  waters/  and  as  the  voyce  off 
a  grett  thoundre/  And  I  herde  the  voyce  off  harpers  harp- 
ynge  with  their  harpes.  And  they  songe  as  hit  were  a  newe 
songe/  before  the  seate/  and  before  the  foure  beestes/  and  the 
seniours/  and  no  man  could  learne  that  songe/  but  the  hon- 
dred and  xliiij  m.  which  were  '  redemed  from  the  erth.  These 
are  they/  which  were  not  defyled  with  women/  for  they  are 
virgyns.  These  folowe  the  lambe  whither  soever  he  goeth. 
These  were  ^  redemed  from  men  beynge  the  fyrste  fructes 
vnto  God  and  to  the  lambe/  and  in  their  mouthes  was  founde 
no  gyle.  For  they  are  with  outen  spott  before  the  trone  off 
God. 

And  I  sawe  an  angell  flye  in  the  m5-ddes  off  heven  hav- 
ynge an  everlastynge  gospell/  to  prcache  vnto  them  ^that  sytt 
and  dwell  on  the  erth/  and  to  all  nacions/  kinreddes/  and  tonges/ 
and  people/  sayinge  with  a  lowde  voyce  :  Feare  God  and 
geve  honour  to  hym/  for  the  houre  off  his  iudgment  is  come  : 
and  worshyppe  hym/  thatt  made  heven  and  erth/  and  the  see/ 
and  fountayns  off  water.  And  there  folowed  another  angell/ 
saynge  :  ^  Babllon  is  fallen  is  fallen  thatt  gret  cite/  for  she 
made  all  nacions  drynke  of  the  wyne  ^  of  hyr  fornicacion. 

And  the  thyrde  angell  folowed  them  sayinge  with  aloude 
voyce  :  Yff  eny  man  worshippe  the  beest  and  his  ymage/  and 
receave  his  marke  in  his  forhed/  or  on  his  honde/  the  same 
shall  drynke  off  the  wyne  of  the  wrath  of  God/  ^  which  is 
powred  in  the  cuppe  of  his  wrath.  And  he  shalbe  punnyssh- 
ed  in  fyre  and  brymstone/  before  the  holy  Angels/  and  before 
the  lambe. 


'  Bought,  Gni.  2  That  dwell,  etc.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  It  is  fallen, 

it  is  fallen,  Babylon,  etc.  Gen.    [So  ch.  xviii.  2.]  *  Gen.  Bps. 

add — of  the  wrath.  ^  Gen.  Bps.  add — yea,  of  the  pure  wine, 


Jirtc  aUcbclncion  of  S.  .Ulion.  CffJ).  yb. 

And  the  smoke  of  their  turment  ascendeth  vppc  cvennore. 
And  they  have  no  rest  daye  ner  nyght :  which  worshyppe  the 
beest/  and  his  ymage/  and  whosoever  receaveth  the  prynt  of 
his  name.  Here  is  the  pacience  off  saynctes.  Here  are  they 
that  kepe  the  commaundmcntes  and  the  fayght  of  Jesu. 

And  I  herde  a  voyce  from  heven  saying  vnto  me  :  wryte. 
Blessed  are  the  deed/  wliich  liere  after  dye  in  the  lorde/  even 
soo  sayth  the  sprete  :  tliat  they  maye  rest  from  their  laboures/ 
6  but  their  workes  shall  folowe  them.  And  I  loked  and  be- 
holde  a  whyte  clowde :  and  apon  the  clowde  one  syttynge 
lyke  vnto  the  sonnc  off  man/  havynge  on  his  heed  a  golden 
crowne/  and  in  his  honde  a  sharppe  sycle.  And  another  an- 
gell  cam  oute  of  the  temple/  cryinge  with  a  lowde  voyce  to 
hym  that  sat  on  the  clowde.  Thrust  in  thy  sycle  and  repe  : 
for  the  tyme  is  come  to  repe/  for  the  '''  corne  of  the  erth  is 
rype.  And  he  that  sate  on  the  clowde  thrust  in  hys  sycle  on 
the  erth/  and  the  erth  was  reped. 

And  another  angell  cam  oute  off  the  temple/  which  is  in 
heven/  havynge  also  a  sharppe  sycle.  And  another  angell 
cam  oute  from  the  aultre/  which  had  power  over  fyre/  and 
cryed  with  a  lowde  crye  to  hym  that  had  the  sharppe  sycle/ 
and  sayde  :  thrust  in  thy  sharppe  sycle/  and  gaddre  the  clus- 
tres  ^  of  the  erth  :  for  her  grapes  are  rype.  And  the  angell 
thrust  in  his  sycle  on  the  erth/  and  cut  dovvne  ^  the  grapes  of 
the  vyneyarde  off  the  erth :  and  cast  them  into  the  grett 
1"  wynfatt  off  the  wrath  of  God/  and  the  wyne  fatt  was  trod- 
den with  out  the  cite/  and  bloud  cam  out  off  the  fatt/  even 
vnto  the  hors  brydles  by  the  space  off  a  thowsande  and  ^^  iiij. 
score  furlono-es. 


Eljc  ):b.  er])s|)tfr. 


A 


ND  I  sawe  anotlier  signe  in  heven  grett  and  marvellous/ 
vij  angels  havynge  the  seven  laste  plages/  for  in  them  is 
fulfilled  the  wrath  off  God.  And  I  sawe  as  hit  were  a  glassi 
see/  myngled  with  fyre/  and  them  that  had  Gotten  victory  off 
the  beest/  and  off  his  ymage/  and  off  his  marke/  and  off  the 
nombre  off  his  name/  stonde  on  the  glassy  see/  havynge  the 
harpes  of  God  and  they  songe  the  songe  off  Moses  the  ser- 
vaunt  off  God/  and  the  songe  off  the  lambe/  sayinge :  Grett 

«  For,  Gen.  Bps.           '  Harvest,  Gen.  Bps.  s  Q„^   £j^g  add— 

Of  the  vineyarde.           ^  The  vines  of  the,  Ge7i.  The  vineyarde,  Bps. 

'"  Wine  presse,  Geii.   [So  vs.  20.  ch.  xix.  i5.]  "  Six  hundred, 
Mil  tlie  Vers. 


Sfo.  cclf):.  Elie  3iebeIacfon  of  ,S.  3ijon. 

and  marvellous  are  thy  workes  lord  god  almyghty/  iuste  and 
true  are  thy  wayes/  kynge  off  saynctes.  Who  shall  not  feare 
o  lorde/  and  gloryfy  thy  name  ?  For  thou  only  arte  holy/  and 
all  ^  gentyls  shall  come  and  worshippe  before  the/  for  thy 
iudgmentes  are  manifest. 

And  aflter  that  I  loked/  and  beholde  the  temple  off  the 
tabernacle  off  testimony  was  opyn  in  heven/  and  the  seven 
angelles  cam  out  ofi"  the  temple/  which  had  the  seven  plages/ 
clothed  in  pure  and  bryght  lynnen/  and  havynge  their  brestes 
gyrded  with  golden  gerdelles.  And  won  off  the  fowre  beestes 
gave  vnto  the  seven  angels  vij  golden  vyalles/  full  off  the  wrath 
off  God  which  lyveth  for  ever  more.  And  the  temple  was 
full  off  the  smoke  off  the  glory  off  God/  and  off  his  power/ 
and  no  man  was  able  to  entre  into  the  temple/  tyll  the  seven 
plages  of  the  seven  angels  were  fulfilled. 

SEijc  j:\)J.  (5:i)a})ter. 

A  ND  I  herde  a  gret  voyce  out  of  the  temple/  sayinge  to  the 
■^  seven  angels :  goo  youre  wayes/  poure  out  youre  vialles 
of  1  wrath  apon  the  erth.  And  the  fyrst  went/  and  poured  out 
his  viall  apon  the  erth/  and  there  fell  anoysom  and  a  "^  sore 
botch  apon  the  men/  which  had  the  marke  of  the  best/  and 
apon  them  which  worshipped  his  ymage.  And  the  seconde 
angell  shed  out  hys  viall  apon  the  see/  and  hit  ^  turned  as  hit 
were  into  the  bloud  off  a  deed  man/  and  every  ly  vynge  thynge 
dyed  in  the  see.  And  the  thyrde  angell  shed  out  hys  viall 
apon  the  ryvers  and  fountaynes  of  waters/  and  they  ^  turned 
to  bloud.  And  I  herde  ^an  angell  saye  :  lorde  whych  arte/ 
and  wast/  thou  arte  ^  ryghteous  and  holy/  be  cause  thou  hast 
geven  soche  iudgmentes/  for  they  shed  out  the  bloud  off 
saynctes/  and  prophettes/  and  therfore  hast  thou  geven  them 
bloud  to  drynke  :  for  they  are  worthy.  And  I  herde  another 
out  off  the  ''  aultre  saye  :  even  soo  lorde  God  almyghty/  true 
and  righteous  are  thy  iudgmentes. 

And  the  fourth  angell  poured  out  hys  viall  on  the  sunne/ 
and  power  was  geven  vnto  hym  to  "  vex  men  wyth  ^  heate  off 
fyre.  And  the  men  ^  raged  in  grett  heate/  and  spake  evyll  off 
the  name  of  God  which  had  power  over  those  plages/  and 

'  Nations,  Gen.  '  The  wrath  of  God,  Gen    Bps.  ^  Griev- 

ous sore,  Gen.  ^  Became,  Gen.  *  Tlie  Angell  of  the  waters, 

Gen.  Bps.  *  Just,  etc.  because  thou  hast  judged  these  things, 

Gen.  ®  Sanctuarie,  Gen.  '  Torment,  Gen.  ^  Bps.  adds — 

fervent,  ^  lioyled  in  groat  heate  and  blasphemed,  Gen.  Bj)s. 


Eiie  Hcbclacfon  of  S.  J!)on.  (C!).  jrbff. 

they  repented  nott/  to  geve  hym  glory.  And  the  fifte  angell 
poured  out  hys  vyall  apon  tlie  seate  off  the  beste/  and  iiys 
kyngdome  wexed  derke/  and  they  gnewc  their  tonges  for 
sorowe/  and  blasphemed  the  God  off  heven  for  ^^  sorovve/  and 
payne  off  their  sores/  and  repented  not  of  their  dedcs. 

And  the  sixte  angell  poured  ont  his  vyall  apon  the  grelt 
lyver  Euphrates/  and  the  water  dryed  vppe/  that  the  wayes 
off  the  kynges  off  the  este  shulde  be  prepared.  And  I  sawe 
thre  vnclene  sprettes  lyke  frogges  come  out  off  the  mouthe  off 
the  dragon/  and  out  off  the  mouthe  off  the  beeste/  and  out  off 
the  mouthe  off  the  falce  prophett.  For  they  are  the  sprettes 
off  devyls  workynge  myracles/  to  go  outt  vnto  the  kynges  off 
the  erth  and  off  the  whole  worlde  to  gaddre  them  to  the  bat- 
tayle  off  that  grett  daye  off  God  allmyghty.  Beholde  I  come 
as  a  thefe.  Happy  is  he  thatt  watcheth  and  kepeth  his  gar- 
mentes/  Lest  he  ^'  be  founde  naked/  and  men  se  his  filthynes. 
And  he  gaddered  them  togedder  into  a  place  called  in  the 
hebrue  tonge  Armagedon. 

And  the  seventhe  angell  poured  out  his  viall  in  to  the  ayre. 
And  there  cam  a  voyce  out  ^'-^  off  heven  from  the  seate/  say- 
inge  :  Hit  is  done.  And  there  folowed  voyces/  thondringes/ 
and  lightnynges/  and  there  was  a  grett  erth  quake/  soche  as 
was  not  sence  men  were  apon  the  erth/  ^^  so  niyghty  an  erth- 
quake  and  so  grett.  And  the  greate  cite  was  devyded  into 
thre  parties/  And  the  cities  off  nacions  fell.  And  grett  Babi- 
lon  cam  in  remembraunce  before  God/  to  geve  vnto  hyr  the 
cuppe  off  wyne  off  the  fearcenes  of  wrathe.  Every  yle  fled 
awaye/  and  the  mountaynes  were  not  founde.  And  there  fell 
a  grett  hayle/  as  it  had  bene  talentes/  out  off  heven  apon  the 
men/  and  the  men  blasphemed  God/  be  cause  of  the  plage  of 
the  hayle/  for  ^'^  hit  was  grett  and  the  plage  of  hyt  sore. 

Cljc  ):bif.  Cijaptcr. 

A  ND  there  cam  one  of  the  seven  angels/  which  had  the 
"^  seven  vialles/  and  talked  with  me/  sayinge  vnto  me : 
come  I  will  shewe  the  the  ^  iudgment  of  the  grett  whore/  that 
sytteth  apon  many  waters/  wyth  whome  have  commytted  for- 
nicacion  the  kynges  of  the  erth/  ^  so  thatt  the  inhabiters  off  the 

'"  Their  paines   [sorrowes,  Bps.]  and  for  their  sores,  Gen.  Bps. 
"  Wallce  naked,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  '*  Gen.  Bps.  add  —  of  the  temple. 

'^  Even  so  mightie  an  earthquake,  Gen.  '•*  The  plague  thereof 

was  exceeding  great,  Gen.  Bps.  '  Damnation,  Gen.  *  And 

the,  etc.  Cr.  Gen.  Bps. 

TT 


Jfo.  cclp.  Ef)e  J^cbtlacfon  of  S.  SJon. 

erth/  are  dronken  with  the  wyne  of  her  fornicacion.  And  ^  he 
carryed  me  awaye  into  the  wildernes  in  the  sprete.  And  I 
sawe  a  woman  sytt  apon  a  ^  rose  colored  best  full  off  names 
off  blasphemy/  which  had  ^  ten  homes.  And  the  woman  was 
arayed  in  purple  and  '^  rose  color/  and  ^  decked  with  golde/ 
precious  stone/  and  pearles/  and  had  a  cuppe  off  golde  in  her 
honde/  full  off  abhominacion'  and  fylthynes  of  her  fornyca- 
cion.  And  in  her  forhed  was  a  name  wrytten/  a  mistery/ 
gret  Babylon  the  mother  of  whordome/  and  abominacions  off 
the  erth.  And  I  sawe  the  "^  wyfe  dronke  with  the  bloud  of 
saynctes/  and  wyth  the  bloud  off  the  ^  wytnesses  off  Jesu.  And 
when  I  sawe  her/  I  wondred  wyth  grett  mervayle. 

And  the  angell  sayde  vnto  me  :  wherfore  mervayllyst  thou  ? 
I  wyll  shewe  the  the  mistery  off  the  woman/  and  of  the  best 
that  berith  her/  which  hath  seven  heddes/  and  ten  homes.  The 
best  that  thou  seest/  was/  and  is  not/  and  shall  ascende  out  of 
the  bottomlesse  pytt/  and  shall  goo  into  perdicion.  and  they 
thatt  dwell  on  the  erth  shall  wondre  (whose  names  are  not 
wiytten  in  the  boke  off  lyfe  from  the  ^  begynnynge  off  the 
worlde)  when  they  beholde  the  best  that  was/  and  ys  nott. 
And  here  ys  a  mynde  thatt  hath  wisdome. 

The  seven  heddes  are  seven  mountaynes/  on  which  the 
woman  sytteth  :  they  are  also  seven  kynges.  Fyve  are  fall- 
en/ and  on  ys/  and  another  is  nott  yett  come.  When  he 
commeth  he  muste  contynewe  a  space.  And  the  best  that 
was/  and  ys  not/  is  even  the  aygth/  and  ys  one  of  the  seven/ 
and  shall  goo  into  destruccion.  And  the  ten  homes  which 
thou  seist/  are  ten  kynges/  which  have  receaved  no  kyng- 
dome/  butt  shall  receave  power  as  kynges  att  one  houre  with 
the  beest.  These  have  one  mynde/  and  shall  geve  their  power 
and  i*^  strengthe  vnto  the  best.  These  shall  fyght  with  the 
lambe/  and  the  lambe  shall  over  come  them.  For  he  is  lorde 
off  lordes/  and  kynge  off  kynges :  and  they  that  are  on  hys 
syde/  are  called/  and  chosen/  and  faygthfuU. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  the  waters  which  thou  sawest/ 
where  the  whore  syttilh/  are  people/  and  ^^  folke/  and  nacions/ 
and  tonges.  And  the  ten  homes/  which  thou  sawest  apon  the 
best/  are  they  thatt  shall  hatte  the  whoare/  and  shall  make  her 
desolatt/  and  naked/  and  shall  eat  her  flesshe/  and  burne  her 
with  fyre.     For  God  bathe  putt  in  their  hertes/  to  fulfyll  hys 

3  The  spirit  caryed  nie  away,  etc.  Cr.  •*  Scarlet,  Gen.  Bps. 

5  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add — seven  heads  and.  ^  Guilded,  Gen.    [So  ch. 

xviii.  16.]  'Woman,   Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  MaTtyTS,  Gen.  Bps. 

9  Foundation,  Gen.  '"  Authoritie,  Gen.  "  Multitudes,  Gen. 


Eijc  Ivcbclacfon  of  S.  Jljon.  ©ij.  vbfif. 

w^'ll/  and  to  do  wyth  one  consent/  for  to  geve  ^~  her  kyngdom 
vnto  the  best/  vntill  the  wordes  off  God  be  fulfylled.  And  the 
woman  which  thowe  sawest/  is  that  grett  cite/  which  raigneth 
over  the  kynges  of  the  erth. 

li!ri)c  vWij.  Cirijaptcv. 

A  ND  after  that  I  sawe  another  angell  come  doune  from 
"^^  heven/  havinge  gret  power/  and  the  erth  was  lyghtned 
with  hys  ^  biyghtnes.  And  he  cryed  myghtyly  wyth  a  stronge 
voyce  sayinge :  Grett  Babilon  is  fallen  ys  fallen/  and  ys  be- 
cum  the  habitacion  of  devels/  and  the  holde  off  all  fowie 
sprettes/  and  a  cage  off  all  vnclene  and  hatfuU  byrdes/  for  all 
nacions  have  dronken  of  the  wyne  of  the  wrath  off  her  forny- 
cacion.  And  the  kynges  off  the  erth  have  committed  fornica- 
cion  with  her/  and  ~  her  merchauntes  are  wexed  ryche  off  the 
habundance  off  her  pleasures. 

And  I  herde  another  voyce  from  heven  saye :  ^  come  a 
waye  from  her  my  people/  that  ye  be  nott  part  takers  in  her 
synnes/  thatt  ye  rcceave  nott  of  her  plages.  For  her  synnes 
are  gon  vppe  to  heven/  and  God  hath  remembred  her  "*  wyck- 
ednes.  Rewarde  her  even  as  she  rewai'ded  you/  and  geve 
her  dubble  accordynge  to  her  workes.  And  ^  poure  in  dubble 
to  her  in  the  same  cuppe  whych  she  fylled  vnto  you.  And  as 
moche  as  she  gloryfied  her  silfe  and  ^  lyved  wantanly/  so 
moche  poure  ye  in  for  her  off  punnysshment/  and  sorowe/  for 
she  sayde  in  her  herte  :  I  sytt  beinge  a  quene  and  am  no 
wyddowe  and  shall  se  no  "^  sorowe.  Therfore  shall  her  plages 
come  at  one  daye/  deeth/  and  sorowe/  and  ''  honger/  and  she 
shalbe  brent  with  fyre  :  for  stronge  is  the  lorde  god  which 
iudgeth  her. 

And  the  kynges  off  the  erth  ^  shalbe  wepe  her/  and  wayle 
over  her/  which  have  committed  fornicacion  wyth  her/  and 
have  lyved  wantanly  with  her/  when  they  shall  se  the  smoke 
off  her  burnynge/  and  shall  stoude  afarre  off/  for  feare  off  her 
9  punnyshment/  sayinge  :  Alas  !  Alas  !  that  gret  cite  Babilon/ 
thatt  myghty  cite :  For  att  won  houre  is  her  iudgment  come. 
And  the  marchauntes  off  the  erth  shall  wepe  and  wayle  ^^  in 

>2  Their,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  >  Glory,  Gen.  Bps.  «  The  mar- 

chants  of  the  earth,  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Goe  out  of  her,  Ge7i.  ''In- 
iquities, Gen.  *  In  the  cuppe,  which,  etc.  fill  her  the  double, 
Gen.  *  Lived  in  pleasure,  so  much  give  yee  to  lier  torment,  Gen. 
[-  Lived  in  pleasure.'  So,  vs.  9.]  '  Mourning  .  .  Famine,  Gen. 
»  3hall  bewaiJe  hir  and  lament  for  hir,  Gen.  Bps.  ^  Torment,  Gen. 
*"  Oyer  her,  Gtn.  Bps. 


^0.  cclvf.  ?ri)e  a^cbclacfon  of  S.  SSott. 

them  selves/  for  no  man  wyll  bye  their  ware  eny  more/  the 
ware  of  golde/  and  sylver/  and  precious  stones/  nether  off 
pearle/  and  i'  raynes/  and  purple/  ^^and  scarlett/  and  all  thyne 
wodde/  almanner  vessels  of  yvery/  and  almanner  vessels  off 
most  precious  wodde/  and  off  brasse/  and  off  yeron/  '^and 
synamon.  and  odours/  and  oyntmenttes/  and  frankyn  sence/ 
and  wyne/  and  oyle/  and  fyne  floure/  and  wheate/  bestes/  and 
shepe/  and  horsys/  and  charrettes/  and  ^'*  boddyes  and  soUes 
of  men. 

And  the  apples  that  thy  soil  lusted  after/  are  departed  from 
the.  And  all  thynges  which  were  i^  deyntie/  and  had  in  pryce 
ar  departed  from  the/  and  thou  shall  fynde  them  no  moare. 
The  marchauntes  off  these  thynges  which  were  wexed  ryche 
shall  stonde  a  farre  of  from  her/  for  feare  of  the  ^  punnysh- 
rnent  of  her/  wepynge  and  waylinge/  and  saying :  alas  alas/ 
that  grett  cite/  that  was  clothed  in  raynes/  and  purple/  and 
Scarlett/  and  decked  with  golde/  and  precious  stone/  and 
pearles :  for  at  one  houre  so  grett  ryches  ys  come  to 
^6  nought. 

And  every  ^^  shippe  govemer/  and  all  they  that  occupied 
shippes/  and  shippmen  '^  which  worke  in  the  see/  stode  a  farre 
of/  and  cryed/  when  they  sawe  the  smoke  of  her  burnynge/ 
sayinge :  what  cite  is  lyke  vnto  this  grett  cite  ?  And  they 
cast  dust  on  their  heddes/  and  cryed  wepynge/  and  waylinge/ 
and  saying  :  Alas  Alas  that  grett  cite  wherin  were  made  ryche 
all  that  had  shyppes  in  the  see/  by  ^^  the  reason  of  her  ware/ 
for  att  one  houre  is  she  made  desolate. 

Reioyce  over  her  thou  heven/  and  ye  holy  Apostles/  and 
prophettes :  for  god  hath  geven  youre  iudgement  on  her. 
And  a  myghty  angell  toke  vppe  a  stone  lyke  a  grett  mylstone/ 
and  cast  hitt  into  the  see/  sayinge  :  with  suche  violence  shall 
thatt  grett  cite  Babilon  be  cast/  and  shalbe  founde  no  more. 
And  the  voyce  off  harpei's/  and  musicions/  and  off  pypers/ 
and  trompetters/  shalbe  herde  no  more  in  the  :  and  no  craftes 
man/  off  whatsoever  craft  he  be/  shalbe  founde  eny  more  in 
the.  and  the  sounde  off  a  ^  myll  shalbe  herde  no  more  in  the/ 
21  and  the  voyce  of  the  bryde  grome  and  of  the  hryde/  shalbe 

"  Silke,  Cov.  Of  fine  linen,  Gen.    [So,  post.']  >*  Gen.  Bps. 

add — and  of  silke.  '*  Or.  Gen.  Bps.  add  [C.  in  crotchets  ]— and 

of  marble.  '"' Servants.  6'f?^.  '^  Fat  and  excellent.  Ge». 

'*  Desolatiou,  Gen.  "  Shipmaster,  Gc7i.  "*  And  whosoever 

travaile  on  the  sea.  Gen.  '*  Hir  costlynesse,  Geji.  Bps.         **  Mil- 

stone,  Gen.  2'  Cr.  adds — (And  candel  light  shall  be  no  no  more 

burninge  in  thee).  Gen.  Bps. — And  the  light  of  a  candle  shall  shine 
no  more  in  thee. 


Eftt  3£lebclacfon  of  .S.  .Uljoit.  (ft).  vfV- 

herde  no  more  in  the  :  for  tliy  marchauntcs  were  the  grett 
men  of  the  crth.  And  with  thyne  inchantment  were  deceaved 
all  nacions  :  and  in  her  was  founde  the  bloude  of  the  prophettes/ 
and  of  the  saynctes/  and  off  all  that  were  slayne  apon  the  erth. 


E\>t  t^It^.  €:|)aptcv. 


A' 


ND  after  that  I  herde  the  voyce  off  moche  people  in  heven 
sayinge :  Alleluia.  Helth  and  glory  and  honour/  and 
power  be  vnto  oure  lorde  god/  for  true  and  ryghteous  aie  his 
iudgmcntes/  for  he  hath  iudged  the  grett  whore/  which  did 
corrupt  the  erth  with  her  fornicacion/  and  hath  avenged  the 
bloud  of  his  servauntes  '  of  her  bond.  And  agayne  they  said  : 
Alleluya.  And  smoke  rose  vppe  for  ever  more.  And  the 
xxiiij.  seniours/  and  the  iiij.  bestes  fell  doune/  and  worshypped 
god  that  sate  on  the  seate  saying  :  Amen  Alleluya.  And  a 
voyce  cam  out  of  the  seate/  saying :  prayse  oure  lorde  god  all 
ye  that  are  his  servauntes/  and  ye  that  feare  hym  both  smale 
and  grett. 

And  I  herde  the  voyce  off  moche  people/  even  as  the  voyce 
off  many  waters/  and  as  the  voyce  off  stronge  thondiynges/ 
sayinge  :  Alleluya/  for  ^  god  omnipotent  hath  raigned.  Let 
us  be  glad  and  reioyce  and  geve  honour  to  hym  :  for  the 
mariage  off  the  lambe  is  come/  and  hys  wyffe  made  her 
sylfe  reddy.  And  to  her  was  graunted/  that  she  shulde  be 
arayed  with  pure  and  goodly  raynes.  For  the  raynes  is  the 
rightewesnes  off  saynctes.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  happy 
are  they  which  are  called  vnto  the  ^  Lambes  supper.  And 
he  sayde  vnto  me  :  these  ^  are  the  true  sayinges  off  God. 
And  I  fell  at  his  fete/  to  worshyppe  him.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
me  :  se  thou  do  hit  not.  For  I  am  thy  felowe  servaunt/  and 
one  off  thy  brethern/  and  off  them  thatt  have  the  testimony 
off  Jesus.  Worshyppe  God.  For  the  testymony  off  Jesus 
ys  the  sprete  off  prophesy.  And  I  sawe  heven  open/  and 
beholde  a  whyte  horsse  :  and  he  that  satt  apon  hym  was 
^  faythfuU  and  true/  and  ^  in  ryghtewesnes  dyd  iudge  and  make 
battayle.  His  eyes  were  as  a  flame  off  fyre  :  and  on  his 
heed  were  many  crounes  :  and  he  had  a  name  written/  that 
noman  knewe  butt  hym  sylfe.     And  he  was  clothed  with  a 

'  Shed  by,  Gen.  '  The  Lorde  our  God,  etc.  Cr.  Bps.    Our 

Ijorde  God  almighty.  Gen.  ^  Supper  of  the  lambes  marriage,  Cr. 

Bps.  *  VVordes  of  God  are  true,  Gen.  *  Cr.  Gen.  Bps?a.dd — 

called.  *  He  judgeth  and  fighteth  righteously.  Gen. 

TT* 


So.  rclvff-  2ri)c  aacbclnrfon  of  S.  3\)m. 

'  vesture  dept  in  bloud/  and  hys  name  ys  called  the  worde  off 
God.  And  the  vvarriers  which  were  in  heven/  folowed  hym 
apon  whyte  horses/  clothed  with  ^  whyie  and  pure  raynes  : 
and  out  otf  hys  mouthe  went  out  a  sharppe  swerde/  that  with 
hyt  he  shulde  smyte  the  hethen.  And  he  shall  rule  them 
with  a  rodde  off  yeron/  and  he  trode  the  wynefatt  off  fearsnes 
and  wrath  off  almyghty  god.  And  hath  on  his  vesture  and 
on  hys  thy gh  :  kynge  of  ^  kynges/  and  lord  of  ^  lordes. 

And  I  sawe  an  angell  stonde  in  the  sunne/  and  he  ciyed  with 
a  lowde  voyce/  sayinge  to  all  the  fowles  that  flye  by  the 
myddes  of  heven  :  come  and  gaddre  youre  selves  to  gedder 
vnto  the  supper  off  the  gret  god/  that  ye  may  eate  the  flesshe 
off  kynges/  and  off  hye  captaynes/  and  the  flesshe  of  myghty 
men/  and  the  flesshe  off  horses/  and  off  them  thatt  sytt  on 
them/  and  the  flesshe  of  all  fre  men  and  bond  men/  and  of 
smale  and  gret.  And  I  sawe  the  beste.  and  the  kynges  of 
the  erth/  and  their  warriers  gaddred  to  gedder  to  make  bat- 
tayle  againste  hym  that  satt  on  the  horsse  and  agaynste  his 
sowdiers. 

And  the  best  was  taken/  and  with  hym  thatt  falce  prophett 
that  wroght  myracles  before  hym/  with  which  he  desceaved 
them  that  receaved  the  beestes  marke/  and  them  that  wor- 
shypped  hys  ymmage.  These  bothe  were  cast  ^^  into  a  ponde 
oft'  fyre  burnynge  with  brymstone  :  and  the  remnaunte  were 
slayne  with  the  swearde  of  hym  that  satt  apon  the  horsse/ 
which  sweai'de  preceded  out  off  his  mouthe/  and  all  the  foules 
were  ^^  fulfilled  with  their  fleshe. 

E\)t  vv-  (Tijajiitcr, 

A  ND  I  sawe  an  angell  come  doune  from  heven/  havynge 
-^  the  kaye  off  the  bottomlesse  pytt/  and  a  grett  chayne  in 
hys  honde.  And  he  toke  the  dragon  that  olde  serpent/  which 
is  the  devyll  and  satanas/  and  he  bounde  him  a  thousand  yeares: 
and  cast  hym  into  the  bottomlesse  pitt/  and  he  ^  bounde  hym/ 
and  set  a  scale  on  hym/  that  he  shulde  desceve  the  people  no 
moare/  tyll  the  m.  yeares  were  fulfylled.  And  after  that  he 
muste  be  lowsed  for  a  lytell  season. 

And  I  sawe  seattes/  and  the  satt  apon  them/  and  iudgment 
was  geven  vnto  them :  and  I  sawe  the  soules  off  them  thatt 

7  Garment,  Gen.  [So  vs.  16.]  *  Pure  and  goodly  silke,  CffB. 

9  Cov.  adds—all.  '"  Alive  into  a  lake,  etc.  Gen.  Quicke  into  a 

pond,  etc.  Bps.  "  Filled  full,  Gen.   Filled,  Bps.  '  Shut 

hira  up  and  Sealed  the  doore  upon  him,  Gen.  Shut  him  up  and  set, 
etc.  Bps. 


ffljc  Ifvcbclacfon  of  B.  Sftotr.  (t\).  wf- 

were  beheddcd  for  the  wytnes  off  Jesu/  and  for  the  word  off 
God  :  which  had  not  worsliyppcd  the  best/  neiher  his  ymage/ 
nether  had  taken  his  marke  apon  tlieir  forhcddes  :  or  on  their 
hondes  :  and  they  lyvcd/  and  reygned  with  Christ  a  m.  yere  : 
but  the  wother  off  the  deed  men  lyved  not  agayne/  vntyll  the 
M.  yere  were  fynisshed.  This  is  that  fyrst  resurrcccion. 
Blessed  and  holy  is  he  thatt  hath  parte  in  the  fyrst  rcsurrec- 
cion.  For  on  suchc  shall  the  seconde  deeth  have  no  power/ 
for  they  shalbe  the  prestos  off  God  and  off  Christ/  and  shall 
raigne  with  hym  a  bi.  yere. 

And  when  the  M.  yere  are  expiered/  Satan  shalbe  lowsed 
out  off  hys  preson/  and  shall  goo  oute  to  deceave  the  people 
which  are  m  the  foure  quarters  of  the  erth  gog  and  Magog/  to 
gadder  them  to  gedder  to  battayle  whose  nombre  is  as  the 
sonde  off  the  see  :  and  they  went  uppe  on  the  playne  off  the 
erth/  2  and  compased  the  tentes  off  the  saynctes  about/ and  the 
beloved  cite.  And  fyre  cam  doune  from  God/  out  off  heven/ 
and  devoured  them :  and  the  devyll  that  desceaved  them/  was 
cast  into  a  lake  off  fyre  and  brymstone/  where  the  beest  and 
the  falce  prophett  were  and  shalbe  tormented  daye  and  nyght 
for  ever  more. 

And  I  sawe  a  grett  whyte  seate  and  hym  that  sate  on  hit/ 
from  whose  face  fleed  avvaye  both  the  erth  and  heven/  and 
their  place  was  no  more  founde.  And  I  sawe  the  deed/  both 
grett  and  smale  stonde  before  God  :  And  the  bokes  were  open- 
ed/ and  another  boke  was  opened/  which  is  the  boke  of  lyfe/ 
and  the  deed  were  iudged  of  thoo  thynges  which  were  wryt- 
ten  in  the  bokes  accordinge  to  their  dedes :  and  the  see  gave 
vppe  her  deed/  which  were  in  her/  and  deth  and  hell  delyv- 
ered  vppe  the  deed/  which  were  in  them  :  and  they  were 
iudged  every  man  accordinge  to  his  dedes.  And  deth  and 
hell  wer'e  cast  in  to  the  lake  of  fyre.  this  is  that  second  deeth. 
And  whosoever  was  nott  founde  written  in  the  boke  off  lyfe/ 
was  cast  into  the  lake  off  fyre. 

Cljc  ^y].  CTIwjitcr. 

A  ND  I  sawe  a  newe  heven/  and  a  newe  erth.  For  tlie  fyrst 
-^^  heven/  and  the  fyrst  erth/  were  ^  vanysshed  awaye/  and 
there  was  no  more  see.  And  I  Jhon  sawe  that  holy  cite  newe 
Jerusalem  come  doune  from  God  oute  off  heven  prepard  as  a 
bryde  ^garnysshed  for  hyr  husband.  And  I  herde  agrett 
voyce  from  the  trone/  saynge  :  be  holde/  the  tabernacle  off 

*  Which  compassed,  Gc7i.       *  Passed  away,  Ge/i.       ''Trimmed,  Gen. 


JFo.  cclFiff.  Clje  licbelacfon  of  ^.  3Jt)on. 

God  is  with  men/  and  he  wyll  dwell  with  them.  And  they 
shalbe  his  people/  and  God  hym  sylffe  shalbe  with  them  and 
be  their  god.  And  God  shall  wyppe  awaye  all  teares  from 
their  eyes.  And  there  shalbe  nomore  deelh/  nether  sorowe/ 
nether  cryinge/  nether  shall  there  be  eny  more  payne/  for  the 
3  olde  thynges  are  gone.  And  he  that  sate  apon  the  seate/ 
sayde  :  Behold  I  make  all  thynges  newe.  And  he  sayde  vn- 
to  me  :  wryte/  for  these  wordes  ar  faygthfuU  and  true. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  hit  is  done.  I  am  Alpha  and  Ome- 
ga/ the  begynynge/  and  the  ende.  I  will  geve  to  hym  that  is 
a  thyrst  of  the  well  of  the  water  of  lyfe  fre.  He  that  over- 
commeth  shall  inheret  all  thynges/  and  I  %vyll  be  his  God. 
and  he  shall  be  my  sonne.  But  the  fearfuU  and  vnbelevynge/ 
and  the  abhominable/  and  murdres/  and  whormongers/  and 
sorceres/  and  ydolatrers/  and  all  lyars  shall  have  their  parte  in 
the  lake  which  burneth  with  fyre  and  brymstone/  which  is  the 
seconde  deth. 

And  there  cam  vnto  me  one  the  vij.  angels  which  had  the 
vij.  vyalls  full  of  the  vij.  laste  plages :  and  talked  with  me 
sayinge  :  come  hydder  I  will  shewe  the  the  bryde/  the  lambes 
wyfe.  And  he  caryed  me  awaye  in  the  sprete  to  a  grett  and 
an  hye  mountayne/  and  he  shewed  me  the  grett  cite/  holy 
Jerusalem  descendinge  out  off  heven  from  God/  havynge  the 
*  brightnes  off  God.  And  her  shynynge  was  lyke  vnto  a 
stone  moste  precious/  even  a  Jaspar  cleare  as  cristall :  and 
had  walles  grett  and  hye/  and  had  xij  gattes/  and  att  the  gattes 
xij  angels  :  and  names  wrytten/  which  are  the  xij  trybes  ^  of 
Israeli :  on  the  est  parte  iij  gatis/  and  on  the  north  syd  iij  gates/ 
and  to  wardes  the  south  iij  gates/  and  from  the  west  iij  gates : 
and  the  wall  off  the  cite  had  xij  foundacions/  and  in  them  the 
names  off  the  lambes  .xij.  Apostles. 

And  he  that  talked  with  me/  had  a  golden  rede  to  measur  the 
cite  with  all  and  the  gates  theroff  and  the  wall  ther  off.  And 
the  cite  was  bylt  iiij.  square/  and  the  length  was  as  large  as 
the  bredthjof  hitt/  and  he  measured  the  cite  with  the  rede  .xij  M. 
fur  longes  :  and  the  lenght/  and  the  breth/  and  the  heyght  off 
hit/  were  equall.  And  he  measured  the  wall  therof.  ancxliiij. 
cubittes :  ^  the  measure  that  the  angell  had  was  after  the 
measur  that  man  vseth.  And  the  byldinge  of  the  wall  of  hit 
was  of  iaspar.  And  the  cite  was  pure  gold  lyke  vnto  cleare 
glasse/  and  the  foundacions  off  the  wall  of  the  cite  was  gar- 

'  First  things  are  passed,  Gen.  *  Glory,  Gen.        *  Gen.  adds — 

of  the  children.  ®  By  the  measure  of  man,  that  is,  of  the  angell, 

Gen. 


2ri)c  Kcbclaciou  of  S.  .Uton.  €"]&.  irjrff. 

nisshed  with  all  maner  off  precious  stones.  The  fyrste  founda- 
cion  was  iaspar/  the  seconde  saphyre/  the  thyrde  a  calcedony/ 
the  fourth  an  emeralde  :  the  fift  sardonix  :  the  sixt  sardeos  : 
the  sevente  crysolite/  the  ayghte  berall :  the  nynthe  a  topas  : 
the  tenthe  a  crysoprasos :  the  eleventhe  a  iacyncte/  the  twelfe 
an  amatist. 

The  xij  gattes  were  xij  pearles/  every  gate  was  of  one 
pearle/  and  the  strete  of  the  cite  was  pure  golde/  as  thorowe 
shynynge  glasse.  And  ^  there  was  no  temple  therin.  For 
the  lord  god  allmyghty  and  the  lambe  are  the  temple  of  hit/ 
And  the  cite  hath  no  nedc  of  the  sunne  nether  of  the  mone  to 
^lyghten  hit.  For  the  "*  bryghtnes  off  God  dyd  light  hitt : 
and  the  lambe  was  the  light  off  hit.  And  the  people  which 
are  saved  shall  walke  in  the  light  off  hit :  and  the  kynges  off 
the  erth  shall  brynge  their  glory  ^  vnto  hit.  And  the  gattes 
off  hit  are  nott  shutt  by  daye.  For  there  shalbe  no  nyght 
there.  ^^  And  there  shall  entre  into  hit  none  vncleane  thinge  : 
nether  what  soever  worketh  abhominacion :  or  maketh  lyes  : 
but  they  only  which  are  wrytten  in  the  lambes  boke  off  lyfe. 

Wife  virfj.  Ciiaptet. 

A  ND  he  shewed  me  a  pure  ryver  off  water  off  lyfe  ^  pure 
•^  as  cristall :  procedynge  oute  of  the  seate  off  God  and  off 
the  lambe.  In  the  myddes  off  the  strete  off  hit/  and  off  ether 
syde  off  the  ryver  was  ^  there  wode  off  lyfe  :  which  bare  xij 
manner  off  frutes  :  and  gave  frute  ever  moneth  :  and  the  leves 
off  2  the  wodde  served  to  heale  the  people  with  all.  And 
there  shalbe  no  more  cursse  but  the  seate  of  god  and  the  lambe 
shalbe  in  hitt :  and  his  servauntes  shall  serve  hym  :  And  shall 
se  his  face/  and  his  name  shalbe  in  their  for  heddes.  Ande 
there  shall  be  no  moare  nyghte  there  and  they  nede  no  can- 
dle/ nether  light  off  the  sunne  :  for  the  lorde  God  geveth  them 
light/  and  they  shall  raynge  for  evermore. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  these  sayinges  are  fayghtfuU/  and 
true.  And  the  lorde  god  of^saynctes  and  propheltes  sentt 
his  angell  to  shewe  vnto  his  servauntes/  the  thynges  wich 
muste  shortly  be  fulfylled.  Beholde  I  come  shortly.  Happy 
is  he  that  kepeth  the  sayinge  of  the  prophesy  off  this  boke. 
I  am  Jhon/  which  sawe  these  thynges  and  herde  them.     And 

^  I  sawe,  Gen.  *  Shine  in  it,  Ge7i.  ^  Gen.  Bps.  add — and 

lionour.  "*  Cr.  Gen.  Bps.  add  (vs.  21) — And  the  glorie  and  honour 

of  the  Gentiles  shall  be  brought  unto  it.  '  Clear,  Gen-  *  The 

tree,  Gen.  ^  The  holy  Prophets,  Gen. 


jFo.  cclpfb.  STjjc  J^cbdacfon  of  S.  S!)on. 

when  I  had  herde  and  sene/  I  fell  doune/  to  worshippe  before 
the  fete  of  the  angell  which  shewed  me  these  thynges.  And 
he  sayd  vnto  me  :  se  thou  do  hit  not/  for  I  am  thy  felowe  ser- 
vaunt  and  the  felowe  servaunt  of  thy  brethren  the  prophettes 
and  of  them  which  kepe  the  sayinges  off  this  boke.  But  wor- 
shippe God. 

And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  scale  nott  the  sayinges  off  prophe- 
sy off  this  boke.  For  the  tyme  is  at  honde.  He  that  '^  doeth 
evle/  lett  hym  ^  do  evle  still :  and  he  which  is  fylthy/  lett  hym 
be  fylthy  still :  and  he  that  is  righteous/  lett  hym  be  ^  more 
righteous  :  and  he  that  is  holy/  lett  hym  be  ^  more  holy. 
And  beholde  I  come  shortly/  and  my  rewarde  with  me/  to 
geve  every  man  accordinge  as  his  dedes  shalbe.  I  am  Alpha 
and  Omega/  the  begynnynge  and  the  end/  the  fyrst  and  the 
last.  Blessed  are  they  that  do  hys  commaundmentes/  that 
their  ^  power  maye  be  in  the  tree  otf  lyfe/  and  maye  entre  in 
thorowe  the  gates  into  the  cite.  For  with  out  shalbe  dogges 
and  inchanters/  and  whormongers/  and  morthrers/  and  ydol- 
atres/  and  whosoever  loveth  or  maketh  "^  lesynges. 

I  Jesus  sent  myne  angell/  to  testyfye  vnto  you  these  thynges 
in  the  congregacions.  I  am  the  rote  and  the  generacion  of 
David  and  the  bright  and  mornynge  starre.  And  the  sprete  and 
the  bryde  sayde  come.  And  lett  hym  that  heareth/  saye  also 
come.  And  let  hym  that  is  a  thyrst  come.  And  let  whoso- 
ever wyll/  take  of  the  v/ater  of  lyfe  fre. 

s  I  testifye  vnto  every  man  thatt  heareth  the  wordes  of  proph- 
esy of  thys  boke.  yf  eny  man  shall  adde  vnto  these  thynges/ 
god  shall  adde  vnto  hym  the  plages  that  are  written  in  this  boke. 
And  yf  eny  man  shall  mynnyshe  of  the  wordes  otf  the  boke  of 
this  prophesy/  god  shall  take  awaye  his  parte  out  of  the  boke  of 

lyfe/  and  oute  of  the  holy  cetie/  and  from  thoo  thynges  which 

are    written    in     this   boke.      He    which    testifyith 

these  thinges  sayth ;  ^  be  hit/  I  come  quyckly/ 

Amen,     even  soo  :    come    lorde  Jesu, 

The  grace  of  oure  lorde   Jesug 

Christ  be  with  you  all  Amen, 

^i)e  mtrc  of  tl)r  nciuc 
tcstfmcut. 

*  Is  unjust  .  .  be  unjust,  Gen.  ^  Rigliteous  still  .  .  holy  still, 

Gen.  *  R'glit,  Geii.  "^  lAes,  Gcji.  ^  I  protest,  Gen. 

9  Surely,  Gen. 


Ko  tlic  iiftycv* 


/^  EVE  diligence  Reder  (I  exhorte  the)  tlmt  thou  come  with  a 
^'^  pure  iiiynde/  and  as  the  scripture  sayth  with  a  syngle  eye/ 
vnto  the  wordes  of  healtli/ and  of  eternal!  lyfe  :  hy  the  which 
(if  we  repent  and  belevc  tiietn)  we  are  borne  a  newe/  created  a 
fresshe/  and  enioye  the  frutes  off  the  hloud  of  Christ.  Whiche 
blond  cryeth  not  for  vengcaunce  as  the  blond  of  Abel  :  but  hath 
purchased/  lyfe/  love/  faveour/  grace/  blessynge/  and  whatso- 
ever is  |)roni3'sed  in  tiie  scriptures/  to  them  tiiat  beleve  and  obeye 
God  :  and  stondeth  bitwene  vsand  wrathe/  vengeaunce/ cursse/ 
and  whatsoever  the  scripture  threateneth  agaynst  tiie  vnbelevers 
and  disobedient/  which  resist/  and  consent  not  in  their  hertes  to 
the  lawe  of  god/  that  it  is  ryght/  wholy/  iuste/  and  ought  soo 
to  be. 

Marke  the  playne  and  manyfest  places  of  the  scriptures/  and 
in  doutfidl  places/  se  thou  adde  no  inter})retacion  contrary  to 
them :  but  (as  Paul  sayth)  let  all  be  conformable  and  agreynge 
to  the  fayth. 

Note  the  difference  of  the  lawe/  and  of  the  gospell.  The  one 
axeth  and  requyreth/  the  wolher  perdoneth  and  forgeveth.  The 
one  threateneth/  the  wother  promyseth  all  good  thynges/to  them 
thatt  sett  their  trust  in  Christ  only.  The  gospell  signifieth  gladde 
lydynges/  and  is  nothynge  butt  the  promyses  off  good  thynges. 
All  is  not  gospell  that  is  written  in  the  gospell  boke :  For  if  the 
lawe  were  a  waye/  thou  couldest  not  know  what  the  gospell 
ineante.  Even  as  thou  couldest  not  se  perdon/  favour/  and 
grace/  excepte  the  lawe  rebuked  the/  and  declared  vnto  the 
thy  sinne/  mysdede/  and  treaspase. 

Repent  and  beleve  the  gospell  as  sayth  Christ  in  the  fyrst  of 
Marke.  Applye  all  waye  the  lawe  to  thy  dedes/  whether  thou 
find  Iuste  in  the  bottom  of  thyne  herte  to  the  lawe  warde :  and 
soo  shalt  thou  no  dout  repent/  and  feale  in  the  silfe  a  certayne 
sorowe/  payne/  and  grefe  to  thyne  herte  :  be  cause  thou  canst 
nott  with  full  Iuste  do  the  dedes  off  the  lawe.  Apply  the  gos- 
pell/that  is  to  saye  the  promyses/  vnto  the  deservynge  off  Christ/ 
and  to  the  tnercye  of  god  and  his  trouth/  and  so  slialt  thou  nott 
despeare :  butt  shalt  fcale  god  as  a  kynde  and  a  mercifull  father. 


And  his  sprete  shall  dwell  in  the/  and  shall  be  stronge  in  the: 
and  the  promises  shalbe  geven  the  at  the  last  (though  not  by  and 
by/  lest  thou  shuldest  forgett  thy  sylfe/  and  be  negligent)  and  all 
threatenynges  shalbe  forgeven  the  for  Christis  blouddis  sake/  to 
whom  commit  thy  silfe  all  togedder/  with  out  respect/  other  of 
thy  good  dedes  or  of  thy  badde. 

Them  that  are  learned  Christenly/  I  beseche :  for  as  moche  aa 

I  am  sure/  and  my  conscience  beareth  me  recorde/  that  of  a  pure 

entent/  singilly  and  faythfully  I  have  interpreted  itt/  as  farre 

forth  as  god  gave  me  the  gyfte  of  knowledge/  and  vnderstond- 

ynge :  that  the  rudnes  off  the  worke  nowe  at  the  fyrst  tyme/ 

ofFende  them  not:    but  that  they  consyder  howe  that  I  had  no 

man  to  counterfet/  nether  was  holpe  with  englysshe  of  eny  that 

had  interpreted  the  same/  or  soche  lyke  thinge  in  the  scripture 

before  tyme.     Moreover/  even  very  necessitie  and  combraunce 

(God  is  recordej  above  strengthe/  which  I  will  not  rehearce/  lest 

we  shulde  seme  to  host  oure  selves/  caused  that  many  thynges  are 

lackynge/  which  necessaryly  are  requyred.    Count  it  as  a  ihynge 

not  havynge  his  full  shape/  but  as  it  were  borne  afore  hys  tyme/ 

even  as  a  thing  begunne  rather  tlien  fynnesshed.     In  tyme  to 

come  (yf  god  have  apoynted  vs  there  vnio)  we  will  geve  it  his  full 

shape:  and  putt  out  y  fought  be  added  superfluusly:  and  adde 

to  yffought  be  oversene  thorowe  negligence  :  and  will  enfoarce 

to  brynge  to  compendeousnes/  that  which  is  nowe  translated  at 

the  lengthe/  and  to  geve  lyght  where  it  is  requyred/  and  to  seke 

in  certayne  places  more  proper  englysshe/  and  with  a  table  to 

expounde  the  wordes  which  are  nott  commenly  vsed/  and  shewe 

howe  the  scripture  vseth  many  wordes/  which  are  wother  wyse 

vnderstonde  of  the  commen  people :  and  to  helpe  with  a  declara- 

cion  where  one  tonge  taketh  nott  another.     And  will  endever 

oureselves/  as  it  were  to  sethe  it  better/  and  to  make  it  more 

apte  for  the  weake  stomakes  :  desyrynge  them  that  are  learned/ 

and  able/  to  retiiember  their  duetie/  and  to  helpe  there  vnto  : 

and  to  be  stowe  vnto  the  edyfyinge  of  Christis  body 

which  is  the  congregacion  of  them  that  beleve) 

those  gyftes  whych  they  have  receaved 

of  god    for   the   same   purpose. 

The    grace    that   commeth 

of  Christ    be    with 

them  that  love 

hym. 

Praye  for  vs. 


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